...advertising company has been contacted to develop an IMC campaign Develop an IMC plan for the federal government of Australia to promote its new Carbon Tax. The government aims to reduce the amount of misinformation surrounding the implementation of the new tax and therefore has asked your firm to create an awareness campaign aimed at increasing awareness of t actual costs and benefits of the tax Assessment Task As the IMC Director of your fictitious advertising firm, your task is to develop an IMC plan to present to the federal government. It will be important you understand the political environment, and history surrounding the implementation of the new carbon tax. Your introduction should provide background information to the new tax and should be somewhat brief. You must then undertake a review of the literature related to global warming, climate change and other factors that have lead to the introduction of the new tax. You then are required to identify which market segments your campaign will target. Next you must identify at least 3-5 communication objectives such as developing brand awareness; or promoting product and company knowledge; influencing interest or consumer attitudes; developing the product’s image; or influencing the purchase intention etc. (Chapter 4& 7 of Belch, Belch, Kerr & Powell). Once you have identified your communication objectives you must discuss at least 3-5 creative strategies related specifically to the communication objectives...
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...creative and media strategies for a six month advertising plan. Learning objectives > Apply media terminologies correctly. > Conduct and analyse consumer research to provide insights and inform creative and media strategy. > Develop effective communication and creative strategies. > Demonstrate how to best communicate to target audience using available media. Assignment due date and time: 9 am Friday, week 12 (For both hard copy and soft copy) Requirements: Select a product from the lecturer’s given product list to work on. At least 10 reliable sources of reference are required (image sources are not included). You are encouraged to find the best possible way to convey the advertising message in a creative manner. A structure for the assignment is suggested as follows: 1. Introduction Outline the aims of the paper. 2. SWOT analysis Conduct an in depth analysis of the product’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. External factors such as opportunities and threats should include an analysis of competitors, product category situation and any previous advertising campaign. 3. Communication and action objectives Set communication and action objectives. Objectives must be ‘S.M.A.R.T’ and should be set up based on situations of the brand and research findings in the SWOT analysis section. No rationale required. 4. Strategic planning for IMC campaign Provide...
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...burger generation. Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) is an approach to brand communication where the different modes work together to create a seamless experience for the customers and are presented with a similar tone and style that reinforces the brands core message. Its goal is to make all aspects of marketing communication such as advertising, sales promotion, public relations, direct marketing, personal selling, online communication and social media work together as unified force, rather than permitting each to work in isolation, which maximize their cost effectiveness (Clow and Baack, 2006). Marketers believe that quality products may not sustain its sales unless appropriate marketing communication is employed. Thus, IMC has been conceptualized to explore all the means in order to reach every member of the target market. For IMC to work well, it requires a lot of planning and right timing for its implementation. Food establishment like McDonalds utilize IMC to attain a variety of objectives. McDonald offer a pleasant alternative to eating where in one can choose any variety of foods and offers a well prepared hot meal which is ready to eat. It give advantages to those people who do not have the ability, time or will to cook at home. As of now, McDonald continues applying the Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) in developing new products or promotions and consequently tells the customers about it. IMC is becoming more significant in marketing practice because...
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...Department of Business Administration School of Business and Economics MARK 34 ADVERTISING INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS PLAN FORMAT Title Page: The following information should be included: Name of client and product Time period covered by campaign Course Number and Title Department/College/ University Name Professor's Name Name of your agency team Names of agency team members Date TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A cogent summary (maximum: two pages) of exactly what your IMC plan involves. Among the items to include are: • Campaign Title: Provides the title of the campaign developed by the team • Major target audiences • Time period of the plan • Campaign objectives • Campaign theme/slogan • Overall budget total • Budget breakdown (Pesos and percentages) by each major IMC element and each medium • Summary of media used (Media flowchart) • Evaluation program The Executive Summary may be arranged in any fashion, but it has to pack a wallop. Remember, the basic purpose of the Executive Summary is to inform top officials at the client organization exactly what you are proposing -- in one or two pages. Be precise. Be complete. Organizing the Executive Summary (as well as other sections of the promotion campaign plan) in a bullet-type format is one effective way to present your material. I. REVIEW OF THE MARKETING PLAN II. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS • Industry/ Company review A...
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...the graph) Age range from under 18 to over 65. Population By Age (6th-October area) Under 18 18 -24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65 and Older Education and job types Highly Educated(University Graduated), Juniors and senior employee. Marital status Single , Empty nesters couples, Couples with young children. Size of household Small household (average: 4-members). Psychographic Lifestyles Dining out a lot. Fast food seekers. Social class Class B & C geographical 6th-October Citizens, mainly (For our 1st Year). People from other areas in Egypt and the MENA. Target market Youth (Age average 18 – 44 years old). Middle class (class B) customers. Highly educated people. Empty nesters and singles. Marketing strategies The 1st year for Forest Spirit Restaurant Objective:...
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...Objectives of the Project The general objectives of the project focus on providing an opportunity to design a comprehensive integrated marketing communications (IMC) plan, enabling you to achieve a keen awareness and understanding of the decisions, issues, and activities involved in developing such a plan. Specifically, the project is designed so you will: (1) achieve an understanding of the major elements comprising the marketing communications mix; (2) fully comprehend the meaning and relevance of integrated marketing communications; (3) appreciate the complexity of designing a complete IMC plan; (4) achieve a high proficiency in locating, understanding, and using information sources for marketing communications program design, execution, and measurement; and (5) enhance your ability to communicate logically and persuasively in spoken, written, and visual language. In short, the fundamental objective of the project is to learn how to create a first-rate integrated marketing communications plan. The IMC Plan An IMC plan is a blueprint of the complete marketing communications program for a brand. It is a formal document that evaluates the background of the brand and presents a set of guidelines and an action program for the advertising and promotions campaign. The planning model is shown in Chapter 1 in the text. The IMC plan for this project will be for the market specified by your instructor and will cover one calendar year. Formation of Agency Teams You should form your own teams...
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...well-established competitors. Under such a competitive landscape, their current marketing strategy has not been productive, resulting in poor branding and a lack of identity for the company. Goals Resources have to be devoted to re-establish the brand and create a differentiating factor for the company. Solution Key proposals highlighted in this report would be to bring in a new limited edition launch (“SevenFriday”) with a uniquely Singapore concept to raise brand awareness in Singapore as well as market via cross channel marketing involving largely social media. Project Outline The IMC program will incorporate various creative media strategies throughout the span of 18...
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...Marketing IMC and Customer Satisfaction The purpose of this paper is to expand on our previous business plan and marketing strategies for our hypothetical business venture. In this paper, I will provide a comprehensive examination of the goals and objectives of our marketing plan and discuss how the performance of the marketing plan can be measured. In addition, this assessment will discuss how additional promotional strategies such as “word of mouth” and automated messaging can benefit the company. This paper will compare several non-traditional promotional techniques and compare them with some conventional marketing strategies to evaluate their potential strengths and weaknesses. This examination will also discuss how to handle potential problems that may arise due to miscommunication and fluctuating customer expectations of our products and services. Our final marketing plan will incorporate all of these factors, which will help us create policies and procedures that will help the firm avoid potential conflict with customers and maximize growth and revenues. As discussed in our previous papers, we are assuming that we are operating a tutoring company in which we send our tutors to our clients’ homes to help them prepare for a variety of academic related examinations. Our professionally trained tutors work closely with our clients and their families to help them with organization, test preparation, and general study skill techniques. The product that we are selling...
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...Guidelines for Students Practical Training Semester (PTS) Bachelor Degree Programmes full-time School of Business Krems, December 2010 Doc.Nr.: FHM-5-0006 Version 03; Revision 00; E Approval by: Prof. (FH) Mag. Eva Werner/ Rector (FH) Subject to modification printed version just for Information IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems Guidelines for Students - PTS Academic Board/December 2010 Table of Contents Preamble 3 1 OBJECTIVEs, FIELDS of Application and Duration of the practical training ............. 4 1.1 1.2 1.3 Objectives ................................................................................................................... 4 Fields of Application .................................................................................................... 4 Duration ...................................................................................................................... 4 Fundamental Decisions ............................................................................................... 5 Support by the IMC University of Applied Sciences ..................................................... 6 Practical Training Co-ordinator (PTS Co-ordinator) .................................................... 7 Requirements for the Practical Training ...................................................................... 8 Practical Training Contract.............................................................................................
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...Management e-mail: mubinakhondkar@du.ac.bd Course Objectives Marketing communication, i.e. promotion, is a crucial but controllable component of the marketing mix. Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) involves company’s total marketing communications mix-- advertising, direct marketing, personal selling, sales promotion, public relations and publicity. Marketer’s success in promoting their products and services mainly depends on the effective and efficient management of these communication tools. This course will enable the students to properly understand all related topics of marketing communication and hence they will be able to apply the communication tools with relative ease and expertise. Course Contents Chapter One: An Introduction to Integrated Marketing Communications Chapter Two: The Role of IMC in the Marketing Process Chapter Three: Organizing for Advertising and Promotion Chapter Four: Perspectives on Consumer Behavior Chapter Five: The Communication Process Chapter Six: Source, Message, and Channel Factors Chapter Seven: Establishing Objectives and Budgeting for the Promotional Program, Chapter Eight: Creative Strategy: Planning and Development Chapter Nine: Creative Strategy: Implementation and Evaluation Chapter Ten: Media Planning and Strategy...
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...certify that this assignment is my own work and contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any degree or diploma in any institute, college or university. Moreover, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made in the text of the dissertation. Signed: ___________________________ Date: _________________________ 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Research Background Company’s profile ………………………………………………………………………... 4 2. Integrated Marketing Communications Meaning, purpose of IMC………………………………………………………………… 4 IHG’s IMC…………………………………………………………………….…………… 5 Effect of IMC on Brand awareness and Brand Equity …………………………………... 5 3. Critical analysis of IMC used by the brand …………………………………………. 7 4. Bibliography ………………………………………………………………………….. 8 4 IGH COMPANY PROFILE Intercontinental group of hotels is a leading hospitality brand owner with more than 4600 hotels housing 674000 guest rooms in over 100 hotels worldwide (IHG Company Overview, 2013). Statistics show that more than 120 million people choose to stay at hotels under this brand. They operate in different segments, offering a variety of services and amenities differentiated based on quality and price. The parent company has 9 brands, the Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza...
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...INTRODUCTION Integrated marketing communication (IMC) emerged during the late twentieth century and its importance has been growing ever since (Grove, Carlson, and Dorsch, 2002; Cornelissen, 2001; Hartley and Pickton, 1999). Owing to the impact of information technology, changes came about in the domains of marketing and marketing communications which led to the emergence of IMC (Kitchen et al., 2004a; Phelps and Johnson, 1996; Duncan and Everett, 1993). The multiplication of media, demassification of consumer markets, and the value of the Internet in today’s society are just three of the areas in which technological innovation has impacted (Pilotta et al., 2004; Peltier, Schibrowsky, and Schultz, 2003; Reid, 2003; Lawrence, Garber, and Dotson, 2002; Fill, 2001; Low, 2000; Hutton, 1996). This in turn left marketers in a challenging and competitive environment, trying to fulfil customers wants and needs while also developing long-term relationships with them. IMC can help in creating coordinated and consistent messages across various channels of communication. Furthermore, the concept is especially valuable in that it places great emphasis on the importance of all stakeholder groups and, in particular, on customer loyalty, which can only be created through strategic relationship building (Jin, 2003/2004; Cornelissen, 2000; Eagle and Kitchen, 2000; Pickton and Hartley, 1998; Miller and Rose, 1994). To date, academic research on IMC has been limited. The majority of empirical research...
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...Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Plan MKT/498 November 9, 2015 Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Plan Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) is the use of branding that is used to deliver a message in traditional non-traditional markets with the use of different promotions. As different markets expand, determining potential target markets is a critical part of every business. The potential markets will help in delivering the message that Apple hopes to achieve with the iPad. By using the different marketing channels, Apple may be able to get a competitive advantage for the product by entering it at the right time. Apple continues to create products consumers love. Consumers and current customers are already excited about the launch of the new iPad Apple’s products speak for themselves; putting time into creating a marketing plan is necessary, however, no research is needed. Apple pretty much has an idea of who their target audience is. Executive Summary Apple is a top producer and innovator in the electronics market, and the Apple iPad is a product that marketer’s believe the consumer and the business sector are receptive too. Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) utilizes branding that hopes to provide messages to Apple’s target markets. The Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) plan for Apple iPad includes the opportunity analysis, marketing assessment, marketing strategy, IMC objectives, tactical planning, advertising, personal selling...
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...Mavondo Monash University, Clayton, Australia Barney 2003; Wu 2010). Previous studies describe the IMC process as a marketing capability because it combines and converts tangible and intangible inputs into outputs (Ratnatunga and Ewing 2005; O’Cass and Weerawardena 2010). In this sense, IMC is a market-relating deployment mechanism that enables the optimization of communication approaches to achieve superior communication effectiveness, which has other downstream benefits (e.g., brand and financial performance). The development of an IMC capability is likely to be felt through better performing campaigns, which in turn result in improved brand outcomes such as market position and financial performance (Duncan and Mulhern 2004; Reid 2005). Given the competitive challenges facing most firms, it is vital that brand managers and their agencies identify and react to competition and growth opportunities rapidly by building and sustaining marketing capabilities strategically and linking these directly to organizational objectives (O’Cass and Weerawardena 2009). Despite much conceptual work around defining IMC and theoretical posturing about the value of IMC for brands, little research has been undertaken to illustrate its value as a capability and demonstrate its value to brands. To address these issues, this study is grounded in the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm and considers IMC and its execution as a business capability that facilitates the translation of a firm’s communication-related...
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...Belch: Advertising and Promotion, Sixth Edition Front Matter Preface © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003 Preface The Changing World of Advertising and Promotion Nearly everyone in the modern world is influenced to some degree by advertising and other forms of promotion. Organizations in both the private and public sectors have learned that the ability to communicate effectively and efficiently with their target audiences is critical to their success. Advertising and other types of promotional messages are used to sell products and services as well as to promote causes, market political candidates, and deal with societal problems such as alcohol and drug abuse. Consumers are finding it increasingly difficult to avoid the efforts of marketers, who are constantly searching for new ways to communicate with them. Most of the people involved in advertising and promotion will tell you that there is no more dynamic and fascinating a field to either practice or study. However, they will also tell you that the field is undergoing dramatic changes that are changing advertising and promotion forever. The changes are coming from all sides—clients demanding better results from their advertising and promotional dollars; lean but highly creative smaller ad agencies; sales promotion and direct-marketing firms, as well as interactive agencies, which want a larger share of the billions of dollars companies spend each year promoting their products and services; consumers...
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