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| A page on which the advertisement is printed to the edge of the page leaving no border. |
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| Agencies or instruments such as radio and television that use verbal communication to share a message with the public. |
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| Price discount given by a manufacturer to increase the desire of a wholesaler or retailer to purchase the product. |
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| The media cost of exposing 1,000 readers to an ad. |
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| Reaching a larger audience. |
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| The average number of times a person in the target audience is exposed to a promotional message. |
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| Products earned through contests, sweepstakes, and rebates. |
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| Institutional advertising |
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| Advertising designed to create a favorable image and goodwill for a business or organization. |
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| Communication used to create a favorable image of the business in the eyes of the consumer instead of promoting a product/service. |
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| Reaching a smaller group of people more often. |
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| Agencies, means, or instruments used to deliver promotional messages to the public. (Also see Promotional media on the next page.) |
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| A prepared statement or story that provides newsworthy information about the business or organization providing it. |
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| The Internet used as a vehicle to deliver messages to customers. |
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| A form of promotion that uses planned, personalized communication in order to influence customer buying decisions and ensure satisfactio |
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| Low cost items given to the consumer at a discount or free. |
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| A meeting to which a business or organization invites media for the purpose of distributing information about a newsworthy event |
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| A folder containing feature stories, articles, photographs, and/or news releases about the company, product, or persons which has been prepared to assist the media. |
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| The total number of copies of print media sold. |
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| Agencies or instruments such as newspapers, magazines, direct mail, signs, and billboards which use written communication to deliver messages to the public. |
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| Communication used to persuade consumers to buy a particular product/service. |
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| Trial size products generally sent through the mail or distributed at the business and given to the consumer free of charge. |
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| Any form of communication a business or organization uses to inform, persuade, or remind consumers about its products/services. |
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| Communication designed to increase sales of products and services. |
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| Channels of communication that serve as tools for promoting ideas, goods, and services to consumers. (Also see Media on the previous page.) |
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| The combination, or blend, of the different types of promotion. |
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| A carefully arranged sequence of promotions designed around a common theme responsive to specific objectives. |
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| A strategy in which two or more businesses combine promotional resources to increase sales. |
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| Any activity designed to create a favorable image toward a business, its products, or its policies. |
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| Information that is provided to the public by the media or other sources at no cost to the business. |
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| A non-duplicated count of the people in a target audience who are exposed to a promotional message. (Each person is counted only once even if they view the message more than once.) |
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| Awards given to salespersons for meeting or exceeding sales goals. |
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| The variety of activities other than personal selling, advertising, and public relations that are used to increase consumer purchases. |
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| The number of people who read a publication but do not actually purchase it (“pass along” readers). |
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| Money paid by a manufacturer to the retailer for placing a product in the store, perhaps in a specific location. |
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| Inexpensive, useful items with the name of the advertiser printed on them that are used to gain customer recognition or serve as reminders. |
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| Visual merchandising/display |
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| Coordination of the physical elements of a business or a product to project the desired image to the consumer. |
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