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You can browse or download additional books there. ii Table of Contents About the Authors................................................................................................................. 1 Acknowledgments................................................................................................................. 4 Preface..................................................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1: Meet SS+K: A Real Agency Pitches a Real Client....................................... 10 Why Launch!? ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Meet Our Agency Partner: SS+K.................................................................................................................. 13 The Pitch: Win the Account ........................................................................................................................ 21 Let’s Meet the Potential Client ................................................................................................................... 27 Exercises........................................................................................................................................................ 30 Chapter 2: A User’s Manual: Advertising, Promotion, and Marketing Essentials 34 Advertising Is Old—and Brand New ........................................................................................................... 35 The Four Cornerstones of Marketing: The Four Ps .................................................................................. 48 Advertising Industry Structure .................................................................................................................. 56 Exercises........................................................................................................................................................ 67 Chapter 3: Advertising and Society................................................................................. 72 Economic Effects of Advertising................................................................................................................. 74 The Good: Advertising Enhances Our World............................................................................................. 79 The Bad: Ethical Hot Buttons...................................................................................................................... 89 Advertising Regulation: Who Looks Out for Us?..................................................................................... 100 Exercises...................................................................................................................................................... 105 Chapter 4: Consumers and the Communications Process: SS+K Gets to Know Its Consumers .......................................................................................................................... 110 From Talking to Consumers to Talking with Consumers ......................................................................111 Is the Medium the Message? Components of Communications............................................................114 Diffusion of Innovations............................................................................................................................ 121 Decision Making......................................................................................................................................... 126 Internal Influences on Consumers ........................................................................................................... 131 External Influences on Consumers .......................................................................................................... 146 Culture, Globalization, and Advertising .................................................................................................. 152 Exercises...................................................................................................................................................... 159 iii Chapter 5: Know Your Audience: SS+K Learns All About msnbc.com, Inside and Out........................................................................................................................................ 163 Types of Data .............................................................................................................................................. 165 Primary Data............................................................................................................................................... 168 Secondary Data........................................................................................................................................... 178 Physiological Data...................................................................................................................................... 182 Using Research to Guide a Successful Launch ........................................................................................ 187 Exercises...................................................................................................................................................... 192 Chapter 6: Segment, Target, and Position Your Audience: SS+K Identifies the Most Valuable News Consumer ...................................................................................... 197 Segment Your Market: Who’s Out There?............................................................................................... 201 Target Your Customer: Who’s Going to Want It? ................................................................................... 219 Position Your Brand: Why Will They Want It?........................................................................................ 225 Exercises...................................................................................................................................................... 230 Chapter 7: Decide What You Can Afford to Say: msnbc.com Sets the Budget ..... 236 Budgeting Methods.................................................................................................................................... 237 Share of Voice (SOV).................................................................................................................................. 245 Return on Investment (ROI)...................................................................................................................... 250 Managing a Budget .................................................................................................................................... 260 Exercises...................................................................................................................................................... 262 Chapter 8: Create a Strategy: SS+K Puts Its Research to Use as the Agency Creates the Brief .............................................................................................................................. 267 The Power of Branding.............................................................................................................................. 269 Describe Where You Are: A Strategic Framework.................................................................................. 274 Define Where You Want to Go: Set Objectives ........................................................................................ 283 Decide How You’ll Get There: Create a Strategy..................................................................................... 287 The Creative Brief ...................................................................................................................................... 289 Exercises...................................................................................................................................................... 297 Chapter 9: Choose Your Communication Weapons: SS+K Decides Upon a Creative Strategy and Media Tactics............................................................................................. 301 Integrated Marketing Communications: United We Stand ...................................................................304