Given a hypothetical budget of $5,000,000 this is our pitch to the fashion school LIM College of how to design a year-long campaign. The goal of the campaign is to generate applications from prospective students.
This includes everything from an analysis of LIM's unique value proposition, to examples of potential print and online ads, to a detailed breakdown of the budget
2. Agenda:
• Strategy
– Project Overview / Objectives / Target Audience /
Target Insights / Competitors / Differentiating Factors /
Buyers Journey
• Media
– Budget / Budget Cont./Flighting /Print / Social Media/
Online / Mobile / Video / Out-of-Home / Direct Mail /
Radio / Email / Search
• Creative
– Overview / Print / Direct Mail / Social / Online /
Promotion
• Q&A
• Appendix
3. Project Overview:
• Construct an integrated advertising campaign
which sets LIM College apart from its
competitors
• Channels include:
– Print
– Social Media
– Online
– Mobile
– Video
– Out-of-Home
– Direct Mail
– Radio
– Email
– Search
– Promotion
4. Objectives:
• 1st
Objective:
– Recruitment
• Increase the number of applicants
• Increase conversion of applicants to
students
• 2nd
Objective:
– Increase Awareness
• Target Market
• Parents of high school students
• New York City business community
• Fashion Industry
5. Target Audience:
• Demographic:
– High School students 16 to 18 years old
– Female
– Flexible income levels
• Geographic:
– Primarily from NY and NJ area
• Interests / Behaviors:
– Passionate
– Business minded
– Creative
– Interested in fashion
– Value education
– Prefer small school environment
– Enjoy spending time on social media
websites
– Trendsetters and tastemakers
– Visual thinkers/interested in visual
aesthetics
6. Target Audience:
Meet Alyssa:
•17 years old
•Junior at Maria Regina HS
•Lives in Hartsdale, NY
•Interested in fashion merchandising
•Texts at least 20 times a day
•Loves pinkberry
•Uses clothing and accessories to express
her personality
•Loves social media, especially instagram
and twitter
•NYC is her favorite place to shop
7. Target Insights: LIM HS Fashion Lab 2013
• Discovered LIM College Fashion Lab through:
– Online Search, direct mail, referrals from friends
• Websites visited on a daily basis:
– Facebook, pinterest, google, style.com, youtube, fashion blogs,
tumblr, instagram
• Print publications viewed on a monthly basis:
– Teen Vogue, Vogue, Nylon, Glamour, People, Cosmopolitan, Marie
Claire,
• What they like most about the LIM Fashion Lab:
– Teachers have real-world experience in fashion industry
– Class material
– Preparation for college
– Making new friends with similar interests
– Hands-on activities
– Located in NYC
– LIM facilities
Sample size: Two separate LIM High School Fashion Lab classes, roughly 25 students total
8. Target Insights: Teens as a whole
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10. The Fashion 10 Location Student to Faculty
Ratio
LIM College New York City 8:1
Fashion Institute of Technology
(FIT)
New York City 16:1
Parsons: The New School of Design New York City 10:1
Berkley College New York City 30:1
Fashion Institute of Design and
Merchandising (FIDM)
Los Angeles, California 16:1
La Salle University Philadelphia, PA 13:1
Marist College Poughkeepsie, New
York
15:1
Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey 17:1
Philadelphia University Philadelphia, PA 12:1
University of Rhode Island (URI) Kingston, RI 16:1
Competitors:
11. What differentiates LIM College?
• LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE FASHION WORLD:
Classes and internships located in New York City
• LEARN FROM THE BEST: Curriculum taught by professors
with vast experience in the fashion industry
• PREPARED FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE: Students graduate
with hands on experience, and a full resume through 3
required credited internships
• RELATIONSHIPS TO LAST A LIFETIME: Small class sizes and
tight-knit atmosphere allow students the opportunity to
create to create close relationships with their professors,
peers, LIM community, and industry professionals
12. Buyers Journey:
• Print
• Direct Mail
• OOH
• Radio
• Social Media
• Search
• Email
• Video
• Promotion
• Word-of-mouth
AwarenessAwareness EngagementEngagement Active
Consideration
Active
Consideration
• Digital ads
• Video
• Social Media
• Email
• Promotion
• Events
• Open Houses
• Visit class or
event
• Meet with
admissions
counselor
18. Social Media:
• Paid ads on Facebook
• Content creation
– Social Media Strategist
– Digital Daybook Club
• $432,000 total spend
• 31,274,783 total impressions
19. Online:
• Fashion
• Teen Lifestyle
• Academia
• Entertainment
• Digital Side Platform (DSP)
• $453,500 total spending
• 97,089,215 total impressions
23. Video:
• 82% of teens watch TV online*
• YouTube gets 800 million visitors monthly
– 21.6 million teen users total**
– 64% of teens listen to music on YouTube**
• $450,000 total spending
• 30,000,000 total impressions
*http://www.newcommbiz.com/82-of-teens-watch-tv-online-48-watch-tv-on-cell-phones/
**http://www.youtube.com/yt/advertise/demographics.html
***http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57493338-93/youtube-is-teens-no-1-pick-for-music-listening/
25. Out-of-Home:
• Transit ads in trains and
stations
– NYC Subways
– Metro-North
– Long Island Rail
• $800,000 total
spending
• 90,000,000 total
impressions
26. Direct Mail:
• ASL High School List
– Filtered by Females in NY area
• Teen Vogue List
– Filtered by NY/NJ area
• Testing two offers
• $440,893 total spending
• 271,319 total impressions
28. Email:
• Teen Fashionistas List
– 2.7 million teens; interested in fashion and
shop online
• Fashion Conscious Trendy Teens
– Over 500,000 parents of teens interested in
“high style” clothes and accessories
• $646,707 total spending
• 5,173,656 total impressions
29. Search:
• 92% of teens say top reason to go online
is to search for information*
• Unbranded Search
– Ad groups: “fashion schools,” “fashion
and business programs,” fashion
school rankings”
• Branded Search
– Ad groups: “LIM College,” “LIM fashion
school,”…
• $953,604 total spending
• 296,802 total impressions
*http://www.newcommbiz.com/82-of-teens-watch-tv-online-48-watch-tv-on-cell-phones/
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Be a part of the action
in the ultimate fashion
capital of the world,
New York City!
Why wait?
LIM College would like to invite
you to visit our state-of-the-art
facilities in the heart of
midtown Manhattan. We offer
a variety of visit options -
choose the one that's right for
you.
12 East 53rd Street –2nd Floor!
New York, NY 10022!
Phone: (800) 677-1323!
www.limcollege.edu/admissions
Just a number?
Think again.
As a student at LIM College, you will
have the opportunity to learn the
business of fashion and work closely
with dedicated faculty who have
years of industry experience at
prominent brands.
With just eight students for every
professor, LIM College offers a
friendly, close-knit environment
where each student is an individual.
Come visit usto see
for yourself! !
Email us at:
openhouse@limcollege.edu
to schedule a visit.
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Find us on:
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At LIM College, you
will get the hands-on
experience you need
to succeed.
The best way to get into the
fashion industry is to obtain as
much experience as possible.
That’s why, LIM students’
complete three required
internships during their four
years.
Join LIM College and
immerse yourself in the
business of fashion. From day
one through the rest of your
life.
If your internship
sounds like a
dream job, where
will you go once
you graduate?
Our graduates enter the job market
with a leg up on the competition
because of the vast experience they
have acquired at LIM College.
We’re focused on your career
and the close relationships
you’ll form!It’s all about YOU!
!
41. Social:
•Virtual Q&A’s with industry professionals,
hosted by current LIM students
– Director of Marketing at Vogue
– Senior Manager of Visual Merchandising at Marc
Jacobs
– Marketing Manager at Uniqlo
•Potential applicants and current LIM students
submit Q’s via Facebook
42. CreateCreate
YourYour
OwnOwn
FashionFashion
Show!Show!
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LIM College
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LIM College
Click to
Play!
Be the Buyer,
Choose the Look!
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LIM College
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LIM College
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LIM College
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LIM College
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LIM College
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LIM College
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LIM College
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LIM College
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LIM College
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LIM College
Be the Buyer,
Choose the Look!
Play
Runway
Enjoy the Show! Interested in developing a career
in the
business of fashion in the
FASHION CAPITAL OF THE
WORLD?
Click Here to learn more about
LIM College
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LIM College
3 Internships
Hands-on learning with
industry professionals
Lifelong relationships with
classmates & professors
At LIM College you can
experience:
Display Ad:
43. Click Here to learn more about
LIM College
Click Here to learn more about
LIM College
Live the
business
of
Fashion
from the
first day
through
the rest
of your
life!
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Display Ad:
45. Promotion:
• Dual launch party with Interior
Design guru Jonathan Adler
• LIM’s new “Home Fashions”
track for Fashion Merchandising
• Jonathan Adler promotes:
– Launching fashion accessories line
– New affordable home line,
“Happy Chic”
Our primary goals are mainly a recruitment effort
(Note by Nina: Maybe we should have a chart about how many applicant they had last two years to what we will reach with out plan)
-In 2012, the LIM Demographic was mainly from the New York and New Jersey area (2012 class was almost 75% from this region, with the third highest state being Connecticut at only 3.9%)
- Income is flexible as LIM is inexpensive for a private university, with a tuition of just $23,070 (in-state public colleges average $22,261 and private universities average $43,289))
We realize there are many competitors in this category…they are referred to as “The Fashion 10.” These schools offer Fashion Merchandising, Design, Marketing, or Retail Management, not including community colleges.
LIM is one of only four schools in this group that is located in New York City. It also has the smallest student to faculty ratio, which is almost half or less than the majority of the competition. Additionally LIM has one of the most robust fashion business programs, offering more options than every school with the exception of FIT. Thus we have identified FIT as LIM’s main competitor.
THESE FACTORS SET LIM COLLEGE APART FROM IT’S COMPETITORS --- DO YOU AGREE? SHOULD WE CHANGE THIS?
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-In addition to some of the logos shown here, we placed ads on the online versions of our print vehicles (Teen Vogue, Nylon, CollegeXpress, MyMajors Art Magazine, Teen Ink)
-DSP is only $48,000 of total digital spending
-Chose CW shows Gossip Girl and The Carrie Diaries because of Teens/NYC/Fashion theme with both
-Mention strategy behind specific pages (i.e. “fashion,” “style,” “careers”
-Girls 14 – 17 are highest percentage (34%) of “cell-mostly” Internet users
-We will make sure “Entertainment” ads represent LIM brand well and don’t include tabloid/gossip websites
-Online video viewing is growing more rapidly than ad spending on online videos. Now is a time to take advantage of this before ads cost even more money
-Top-right image is GOLD Winner from 28th Annual Educational Advertising Awards this past year
-Joke about how although it’s called “snail mail” it is highly effective, especially for colleges (high response rate, can provide lots of material to explain how
-Not spending too much of budget because it is not a visual medium
Will be used for our secondary goals
-for branded search we have keywords, for unbranded search we have keywords grouped together in ad groups
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Learn from the best:
LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE FASHION WORLD: Classes and internships located in New York City
LEARN FROM THE BEST: Curriculum taught by professors with vast experience in the fashion industry
PREPARED FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE: Students graduate with hands on experience, and a full resume through 3 required credited internships
RELATIONSHIPS TO LAST A LIFETIME: Small class sizes and intimate setting allows students the opportunity to create to create close-knit relationships with their professors, peers, and industry professionals
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