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Managing Mass
Communications:
Advertising, Sales
Promotions, Events
and Experiences, and
Public Relations
Informative
Persuasive
Reminder
Reinforcement
• Billboards
• Public spaces
• Product placement
• Point-of-purchase
Choosing Media
• Place advertising options
Billboards
Public spaces
Product placement
Point of Purchase
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Developing the Advertising
Campaign
• Television ads
Vividly demonstrates product attributes
Persuasively explains consumer benefits
Portrays usage imagery/brand
personality
Product/brand can be overlooked
Creates clutter
Easy to ignore or forget ads
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Developing the Advertising
Campaign
• Print ads
Provide detailed product information
Flexibility in design and placement
Can be fairly passive
Newspapers popular for local ads
In steady decline
Poor reproduction quality
Short shelf life
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Developing the Advertising
Campaign
• Print ad evaluation criteria
– Is the message clear at a glance?
– Is the benefit in the headline?
– Does the illustration support the headline?
– Does the first line of the copy support or
explain the headline and illustration?
– Is the ad easy to read and follow?
– Is the product easily identified?
– Is the brand or sponsor clearly identified?
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Developing the Advertising
Campaign
• Radio ads
Occurs in the car and out of home
Main advantage is flexibility
Ads are relatively inexpensive
Can be schedule to air quickly
Effective when run in morning
Can be extremely creative
Can tap into the listener’s imagination
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Choosing Media
• Evaluating alternate media
– Need to demonstrate reach/effectiveness
• Selecting specific media vehicles
– Media planner must choose most cost-
effective vehicles and must estimate audience
size, composition, media cost, and cost per
thousand persons reached
Media Selection
Impact
Exposure
Continuity
Concentrated
Flighting
Pulsing
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Public Relations
Public relations involves building good relations with the company’s various publics
by obtaining favorable publicity, building up a good corporate image, and handling
or heading off unfavorable rumors, stories, and events.
Public Relations
•Press relations or press agency involves the creation and placing of newsworthy
information to attract attention to a person, product, or service.
•Product publicity involves publicizing specific products.
•Public affairs involves building and maintaining national or local community relations.
Public Relations
•Lobbying involves building and maintaining relations with legislators and
government officials to influence legislation and regulation.