What are the three basic tasks of promotion? For each of these three tasks, give two specific promotions examples of how that task might be accomplished.

What will be an ideal response?


INFORM

·Increase awareness of a new product or brand
·Inform the market of new product attributes
·Suggest new uses for a product
·Reduce consumers' anxieties
·Tell the market about a price change
·Describe available services
·Correct false impressions
·Explain the way a product or service works
·Build a company image

PERSUADE

·Build brand preference
·Encourage brand switching
·Change customers' perceptions of product attributes
·Influence consumers to buy now
·Persuade customers to receive a sales call

REMIND

·Remind consumers that the product may be needed in the near future
·Remind consumers where to buy the product
·Keep the product in consumers' minds during off times
·Maintain consumer awareness

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A. supply chain excellence B. locational excellence C. customer excellence D. product excellence E. diversification excellence

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What will be an ideal response?

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