1.1. Definitions
Match the items in the table with the definitions below:
2. product, price, promotions and place, which together form the marketing
mix, and which should be carefully planned if a product is to be sold
successfully _____________________
3. the act of dividing possible customers into groups according to their age,
income, sex, class, etc.; one of these parts ______________________________
a fifth and a sixth the tipping point target market product life cycle
P
11.the moment when something such as a cost, the amount of resources, the
number of users, etc. reaches the stage where it begins to have an effect or
something changes ____________
12.the theory that sales of a product pass through four stages: introduction,
when there is a gradual increase in sales; growth, when sales increase
rapidly; maturity, when sales increase slowly; decline, when sales fall
_____________________
15.a type of marketing that uses different and unusual methods to achieve the
greatest effect for the smallest amount of money _____________________
16.when the user of a companys website gives their email address so that
they can be sent information about particular subjects, products or services
__________________
18.a group of related products that are physically similar or intended for the
same market ______________________________
Complete the sentences below so that you use the appropriate term
among the three options provided below each sentence a-l.
c. With personal computers and software, the trend is toward shorter and shorter
___________________________.
a. product range b. product lifecycle c. sales promotion
i. What is the __________________________ where the higher cost of buying a new car
is justified by the cost of maintaining the old one?
a. tipping point b. sales promotion c. target market
Look at the headline and try to interpret it. Then read the story to check
your ideas.
1. Vocabulary. Match the items in tables A and B. Some items in B can be used
more than once.
A B A
B
verb noun adjective / noun noun
debunk ____________ high-end _____________
sully ____________ the standards upscale ______________ brand
up ____________ the bar instant / luxury coffee
____________
a myth latte
raise ____________ fresh-brewed ____________
a $4 tab image
perpetuate___________ the $4____________
someone's image breakfast
_
pairings
run up _____________ discounted ____________
3. Explain how some of the following terms are related to the text:
marketing brand association diversification 4 Ps: pricing
strategy
upmarket / high- quality 4 Ps: place promotion
end
Insert the items at the top of the table into appropriate gaps 1-8 in the text.
While consumer communities are the most visible, you should note
that business professionals also subscribe to discussion groups
that focus upon their own particular field. Communities can
therefore be used to enhance relationships with customers and
prospects in both the 8) ______ .
Advertising
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2.1. Advertising effectiveness and media
Match these advertising media to the advantages (+) and disadvantages (-)
below:
1. __________________
(+) a good coverage of local markets; ads can be placed
quickly; ads can be cut out and saved.
(-) ads compete with other text; ads get thrown away (short
life span)
2. ___________________
(+) can target very specific audiences in specialist
publications; long life of ad (usually several weeks); ads can be cut
out and saved
(-) ads must often be placed months in advance; cost is
relatively high
3. ___________________
(+) uses sight, sound and motion; reaches a wide audience;
high attention with no competition from other material
(-) very high cost
4. ____________________
(+) low cost; can target specific audiences; very flexible; good
for local marketing
(-) may have low attention because it is a background
medium; audiences may not remember ad (only one physical sense
involved and nothing to keep)
5. _____________________
(+) high visibility and repeat exposure; relatively low cost;
strong local focus
(-) limited message; difficult to get attention of audience for
any one specific ad
6. ____________________
(+) if linked to a customer database can be targeted at very
specific markets; very flexible; ad can be saved
(-) high cost; consumers may reject ad as 'junk'
7. ____________________
(+) connects a company with its customers at the precise
moment they are looking for a product; global coverage at a
relatively inexpensive price; interactive; 24/7
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
8. Among MASS VEHICLES FEW THE AUDIENCE are the Super Bowl and the
Olympics.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
______________________________________
_________________________________________
Question: Can you please say something regarding "the need for a new
marketing mix"?
Kotler: The original marketing mix was not 4Ps but about 14. Neil Borden many
years ago used a large list of marketing tools. We can always add to the list. So
the question isn't "what tools constitute the marketing mix" but, rather, "what
tools are becoming more important in the marketing mix."
4. Which of the alternative ways to capture audiences are used in your country?
5. Are public relations and word-of-mouth marketing part of the problem or part
of the solution?
Kotler: The major challenge today is getting people's attention. Consumers are
pressed for time, and many work hard to avoid advertising messages. The main
challenge is to find new ways to capture attention and position a brand in the
consumer's mind. Public relations and word-of-mouth marketing are playing a
growing role within the marketing mix to build and maintain brands.
Clearly, this is not a good situation, especially considering that the effectiveness
of different communication tools changes over time. Someone must be put in
charge of deciding how much to allocate to the different promotional tools. Let's
call that person the chief communication officer (CCO). That person should be
responsible for everything that communicates anything about the companynot
only the standard communication tools but also corporate dress and even the
look of the company's trucks. The company's brand and customer message must
be communicated consistently through all media. Thus, if a company wants to be
known for its high quality, it has to produce high quality and communicate high
quality in all of its messages.
Kotler: Companies are still fairly blind to the cataclysmic changes in the
communication marketplace. The days of mass advertising, with its waste and
intrusiveness, are passing quickly. I have advised clients to reduce their TV
advertising budgets, especially mass advertising. Fewer people are watching TV,
many are zapping commercials, and most commercials are too brief to be
Among the few mass audience vehicles are the Super Bowl and the Olympics.
The growing fragmentation of media audiences requires marketers to shift to
target marketing and even one-to-one marketing. The good news is that this will
reduce wasted media exposures. What good is it to advertise cat food on
national television if only 25% of families own a cat?
Kotler: Advertisers won't see again the glorious days when they could reach
millions of people in the evening with the same TV show or mass magazine.
There are three options today: One is to advertise on a number of media
channels in the same time slot. Another is to advertise on Super Bowls, the
Olympics, and other major worldwide events that attract large audiences. A third
is to build a giant database containing the names of people who have the
greatest interest in the company's offerings.
Question: Some media analysts call for more spending on public relations. Do
you agree?
Kotler: I agree. Advertising has been overdone in the past, especially mass
advertising with its "hit or miss" quality. PR has been underdone. PR consists of
many tools, which I call the PENCILS of PR: publications, events, news,
community involvement, lobbying, and so on. When a customer sees an ad, she
knows it is an ad, and an increasing number of customers are tuning ads out. PR
has a better chance of getting a message through it can be fresher and more
believable. PR is better equipped to create "buzz" about a new product or
service.
Task I: Note-taking
Summarize the main points Kotler is trying to make regarding the role of
advertising agencies, including the challenges and solutions he forecasts.
mass advertising not targeted enough use channels that allow target
marketing, even one-to-one
marketing;
more insistence on
_________marketing
E-marketing concepts
Match the terms in the table below to the corresponding definitions below.
a. A website or service that offers a broad array of resources and services. They
include email, forums, search engines, and online shopping malls.
b. Software that allows you to flag website content (often from blogs or new sites)
and aggregate new entries to this content into an easy to read format.
c. A small text file on the users PC that identifies the users browser and hence,
the user so they are recognised when they re-visit a site.
d. Delivery of online adverts to an end users computer by an ad management
system. The system allows different online adverts to be served in order to
target different audience groups and can serve adverts across multiple sites.
e. Online content created by website users rather than media owners or publishers
- either through reviews, blogging, podcasting or posting comments, pictures or
video clips.
f. Is an ecommerce model that allows media owners to grant consumers access to
their programming in return for payment. Micro payments may be used for
shorter programming whilst feature films may attract larger sums.
g. A range of services that are provided to mobile subscribers based on the
geographical location of their handsets within their cellular network.
h. When a user interacts with an advertisement and clicks through to the
advertisers website.
i. A single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server.
Source: http://www.iabuk.net/en/1/jargonbuster.html
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6. promotional mix
7. marketer
8. brand awareness
9. prestige pricing
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(allow a fine) market segmentation
run a sales promotion
the trend toward shorter product life cycles planned obsolescence
abandon a diversification strategy
maintain brand awareness
underestimate the importance of packaging
spend a lot on green marketing campaigns
direct marketing
the tipping point at which something becomes justified
a target market for a certain product
a promotional mix consists of
to grow beyond ones original market niche
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Advertising - the act of making a company, a product or a service known to the public; the
notices, pictures and short films that a company uses to tell people about itself and its products:
Are you easily persuaded by television advertising?
Marketing - the activity of presenting, advertising and selling a companys products in the best
possible way: The company invests heavily in the marketing of its brands.
Branding - the use of a particular name, symbol (logo) and design for a companys products so
that people will recognize them: Do you use the corporate branding on all your leaflets?
Some website owners try to build up a community of online users through the development of
online chat rooms, discussion groups and online events. Such groups encourage users to feel
part of the site by posting their own information and responding to other users. There are
different ways in which you can seek to utilise online communities for your own marketing
purposes.
If you operate in a specialist field, then you could consider setting up your own user forum or
online community for other people with similar interests. Users generally value both the
information and the social bonding they receive from such a community. The business that
builds the community can present products and messages that are customised to the group's
interests, forging relationships with the individual members in the process.
If there is already a well established user community in your area of business, then you might
wish to consider joining it and using it as a means of making other users aware of the products
or services that you offer.
While consumer communities are the most visible, you should note that business professionals
also subscribe to discussion groups that focus upon their own particular field. Communities can,
therefore, be used to enhance relationships with customers and prospects in both the business-
to-consumer and business-to-business marketplaces.
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He is the author of Marketing Management, one of the most widely used marketing books in
graduate business schools worldwide.
The average American is exposed to several hundred ad messages a day and is trying to tune
out.
James Bond used a Sony cell phone and prominently featured an Omega wristwatch.
Products are also mentioned in novelsin fact, Bulgari commissioned a whole mystery novel to
be written called The Bulgari Connection.
Celebrity endorsements. Michael Jordon's endorsements gave a boost to Nike shows.
Among the few mass audience vehicles are the Super Bowl and the Olympics.
Furthermore the message can be fresher and more believable. PR is better equipped to create
"buzz" about a new product or service.
Which of the alternative ways to capture audiences are used in your country?
Public relations and word-of-mouth marketing are playing a growing role within the marketing
mix to build and maintain brands.
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cause (problem) result solution
(if mentioned)
Americans exposed to too try to tune out marketers must consider
many ads other methods of getting
consumer attentions:
sponsorships etc.
consumers avoid advertising hard to capture consumers find new ways to capture
messages attention attention
public relations and word-of-
mouth marketing
separating marketing ineffective advertising designate a Chief
communication tools Communication Officer
mass advertising not targeted enough use channels that allow target
marketing, even one-to-one
marketing; more insistence
on direct marketing
different communication tools uneven budget allocation; clear & consistent
are traditionally dealt with dominance of advertising communication with
separately; over other tools customers (communicating
high quality)
integration of tools;
more reliance on PR
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