ABSTRACT

In today’s connected world, promotion is fundamental to everything we do to drive business. This is a new edition of an established book, updated with the latest research on the shopper/buyer and how to reach their ‘tipping point’ when the decision to buy is made, now covering mobile, online and bricks-and-mortar sales and marketing. This book clarifies why a focus on the customer is key, and how to communicate with them from even before they discover a want or need, to the point of purchase and after. The author of this important book explains how and when to use suppliers (agencies, printers, insurers, etc.) for promotions of all types, including advertising (outdoor, on websites and in print), experiential marketing (road and trade shows, exhibitions, merchandising) and sales promotions (in-store/web and mobile promotion offers). Processes describe and explain how to implement promotional marketing to achieve business objectives.

Promotional Marketing is a practitioner guide to sales and marketing for agencies, entrepreneurs and small businesses and those seeking a career in retail. It is packed with real-life and award-winning case studies and practical briefs (NatWest, Diageo, Sainsbury’s, Shell and Radisson, for example) as a starter for when the client needs a creative answer yesterday! It is also tuned to those studying, providing a chapter on how marketing and sales fit into business.

part |47 pages

The context

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

Promotional marketing in action…

chapter |13 pages

Promotional marketing

How it fits into a business and its marketing purpose

chapter |21 pages

The shopper/buyer

part |173 pages

So what can you do to promote your brand, your products, your business?

chapter |13 pages

Why creativity is key

chapter |20 pages

Essential support

Suppliers

chapter |13 pages

Media and non-participative promotion

Communications with no promotional offer

chapter |17 pages

Shopper/buyer-activated promotions

chapter |11 pages

Active promotion

Brand experience, field marketing, sales face to face

chapter |19 pages

Everywhere

Promotions

chapter |78 pages

The five standard promotional offers

part |73 pages

Implementation

chapter |23 pages

How to use and implement promotions

chapter |16 pages

International promotions

chapter |11 pages

Promotion and the law

part |7 pages

Part IV

chapter |5 pages

Further information