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Online Advertising

Traditional advertising such as print and television has decreased, while online or Internet advertising has continued to increase.

1. Pick three types of online advertising formats and describe each in detail. Include an example for each. (Select from: blogs, podcasts, social networks, e-zines, email, video advertisements, banner advertisements, and pop-ups)

2. You know from your reading that search engine advertising is one of the fastest forms of online advertising. Assume that you sell cowboy boots and want to advertise your retail firm through Google. Describe how search engine advertising works. What are some major concerns with search engine advertising?

3. What is behavioral marketing and why may a marketer be interested in this approach?

Course Project Part 1

Based on research conducted on the South University online library or via the Internet, identify a brand which is struggling in the marketplace. In this project, you will assume the role of the brand manager who has been hired reposition the brand in the marketplace and increase sales through an integrated marketing communications (IMC) plan.

Complete the following activities:

• Summarize the brand you selected. Why is the brand struggling and how will you revitalize the brand?

• Conduct a market segmentation analysis. Who is your target market and why? Be sure to consider the four sets of consumer characteristics which influence what people consume and how they respond to marketing communications.

• Determine how your brand is positioned in the marketplace. Who are your competitors? What benefits and attributes are associated with the brand?

• Determine the objective of your advertising campaign and provide justification.

• Create your marcom budget. Determine if you will utilize the percentage of sales method, the task method, or the competitive method.

• Create the advertising message for your campaign. How will you create effective advertising and get the message to stick in the minds of your target audience? What message strategy will you use?

• Propose how you will measure the effectiveness of your advertising message.