1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,410 - [Instructor] Welcome to Part Two of the video lecture 2 00:00:05,410 --> 00:00:08,363 on promotion for CDAE 168. 3 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,830 All of these fit into an integrated promotion plan. 4 00:00:16,830 --> 00:00:18,990 So these are sort of the tools, 5 00:00:18,990 --> 00:00:20,580 what we were just talking about, 6 00:00:20,580 --> 00:00:24,770 tools that you can use at your disposal 7 00:00:24,770 --> 00:00:29,770 to incorporate into a plan to work through the funnel 8 00:00:32,010 --> 00:00:33,590 and to achieve your goals. 9 00:00:33,590 --> 00:00:37,813 And so I'm going to talk a bit about each one. 10 00:00:41,370 --> 00:00:42,440 The first step, 11 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,580 and we've done a lot of work in this already 12 00:00:44,580 --> 00:00:46,329 is who's your target? 13 00:00:46,329 --> 00:00:50,250 To whom are you directing the promotion? 14 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:51,840 Who are you targeting? 15 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:53,340 Is it first customers? 16 00:00:53,340 --> 00:00:55,030 Is it opinion leaders? 17 00:00:55,030 --> 00:00:56,010 Is it one of your key segments? 18 00:00:56,010 --> 00:00:57,180 Who's the audience? 19 00:00:57,180 --> 00:00:58,830 Who are you trying to reach here? 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,570 Next you want to make an objective. 21 00:01:06,570 --> 00:01:11,570 So knowing where you want to end up is really important. 22 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,300 An objective is a clear statement 23 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:18,100 of this is where we want to be, 24 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:20,690 this is what we want to achieve, 25 00:01:20,690 --> 00:01:23,110 and it might be any of these three A's 26 00:01:23,110 --> 00:01:26,060 or maybe more than one, or all three, 27 00:01:26,060 --> 00:01:29,030 but something about awareness, attitudes, and action. 28 00:01:29,030 --> 00:01:31,300 And we're going to talk in the next slide 29 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:34,283 about SMART objectives. 30 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:39,360 And SMART is an acronym, 31 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,620 Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic. 32 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:47,700 I also like the term relevant and time-bound, 33 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:49,713 and I'll walk through each one. 34 00:01:52,710 --> 00:01:55,560 So again, SMART objectives are these things. 35 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,990 It's specific, it tells exactly what you want to achieve. 36 00:01:58,990 --> 00:02:00,410 It's a measurable. 37 00:02:00,410 --> 00:02:04,810 There's like a numerical or a very clear way to measure 38 00:02:04,810 --> 00:02:06,550 did I meet the this or not? 39 00:02:06,550 --> 00:02:10,610 It's a specific, measurable achievement 40 00:02:10,610 --> 00:02:12,020 that you want to measure. 41 00:02:12,020 --> 00:02:13,862 Is it achievable? 42 00:02:13,862 --> 00:02:18,080 Is it something that you can do 43 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,900 with the resources that you have? 44 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:22,453 Can you reasonably attain this? 45 00:02:24,620 --> 00:02:27,370 And often the other A is attainable. 46 00:02:27,370 --> 00:02:31,550 R it says here, realistic. again, can you do it? 47 00:02:31,550 --> 00:02:35,033 I also like the R for relevant, 48 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:40,000 which is, will it help you achieve 49 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,870 the broader objective and the broader mission 50 00:02:44,870 --> 00:02:46,310 of your organization? 51 00:02:46,310 --> 00:02:47,823 And finally time bound. 52 00:02:48,766 --> 00:02:51,383 When do you want this to be done? 53 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:59,670 So here's an example of a not SMART objective 54 00:02:59,670 --> 00:03:01,570 and a SMART objective. 55 00:03:01,570 --> 00:03:04,314 So if I really want to boost enrollment, 56 00:03:04,314 --> 00:03:09,314 I want students to enroll in my class, 57 00:03:10,550 --> 00:03:14,210 but if I would say 50% of CDAE sophomores will apply 58 00:03:14,210 --> 00:03:19,060 for enrollment in CDAE 168 in a specific semester. 59 00:03:19,060 --> 00:03:23,310 That would be SMART because it's specific 60 00:03:23,310 --> 00:03:28,310 to what I want them to do, enroll or apply for enrollment. 61 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,810 It's measurable, 50% of all sophomores. 62 00:03:33,810 --> 00:03:37,810 It is achievable because, you know, 63 00:03:37,810 --> 00:03:39,920 hopefully people will do it. 64 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,920 It's realistic or relevant, because I want people to enroll 65 00:03:48,220 --> 00:03:50,610 because I want to teach, because I love to teach, 66 00:03:50,610 --> 00:03:51,680 and that's my job. 67 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,970 And it's time bound that when the semester starts, 68 00:03:55,970 --> 00:03:59,610 that's when we look and see if I've achieved my goal. 69 00:03:59,610 --> 00:04:01,630 And we'll do some practice in class 70 00:04:01,630 --> 00:04:03,260 of writing SMART objectives, 71 00:04:03,260 --> 00:04:08,023 and be assured you're going to see SMART objectives again. 72 00:04:11,290 --> 00:04:13,230 Next is a budget. 73 00:04:13,230 --> 00:04:15,460 How much do you want to spend? 74 00:04:15,460 --> 00:04:18,420 And basically there's four main options. 75 00:04:18,420 --> 00:04:22,360 Again, these may not be mutually exclusive, 76 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,410 but it's four sort of things you can think about. 77 00:04:24,410 --> 00:04:27,820 First, sometimes it's simply a percent of sales. 78 00:04:27,820 --> 00:04:29,730 For every dollar I get in sales, 79 00:04:29,730 --> 00:04:34,730 I'm going to spend 5 cents or 10 cents on promotion. 80 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,280 It's a fairly straightforward, and the number, 81 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:39,070 but it may not pay for itself. 82 00:04:39,070 --> 00:04:42,530 Next is competitive parity. 83 00:04:42,530 --> 00:04:45,740 And we see this like Coke and Pepsi, 84 00:04:45,740 --> 00:04:47,750 that if you see a big boost by Coke, 85 00:04:47,750 --> 00:04:51,580 you can almost be assured Pepsi is going to respond. 86 00:04:51,580 --> 00:04:54,510 So doing what your competitors are doing. 87 00:04:54,510 --> 00:04:56,920 Third is, all you can afford. 88 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:01,920 So once the bills are paid and you know, you made payroll, 89 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,170 you've paid your vendors, you paid your taxes. 90 00:05:06,170 --> 00:05:08,832 Hopefully you've paid yourself. 91 00:05:08,832 --> 00:05:10,600 You can think well what's left 92 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,510 and let's put that towards marketing. 93 00:05:14,510 --> 00:05:17,490 But maybe the best way is to think about 94 00:05:17,490 --> 00:05:19,683 the objective and the task. 95 00:05:20,737 --> 00:05:24,063 So come up with a really good one or more SMART objectives. 96 00:05:25,230 --> 00:05:29,150 And then what does it take to accomplish this? 97 00:05:29,150 --> 00:05:30,870 How much money will it take 98 00:05:30,870 --> 00:05:34,543 to actually achieve this SMART goal and do it like that? 99 00:05:39,830 --> 00:05:42,700 The next consideration is what is the theme 100 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:47,080 and the message of your promotion? 101 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:52,080 So the theme should be closely tied to your position. 102 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:57,280 So each bit of promotion that you should do 103 00:05:58,020 --> 00:06:00,950 should be boosting that position 104 00:06:00,950 --> 00:06:02,960 to be tied very closely, 105 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,350 clearly articulating this is where we are 106 00:06:06,350 --> 00:06:08,310 in the marketplace, 107 00:06:08,310 --> 00:06:10,390 and I'm going to tell you about it. 108 00:06:10,390 --> 00:06:13,730 So if you're interested in a product or service 109 00:06:13,730 --> 00:06:17,393 that is in this position, we're the ones for you. 110 00:06:18,610 --> 00:06:22,740 And finally the message is, you know, 111 00:06:22,740 --> 00:06:26,130 it's really going to differ by target 112 00:06:26,130 --> 00:06:28,850 and what kind of media that you use. 113 00:06:28,850 --> 00:06:31,930 Three very common appeals, 114 00:06:31,930 --> 00:06:34,310 and you'll see these a lot in advertising, 115 00:06:34,310 --> 00:06:37,030 is sex, fear and humor. 116 00:06:37,030 --> 00:06:40,150 And we'll think about examples of each of those 117 00:06:40,150 --> 00:06:41,983 when we discuss it in class. 118 00:06:45,460 --> 00:06:48,260 And I invite you to watch this and see 119 00:06:48,260 --> 00:06:50,700 which if any of those three that you see here, 120 00:06:50,700 --> 00:06:53,470 of fear, sex and humor, 121 00:06:53,470 --> 00:06:55,120 are any of them in play here? 122 00:06:55,120 --> 00:07:00,120 So copy and paste this and watch the video. 123 00:07:04,950 --> 00:07:07,260 Next you want to circle back 124 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:09,850 and see did I meet the objective? 125 00:07:09,850 --> 00:07:14,850 So you think about since it's measurable and time bound, 126 00:07:15,910 --> 00:07:18,407 you go to that time and you see, did we make it? 127 00:07:18,407 --> 00:07:22,120 Here's a whole bunch of ways that you can think about 128 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,163 whether we met our objective or not. 129 00:07:27,450 --> 00:07:32,070 The actual measure can be rather tricky. 130 00:07:32,070 --> 00:07:35,240 So we want to think about ROI or returns on investment. 131 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,660 So marketing expenditure is an investment, 132 00:07:38,660 --> 00:07:40,220 and we, if possible, 133 00:07:40,220 --> 00:07:43,340 want to think about a cost benefit ratio 134 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,670 for some measurable benefits. 135 00:07:46,670 --> 00:07:50,700 So thinking back, you know, for sales or for new customers, 136 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:53,870 or for folks who've stopped by our store 137 00:07:53,870 --> 00:07:56,963 or whatever the objective is, 138 00:07:58,370 --> 00:08:03,260 what was the cost per sort of successful event 139 00:08:03,260 --> 00:08:07,143 and calculating that ratio can be helpful. 140 00:08:10,470 --> 00:08:13,710 And again, we can think of terms of know, like, and trust. 141 00:08:13,710 --> 00:08:18,470 What does it cost to achieve each of these steps 142 00:08:18,470 --> 00:08:21,363 down the funnel? 143 00:08:23,990 --> 00:08:27,920 So here are some clear metrics of success. 144 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,070 Sales revenue, new orders, new customers, 145 00:08:31,070 --> 00:08:34,010 some kind of action taken, entering the store, 146 00:08:34,010 --> 00:08:37,210 clicking on an ad, liking your Facebook page, 147 00:08:37,210 --> 00:08:40,687 joining an email, purchasing, download a coupon, 148 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:48,510 or it could be so those are all like clearly measurable 149 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,920 outcomes with clear numbers that you can measure, 150 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,880 but you also may want measure brand awareness, 151 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,893 which is a little bit more nebulous. 152 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:04,930 So here's some tools that you can use 153 00:09:04,930 --> 00:09:06,920 to measure brand awareness. 154 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,030 You can do an online survey or interview 155 00:09:10,030 --> 00:09:13,950 and ask about, did they see an ad? 156 00:09:13,950 --> 00:09:18,950 When you say name a business or an organization 157 00:09:19,140 --> 00:09:21,583 that does this, do you come to mind? 158 00:09:22,455 --> 00:09:26,040 You can try to measure favorability. 159 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:31,040 Do they sort of remember your tagline or know your logo? 160 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,373 And you can ask them whether or not they intend to purchase. 161 00:09:40,090 --> 00:09:42,060 So here are ideas that you can use. 162 00:09:42,060 --> 00:09:45,290 So you can use different promotion codes. 163 00:09:45,290 --> 00:09:49,620 So I know like sometimes I like to listen 164 00:09:49,620 --> 00:09:53,890 to sports talk radio, and they may doing an ad for, 165 00:09:53,890 --> 00:09:57,810 and I'm just thinking out loud here, 1-800-FLOWERS, 166 00:09:57,810 --> 00:10:01,260 which is an online, like send flowers to your wife, 167 00:10:01,260 --> 00:10:05,613 your mother, you know, et cetera, or whomever. 168 00:10:06,730 --> 00:10:11,730 And it's like mentioned, put the words, Mike and Mike 169 00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:17,597 for the ESPN radio show 170 00:10:17,597 --> 00:10:21,710 has a promo code and you'll get some percentage off. 171 00:10:21,710 --> 00:10:26,710 So that lets them know that whoever entered that code 172 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:33,400 heard about this on the Mike and Mike radio show. 173 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,233 In the same way you can offer different URLs. 174 00:10:39,084 --> 00:10:43,600 You can use the hurdle model of mention this ad 175 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:44,840 and you'll get a thing off. 176 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,490 And then you know that they saw that ad, 177 00:10:47,490 --> 00:10:49,860 or different coupons. 178 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:53,800 So you might send one style to one geographic area 179 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,740 and another to another, 180 00:10:55,740 --> 00:10:59,040 put one in one newspaper, one in another, 181 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:03,560 when they redeem them, then you know where they came from 182 00:11:05,090 --> 00:11:09,640 and what newspaper or what medium they used. 183 00:11:11,430 --> 00:11:14,160 It's really important, especially if you have a storefront, 184 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,410 especially if you're new or people coming to you, 185 00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:19,240 how did you learn about us? 186 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:20,370 It's really important. 187 00:11:20,370 --> 00:11:22,720 It's a really simple question, 188 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,270 but it can be really important. 189 00:11:26,290 --> 00:11:28,973 And we'll think about other ideas as we go. 190 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,810 So again, here are SMART objectives. 191 00:11:35,810 --> 00:11:37,820 Make sure your objectives are smart, 192 00:11:37,820 --> 00:11:40,160 and we will do an exercise in class 193 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,260 where you come up with one or more 194 00:11:42,260 --> 00:11:44,133 because I want you to be able to. 195 00:11:46,410 --> 00:11:51,410 So this is what we did and we will discuss it in class. 196 00:11:56,500 --> 00:11:58,163 Here is your homework. 197 00:12:02,820 --> 00:12:04,380 That is the end of part two. 198 00:12:04,380 --> 00:12:07,210 That is the end of this video lecture. 199 00:12:07,210 --> 00:12:10,780 So make sure that you do the assessment before class. 200 00:12:10,780 --> 00:12:11,613 Thank you.