Advertising and Promotion Report: Analysis of Techniques and Trends

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of advertising and promotion strategies. It begins with an introduction to the importance of effective promotion in a competitive market, emphasizing the role of social media and ICT. Task 1 explores the communication process in advertising, the organization of the advertising industry, regulations governing promotion, and the impact of ICT on current trends. Task 2 delves into the integration of promotional strategies, including branding and creative aspects. Task 3 examines below-the-line promotional activities such as public relations, internet marketing, events, and promotional campaigns. Task 4 focuses on the formulation of a promotional budget, the development of a promotional plan, the integration of promotional techniques, and methods for measuring campaign effectiveness. The report concludes with a summary of key findings and references.

ADVERTISING AND
PROMOTION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Communication process which applies on advertising and promotion.................................4
1.2 Organisation of industry........................................................................................................5
1.3 Regulation of promotion.......................................................................................................6
1.4 Current trends with the impact of ICT..................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
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TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................13
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................17
4.1 An appropriate process for the formulation of a budget for an integrated promotional
strategy:.....................................................................................................................................17
4.2 The development of a promotional plan for a business or product:....................................18
4.3 plan the integration of promotional techniques into the promotional strategy for a business
or product:.................................................................................................................................18
4.4 Appropriate techniques for measuring campaign effectiveness:........................................19
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................19
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................20
Books and Journals...................................................................................................................20
Online........................................................................................................................................21

INTRODUCTION
In the world of tough competition in the market, every organisation is trying to invent a new way
to promote their products or services. Everyone is looking for a better advertisement and
promotion ways so that huge amount of people know about the company's products and services.
Development of social media emerge a vast level of communication. With the help of which
company can famous their products or services via creating pages on Facebook and introduce
potential consumers at the broad level(Funk, 2013). This is the most cheapest way to promote
company's product or services. Company's marketing manager or their team can interact to their
potential customers and make modification in the products and services after taking their
suggestions through such social sites. Now the world completely has emerged on automation.
Company need to take internet more particularly social networking sites or make company's
website. So that people would get attracted at broad level.
TASK 1
1.1 Communication process which applies on advertising and promotion
Communication is the best medium which helps in communicate to the target customer
making the advertising and promotion of a product effective and efficient. With the help of best
communication method it benefits the firm to conceived more and more consumers. There are
various communication method which can apply by the firm for just to maximise the number of
clients. IDEAL home show is a company which deals in many home appliances and with new
technology. They just launched a new smart phone with some quality features which help to an
entity to grow and expand their business. Company can use various methods of communication
and promotion which leads them to attain target market with such activities. Some
communication process in advertising and promotional activities are:
1. A firm can advertise their product in newspapers and magazines. It helps in
creating and attracting large number of consumers. This type of advertising leads
to fascinate large number of customers. Because in newspaper advertisement
many features and qualities are specified(Gordon, 2012)

2. Company can also made their hoardings on building and near to street so, it helps
in attracting large number of people on such type of things.
3. An entity can also made their own website and regularly update that with new
product information.
4. Ideal home can also use some promotional activities for a communication like
they can sponsoring many events for their smart phones by providing free t-shirts,
watches in that event.
5. They can also arrange some live events for their product, so, it helps in maintain a
two way communication process.
Such activities of communication process helps in maintain a proper growth of sales. And
it helps in better communication skill. By using live events, consumer can ask about all their
quarries or all related issue can question which they want to know. It leads in better growth of
sale(Hoek, 2010)
1.2 Organisation of industry
In any industry there are vast number of agencies which help to firm to promote their
product. There are many departments and sub departments which gives their best in product
growth and success. These organisations in industry are like advertising agency, creative agency
and many more. These services are work in the organisation some other service like public
relation, sales promotion, marketing research are also beneficial term for any new product and in
its success or failure(Joshi and Hanssens ,2010)
These organisations in Ideal home shop have to work on all advertising and promotion
related factors so, that their innovation of new technology smart phone can attain target number
of sale.
Firstly marketing research agency have to research about the market. This implies that
they have to properly analyse all the present factors of market and about their competitors
product. So, they can produce such type of product which is different from others.
Then they have to produce such product which is different from others and work on its
advertising and promotional related activities. This work can be done by these different agencies
of an industry. Advertising organisation have to advertise their product on national and
international level, so, they can earn large number of customers. Media planning team work on
various medium through which they can choose varieties of medium for promotional activities.

Public relation team have to maintain a communication process between firm and
customers. It helps them to gain proper information about what kind of product and service
consumers wants. It helps in making a good relation with general public. It leads to increase the
sale of their smartphone(Goris ,2010)
Such organisations in industry help to organisation to increase their sale and product
demand in market. It helps in making and creating new product and service in market. So, ideal
home shop have to use their departments for wide vending of product.
1.3 Regulation of promotion
A firm should have to use such activities and promotional tool which relates to the law
not against the law. This helps in keeping trust and faith of customers on the firm. So, company
have to use all those techniques and methods which helps them to enforce to be bound in law.
But sometime some companies do not follow ethics and values of business and disturb all the
policies which are made for consumer. Just to avoid such type of activities for the punishment of
these measurable crime, government of UK had made some laws which have to be follow by
ideal home shop in their business. Some of the laws and acts which establish by the government
of UK are:
Sales of goods act: The sales of goods act 1979, states the sale of goods that are bought
and sold in UK and the binding contract between both the parties. This process implies that
transfer of property from seller to buyer with some consideration. Goods must be determine with
a level of satisfaction and have customer have some willing to pay for that. Good can be
purchased according to customer will not by enforcement(van Mierlo,2014)
Supply of goods and service act: This act was establish in 1982 by the parliament of
united kingdom that require traders to provide service to a proper standard of workmanship. The
work should be completed in reasonable time and with reasonable charge.
Ideal home shop have to follow such acts because it helps them to conserve rights of their
customers and take care about their interest. It leads to promote ethical sense of business.
1.4 Current trends with the impact of ICT
With the rapid growth of market and competition, many firms started to determine new
methods which are helpful for advertisement. This current and new trends helps an organisation
to increase their sales. Now they are using more and more new technology rather than using

traditional method. So, they are now finding many new techniques which helps in reaching large
number of customers.
They are now focusing more on electronic media as compared to traditional techniques of
giving advertisements in newspaper. They are using phones ad television ads, which help them to
attract and reach vast variety of customers. Also, they are using tickets of bus, movie and many
more where they can advertise their companies name. All such things are helpful in creating a
brand image of their product.
Impact of information and communication technology:
ICT roles an significant role in the product success. Many consumers are using online
method for purchasing. Modern companies are fully dependent upon on technology. It helps
them to reach large number of clients. They also maintain a proper communication channel like
by making pages and all. This help them to gain their buyers comments and feedback easily and
helps in placing an order more conveniently. Hence, this method is important and useful in
current environment for sale maximisation point of view(Papasolomou and Melanthiou ,2012)

TASK 2

Ideal home shop also promote their product through online service, they can use this technique
for selling also with the help of ICT. So, for any business the integration promotional strategy is
compulsory to be held. It helps in making the product successful.
Advertisement can be take place in any form whether it is in oral, written, print etc. All
types of advertisement made a impact over on customers.
Consumers are going to buy that particular product without any hesitation, with
blind eyes. Because they know what kind of product that firm is selling. Branding
is very powerful factor for any business. It provides strength to business. Say for
example, if any company have strong brand name and their product price increased
then it affects demand because customers have faith over on such company.
Logo, name and stripling helps a firm to differentiate them from others. It
helps in recognisance of customer easily. Hence, cited organisation have to use
their establish brand name for their new product. Their brand name is very high
and faithful.

With the help of above three mentioned aspects, a firm can make a innovative and
new idea. Along with this it also helps in creating a heart touching and purposeful
advertisement.
Creative aspects of IHS helps them to increase number of sales with the making
of creative advertisement and promotion of product. Heart touching ad will
leads to attract large range of buyers for their product

Hence, company have to analyse such aspects which helps them in creating such
advertisements which attracts large number of group of customers. Advertising
agencies have to be adopt technically thin king because advertisement is a creative
practical form. So, they have to appoint expertise for this. Advertising agency
conduct a proper market research of each and every group in market and conduct a
result that can they reach such customers

TASK 3
Above the line tools are depends on getting a huge audience. These are the tools such as
television, print media, radio, etc. which targets the huge audience. On the other hand, below the
line tools are those which are focused on the personal and direct connection with the prospects
audience. There are various kinds of below the line promotional activities which have been
discussed in details:
Public Relation: It is the tool to assist a good environment via several public activities. Press
release, road shows, face to face interaction, etc. are the tools by which company can get the
advantage of promoting their products or services in a cost effective manner.
Internet: It has become the most effective tool to promote the products or services and reach to
the the real consumers and get their review over the products or services.
Events: In the corporate world, corporate events covers the exhibitions, trade fair, etc. and they
have become the most effective ways to reach the prospects consumers.
Promotional campaign: Promotional campaign are the tools to advertise or promote the products
and services. Promotional campaign is the way to introduce the products or services of the
company.
Below the line promotional activities are the cost effective tools to promote the company's
products and services as these are the non media advertisement ways. On the other hand,
media advertisement activities are the most expensive way for promotions. Through below-

the-line tools company would interact with the potential consumers. Whereas in paid media
advertisement, company can promote the products via such tools but not able to interact with
the real consumers.
Promotional strategy is made after keeping in mind all the promotional tools. An integrated
promotional strategy means to consider all the marketing promotional tools for the
promotions of the products and services. The various promotional tools are used in
synergistic mix to interact the customers from various sources in relation to merged massage.
a).The intent of sales promotion is made in such a way that could create the goal-
directed and informative to the prospective consumers so that such consumers
could have the essential informations about the products or services.
b). There is also need to have a provision of incentives in the sales promotions.
c). This is the short term in nature as this is not offered to the consumers
throughout the year.
d). Under this technique, consumers are able to make the quick reaction over
the products.
All the above features are general attributes of the sale promotions. If any sales
promotional activity accomplish the general attributes of the sales promotions.
Then, company can anticipate some outcomes from sales promotional activity.
However, there are some objectives of sale promotion activity. Sales promotion
activity use by the sales and marketing team to launch the new product in the
markets. For that they need to offer free sample to the prospective buyers or
general public.