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The process a message is conveyed to others is known as:

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Communication

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Advertising, personal selling, and public relations r part of which element in the marketing mix?

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Promotion

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IMC stands for

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Integrated Message Communications

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In the marketing communication, the ........ refers to the company or person who has information to convey.

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source

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Within in the communication process, encoding could best be described as:

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transforming ideas into symbols

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Decoding

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refers to the process by which the receiver takes a set of symbols and transform them back to an idea.

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- Advertising - Personal selling - Public relations - Sales promotions - Direct Marketing r the five elements of the.....

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Promotional mix

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Any paid form of non-personal communication about an organization, good, service, or idea by an identified sponsor is known as:

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advertising

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When using the objectives and task method to determine the promotion budget, marketer must take which of the following steps:

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- Determine its promotion objectives - Determine the promotion costs for performing task.

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Put the five stages that a prospective buyer goes through, known as hierarchy of effects, in order from first to last

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- Awareness - Interest - Evaluation - Trial - Adoption

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Direct orders

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Results from offers that contain all the information to make a decision and complete the transaction.

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Lead generation

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Results from an offer designed to generate interest in a product and a request for more information.

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Traffic generation

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Results from an offer designated to motivate people to visit a business.

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Which of the following are methods of setting a budget for promotion:

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- Competitive parity - All you can afford - Objective and task

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Sales promotion

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refers to a short-term inducement of value to arouse interest in buying a good or service.

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The two promotional strategies used by a manufacturer to assist in moving a product through the channel of distribution r known as:

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- The push strategy - The pull strategy

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Introduction

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to inform

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Growth

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To persuade

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Maturity

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To remind

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Decline

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To phaseout (eliminate, withdraw)

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In the communication process, the ......... is the person who reads, hears, or sees the message.

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receiver

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The feedback loop in the communication process is made up of a ......... from the receiver and feedback, the interpretation of the same by the source.

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response

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In the percentage of the sales method of promotion budgeting, funds r allocated to promotion as a percentage of either ...............

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past or anticipated sales.

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Salespeople calling on wholesalers to encourage orders and providing sales assistance r typical of a .........

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push strategy

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The tools of the promotional mix r used primarily to do which of the following:

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- To remind buyers later about the benefits they enjoyed by using the product. - To persuade prospective buyers to try the product.

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Which two of the following promotional alternative benefit from the customization interaction between the seller and a prospective buyer:

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- Personal selling - Direct marketing

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While considering your competition in promotional budgeting is important, use of ............ budgeting may be not effective if u have different promotional objective that will be implemented with the different expenditures.

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competitive parity

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News stories, editorials, and announcement about organizations goods and services are examples of......

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publicity

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Personal selling

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is the two way selling flow of communication between a buyer and a seller designed to influence the buyer's purchase decision.

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Which two of the promotional alternative benefit from a customized interaction between the seller and a prospective buyer?

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- Personal selling - Direct marketing

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Attempts to influence feelings, opinions, or beliefs held by customers and others about a company and its products r called .....

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public relations

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Image that a firm sends out a message in the form of a print advertisement of a product. Which of the following elements is most likely to contribute to receivers decoding the message differently?

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whether or not the receiver is a user of the firm's product. (This will impact a receiver's field of experience)

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The channel of communication

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is the means by which the message is conveyed to the consumer.

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For a message to be communicated effectively, the sender and receiver must have a mutually shared ........... , a similar understanding and knowledge they apply to the message.

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field of experience

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Telephone solicitations, mail, infomercials, catalogs, and emails can all be considered part of .....

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direct marketing

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Which two of the following r advantages of the personal selling:

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- ability to modify the message based on immediate feedback. - Reduction in wasted coverage

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Which of the following refers to the extraneous factors that can work against effective communication by distorting a message or feedback received?

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Noise

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In the communication process, the information sent by the source forms ...........

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the message.

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Which two of the following would most likely be used by a firm when its product is in the growth stage of the product life cycle?

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- Personal selling that solidifies the channel of distribution. - Advertising the stresses brand differences.

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The all you can afford method of promotion budgeting has been criticized for:

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not being based on the promotion sales relationship nor on the production objections.

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Developing, executing, and assessing the promotional program helps an organization by ...............

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prescribing a strategy approach that improve promotional decisions.

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Which of the following r benefits consumer reports regarding their experience with direct marketing?

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- Save time and money - 24 hour shopping

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Which two of the following would be considered part of the feedback loop in the communication process?

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- A consumer uses a used car as a result of their interaction with a sales person. (ex. of a response) - A retailer notices a increase in sales following its purchase of advertising in Sunday's paper. (ex. of feedback)

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It would be considered .......... if a sales person uses so much industry jargon that a prospective buyer was unable to understand the message properly.

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noise

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By paying for .........., a company can control what it wants to say, when to send its message, and to some extent to whom the message is sent.

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advertising

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Which two of the following r disadvantages of advertising?

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- Lack of direct feedback - High absolute cost

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Sales promotion 1

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often stimulates sales for its duration, but gains r often temporary and sales drop off when the deal ends.

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Sales promotions should not be conducted ..........; they will loose their effectiveness as customers begins to delay purchase until the promotion is offered again or question's the product's values.

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continuosly

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Which of the following is a particular challenge for the coordination of a consistent promotional effort?

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Promotional elements r often the responsibilities of different departments.

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Personal selling to provide information and support after the sale and advertising in trade publications r common promotion elements when the purchaser is:

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A business buyer

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Intermediaries in the marketing channel benefit from ....... through which intermediaries receive marketing advice and expertise, in addition to information about allowed markup, merchandising support, and return policies.

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personal selling

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Which of the following would most likely to be used by a firm when its product is in the maturity stage of the product life cycle?

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Sales promotion to maintain loyalty.

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Little money is spent on any type of promotion during which of the following stages of the product life cycle?

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Decline

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When a pharmaceutical company uses the phrase "Ask u doctor if Zetia is right for u" in its print advertising, it is an example of a ......

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pull strategy

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To the extent that time and money permit, the target audience for the promotion program should .............

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match the target market for the firm's products.

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Successful promotion design r often the result of .......

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insight regarding the consumer's interest and purchasing behavior.

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Which of the following activities r likely to be affected by seasonality?

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scheduling the promotion

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Which of the following r characteristics of an effective promotional objective?

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- Designed for a well-design target audience. - Measurable - Covering a specified period of time.

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Which of the following r challenges facing direct marketers in global markets today?

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- Countries with less reliable and secure email system. - Countries with mandatory "opt-in" requirements. - Lack of credit and credit cards in different part of the world.

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When a manufacturing direct the promotional mix at ultimate consumer to encourage them to ask the retailer for a product, and the retailer then orders it from the wholesaler it is known as a ................

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pull strategy

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Which of the following is a key element in any direct marketing program?

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databases

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Which of the following is related to the dramatic growth of direct marketing?

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increasing interest in the customer relationship management.

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The high cost ........ is a major disadvantage; on a cost-per-contact basis, it is generally the most expensive of the five promotional elements.

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personal selling

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which of the following is the ethical concern most likely to be an issue for the direct marketer?

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privacy

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Publicity, lobbying efforts, and press conference r some of the tools used in .........

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Public relations

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A marketing message may never make it to the desired receiver if an error is made in determining ......

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the channel used for the message.

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A tool used to evaluate a company current processes and assets such as internal communication, key audiences, databases, advertising messages, and promotion expertise is known as .....

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IMC audit Integrated Marketing Communication

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The ideal execution of a promotion program involves ........ each design to allow for changes and modifications, and then ........ to evaluate the impact of each promotion and its contribution toward the objectives.

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pretesting / post-testing

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When manufacturers face resistance from channel members who do not want to order a new product, they may instead implement a ........ strategy to stimulate demand at the consumer level.

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pull

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Which of the following is the advantage of publicity?

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credibility

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When Ford motor company provides its Ford and Lincoln-Mercury dealers with incentives for meeting or exceeding its goals, this is an example of ........

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push strategy

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Push and Pull strategy assist the manufacturer in:

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moving a product through the channel of distribution.

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Publicity

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News stories, editorials, and announcement about organization goods and services r examples of:

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