Distance Learning – Week 6 – Intro to Marketing

A Slideshow on Marketing

A talk through the slide show.

 Glossary of Terms:

  1. Marketing – Creating awareness and buzz around a product
  2. Advertising – Paying for space in media products to place your message
  3. Public Relations – Maintaining a favourable public image
  4. Promotions – Positive representations of a product in a range of media
  5. Branding – Sell a lifestyle, not the product.
  6. Owned Media – Media content / platforms owned by the advertiser / group
  7. Bought Media – Buying space in other media outlets / platforms
  8. Earnt Media – Getting your promotional message spread by others
  9. Viral Marketing – Earnt media – Using social media platforms to spread a message
  10. Guerrilla Marketing – Surprising or unconventional methods of getting the message across
  11. Synergy – Two or more products working together to create a greater combined impact
  12. Cross Media Convergence – Similar to synergy, different media forms (music & film) working together to promote each other.
  13. Word of Mouth – Best sort of marketing there is.
  14. Traditional Advertising – TV adverts, posters, radio ads, newspaper / magazine. Still very powerful & expensive to buy!

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