Test #3 Review
Last updated November 20, 2008
Test #3 will be written during class on December 1. The format will be a combination of multiple choice and short answer questions. Please bring a pencil or pen and the right answers (in your head).

Chapter 7: Facilitation of Product Adoption, Brand Naming, and Packaging

1.

Why do consumers adopt products?

2.

What does the diffusion process mean in terms of product adoption?

3.

What is a good brand name? Why do companies change their brand names over time?

4.

How can the VIEW model be used to evaluate packaging?

5.

How can package design evoke different feelings about a product?

Chapter 8: On- and Off-Premise Signage and Point-of-Purchase Communications

1.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of billboard advertising?

2.

How can point-of-purchase materials be classified in terms of their level of permanence?

3.

What does point-of-purchase accomplish? How does it influence consumer behavior?

4.

Which types of consumer buying habits will be most influenced by point-of-purchase?

5.

Why do retailers not use point-of-purchase materials?

Chapter 17: Sales Promotion

1.

Who is the target of sales promotion? How are push and pull strategies of sales promotion different?

2.

Why has sales promotion become more important in recent years?

3.

What are the capabilities and limitations of sales promotions?

4.

What are the major forms of trade allowances?

5.

What are the negative consequences of off-invoice allowances? How can these problems be reduced?

Chapter 18: Consumer-Oriented Sales Promotions- Sampling and Couponing

1.

Do consumers receive both utilitarian and hedonic benefits by responding to sales promotions?

2.

How are immediate and delayed promotional efforts different?

3.

Why is sampling used as a method for sales promotion? Are there any problems with sampling?

4.

What are the main problems with coupons from manufacturers? How are coupons redeemed by retailers

Chapter 19: Consumer-Oriented Sales Promotions- Premiums and Other Methods

1.

How do premiums, sweepstakes, prices-off promotions, bonus packs and continuity programs differ?

Chapter 20: Marketing-Oriented Public Relations and Sponsorships

1.

How do proactive and reactive public relations differ?

2.

What are the two basic types of commercial rumors that can threaten a business?

3.

How is marketing public relations different from advertising?

4.

How are event sponsorship and cause-related marketing different?

5.

Why do companies engage in an ambushing strategy?

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