{"id":253,"date":"2015-03-12T20:06:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T00:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/principlesofmarketingh5p\/chapter\/11-1-integrated-marketing-communications-imc\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T17:53:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T21:53:10","slug":"11-1-integrated-marketing-communications-imc","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/principlesofmarketingh5p\/chapter\/11-1-integrated-marketing-communications-imc\/","title":{"raw":"11.1 Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)","rendered":"11.1 Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)"},"content":{"raw":"
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Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n
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  1. Understand what integrated marketing communications (IMC) are.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Understand why organizations may change their promotional strategies to reach different audiences.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

    Once companies have developed products and services, they must communicate the value and benefits of the offerings to current and potential customers in both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) markets. Integrated marketing communications (IMC) provide an approach designed to deliver one consistent message to buyers through an organization\u2019s promotions that may span all different types of media such as TV, radio, magazines, the Internet, mobile phones, professional selling, and social media. For example, Campbell\u2019s Soup Company typically includes the \u201cMm, mm good\u201d slogan in the print ads it places in newspapers and magazines, in ads on the Internet, and in commercials on television and radio. Delivering consistent information about a brand or an organization helps establish it in the minds of consumers and potential customers across target markets. Although the messages are very similar, Campbell\u2019s uses two variations of commercials designed to target different consumers. Watch the following two YouTube videos. You\u2019ll notice that the message Campbell\u2019s gets across is consistent. But can you figure out who is in the two target audiences?<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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    A Meal That\u2019s Always Popular with the Group<\/p>\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W5ZM1cqpdT0[\/embed]\r\n\r\n(click to see video<\/a>)\r\n

    Campbell\u2019s soup provides a good meal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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    So Many Possibilities for Enjoying Soup<\/p>\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IN3c4rZJNd4[\/embed]\r\n\r\n(click to see video<\/a>)\r\n

    Campbell\u2019s soup pleases people of all ages.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

    Changes in communication technology and instant access to information through tools such as the Internet and social media (online communication among interdependent and interconnected networks of organizations, people, and communities) explain one of the reasons why integrated marketing communications have become so important. Consumers are also changing. With access to many sources of information and often an interest in interactive media, consumers may collect more product information on their own. Marketers must organize and assemble available information to build a consistent brand message and make it relevant. With IMC, organizations can coordinate their messages to build the brand and develop strong customer relationships while also helping customers satisfy their needs.<\/p>\r\n

    FedEx\u2019s two recent campaigns, the \u201cWe Understand\u201d tagline launched in 2009 and the \u201cSolutions that Matter\u201d tagline launched in 2011, illustrate examples of IMC campaigns they used to deliver a consistent message across all media channels including television commercials, e-mails, social media, mobile marketing, direct mail, and the FedEx channel on YouTube (Dilworth, 2010). Watch the following videos to see examples of commercials in the FedEx campaigns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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    The \u201cWe Understand\u201d at FedEx Shows Customers that They Understand and Can Satisfy Their Needs<\/p>\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Et1oZPNf2d0[\/embed]\r\n\r\n(click to see video<\/a>)\r\n

    FedEx often uses a humorous appeal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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    Changing Media<\/h1>\r\n

    Many consumers and business professionals seek information and connect with other people and businesses from their computers and phones. The work and social environments are changing, with more people having virtual offices and texting on their cell phones or communicating through social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Twitter. As the media landscape changes, the money that organizations spend on different types of communication will change as well. Some forecasts indicate that companies will spend almost 27 percent of their total promotional budgets, or $160 billion, on electronic or non-traditional media by 2012.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_250\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]\"Man<\/a> Figure 11.1: Some consumers feel lost without their cell phones. Phones such as the one pictured provide a source of information for consumers and a new medium for advertisers to deliver information.
    Yeray Hdez Guerra -     iPhone<\/a> - CC BY 2.0.[\/caption]\r\n

    Many college students are part of the millennial generation, and it is consumers from this generation (people like you perhaps) who are driving the change toward new communication technologies. You might opt to get promotions via mobile marketing\u2014say, from stores on your cell phone as you walk by them or via a mobile gaming device that allows you to connect to the Web. Likewise, advertisements on Facebook are popular as businesses continue to utilize more social media. For example, when Honda let people on Facebook use the Honda logo to give heart-shaped virtual gifts on Valentine\u2019s Day, over one and a half million people participated in the event and viewed the Honda Fit online in the process. Imagine the brand awareness generated for the Honda Fit.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_251\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"331\"]\"MSN,<\/a> Figure 11.2: Marketing based on the Internet and wireless technology is popular.
    Danard Vincente - Search-Engine-Marketing - CC BY 2.0.[\/caption]\r\n

    Traditional media (magazines, newspapers, television) compete with media such as the Internet, texting, mobile phones, social media, user-generated content such as blogs, and YouTube as well as out-of-home advertising such as billboards and movable promotions. You might have noticed that the tray tables on airplanes sometimes have ads on them. You have probably also seen ads on the inside of subway cars, in trains and buses, and even in bathroom stalls. These, too, are examples of out-of-home advertising.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_252\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]\"Subway Figure 11.3: The inside walls of many subways provide an opportunity for advertisers to reach commuters with their messages.
    emilydickinsonridesabmx -     Vintage NYC Subway Trains<\/a> - CC BY 2.0.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n

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    Key Takeaway<\/h3>\r\n

    As the media landscape changes, marketers may change the type of promotions they use in order to reach their target markets. With changing technology and social media (e.g., Facebook), less money is being budgeted for traditional media such as magazines and more money is budgeted for \u201cnon-traditional media.\u201d Regardless of the type of media used, marketers use integrated marketing communications (IMC) to deliver one consistent message to buyers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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    Review Questions<\/h3>\r\n
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    1. Explain the concept of integrated marketing communications.<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. How is the media used by organizations changing? What age group is driving the change?<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. What factors are causing the media landscape to change?<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. What are some different types of online media? Which types are most popular with college students?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

      References<\/h2>\r\nDilworth, D., \u201cFedEx Launches Fully Integrated Campaign, Featuring E-mail, Direct Mail,\u201d Direct Marketing News<\/em>, January 7, 2010, http:\/\/www.dmnews.com\/fedex-launches-fully-integrated-campaign-featuring-e-mail-direct-mail\/article\/160829\/\u00a0 <\/a>(accessed September 13, 2021)","rendered":"
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      Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n
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      1. Understand what integrated marketing communications (IMC) are.<\/li>\n
      2. Understand why organizations may change their promotional strategies to reach different audiences.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

        Once companies have developed products and services, they must communicate the value and benefits of the offerings to current and potential customers in both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) markets. Integrated marketing communications (IMC) provide an approach designed to deliver one consistent message to buyers through an organization\u2019s promotions that may span all different types of media such as TV, radio, magazines, the Internet, mobile phones, professional selling, and social media. For example, Campbell\u2019s Soup Company typically includes the \u201cMm, mm good\u201d slogan in the print ads it places in newspapers and magazines, in ads on the Internet, and in commercials on television and radio. Delivering consistent information about a brand or an organization helps establish it in the minds of consumers and potential customers across target markets. Although the messages are very similar, Campbell\u2019s uses two variations of commercials designed to target different consumers. Watch the following two YouTube videos. You\u2019ll notice that the message Campbell\u2019s gets across is consistent. But can you figure out who is in the two target audiences?<\/p>\n

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        Video Clip<\/h3>\n

        A Meal That\u2019s Always Popular with the Group<\/p>\n