2. Layout
Marketing strategy & Situation analysis
Advertising plan
Advertising objectives
DAGMAR approach
Advertising strategy
Advertising campaign-planning process
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3. Situational Analysis
A situation analysis includes a thorough examination of
internal and external factors affecting a business.
Using market research a situational analysis will define
potential customers, projected growth, competitors and a
realistic assessment of a business.
5 Cs Analysis
SWOT Analysis
Porter’s Five Force Analysis
PEST
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4. Continued
Internal Analysis:
It is the understanding of strengths and weaknesses within an
organization.
It is seen in company culture and image, organizational
structure, staff, operational efficiency and capacity, brand
awareness, financial resources, etc.
Strengths are positive attributes, which can be tangible or
intangible, and are within the control of the organization.
Weaknesses are factors that may hinder the achievement of
the desired goal.
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5. Continued
External Analysis:
Opportunities and threats are measured as part of an external
analysis.
Like market trends, suppliers, partners, customers,
competitors, new technology and economic environment.
Opportunities present themselves as attractive factors that
can propel or positively influence the organization in some
way.
Threats are external factors that could place the
organization’s goal at risk.
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7. Strengths & Weaknesses
New, innovative product
Quality processes and
procedures
Patents
Strong brand names
Good reputation among
customers
Cost advantages from proprietary
know-how
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Lack of marketing expertise
Undifferentiated products or
services
Poor quality goods or services
Damaged reputation
High cost structure
Lack of access to key distribution
channels
8. Opportunities & Threats
A developing market
Mergers, joint ventures
New market segments
New international markets
Unfulfilled customer need
Arrival of new technologies
Loosening of regulations
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New competitors
Price wars
Competitor’s innovation
Competitor’s superior access to
distribution channels
Shift in consumer preferences
New regulations
12. Customers
Market size & growth
Market segments
Benefits that consumer is seeking, tangible and intangible.
Motivation behind purchase; value drivers, benefits vs. costs
Decision maker or decision-making unit
Retail channel – where does the consumer actually purchase the product?
Consumer information sources – where does the customer obtain information
about the product?
Buying process; e.g. impulse or careful comparison
Frequency of purchase, seasonal factors
Quality purchased at a time
Trends - how consumer needs and preferences change over time
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13. Competitors
Who are the existing and potential competitors?
What strategic groups can be identified?
What are their sales, share and profits?
What are the growth trends?
What are their strengths, weaknesses and strategies?
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14. Climate (or context)
How attractive is the market or industry and its submarkets?
What are the forces reducing profitability in the market, entry and exit barriers,
growth projections, cost structures, and profitability prospects?
What are the alternative distribution channels and their relative strengths?
What industry trends are significant to strategy?
What are the current and future key success factors?
What environmental threats, opportunities, and trends exist?
What are the major strategic uncertainties and information need areas?
What scenarios can be conceived?
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16. Continued
Identifies and analyzes five competitive forces that
shape every industry, and helps determine an
industry's weaknesses and strengths.
Porter identified five undeniable forces that play a part
in shaping every market and industry in the world.
The forces are frequently used to measure competition
intensity, attractiveness and profitability of an industry
or market.
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26. Advertising plan
Ad plan focuses on communication goals.
An advertising plan matches the right audience to the
right message and presents it in the right medium.
Components of ad plan:
Targeting the audience: whom are you trying to reach
Message strategy: what do you say to them
Media strategy: when & where will you reach them
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27. Steps in developing ad plan
Establishing ad budget
Budgeting methods
Research target audience
Develop an ad plan
Implement the plan
Measure the result
Direct measures of ad effectiveness
Indirect measures of ad effectiveness
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28. Budgeting methods
Percentage of sales method
Unit of sales method
Task and objective method
The competitive parity method
Brand history method
All you can afford method
The break even method
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29. Methods to measure the results
Direct methods of measuring ad effectiveness
Historical sales method
Experimental control
Indirect methods of measuring ad effectiveness
Exposure to ads
Attention/recall ads
Brand awareness
Comprehension
Attitude change
Action
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33. Advertising Strategy
Steps to develop an advertising strategy
Defining the product or service
Understanding the target audience
Market research
Developing a marketing plan
Deciding communication media
Budget
Marketing methods
Modifying advertising strategy
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34. Advertising Campaign-Planning
Process
Advertising campaign:
Determine specific goals to be achieved and decide the central
theme and appeals to be stressed to influence buying motives.
Determine the allocation of funds to advertising as one of the
promotional tools.
Select the appropriate media of advertising.
Create suitable advertising message to reach target market in
best possible manner.
Evaluate the effectiveness of advertising plan or campaign.
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Editor's Notes
Competition in the Industry
The importance of this force is the number of competitors and their ability to threaten a company. The larger the number of competitors, along with the number of equivalent products and services they offer, dictates the power of a company. Suppliers and buyers seek out a company's competition if they are unable to receive a suitable deal.
Potential of New Entrants Into an Industry
A company's power is also affected by the force of new entrants into its market. The less money and time it costs for a competitor to enter a company's market and be an effective competitor, the more a company's position may be significantly weakened.
Power of Suppliers
This force addresses how easily suppliers can drive up the price of goods and services. It is affected by the number of suppliers of key aspects of a good or service, how unique these aspects are and how much it would cost a company to switch from one supplier to another. The fewer number of suppliers, and the more a company depends upon a supplier, the more power a supplier holds.
Power of Customers
This specifically deals with the ability customers have to drive prices down. It is affected by how many buyers, or customers, a company has, how significant each customer is and how much it would cost a customer to switch from one company to another. The smaller and more powerful a client base, the more power it holds.
Threat of Substitutes
Competitor substitutions that can be used in place of a company's products or services pose a threat. For example, if customers rely on a company to provide a tool or service that can be substituted with another tool or service or by performing the task manually, and this substitution is fairly easy and of low cost, a company's power can be weakened.