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Question 1 Marketing communication is vitally important and it needs to persuade someone, the

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Question 1
Marketing communication is vitally important and it needs to persuade someone, the consumer, to buy a certain product or service. Amarula wants to introduce a new product and will have to use a model of communication. AIDA is one such model. It stands for attention, interest, desire and action. AIDA proposes that consumers respond to a marketing message in a cognitive (thinking), affective (liking) and conative (doing) sequence. This means that Amarula will have to follow this process to ensure people buy their new product. Amarula Gold is a new product they have lauched.
Attention
Cognitive
At this stage the marketers need to make the consumer aware of the new product. The marketers need to isolate the target market to which …show more content…

They can also sponsor concerts and provide there drink to the people attending to help them like the product. Amarula also need to ensure that they highlight why there product is better and different to other competitors. They can use the unique way in which the fruit is collected. Most of the fruit they use for their product is collected entirely in the wild and can promote the fact that they are the “Spirit of Africa”. This ensures the consumer prefers their product over another.
Desire
At this stage Amarula may have got the consumers Attention and Interest but the consumer may not feel the need to buy the product. To create this desire Amarula will have to show the additional ways in which the product can be used. Amarula may show how the product can be used in a variety of drinks and that it can also be used to cook with. Showing the versatility of the product and thereby creating consumer desire. Amarula can also provide the recipes for these drinks and foods.
Action
Conative
This is where the consumer needs to actually go buy the product. One might think this process can’t be influenced but Amarula can affect it in a small way. They can make the product readily available and easy to see in stores. Good packaging that catches the consumer’s eye and promotional boards can improve the chances of a purchase.

Question 2
In 2010 Amarula setup an Amarula trust. This was to formalise many the

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