TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Project Summary 2
II. Audience profile 3
III. Competitive Positioning 4
IV. Targeted Message 5
V. Tone and Messaging 5
VI. Integrated Communication Strategy 6
VII. Conclusion 6
VIII. References 7
I. PROJECT SUMMARY
As Acme Widget Company has released the new type of its toy products called “Generations”, the main purpose of this project is to publicly announce the Generations in order raise its awareness positively in the public eye. Besides the project’s purposes, the project also has some specific goals that align with the purpose; therefore, those goals are:
• Increasing Generations’ public awareness by 90% at the end of the year
• Increasing Generations’ engagement in terms of purchases
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In fact, the target market should want the offering because it is kid friendly which will engage their children. In addition, the target audience should want Acme’s offerings because they offer complete safety to children because they are wooden made rather than plastic made, which sometimes contain harmful chemicals and toxins (Eco Toys, 2015). Above all, the target market should want Acme’s new offerings because they are durable and last longer which can save the money spent buying toys frequently because they are plastic made.
Based on Acme Company Profile, customers perceive Acme as an experienced Company that delivers top-notch-quality products coupled with excellent customer services that give clients a pleasant experience (CfA, 2015, p. 1). Therefore, this perception has intensively built Acme’s good reputation in the public eye.
Furthermore, the following positioning map demonstrates how Acme Widget Company offer unique offering comparing to its competitors such as “Eastern Mountain Sports, Green Toys, and Performance Bicycle” (CfA, 2015, p.
The Acme Widget Company has seen a slowing of overall business growth over the last 5 years and could benefit from a new product line. We believe that with our Marketing Plan, we may enable them to move back on top and be one of the leading manufacturing companies of widgets and tools, in the U.S.
Aesop is a firm that started its operations in Australia and works in an extremely competitive environment. The main objective of this marketing plan is to introduce the products of Aesop to the global markets. It becomes essential to analyze and research the product as well as the market in order to create a stronger strategy fit and align all of the marketing activities and efforts to the marketing goals and needs of the potential consumers. Identification of appropriate segments and markets is an essential foundation for the success of the product and the organization.
I will approach the process of exploring more technologically advanced and interactive toys within the American Girl core brand by pulling a team of people to complete the strategic planning process (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). A strategic plan is a roadmap to grow your business (Lavinsky, 2013). The roadmap will detail what it will take the implement the new technology and interactive product (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). The team will explore the new technologies and understand the current status of interactive toys that the Mattel has had success with and the pain points. This will help the team understand what works and what has not worked. Research and analysis will be performed to understand the new technologically that is available
Toys are artifacts created by humans that come in all shapes, sizes, and form used for entertainment, therapy, or simply to past time. One of the earliest toys was a doll made of stone that was estimated to be four thousand years old. What is really interesting is the fact that archaeologists have found that the majority of human civilization produced toys. Nowadays, toys are mass produced and have become an essential item in the human lifestyle. So much so that these toys have the ability to shape children or adults to act or be a certain way. Companies take advantage of their products and advertising to have customers continually buy their products so that these paying customers can achieve their desires. However, some products actually
Their construction brings you back to the days when things were made concentrating on quality, not quantity. In these times, where it seems like everyone is in such a hurry to do virtually everything from shopping to toy construction, making most toys with materials that are easily reproduced, it is nice to know that
Beanie Baby phenomenon has really opened a lot of eyes in the toys industry, especially, because this phenomenon was sustained in an industry that is known to be very turbulent based on the fact that, there are a lot of substitutes that come into the industry everyday, moreover, the excitement that these toys create, only can last for a short period of time as buyers in this market (usually children) tend to have an inconsistent buying behaviour and unpredictable majority of the time. This was not the case for Beanie Babies.
Acme's products have the highest quality and prices in the industry. While its sales volume and sales income are second-lowest in the industry, it has the highest profits, due to its high profit margins.
This generation is synonymous with the statement, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. With its independence and technical understanding, this generation will no doubt leave a positive statement when it reaches the height of its success.
When Quiksilver announced the start of its women line Roxy in 1990, they defined the brand as a “fun, bold, athletic, daring and classy” brand for young women. Market segmentation is a crucial marketing strategy and Roxy utilizes the four bases that are commonly used for segmenting consumer markets including geographic, demographic, psychographic, and benefits sought segmentation. The geographic segmentation is ideally unlimited for the Roxy target market because the brand offers clothes for both warm and cold weather, however, it focuses mainly on the “beach lifestyle” and is generally more popular in beach towns. The demographic segmentation of the Roxy brand, is aimed to attract young women between the
In this short paper, this author will look at the Aldus Corporation and the company's marketing manager, Richard Strong. Despite the riskiness of the proposal, he correctly identified some foreseeable problems that required a shift in the company's market positioning strategy. In this short essay, we will examine this positioning strategy in detail as well as the other marketing issues at Aldus. As well will see in this study, while the plan was necessary due to the upcoming saturation of the existing market for professionals, the situation on the ground in the company was not geared favorably in a structural manner to facilitate the proposed transition. Had more knowledge been available of this, modifications to the plan could have made the transition much smoother. Luckily enough, Apple came to the rescue for Aldus in pairing up on some of the responsibility for helping with the market repositioning.
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This discussion essay will discuss the topic of the Fidget Cube by presenting both the positive and the negative sides of this issue. Since it has been the twenty-first century, technologies are developing all the time. Because of that, the pressure of working is increasing as well. So some companies produce a toy called the Fidget Cube. It is a very useful object to release the pressure in the daily life. If teenagers are in the sense of over fatigue, they can just try to press the button on it. Also, it is good to make teenagers concentrate on their work, and it can help them change a lot of bad habits they used to have. But there are two disadvantages likewise. The first one is that the price is too steep. The second one is that the sound of pressing this may disturb others who are very close to them who are playing this toy.
In terms of the marketing products and the services the brand Planet M is very successful in the Indian context. As per the latest data concern, the company registered an annual footfall of more than 8.5 million people in their retail stores across India with a conversion rate of more than 40 per cent. In fact it is one of the highest in the Indian retail sector. For the expansion of the retail market in India and the growth of the market share of the company, they have adopted many marketing strategies, which can be highlighted as:
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