Whose job isit?
• Normally the brand manager.
• In some cases it could be the advertising manager, the
marketing manager, the product manager and similar
designations
Is it aninvestment or
revenue expense ?
Conservative accounting principles does not recognise the
future positive effects of current advertising expenditure
You can attaintemporary share of the
market with anew product or a smart
promotion, but to enjoy a really healthy share
of market (in three year’s time) you have to
start now, to build a share of mind.
- Leo Burnett
13.
“I am astonishedto find how many manufacturers,
on both sides of the Atlantic, still believe that women
can be persuaded by logic and argument to buy one
brand in preference to another. The greater the
similarity between products, the less part reason
plays in brand selection”
–David Ogilvy
14.
“Half my advertisingis wasted, but the
problem is I don’t know which half”
- John Wanamaker
15.
Demand stimulated byadvertising not
only increases sales but the value of the
brand in the minds of the consumer
Successful advertising helped increase prices
by 22% than not so successful advertising
16.
The average %increase in sales to be
expected from 1 % reduction in price is
1.8%
The average % increase in sales to be
expected by 1 % increase in adspend is
0.2%
Situation Analysis
• Coststructure of
industry
• Skills of the firm
• In – house skills vs
those of competitors
• Financial resources of
the firm
• Nature of demand
• Extent of demand
• Nature of
competition
• Environmental
climate
• Stage of PLC