Pricing Strategy PPT 2
Pricing Strategy PPT 2
Pricing Strategy PPT 2
OBJECTIVE:
• To convince target market of the product’s
differential advantage
NECESSARY PREREQUISITE:
• Ought be guided by a promotional strategy: a
plan for the optimal use of the promotional
mix
Elements of the Promotional
Mix
Advertising
Ingredients Publicity
Ingredients
of
of the
the
Promotion
Promotion
Mix
Mix Personal Selling
Sales Promotion
The Effects (outcomes) of Advertising
• Advertising influences:
– market share
– the consumers’ behaviour
– brand loyalty
– perceptions of attributes
Major Types of Advertising
Corporate Image
Institutional
Advertising
Advocacy Advertising
Types
Types
of
of
Advertising
Advertising
Pioneering
Product Competitive
Advertising
Comparative
Major Types of Advertising (cont)
• Institutional advertising
– to establish, change or maintain the firm’s
identity - not an attempt to sell anything
• Product advertising
– pioneering advertising
» stimulate demand for a new product: primary
demand
– competitive advertising
» attempts to increase sales: brand insistence
– comparative advertising
» directly or indirectly compares two brands
Setting Advertising Objectives
Position Brands
Obtain Outlets
Ongoing Contact
Strategy
Support Sales Force
Decisions
in Setting Get Immediate Action
Advertising
Objectives Maintain Relationships
Choosing Media
Newspapers Magazine
Major Kinds
of Media
Direct Mail Outdoor
Radio Internet
Advertising on the Internet
Many Forms
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Seek Direct Response
Feedback
Preplan sales call and presentation(s)
Close sale
Follow up to Follow up to
establish maintain
Sales
Promotion
• All marketing activities other than
advertising, personal selling and public
relations, that stimulates sales and dealer
effectiveness
• Short-term, immediate stimulation of
demand
• Can be aimed at consumers,
intermediaries or employees
• Examples: free samples, coupons etc.
Sales Promotion Activities
Noise
Channel
Integrated Marketing
Communications
• Ideally communication from each
promotional element ought to be
integrated
• The message reaching the consumer must
be consistent irrespective of the medium
used
• Organisational arrangements must ensure
IMC
• The responsibility of the marketing
communications manager
Goals and Tasks of Promotion
Informing Reminding
Target
Audience
Persuading
AIDA and the Hierarchy of Effects
Purchase
Conviction
Preference
Liking
Knowledge
Awareness
Advertising
Effectiveness
Personal
selling
Sales
promotion
Public
relations
Very effective
Somewhat effective
Not effective
Factors that Affect the Promotion Mix
Nature of the Product
Available Funds
$$$
Push–and–Pull Strategies
Creating a Promotion
Plan
Analyse the Marketplace
be measurable, concrete
be realistic
Reminder Objective
To remind consumers that Black Cat peanut butter is the
creamiest peanut butter and is available at their nearest grocery
and convenience stores
Techniques for Setting Promotion Budgets
• Arbitrary Allocation
• All - You - Can - Afford
• Competitive Parity
• Percent of Sales
• Market Share
• Objective and Task
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Group 4- Price Adjustment Strategies
Group 5- Pricing Under Market Various Market
Condition and Public Policy and Marketing
Group 6- Determining Demand – Customer Perception
of Price
Group 7- Price Changes
Group 8- Identifying Price Constraints and Legality of
Pricing Policies