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Van Tran - Adapted from Peter & Olson, McGraw-Hill Education
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Identify & explain the important factors influencing level of exposure, attention, and
2 comprehension
It becomes more automatic and Simple interpretations such as recognizing a familiar brand
unconscious with experience. happen automatically & instantly.
➔ The role of customers’ existing product knowledge and involvement in information interpretation
EXPOSURE
Selective
Consumers are highly selective and tend to avoid
marketing stimuli they think they don’t need.
KNOWLEDGE
&
Voluntary INVOLVEMENT
Individuals can actively seek for marketing stimuli
that serve their purchase goals, entertainment, and
information.
• Duration
• Repetition
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Individual Factors Stimuli Factors
Involvement Size
Motivational state guiding stimuli Intensity
selection for focal attention and GROUP WORK
Attractive visuals 1. Read about different stimuli
comprehension.
Color & Movement factors in Hawkins (2015)
Affective states on page 280.
Position
• Low arousal reduces the 2. Prepare a PPT to give
amount and intensity of Isolation example(s) for each factor
attention. Format 3. Discuss how these factors
may influence consumer
• A state of high affective arousal Contrast & Expectations attention in the examples
can narrow consumers’ focus of Interestingness you give.
attention and make attention
more selective. Information quantity
Subliminal stimuli
A message presented so fast, softly or
masked by other messages that one is not
aware of seeing or hearing.
A subliminal ad “hides” key persuasive
information within the ad by making it so
weak that it is difficult or impossible for
someone to physically detect.
As a point to be different and
subconsciously grabs the attention without
much effort from the consumers.
Subliminal stimuli
Exposure environment
• Can affect consumers’ opportunity to
comprehend marketing information.
• Factors influencing consumer
comprehension:
➢ Time pressure
➢ Consumers’ affective states
➢ Distractions
➢ Contextual events TVCs with patriotic messages air between breaks of football
matches, traditional New Year’s Eve Late night show, etc.
Butter/jam Bread
Branding strategies
(Consumer inferences)
• Brand extension
• Line extension
• Multi-brand
• New brand
• Co-branding
Natural vs elaborate logo Symmetric & Asymmetric logo Typeface & Typographics
1/ Find out when and where they are exposed to the marketing information from your brand
(intentional and accidental exposure). The frequency of the exposure.
2/ Find out at which aspects of the stimulus the consumers often pay their attention at and why.
3/ Choose some recent message(s) which were delivered by your brand to show the
respondents. Pay attention to how quickly they understand the message, how deep they
understand it, in single or multiple meanings. Should you employ the similar message for your
next product launch?