Evaluating IMC Programe
Evaluating IMC Programe
Message Evaluations
TWO BROAD CATEGORIES: Message Evaluation Program considers:
COGNITIVE: Recall, Recognition(often both quantitative and qualitative) AFFECTIVE: Peripheral cues such as emotion, attitude(typically qualitative)
MESSAGE EVALUATIONS
Storyboarding to develop Test in focus group Market Test
COPY TESTING
Used when piece is near finished, prior to production PORTFOLIO TEST: display print ads THEATRE TEST: display TV ads Mall intercept technique (pre-test)
RECOGNITION tests:
Give copy of ad and ask if they recognize or have seen it before
Attitude and Opinion Emotional Reaction Physiological Arousal Persuasion
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Establish Quality Evaluation Criteria
such as PACT (positioning advertising copytesting)
Should be relevant to objectives being measured Agreement on how the results will be used Use multiple measures to evoke more precise evaluations Test should be based on some theory or model of human behaviour Consider multiple exposures Validity necessitates that comparative tested ads are in the same stage of their development process Adequate Controls to prevent biases and external factors Samples must be representative Tests should be Reliable and Valid (generalizable)
BEHAVIOURAL EVALUATIONS
Sales and redemption rates Test Markets Purchase Simulation Tests
EVALUATING PR
Count clippings (hits) clipping services of company name count in relation to news release activity Calculate number of impressions (hits) subscriber count within medium Advertising equivalence technique find every place company name mentioned in print and broadcast media divided into the cost to produce if it was planned advert.
IF these goals are being reached, the IMC plan is likely in good order.
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