4. IRFAAN MEERA. E/ BBA/
ARGUMENTS FOR
MEASURING
4
O Avoiding costly mistakes
O Evaluating alternative strategies
O Determining if objectives are achieved
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ARGUMENTS FOR
NOT
MEASURING
5
O Cost
O Research problem
O Disagreement on what to test
O Objectives of creative
O Time
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CONDUCTING
RESEARCH
6
What to Test
O Source Factor
O Message variable
O Media strategies
O Budgeting decisions
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TESTING PROCESS
8
O Concept Generation and Testing-
O Rough art, Copy and Commercial Testing-
O Finished Art or Commercial Pretesting
O Market testing of ads or Commercials
O Essentials of Effective Testing
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FINISHED ART OF COMMERCIAL
PRETESTING
1. Pretesting Finished Print-ads
O Portfolio test
O Readability test
O Dummy Advertising Vehicles
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PRETESTIN
G
1
6
2. Pretesting Finished Broadcast ads
O Theatre test
O On-air test
O Physiological measures
O Brain waves
Alpha activity
Hemispheric Lateralization
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POST-TESTING
2
2
of Broadcast commercials
O Day after recall tests
O Persuasive measures-
O Diagnostics
O Comprehensive measures
O Test marketing
O Single-source tracking studies
O Tracking Print/Broadcast ads
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WHERE TO TEST ?
2
4
O Laboratory test
O Field Test
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HOW TO TEST ?
2
5
Follow PACT principles
O Relevant to objectives
O agreement on how results
O Provide multiple measures
O Be based on a model
O Consider multiple versus single exposure to the
stimulus
O Require alternative executions
O Provide controls to avoid biasing effects
O Take into account basic considerations
O Demonstrate reliability and validity
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ESSENTIALS OF EFFECTIVE
TESTING
2
6
O Establish Communication Objective
O Use a consumer response model
O Use both pretests and posttests
O Use multiple measures
O Understand and implement proper
research
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CONCLUSION
2
8
O Research to measure the effectiveness is
important to the IMC program.
O Not enough companies systematically test
their programs.
O Problems exist with current research
methodologies.
O A variety of research methods—including
pretesting and post testing can be
undertaken
O It is important that effectiveness measures
are linked to campaign objectives.