9-IMC Message Strategy
9-IMC Message Strategy
All planned brand messages should: 1) Create brand awareness 2) Change or reinforce customers attitudes 3) Stimulate some kind of response or action 4) Stimulate the interactivity that helps build brand relationships The IMC Creative Brief is based on these mandates and how they relate to the brand decisionmaking process.
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Restatement of the marketing strategy Restatement of the marketing objectives in terms of the intended message impact The message format or approach The psychological appeal The selling premise The big idea or creative concept The message execution details
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For each MC area used in the MC plan, message objectives need to be developed. MC efforts are measured against their objectives, so stating appropriate objectives is an important part of determining the desired impact. Creative message objectives are often based on some notion of hierarchy of effects such as the AIDA model. A less hierarchical approach includes awareness, attitude, action and relationship building. Brand message objectives and strategies need to dovetail with the marketing plan.
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Advertising Appeals The approach used to attract the attention of consumers and/or To influence consumer feelings toward the product, service or cause
Execution Style The way a particular appeal is turned into an advertising message The way the message is presented to the consumer
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INFORMATIONAL APPEALS
INFORMATIONAL/RATIONAL APPEALS FOCUS ON THE CONSUMERS PRACTICAL, FUNCTIONAL, OR UTILITARIAN NEED FOR THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE EMPHASIZE FEATURES BENEFITS REASONS FOR OWNING MESSAGE CONTENT FACTS, LEARNING, LOGIC RATIONAL MOTIVES OR PURCHASE CRITERIA CONVENIENCE, ECONOMY, FIVE SENSES, DEPENDABILITY, DURABILITY, EFFICIENCY, PERFORMANCE, ECT
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Rational Appeals
Feature appeals Focus on the dominant traits of the product Competitive appeals Makes comparisons to other brands Favorable price appeals Makes price offer the dominant point News appeals News or announcement about the product Product/service popularity appeals Stresses the brands popularity
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EMOTIONAL APPEALS
EMOTIONAL APPEALS THE CONSUMERS SOCIAL AND/OR PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS FOR PURCHASING A PRODUCT OR SERVICE EMOTIONS WORK BETTER AT SELLING BRANDS THAT DO NOT DIFFER MARKEDLY FROM COMPETING BRANDS EMOTIONAL INTEGRATION CHARACTERS IN THE AD EXPERIENCE AN EMOTIONAL BENEFIT OR OUTCOME FROM USING A PRODUCT OR SERVICE
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Achievement / Accomplishment Actualization Affection Ambition Arousal / stimulation Comfort Excitement Fear Happiness
Joy Love Nostalgia Pleasure Pride Safety Security Self-esteem Sentiment Sorrow / grief
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Approval Affiliation / Acceptance belonging Embarrassment Involvement Recognition Rejection Respect Status
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REMINDER ADVERTISING
TEASER ADVERTISING
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Transformational Ads
The ads create feelings, images, meanings, and beliefs about the product or service that may be activated when consumers use it These transform the consumers interpretations of use of the product
The ad must make the experience of using the product richer, warmer, more exciting and / or enjoyable than that obtained solely from an objective description of the advertised brand It must connect the experience of the ad so tightly with the experience of using the brand that the consumer cant remember the brand without recalling the experience generated by the ad
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Ad Execution Techniques
Testimonial
Animation Personality Fantasy Dramatization
Comparison
Slice of life
Humor
Combination
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Consistency
IMC planners focus their attention on two types of consistency: One-voice, one-look Strategic consistency
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Consistency Gaps
The consistency triangle is used to identify gaps in brand communication. The say messages must be consistent with the do and confirm messages. Gaps between any of these points threaten brand relationships.
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A Mess of Messages
Many companies deal with a mess of message due to a wide array of messages and communication complexity. Consistency leads to a positive, well-defined, clear brand image recognized by all of a brands stakeholders.
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