25 Maret 2013

PROMOTION



          That is the Promotion  is a form of corporate communication that uses various methods to reach a targeted audience with a certain message in order to achieve specific organizational objectives.It is no longer enough for a business to have great products.  Lots of  businesses have those too.  Customers need to know about a great product and be persuaded to buy.  role of promotion.
            the basic purpose of the implementation of the promotion is to influence consumers into buying the product seller. A promotion held without whose objective is tantamount to performing work in vain. Promotional purposes is fundamental in making the overall promotional program will be run by the company in order to achieve what he wanted, and then will follow the next steps. Virtually every company that has a promotional program when seen obviously that the objectives of the promotion of each are often not equal to each other. However, in general, a campaign whose objective are as follows:
            Promotion is all about communication.  Why because promotion is the way in a business makes its products known to the customers, both current and potential.The main aim of promotion is to ensure that customers are aware of the existence and  positioning of products. Promotion is also used to persuade customers that the product  is better than competing products and to remind customers about why they may want to buy.
            It is a common  mistake to believe that promotion by business is all about advertising.  It isn’t. There are a variety of approaches that a business can take to get their message across to customers, although advertising is certainly an important one. It is important to understand that a business will use more than one method of promotion. The variety of promotional methods used is referred to as the promotional mix.
The main methods of promotion are:
·         Advertising
·         Public relations & sponsorship
·         Personal selling
·         Direct marketing
·         Sales promotion
Promotional activities have a variety of aims:
·         To inform current and potential customers about the existence of products
·         To explain the potential benefits of using the product
·         To persuade customers to buy the product
·         To help differentiate a product from the competition
·         To develop and sustain a brand
·         To reassure customers that they have made the right choice
The way in which promotion is targeted  is traditionally split into two types:
àAbove the line promotion – paid for communication in the independent media e.g. advertising on TV or in the newspapers.  Though it can be targeted, it could be seen by anyone outside the target audience.  Advertising is the main methods of above-the-line promotion.
àBelow the line promotion – promotional activities where the business has direct control e.g. direct mailing and money off coupons.  It is aimed directly at the target audience.

            Sales promotion is one level or type of marketing aimed either at the consumer or at the distribution channel (in the form of sales-incentives). It is used to introduce new product, clear out inventories, attract traffic, and to lift sales temporarily. It is more closely associated with the marketing of products than of services.
            Sales Promotion all forms of communication not found in advertising and personal selling, including direct mail, coupons, volume discounts, sampling, rebates, demonstrations, exhibits, sweepstakes, trade allowances, samples and point-ofpurchase displays In designing a promotional plan, clearly spell out.
            The American Marketing Association (AMA), in its Web-based "Dictionary of Marketing Terms," defines sales promotion as "media and nonmedia marketing pressure applied for a predetermined, limited period of time in order to stimulate trial, increase consumer demand, or improve product availability." Business pundits and academic students of business have developed almost fancifully sophisticated views of sales promotion. In down-to-earth terms it is a way of lifting sales temporarily by appealing to economic motives and impulse-buying behavior.
            Kinds of Promotion , Promotion Objectives need to be clearly stated and measurable. They must be compatible with the objectives of the company, as well as the competitive and marketing strategies. Objectives vary for different products and different situations. For example, producers must promote differently to brokers than to wholesalers. When promoting to a broker, the producer must promote what he/she wishes the broker to present to the wholesaler. When promoting to a wholesaler, the producer simply wants the wholesaler
to purchase the product. Promotional Strategy Once the producer has reviewed all the possible promotional tools, he/she must devise a promotional strategy. A promotional strategy should address the following issues:
• What is the goal of the promotion?
• What types of promotion should be used?
• What effect should the promotion have on the customer?
• Which promotion is working?
• Which promotion is not working?
• What are the costs of the promotion compared to the benefits?
            The chief tools of sales promotion are discounts ("sales"), distribution of samples and coupons, the holding of sweepstakes and contests, special store displays, and offering premiums and rebates. All of these techniques require some kind of communication. Thus sales promotion and advertising are difficult to distinguish.
1. Appearance:
            One important goal of the campaign is the promotion must be able to deliver a number of prospective buyers barely pads intended or targeted, so companies have to choose which one can be achieved to the target buyers. In order to consider this apparition the following steps:
-Determining the prospective buyers in the target or the target.
-Determine the number of prospective buyers intended.
-Selecting the most appropriate media to reach prospective buyer.
2. Attention:
            Promotion should be able to attract the attention of consumers ateu prospective buyers to go, but it is often very difficult to attract the attention of prospective buyers promotion we did caused so much promotion done also by other companies, so that the attention of prospective buyers not only focused on the campaign carried out by the company which includes a number of other edvertensi, sales promotion and other promotional efforts. So the company faced the problem of how to keep the campaign carried out by other companies.How that can be done to attract the attention of prospective buyers such as providing links to a particular event, the use of people who are already popular in the eyes of the reklamenya, highlight what is more a privilege of products that are not found in other products, and so forth.
3. Understanding:
            Other promotional purposes of promoting an understanding was reached on a prospective buyer interprets the message reached him. Prospective buyers often can not understand the promotion are not well planned or can attract attention, sometimes a change of media used can cause the message is not clear that the changing use of media we should also involve whether the necessary changes to the message. Thus, companies must be sure that the message was clearly conveyed through the media and to attract attention, as many companies promoting various products, many potential buyers are interested, remember and understand some of the many promotional campaigns that exist.
4. Attitude Change:
            After the promotion can be understood by potential buyers, the company expects a response from prospective buyers of the campaign. Each company 'must adjust to their product promotion to be able to change the attitude of potential buyers of its target, such as a change order to divert the buyer purchases from another company's products to the products produced by the company.Many companies use advertisements to change the attitude of prospective buyers projecting, advertisements may not necessarily lead to the majority of buyers for immediate purchase.
5. Action:
            In accordance with the ultimate goal of the campaign is to improve the company's results through increased sales results, the most important purpose of the promotion is to be able to induce action from prospective buyers of its target, because it indicates the success or failure of a campaign.
Present Tense Sentences
1. Promotion  is  a form of corporate communication that uses various methods to reach a targeted audience with a certain message in order to achieve specific organizational objectives.
2. Lots of  businesses have those too.  Customers need to know about a great product and be persuaded to buy.  That is the role of promotion.
3. Promotional purposes is fundamental in making the overall promotional program will be run by the company
4. Promotion is all about communication.
5. because promotion is the way in a business makes its products known to the customers
6. There are a variety of approaches that a business can take to get their message across to customers, although advertising is certainly an important one
7. Sales promotion is one level or type of marketing aimed either at the consumer or at the distribution channel (in the form of sales-incentives).
8. Many companies use advertisements to change the attitude of prospective buyers projecting
9. In down-to-earth terms it is a way of lifting sales temporarily by appealing to economic motives and impulse-buying behavior.

10. It is aimed directly at the target audience.
Past Tense Sentences
1. A promotion held without whose objective is tantamount to performing work in vain
2. in order to achieve what he wanted, and then will follow the next steps
3. The American Marketing Association (AMA), in its Web-based "Dictionary of Marketing Terms," defines sales promotion as "media and nonmedia marketing pressure applied for a predetermined, limited period of time in order to stimulate trial
4. In accordance with the ultimate goal of the campaign is to improve the company's results through increased sales results
5. One important goal of the campaign is the promotion must be able to deliver a number of prospective buyers barely pads intended or targeted
6. so companies have to choose which one can be achieved
7.  we did caused so much promotion done also by other companies
8. Other promotional purposes of promoting an understanding was reached on a prospective buyer interprets the message reached him
9. After the promotion can be understood by potential buyers
10. Above the line promotion – paid for communication in the independent media e.g. advertising on TV or in the newspapers.  Though it can be targeted