This document discusses various elements of integrated marketing communication (IMC), including different promotional tools and their advantages and disadvantages. It covers advertising, sales promotion, public relations, direct marketing, personal selling, and new trends in IMC. The key promotional tools discussed are advertising, sales promotion, public relations, direct marketing, and personal selling. For each, both advantages and disadvantages are outlined. Emerging trends in IMC mentioned include AI marketing, thought marketing, storytelling, virtual reality, 5G streaming, influencers, FOMO, inclusion, and IOT.
Building Social Media Best Practices Across Multiple BrandsBert DuMars
Many companies jump into social media without fully considering: Fit with brand positioning and target consumer audience;
and alignment and integration with business strategies and marketing plans.
This presentation discusses a systematic approach to integrate social media into the planning process.
This presentation was originally developed by Lisa Gunther, Bert DuMars and Maria Lopez for the Southeast Association of National Advertisers conference held at Newell Rubbermaid July 29, 2010. Bert DuMars modified this version and presented it at the Social Fresh Charlotte conference on August 16, 2010.
Building Social Media Best Practices Across Multiple BrandsBert DuMars
Many companies jump into social media without fully considering: Fit with brand positioning and target consumer audience;
and alignment and integration with business strategies and marketing plans.
This presentation discusses a systematic approach to integrate social media into the planning process.
This presentation was originally developed by Lisa Gunther, Bert DuMars and Maria Lopez for the Southeast Association of National Advertisers conference held at Newell Rubbermaid July 29, 2010. Bert DuMars modified this version and presented it at the Social Fresh Charlotte conference on August 16, 2010.
Financial curveballs sent many American families reeling in 2023. Household budgets were squeezed by rising interest rates, surging prices on everyday goods, and a stagnating housing market. Consumers were feeling strapped. That sentiment, however, appears to be waning. The question is, to what extent?
To take the pulse of consumers’ feelings about their financial well-being ahead of a highly anticipated election, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey. The survey highlights consumers’ hopes and anxieties as we move into 2024. Let's unpack the key findings to gain insights about where we stand.
Financial curveballs sent many American families reeling in 2023. Household budgets were squeezed by rising interest rates, surging prices on everyday goods, and a stagnating housing market. Consumers were feeling strapped. That sentiment, however, appears to be waning. The question is, to what extent?
To take the pulse of consumers’ feelings about their financial well-being ahead of a highly anticipated election, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey. The survey highlights consumers’ hopes and anxieties as we move into 2024. Let's unpack the key findings to gain insights about where we stand.
The Secret to Engaging Modern Consumers: Journey Mapping and Personalization
In today's digital landscape, understanding the customer's journey and delivering personalized experiences are paramount. This masterclass delves into the art of consumer journey mapping, a powerful technique that visualizes the entire customer experience across touchpoints. Attendees will learn how to create detailed journey maps, identify pain points, and uncover opportunities for optimization. The presentation also explores personalization strategies that leverage data and technology to tailor content, products, and experiences to individual customers. From real-time personalization to predictive analytics, attendees will gain insights into cutting-edge approaches that drive engagement and loyalty.
Key Takeaways:
Current consumer landscape; Steps to mapping an effective consumer journey; Understanding the value of personalization; Integrating mapping and personalization for success; Brands that are getting It right!; Best Practices; Future Trends
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
The Forgotten Secret Weapon of Digital Marketing: Email
Digital marketing is a rapidly changing, ever evolving industry--Influencers, Threads, X, AI, etc. But one of the most effective digital marketing tools is also one of the oldest: Email. Find out from two Houston-based digital experts how to maximize your results from email.
Key Takeaways:
Email has the best ROI of any digital tactic
It can be used at any stage of the customer journey
It is increasingly important as the cookie-less future gets closer and closer
Come learn how YOU can Animate and Illuminate the World with Generative AI's Explosive Power. Come sit in the driver's seat and learn to harness this great technology.
Monthly Social Media News Update May 2024Andy Lambert
TL;DR. These are the three themes that stood out to us over the course of last month.
1️⃣ Social media is becoming increasingly significant for brand discovery. Marketers are now understanding the impact of social and budgets are shifting accordingly.
2️⃣ Instagram’s new algorithm and latest guidance will help us maintain organic growth. Instagram continues to evolve, but Reels remains the most crucial tool for growth.
3️⃣ Collaboration will help us unlock growth. Who we work with will define how fast we grow. Meta continues to evolve their Creator Marketplace and now TikTok are beginning to push ‘collabs’ more too.
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
First Things First: Building and Effective Marketing Strategy
Too many companies (and marketers) jump straight into activation planning without formalizing a marketing strategy. It may seem tedious, but analyzing the mindset of your targeted audiences and identifying the messaging points most likely to resonate with them is time well spent. That process is also a great opportunity for marketers to collaborate with sales leaders and account managers on a galvanized go-to-market approach. I’ll walk you through the methods and tools we use with our clients to ensure campaign success.
Key Takeaways:
-Recognize the critical role of strategy in marketing
-Learn our approach for building an actionable, effective marketing strategy
-Receive templates and guides for developing a marketing strategy
Is AI-Generated Content the Future of Content Creation?Cut-the-SaaS
Discover the transformative power of AI in content creation with our presentation, "Is AI-Generated Content the Future of Content Creation?" by Puran Parsani, CEO & Editor of Cut-The-SaaS. Learn how AI-generated content is revolutionizing marketing, publishing, education, healthcare, and finance by offering unprecedented efficiency, creativity, and scalability.
Understanding
AI-Generated Content:
AI-generated content includes text, images, videos, and audio produced by AI without direct human involvement. This technology leverages large datasets to create contextually relevant and coherent material, streamlining content production.
Key Benefits:
Content Creation: Rapidly generate high-quality content for blogs, articles, and social media.
Brainstorming: AI simulates conversations to inspire creative ideas.
Research Assistance: Efficiently summarize and research information.
Market Insights:
The content marketing industry is projected to grow to $17.6 billion by 2032, with AI-generated content expected to dominate over 55% of the market.
Case Study: CNET’s AI Content Controversy:
CNET’s use of AI for news articles led to public scrutiny due to factual inaccuracies, highlighting the need for transparency and human oversight.
Benefits Across Industries:
Marketing: Personalize content at scale and optimize engagement with predictive analytics.
Publishing: Automate content creation for faster publication cycles.
Education: Efficiently generate educational materials.
Healthcare: Create accurate content for patients and professionals.
Finance: Produce timely financial content for decision-making.
Challenges and Ethical Considerations:
Transparency: Disclose AI use to maintain trust.
Bias: Address potential AI biases with diverse datasets.
SEO: Ensure AI content meets SEO standards.
Quality: Maintain high standards to prevent misinformation.
Conclusion:
AI-generated content offers significant benefits in efficiency, personalization, and scalability. However, ethical considerations and quality assurance are crucial for responsible use. Explore the future of content creation with us and see how AI is transforming various industries.
Connect with Us:
Follow Cut-The-SaaS on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Medium. Visit cut-the-saas.com for more insights and resources.
Everyone knows the power of stories, but when asked to come up with them, we struggle. Either we second guess ourselves as to the story's relevance, or we just come up blank and can't think of any. Unlocking Everyday Narratives: The Power of Storytelling in Marketing will teach you how to recognize stories in the moment and to recall forgotten moments that your audience needs to hear.
Key Takeaways:
Understand Why Personal Stories Connect Better
How To Remember Forgotten Stories
How To Use Customer Experiences As Stories For Your Brand
In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
A.I. (artificial intelligence) platforms are popping up all the time, and many of them can and should be used to help grow your brand, increase your sales and decrease your marketing costs.In this presentation:We will review some of the best AI platforms that are available for you to use.We will interact with some of the platforms in real-time, so attendees can see how they work.We will also look at some current brands that are using AI to help them create marketing messages, saving them time and money in the process. Lastly, we will discuss the pros and cons of using AI in marketing & branding and have a lively conversation that includes comments from the audience.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will learn about LLM platforms, like ChatGPT, and how they work, with preset examples and real time interactions with the platform. Attendees will learn about other AI platforms that are creating graphic design elements at the push of a button...pre-set examples and real-time interactions.Attendees will discuss the pros & cons of AI in marketing + branding and share their perspectives with one another. Attendees will learn about the cost savings and the time savings associated with using AI, should they choose to.
The What, Why & How of 3D and AR in Digital CommercePushON Ltd
Vladimir Mulhem has over 20 years of experience in commercialising cutting edge creative technology across construction, marketing and retail.
Previously the founder and Tech and Innovation Director of Creative Content Works working with the likes of Next, John Lewis and JD Sport, he now helps retailers, brands and agencies solve challenges of applying the emerging technologies 3D, AR, VR and Gen AI to real-world problems.
In this webinar, Vladimir will be covering the following topics:
Applications of 3D and AR in Digital Commerce,
Benefits of 3D and AR,
Tools to create, manage and publish 3D and AR in Digital Commerce.
5 big bets to drive growth in 2024 without one additional marketing dollar AND how to adapt to the biggest shifting eCommerce trend- AI.
1) Romance Your Customers - Retention
2) ‘Alternative’ Lead Gen - Advocacy
3) The Beautiful Basics - Conversion Rate Optimization
4) Land that Bottom Line - Profitability
5) Roll the Dice - New Business Models
3. Advertising
Advantages of Advertising
1. Promotion of Sales
2. Expansion of Production
3. Enhances Goodwill
4. Large Turnover and Huge Profits
5. Information about Different Options and Comparative Prices
6. Creates Employment Opportunities
7. Higher Standard of Living
4. Advertising
Disadvantages of Advertising
1. Adds to the Cost of Production and Product
2. Leads to Price War
3. Deceptive Advertising
4. Leads to Unequal Competition
5. Creates a Monopolistic Market
6. Promotes Unnecessary Consumption
7. Decline in Moral Values
5. Sales Promotion
Different Types of Sales Promotion
Consumer Promotion
Free Samples, Coupons, Cash Refund Offers, Price Packs (Supersaver
Packs), Gifts etc.
Trade Promotion
Price-Off, Allowances (Display Allowance), Free Goods, Gifts and Prizes
etc.
Sales-Force Promotion
Trade shows and Conventions, Sales Contests
6. Sales Promotion
Advantages of Sales Promotion
1. Stimulates in the consumers an attitude towards the product and also loyalty.
2. Creates a better incentive in the consumers to make a purchase. It is a demand creator.
3. Gives direct inducement to the consumers to take immediate action.
4. Flexible. It can be used at any stage of a new product introduction.
5. Sales promotion leads to low unit-cost, due to large-scale production and large-scale selling.
6. An effective supporter of sales. It helps the salesperson and makes their effort more
productive.
7. The promotional tools are the most effective to be used in increasing the sales volume.
7. Sales Promotion
Disadvantages of Sales Promotion
1. Sales Consumers may just wait for the incentives.
2. Sales promotion activities are having temporary and short life. The benefits are also short-
lived for three or four months. Then the demand will fall down.
3. They are non-recurring in their use.
4. Brand image is affected by too many sales promotion activities. Consumers are of the
opinion that due to the lack of popularity and overstocking of products of a company, these
sales promotional activities are conducted.
5. There is a feeling in the minds of the customers that sales promotional activity tools are
used to sell inadequate or second grade products.
6. Discounts or rebates are allowed by boosting the prices of the goods, with a view to sell at a
gain.
7. It is expensive and leads to a rise in the price of products.
8. Public Relation & Publicity
Types of Public Relations
Media relations
Community relations
Corporate and social responsibility
Public affairs
Crisis management
Employee relations
9. Public Relation & Publicity
Process of Public Relations
Research
“Who?” “What?” and “Why?”
Action and Planning
S.M.A.R.T. objectives to set goals for a program based on research and
analysis.
Specific (purpose) Measurable (outcomes) Attainable (objective)
Realistic (goal) Time (available and necessary)
Communication and Relationship Building
Evaluation
10. Public Relation & Publicity
Advantages of Public Relations
Influence
Reach
Cost-effectiveness
Disadvantages of Public Relations
No direct control
No guaranteed results
Evaluation
11. Public Relation & Publicity
Types of Publicity
1. News
2. Press Release
3. Product Release
4. Emergency
5. Conferences
6. Events
7. Offers
8. Social Media
12. Direct Marketing
Features of Direct Marketing
No middlemen
Customer oriented
Forms
Direct channel
Direct contact
13. Direct Marketing
Advantages of Direct Marketing
1. Focused approach
2. Multiple Uses
3. Cost-Effectiveness
4. Frequency
5. Immediate and flexible
6. Lead time
7. Relationship Building
8. Personalisation
9. Measuring effectiveness
10. Geographic Targeting
14. Direct Marketing
Disadvantages of Direct Marketing
1. Seem to be competing with existing intermediaries
2. Seen as intrusive by consumers
3. Costs
15. Personal Selling
Features of Personal Selling
1. Personal Form
2. Development of Relationship
3. Oral Conversation
4. Quick solution of Queries
5. Receipt of Additional Information
6. Real Sale
16. Personal Selling
Advantages of Personal Selling
1. Flexibility and adaptability
2. Minimum waste
3. Acts as a feed-back
4. Creates lasting impression
5. Pulls through logical sequence
17. Personal Selling
Disadvantages of Personal Selling
1. It is expensive
2. Difficulty of getting right kind of salesperson
3. Stake in consumer loyalty
4. More administrative problems
18. New Trends in IMC
AI Marketing
Thought Marketing
Storytelling
Virtual Reality
5G Streaming
Influencers
FOMO
Inclusion
IOT
