This presentation was designed for a class in Ho Chi Minh City. Some of the ideas were taken from Professor Tung Bui and Professor Peter Kraus during my MBA program at the University of Hawaii. This presentation focuses on how marketing messages should be developed and delivered effectively.
An insider's guide to effective marketing communication
1. AN INSIDER’S VIEW ON
MARKETING COMMUNICATION
Khanh.Pham@EasyCare.vn
December 2016
2. Warm up activities
1. Use 1 word/ short phrase to describe
your view on Son Tung MTP.
2. What is the most impressive billboard
that you have seen? Why?
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3. Contents
Communication channels
Barriers to effective communication
Where & how to invest your marketing dollars?
7 lessons for marketing messaging
Marketing effectiveness measurement
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4. The 8 P’s of Marketing
• Product
• Price
• Place
• Promotion
Branding & Communication
• Push/pull
• Personalization
• Promptness
• Privacy
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5. Barriers to Marketing Communication
Company’s
value proposition
Consumers’
perception of brand
Owned media
Paid media
Earned media
Jargon
Emotion
Distractions
Different viewpoints
Physical disabilities
Body language
Accents
Biases/ Prejudices
Cultural differences
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6. Marketing Communication Channels
Owned media
• Website
• Marketing literatures
(brochures, flyers,
product sheets,
posters)
Paid media
• Traditional
advertising (TV, radio,
print, outdoor,
infomercials)
• Digital advertising
(Display ads, mobile
ads, YouTube, paid
search, Facebook ads)
Earned media
• Free publicity
• Social media
(Facebook, forums,
blogs, viral)
• Words of mouth
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9. Where & how to invest your marketing dollars?
• Where do they live, work, study, eat,
drink and play?
• Why should they care about your
product/ service?
• When, where and how they can spend
time learning about your product/ service
most comfortably?
Gender
Age
Education
Income
Research Analysis Contents & media
• Who are YOUR customers?
• Demographics
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10. Where & how to invest your marketing dollars?
• Specify effectiveness measurement FIRST in your communication plan
Marketing
• Brand awareness
• Brand consideration
• Reach/ Views/ Visits
• Share of voice
• Favorability
• Net Promoter Score
Sales/ HR
• Qualified leads
• Sales
• Recruits
• Cost per lead
• Cost per sale
Finance
• Budget? (0.5% - 3% revenue)
• Total cost vs. Incremental
sales? (<10% revenue)
• Contribution margin (Revenue
– Variable expenses >0)
• Profit/ Return on investment
• Communication objectives vs. Budget
• Address all stakeholders – Marketing, Sales/HR & Finance
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11. Marketing will be increasingly driven by Analytics
Awareness
• Views
• Impressions
• Unique users
• Awareness lift
• Ad recall lift
Consideration
• View-through rate
• Click-through rate
• Watch time
• Time on site
• Favorability lift
• Consideration lift
• Brand interest lift
Action
• Clicks
• Calls
• Signups
• Sales
• Purchase intent lift
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12. Marketing Messaging
Lesson #1: Sexy, funny, pyrotechnic
President of the Divided States of America on Planet Hiltron
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13. Marketing Messaging
Lesson #2: Short
enough to be
interesting & long
enough to cover the
essentials.
OMAX - Wide Angle Lenses
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15. Marketing Messaging
Lesson #4: Use 7 channels x 7 times
Print materials
Social media
Telecommunication
Face-to-Face
• Advertisement
• Direct mail
• Brochure delivery
• Mass email marketing
• Fax
• Customized email marketing
• Posts (e.g. FB, Twitter, blog, YouTube, etc.)
• Messaging (e.g. FB Messenger, Line)
• Chat (e.g. on online forums like webtretho.com)
• Telemarketing
• Videophone
• Personal selling
Hard
communication
Soft
communication
Less
effective
More
effective
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17. Marketing Messaging
Lesson #6: Be engaging, especially on social media.
Have a content strategy – Don’t jump into social media
Build a human character NOT company image
Useful and interesting content and KISS (keep it short & simple)
Have a schedule but be prepared to change
Don't hard sell on social media.
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18. Marketing Messaging
Lesson #7: The F pattern
• On Google, the top 5 listings
on the page get the majority of
eyeballs.
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19. Marketing Messaging
Lesson #7: The F pattern
Products slightly left or
center in a store display
often get the most attention.
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20. 6 seconds for resume screening
• Name
• Current title & company
• Current position start & end dates
• Previous title & company
• Previous position start & end dates
• Education
Can you make
your resume
more visually
attractive?
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21. PHẠM TRƯỜNG KHÁNH
EXPERIENCE
• Managing Director
• Marketing Director
• IT Project Director
• Agency Support Sr Manager
• Sales Development Manager
• Sales Representative
QUALIFICATIONS
• MBA (University of Hawai’i)
• BA (University of HCMC)
• Fellow, Life Management Institute
• Professional, Customer Service
• Associate, Insurance Agency
Administration
• Project Management (PMI)
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS CUSTOMERS
• Strategic planning
• Branding & communications
• Digital marketing
• Market research
• Sales management
• Partnership
• Processes & KPI’s
• Mercedes-Benz
• Thaco Trường Hải
• Toyota
• Honda
• General Motors
• Mitsubishi
• Ford
Co-founder & MD
www.EasyCare.vn
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22. Where are the eyes?
Scarlett Johansson in D&G perfume ad
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