Why Study this Advertising and Promotions Course?

This online advertising and promotions course will not only help you develop a sales approach for services and products which have difficult sales history, but will also improve your ability in analyzing markets and the reasons why a consumer chooses a product or service over another. This course will also help you develop different techniques in promoting and advertising, such as the use of brochures, electronic media and telephone marketing.

 

Course Outline:

There are 10 Lessons in this course:

Analysing the Market
  • Scope and nature of Promotions and Marketing,
  • Role of Marketing, Approaches to Marketing (The Production Approach: 1820sto 1910s, The Sales Approach: 1920s to 1960s, The Marketing Approach: Stage One – 1960s to 1980s, The Marketing Approach: Stage Two – 1980s to Present),
  • Goals of Marketing,
  • What makes people buy (Attitude, Defining attitudes, How attitudes form, Changing attitudes)
  • Practical Applications (Strengthen an existing attitude, Develop a change in attitude, Increase involvement, Focus on changing several different attitudes toward a product, Message Evaluation & Selection, Message execution, What words sell, Deciding to Buy, Rational Decisions, Heuristic Procedures),
  • Decision Making Process (Recognising a Problem, Seeking Information, Evaluating Alternatives, Purchase Processes),
  • Understanding Communication (Types, Methods, Channels, etc),
  • Managing the Marketing Process (Organising, Analysing, Select Targets, Develop the Mix, Managing the marketing Effort),
  • Market Research (Types of research, Gathering data), Managing the Marketing Plan
Target Marketing
  • The Process of Identifying a Target Market,
  • Micro marketing,
  • Developing a Marketing Plan,
  • Organising a Planning Process,
  • Reviewing (Mission statement, Goals & Objectives),
  • Establishing Market Objectives,
  • Increasing Market Share,
  • Expanding Product Mix,
  • Broadening Geographic Range,
  • Expansion through Export,
  • Maximising Customer Service,
  • Develop Objective Focussed Strategies,
  • Increasing Market Share,
  • Analysing Opportunities,
  • External Influences (General economy, Government, Overseas, Demographics, Technology, Changing customer values, Competitor activity, Alternative marketing methods);
  • Internal Influences (Resources, Market Share, Product characteristics, Advertising, Price, Financial capacity, Innovative potential);
  • Selecting Target Markets –Market Segmentation, Mass Marketing, Concentrated or Niche Markets, Differentiated Markets;
  • Physical Basis for Segmentation, Behavioural basis for Segmentation, Developing a Marketing Mix (Product, Price, Promotion, Distribution),
  • Brand Names, Symbols, Logos, Packaging, Positioning and Image, Providing warranties;
  • Price (Pricing Objectives, Pricing Methods, Cost-Price margin, Competition based Pricing, List and Discount Pricing)
Display and Display Techniques
  • Channels of Distribution,
  • Market Coverage (Intensive, Selective, Exclusive Distribution),
  • Warehousing,
  • Physical
  • Distribution and Coverage,
  • Inventory Control,
  • Determining Emphasis within Marketing Mix,
  • Product Life Cycle,
  • Product Strategy,
  • Shop Layout, Fixtures and Fittings, Space Available, Displaying Products for Sale,
  • What Sells Best,
  • Spacing, Quantity Displayed,
  • Merchandising Suggestions, Stock Control,
  • Merchandising Program,
  • Signs, Signposting.
Advertising and Promotions Strategy
  • Promotional Element,
  • Publicity,
  • Public Relations,
  • Forms of Advertising,
  • Sales Promotion,
  • Personal Selling Method,
  • Promotion Principles,
  • Scope of PR,
  • Steps in Designing a PR Strategy (Set Advertising Objectives, Decide Advertising Budget, Decide Advertising Message, Decide Media to Use, Evaluate Advertising Effectiveness).
New Product Development
  • Product Line Decisions,
  • New Products,
  • Tracking Trends,
  • Knowing Your Customers,
  • Packaging,
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis,
  • Financial Forecasting,
  • Project Revenues and Costs,
  • Expenditure Breakdown,
  • Revenue Breakdown.
Sales Techniques
  • Promotion and Sales,
  • Steps in the Sales Order,
  • Understanding Persuasion,
  • Materials of Persuasion (Know the Audience, Subject and Yourself, Influencing Opponents, Influencing Neutrals, Handling Criticism, Logical Persuasion);
  • Questioning,
  • Sales Staff Training, Theory of Helping, Strategies (Traditional Approach, Task Approach), Common Strategies for Staff Training and Teaching
Writing Advertisement
  • Purpose of Advertising,
  • Writing an Effective Advertisement,
  • Structure of an Ad,
  • Importance of Colour and Size,
  • Advertisement Creation (Develop Product Awareness, Provide Information, Develop a Desire, Develop Conviction, Differentiate Brand, Make a Decision),
  • The Advertising Message, Message Generation, Combining Rewards and Experiences to design a message, Delivering the Message,
  • Advertisement Creation Checklist,
  • Verification and Proofing
Electronic Marketing -Telephone & Email
  • Telephone Manner,
  • Managing an Unmanned Phone,
  • Internet Promotions ( Larger audience, Lower Conversion Factor, Different Etiquette, Different Cost Structures, etc),
  • Netiquitte,
  • Ways of Using Web, Web sites,
  • Site Construction, Site Use,
  • Emails
Direct Mailing
  • Types of Direct Mailing (The Direct, The Informative. The Reminder, The Utility);
  • Advantages,
  • Disadvantages,
  • Appropriateness
Exhibitions & Shows
  • Types of Exhibitions,
  • Judging it’s Value,
  • What can go Wrong,
  • Catering for People Overload,
  • Measuring Success,
  • Organising an Event,
  • Planning a Display.

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  • Certificate sent to you
  • Online study (Printed notes available)
  • Self paced - no set timetable
  • 12 months to complete course

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      Why Study this Advertising and Promotions Course?

      This online advertising and promotions course will not only help you develop a sales approach for services and products which have difficult sales history, but will also improve your ability in analyzing markets and the reasons why a consumer chooses a product or service over another. This course will also help you develop different techniques in promoting and advertising, such as the use of brochures, electronic media and telephone marketing.

       

      Course Outline:

      There are 10 Lessons in this course:

      Analysing the Market
      • Scope and nature of Promotions and Marketing,
      • Role of Marketing, Approaches to Marketing (The Production Approach: 1820sto 1910s, The Sales Approach: 1920s to 1960s, The Marketing Approach: Stage One – 1960s to 1980s, The Marketing Approach: Stage Two – 1980s to Present),
      • Goals of Marketing,
      • What makes people buy (Attitude, Defining attitudes, How attitudes form, Changing attitudes)
      • Practical Applications (Strengthen an existing attitude, Develop a change in attitude, Increase involvement, Focus on changing several different attitudes toward a product, Message Evaluation & Selection, Message execution, What words sell, Deciding to Buy, Rational Decisions, Heuristic Procedures),
      • Decision Making Process (Recognising a Problem, Seeking Information, Evaluating Alternatives, Purchase Processes),
      • Understanding Communication (Types, Methods, Channels, etc),
      • Managing the Marketing Process (Organising, Analysing, Select Targets, Develop the Mix, Managing the marketing Effort),
      • Market Research (Types of research, Gathering data), Managing the Marketing Plan
      Target Marketing
      • The Process of Identifying a Target Market,
      • Micro marketing,
      • Developing a Marketing Plan,
      • Organising a Planning Process,
      • Reviewing (Mission statement, Goals & Objectives),
      • Establishing Market Objectives,
      • Increasing Market Share,
      • Expanding Product Mix,
      • Broadening Geographic Range,
      • Expansion through Export,
      • Maximising Customer Service,
      • Develop Objective Focussed Strategies,
      • Increasing Market Share,
      • Analysing Opportunities,
      • External Influences (General economy, Government, Overseas, Demographics, Technology, Changing customer values, Competitor activity, Alternative marketing methods);
      • Internal Influences (Resources, Market Share, Product characteristics, Advertising, Price, Financial capacity, Innovative potential);
      • Selecting Target Markets –Market Segmentation, Mass Marketing, Concentrated or Niche Markets, Differentiated Markets;
      • Physical Basis for Segmentation, Behavioural basis for Segmentation, Developing a Marketing Mix (Product, Price, Promotion, Distribution),
      • Brand Names, Symbols, Logos, Packaging, Positioning and Image, Providing warranties;
      • Price (Pricing Objectives, Pricing Methods, Cost-Price margin, Competition based Pricing, List and Discount Pricing)
      Display and Display Techniques
      • Channels of Distribution,
      • Market Coverage (Intensive, Selective, Exclusive Distribution),
      • Warehousing,
      • Physical
      • Distribution and Coverage,
      • Inventory Control,
      • Determining Emphasis within Marketing Mix,
      • Product Life Cycle,
      • Product Strategy,
      • Shop Layout, Fixtures and Fittings, Space Available, Displaying Products for Sale,
      • What Sells Best,
      • Spacing, Quantity Displayed,
      • Merchandising Suggestions, Stock Control,
      • Merchandising Program,
      • Signs, Signposting.
      Advertising and Promotions Strategy
      • Promotional Element,
      • Publicity,
      • Public Relations,
      • Forms of Advertising,
      • Sales Promotion,
      • Personal Selling Method,
      • Promotion Principles,
      • Scope of PR,
      • Steps in Designing a PR Strategy (Set Advertising Objectives, Decide Advertising Budget, Decide Advertising Message, Decide Media to Use, Evaluate Advertising Effectiveness).
      New Product Development
      • Product Line Decisions,
      • New Products,
      • Tracking Trends,
      • Knowing Your Customers,
      • Packaging,
      • Cost-Benefit Analysis,
      • Financial Forecasting,
      • Project Revenues and Costs,
      • Expenditure Breakdown,
      • Revenue Breakdown.
      Sales Techniques
      • Promotion and Sales,
      • Steps in the Sales Order,
      • Understanding Persuasion,
      • Materials of Persuasion (Know the Audience, Subject and Yourself, Influencing Opponents, Influencing Neutrals, Handling Criticism, Logical Persuasion);
      • Questioning,
      • Sales Staff Training, Theory of Helping, Strategies (Traditional Approach, Task Approach), Common Strategies for Staff Training and Teaching
      Writing Advertisement
      • Purpose of Advertising,
      • Writing an Effective Advertisement,
      • Structure of an Ad,
      • Importance of Colour and Size,
      • Advertisement Creation (Develop Product Awareness, Provide Information, Develop a Desire, Develop Conviction, Differentiate Brand, Make a Decision),
      • The Advertising Message, Message Generation, Combining Rewards and Experiences to design a message, Delivering the Message,
      • Advertisement Creation Checklist,
      • Verification and Proofing
      Electronic Marketing -Telephone & Email
      • Telephone Manner,
      • Managing an Unmanned Phone,
      • Internet Promotions ( Larger audience, Lower Conversion Factor, Different Etiquette, Different Cost Structures, etc),
      • Netiquitte,
      • Ways of Using Web, Web sites,
      • Site Construction, Site Use,
      • Emails
      Direct Mailing
      • Types of Direct Mailing (The Direct, The Informative. The Reminder, The Utility);
      • Advantages,
      • Disadvantages,
      • Appropriateness
      Exhibitions & Shows
      • Types of Exhibitions,
      • Judging it’s Value,
      • What can go Wrong,
      • Catering for People Overload,
      • Measuring Success,
      • Organising an Event,
      • Planning a Display.

      Enrol Now

      • Experienced Tutor support
      • Certificate sent to you
      • Online study (Printed notes available)
      • Self paced - no set timetable
      • 12 months to complete course

      From: $35.00 / week for 19 weeks

      Clear

       

      Get a Free Info Pack!

        CourseStream Accreditation.
        Accredited courses.