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Chapters Six and Nine. Objectives, Budgeting, and Advertising Management. Review: Chapter 1. All marketing communications should be:. 2. Setting Marcom Objectives. Expression of management consensus Guides the budgeting, message, and media aspects of advertising strategy
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Chapters Six and Nine Objectives, Budgeting, and Advertising Management
Review: Chapter 1 All marketing communications should be: 2
Setting Marcom Objectives • Expression of management consensus • Guides the budgeting, message, and media aspects of advertising strategy • Provide standards against which results can be measured 3
Budgeting Considerations in Practice • What is the Ad objective? • How much are competitors spending? • How much money is available?
Budgeting Methods • Percent-of-Sales Budgeting • Objective-and-Task Method • Competitive Parity Method (match competitors method) • Affordability Method
Percentage-of-Sales Budgeting • A company sets a brand’s advertising budget by simply establishing the budget as a fixed percentage of past or anticipated sales volume • Criticized as being illogical Why?
Objective-and-Task Method • The most sensible and defensible advertising budgeting method • Specify:
The Competitive Parity Method • Sets the ad budget by basically following what competitors are doing
Affordability Method • Only the funds that remain after budgeting for everything else are spent on advertising • Who does this?
Advertising Functions Informing Influencing Reminding Adding Value Assisting Other Company Efforts 10
Advertising Functions Informing
Informing Quaker Oats Target
Advertising Functions Influencing • Influences customers to try advertised products and services • Primary demand- • Secondary demand-
Influencing Gillette MACH3 Target:
Advertising Functions Reminding • Keeps a company’s brand fresh in the consumer’s memory • Influences brand switching by:
Advertising Objectives Kellogg’s Special K Target
Advertising Functions Adding Value • Three basic ways by which companies can add value: • Advertising adds value to brands by:
Advertising Functions Assisting Other Company Efforts • Advertising is just one member of the marketing communications team • Sometimes, an assister that facilitates other company efforts in the marketing communications process • Examples?
The Advertising Management Process • Advertising Strategy • Setting Objectives • Formulating Budgets • Creating Ad messages • Selecting Ad Media and Vehicles Strategy Implementation Assessing Ad Effectiveness 19
Research Workshop:February 17 Conducting Consumer Research • Secondary research: Plenty of resources online • Library Resources Link on website: Dr.Song, BEL • Primary research: Planning ahead • Focus groups, surveys, observations • Plan your questions ahead in detail • Select sample(s) carefully (target audience) • Sensitivity, confidentiality, ethics