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Direct Response. Chapter 15. Part Five: Integration and Evaluation. Part 5 deals with the complexities of marketing communications. Chapter Outline. Chapter Key Points The Practice of Direct Marketing Database Marketing The Key Players The Tools of Direct Marketing
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Direct Response Chapter 15
Part Five:Integration and Evaluation • Part 5 deals with the complexities of marketing communications
Chapter Outline • Chapter Key Points • The Practice of Direct Marketing • Database Marketing • The Key Players • The Tools of Direct Marketing • Integrated Direct Marketing • Global Considerations in Direct Marketing
Key Points • Define and distinguish between direct marketing and direct-response advertising • Explain the types of direct marketing • Name the players in direct marketing • Evaluate the various media that direct-response programs can use • Explain how databases are used in direct marketing • Discuss the role of direct marketing in integrated marketing programs
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Figure 15.1 – The Direct-Marketing Industry The Practice of Direct Marketing
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Advantages of Direct Marketing • Collection of relevant customer information • Purchase not restricted to location • Marketer controls product until delivery • Easier to evaluate • Flexibility in form and timing
Disadvantages of Direct Marketing • Consumers reluctant to purchase • Annoyances associated with direct marketing • Unable to reach everyone in marketplace
Figure 15.2 The Direct-Marketing Process
Database Marketing Objectives • Record names of customers • Store and measure ad results • Store and measure purchasing performance • Vehicle for continuing direct communication
Figure 15.3 The Database Marketing Process
Database Marketing • Lists • Data-driven communication • Customer Relationship Management
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The Key Players:Advertisers • Companies whose primary business is selling products and services by mail or phone • Retail stores who use direct marketing as a supplement
The Key Players:Agencies • Advertising agencies • Independent agencies • Service firms • Fulfillment houses
The Key Players:Media Companies • The media that deliver messages by phone, mail, or the Web
The Key Players:Customers • Recipients of the information and sometimes the initiator of the contact • Push-button shopper • Mouse-clicking shopper
The Tools of Direct Marketing:Direct Mail • A print advertising message for a product or service delivered by mail • Outer envelope • Letter • Brochure • Supplemental flyers • Reply card • Return envelope
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Advantages of Direct Mail • Tells a story • Engages attention • Personalizes message • Builds in feedback • Reaches the unreachable
Disadvantages of Direct Mail • Negative perceptions • Cost • Mailing list • Response rate • Vulnerability
The Tools of Direct Marketing:Catalogs • A multipage direct-mail publication that shows a variety of merchandise
Advantages and Disadvantages of Catalogs Advantages Description Targeted Engages attention Complete information Convenience Can be directed at specific market segments. Employs high-quality design and photography (see Alsto’s cover). Extensive product information and comparisons are provided. Offer a variety of purchase options. Disadvantages Description Negative perceptions Costs Response rate Mailing list Catalogs are viewed as junk mail by many recipients. The cost per thousand of catalogs is higher than mass media. The response is relatively low at 3 to 4 percent. Databases must be consistently maintained. Table 15.2 Tools of Direct Marketing:Catalogs
Tools of Direct Marketing:Telemarketing • Types of telemarketing • Criticisms of telemarketing • Telemarketing messaging design
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The Tools of Direct Marketing:Direct-Response Advertising • Combines the characteristics of advertising with a contact element • All direct-response advertising moves consumer to action
The Internet and Direct Response • Same components as direct mail and telemarketing • Greater sampling opportunities • New ways to gather info
Integrated Direct Marketing • Challenge is to integrate direct mail, catalogs, telemarketing, Web sites, e-mail, text messaging, and instant messaging with other marketing communication
Global Considerations in Direct Marketing • Fueled by the same technological forces as the U.S. • Particularly important in countries with tight restrictions on advertising • Privacy issues more intense • Governmental regulation of postal service