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Assc. Prof.

Ceyda Aysuna Türkyılmaz


Marketing Communications

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What is Marketing?

Marketing is
the activity, set of institutions, and processes
for creating, communicating, delivering, and
exchanging
offerings
that have value for customers, clients, partners, and
society at large.
The Process of Marketing
Marketing Strategy

Creating Marketing
Target Market Selection Mix

Segmentation Product
Price
Targeting
Place
Positioning
Promotions

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Segmenting Consumer Markets

Geographic

Demographic

Psychographic

Behavioral

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Targeting

• Selecting the target audience


(TA)
– for whom your product or
service
– is meant to be, most likely
based on
• Age group
• Likes and dislikes
• Gender
• Socio-economic factors
• Geographic location
Examples..

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Positioning

• refers to the image your target


audience has regarding your
product or service as
compared to your competitors

• It is all the more essential in


today's setup, where literally
no sector is devoid of an
oligopolistic setup

• Primary, and in most cases, the


ONLY objective:
– To highlight your product's
USP in the most striking
manner
Positioning on the basis of product attributes
and /or benefits
Safety
Prestige
Positioning on the basis of price
Positioning on the basis of product usage /style
Positioning on the basis of users of the
product
Positioning on the basis of product category

Probiotics
Diet products

Vegan products

Organic products
Positioning on the basis of competitors

When Colgate first entered the market, it has focused on family toothcare while its
rival Pepsodent focused on children toothcare.
Because of the competition, Colgate repositioned itself on children toothcare.
Marketing Mix

PRODUCT PLACE
Product characteristics, Different types of distribution
options, assortment, brand channels, density of the distribution
name, packaging, quantity, system, trade relation mix (policy of
factory guarantee margins, terms of delivery, etc),
merchandising advice
PRICE PROMOTION
List price, usual terms of
payment, usual discounts, Advertising
terms of credit, long-term Sales promotion
saving campaigns
Personal selling
PR
Marketing Communications

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Marketing Communications

A process by which product information is


transmitted to the target audience

PRODUCT

INFORMATION

TARGET AUDIENCE
Key Objectives of Marketing
Communications

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MarCom: MAIN OBJECTIVES

PERSUADING
INFORMING •Product
•Product Launch Sales Growth phase
phase •Competitive
•Explanations of positioning
Product’s
TARGET
features & benefits AUDIENCE

REMINDING
•Product Maturity phase
•Applies to consumers’ memory
(brand specific)
Information Objective

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Persuasion Objective

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Reminder Objective

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What about this one?

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Marketing Communication Mix

Advertising

PR Sales
Promotions
Communication
Program

Personal Direct
Selling Marketing
Basic Tools of Marketing
Communications
EXHIBITIONS SPONSORSHIP
CORPORATE IMAGE PACKAGING
MERCHANDISING POS MATERIALS
STORE DESIGN WORD-IN-MOUTH
MOBILE INTERNET
COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCT PLACEMENT
BILLBOARDS
EVENT MARKETING

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