Trends in Marketing Communications

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various trends in marketing communications.It also focuses on the future with visual examples.

Trends in communication & future IN communication
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How effective is advertising today? “Advertising is MOST effective with children and teens – they are the ones with the power to pester their parents.” – Senior Editor, 9X Media “Advertising is becoming more specialised today, but it has not lost it’s importance. Today not only agencies are getting specialized but each media is also moving towards a clearly defined role.” – Minitha Saxena, VP, Cogito Consulting, FCB Ulka

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Creative trends

Trends in print
?Visual dominates over copy i.e. more

pictures less words ?More use of Indian-ized English ?Growing importance of vernacular ads

Trends IN Television

Emotions
? Emotions are the biggest trend in TV advertising

today

? Emotions portrayed may be humour, family,

relationships, nostalgia, etc

? All ads are moving towards telling a story and

touching an emotional chord

Emotions
? Humour has become more common in

advertisement

? Lot of ads are telling a funny story to create

noticeability and recall
? In 2001 46% advertisements were humour based

and the trend has continued since then for a variety of products.

Product - Centric Ads
? Purely product-centric ads are not generally aired on

TV

? TV ads will usually tell a story in some way ? Generally you will have a print ad if features need to

be highlighted and a TV ad to show emotion
? Thus each medium is getting a clearly defined role

High involvement products
? High involvement products like automobiles and

consumer durables are being advertised with experience and lifestyle parameters rather than just rational benefits. ? This is because emotion is being used to differentiate products rather than their specific technical features

Food and personal care
? Food and personal care are being advertised with

rational benefits

? The ingredient becomes the Reason to Buy

Testimonial
? Its not used so much today except with celebrities ? It works sometimes depending on the execution ? Dove uses it very effectively because it is used to

support a clear rational benefit

? In such cases it works because there is a story behind

it

? Just a plain testimonial won’t work any more

Execution
? Special Effects being used extensively to make

advertisement more appealing

? Technology helps to highlight the features in a

better manner

? Ads have become more sophisticated

Portrayal of women
? Earlier women were featured only in ads related to

household and personal care products. Now they are shown in products where they can influence the buying ? ICICI Prudential – traditional dress, educated outlook

? Women are often shown dressed in a modern way ? The Santoor ads evolved from a housewife to a

Focus on Children
? Children are being influencers in purchase decisions

sometimes even for expensive decisions like cars, vacations

? Using children in ads therefore is meant to appeal to

the children watching the ad

? Another reason for using children is that it is an easy

way to bring in emotion naturally

? The ad needs to gel with the product, else the

children will come across as bratty and spoilt

Celebrities
? Celebrity based advertising has become very common ? These days celebrity advertising will only work if there

is a fit with the brand
? The ad should tell a story and connect with

consumers

Jingles
? Jingle-based ads were 43% in 2001 ? Today they are still being used but it is difficult for

consumers to remember because of too much clutter.
? Jingles are taking the form of music that is memorable ? It provides instant recall

Trends in media – Now & future

Trends - Media
? Media is growing fragmented
? Fragmentation of television is happening. ? There is program loyalty instead of channel loyalty

? For the immediate future, Indian media will witness 20%

YoY growth in 2008 and television.

? Advertisers will continue to give priority to newspapers ? They will also be inclined to check out the promise of

new media, such as digital

? Faith in advertising and PR is going down as compared to

media like BLOGS which are believable as the writer connects directly with the user

Future - Media
? Traditional media are going to be around, and so

are new media

? Worldwide, things are moving towards the internet

? One-to-one media (like blogs) can connect directly

with customers as against top-down or filtered media (like news, advertising)

? This is the advantage of internet media

CLEARLY DEFINED ROLES
?In the future, each media will have a

specialized role ?For example, an ad showcasing a lot of features may be a print ad ?The TV ad for the same brand may create an emotional connect ?Internet ads may be used to target a specific consumer ?Blogs and communities could be used to create opinions

Print Media - Trends
? Print media is still profitable in India ? Dailies and periodicals still commanded 47.9% of

overall ad money in 2007
? Revenues have touched on all time high of 8470cr.

mark registering 21% growth

Print Media - Trends
? Some of the trends in print ads
? Special interest magazines ? Editors & publishers trying to line-up readers by

offering niche titles. E.g. ‘Prevention’ from Living Media Vogue, the High Street lifestyle publication from Conde Nast group Dare, targeted at young and aspiring entrepreneurs from cyber media
? Niche publications – supplements targeted at a

particular segment, international publications, specific magazines are becoming important for targeted advertising

Print Media - Trends
? Unlike the west, print media readership is not

declining in India

? For calendar year 2007 newspaper advertising was

Rs.9,290 cr (18% growth over 2006)

Print continued to attract the largest share of advertising spends, mainly attributed to rise of the tabloid and regional focus
? Indian publishers are launching niche magazines -

across News, Fashion, Travel and Health. Well-known foreign magazines like The Economist and Vogue were launched in India

Future - Print Media
? A spate of new launches in the near future – niche

publications, non-news magazines

? Indian media laws restrict foreign equity to 26% in the

news segment, but allow 100% foreign equity in nonnews and non-current affairs specialty magazines

? Even some years down the line, print media will hold

it’s own as an advertising media.

Television
? Regional Channels ? Newer entrants with newer format ? Twenty - twenty world cup ? Distribution (mobile content), cable and satellite

growth have ensured that Television media remains on top of the advertiser spend.

Future - Television
? Reality TV will stay here for a while ? We tend to follow trends from the US ? Reality TV has a lot of people’s eye balls ? It is going to be huge for the next few years ? There are dedicated channels for reality TV in the US

and this may happen in India
? A lot of advertising will be tied up with reality shows

? Television advertising - no longer about creativity ? Based only on what consumers want to see ? Gospel Theory - bombarding people maximum

number of times so that they start believing, TOM recall
? Advertising - aggressive now - passive advertising

doesn’t work anymore.

Sports on Television
? Advertising in cricket is giving a lot of results and it is

being exploited fully ? The Sony network is surviving only because of IPL, which bailed them out for the whole year ? Other sports which may become big – football, Formula 1 ? Formula 1 already has a good viewership ? Tennis has a niche, mostly upper-class audience

Radio
? Radio’s share of the media pie 4% in 2007 ? Increase in number of stations and listeners ? Over 240 private FM stations ? Radio Mirchi, Radio City, Big FM, and My FM operate in

many places ? Good way to reach the many people who commute

? Local nature and content integration make it a cost

effective medium for advertisers.

Future - Radio
? Radio market expected to grow by 50% touching

Rs.900 cr. by the end of 2008

? Proposal to change the unit for private FM radio

broadcast licensing from city to district

? This will help advertisers in tapping hitherto

unreachable semi urban / rural India

? Thus it will continue to grow in importance as a

medium

Out Of Home
? The Indian OOH market is expected to reach Rs.1,700

cr. in 2008

? Top 5 metros constitute nearly 75% of the total

spends in OOH advertising

? Thanks to the rise in local travelling time and the fact

that people are spending time outdoors (malls, cafés  etc), OOH will continue to see a good growth.

Future – Out of Home
? Hoardings are being pulled down in places ? Out of Home will become more targeted towards

specific locations like malls, cafes, multiplexes, etc
? It will also become more sophisticated and high-tech ? Segmentation is taking place even in OOH. Eg First-

class platform

Out Of Home - Cinema
? Cinema advertising - cost effective and delivers the

right impact ? Effectively showcase their brands against an entertainment backdrop ? Access the star power that drives consumers to theatres ? Audience in a closed environment with full focus ? Mind is in a free state and their receptivity to brand messaging is far greater than as compared to any other media

? Modern cinema twisted into hotspot for marketers to

place messages ? Advertising in cinema halls today is not limited to onscreen slots ? Translites - Glasses covered steel frames adding glamour to advertisements ? Branding on doors of halls ? Tickets today tucked inside a branded paper envelope ? Brand messages are swiftly passed on to the prospect by way of pamphlets ? Campaigns like ITC, LG, Pepsi, UB Group, Tata Motors

? Standees (stand wearing a catchy brand message,

outside the hall or at the lobby) ? Live events outside a cinema hall ? Floor ceiling is a recent concept that is going to attract takers in multi-screen atmosphere ? Today every inch of space is crucial for marketers in the multiplex

? Danglers in front of food and beverage stalls ? Scrollers carrying moving ad message ? Branded kiosks - direct interaction with TG ? Exits and emergency exits ? Cinema advertising - 8 times more impact than

print, television and radio ? Clutter-free environment, most importantly, high recall value amongst viewers

? Only washroom are yet to be explored and may be

ads would peep in them too!

Digital Media
? Digital media comprising Internet and Mobile is the

fastest growing medium in the country ? However it currently accounts for only 2% of total media spends ? IPTV entry might give the much needed boost to digital media. Internet, Search and Mobile services are expected to grow in 2008 by 60%, 80% and 60% respectively

Internet Advertising
? Online advertising industry was 150-175 crores in

2006 and growing at the rate of 50% ? Largely restricted to a few websites like Indiatimes, Rediff, Yahoo India, Google India, Sify, Money control, MSN India. ? Advantage - low costs for smaller companies who cannot afford the major mediums.

Contd…
? Mainly two types
? search advertising – facilitates tracking of

performance based on clicks ? banner advertising – can be intrusive ? Social networking advertising - ads, communities on Facebook and Big Adda ? Initiatives like Sunsilk gang-of-girls ? In-game advertising happens for internet games ? Zapak is one of the Indian companies which specialises in in-game advertising ? In game advertising – EA sports advertises in their games various products ? Second Life has started a new craze of advertisements. The use of a virtual world has proved to be successful. Big brands have bought space on second life and sell exclusive designs.

Contd…
? Lot of regional language online papers get increasing

hits

? People want to read local news in local languages

E.g. Readers of Kannadaprabha.com, the website of Kannada Prabha, want to read more news from Shimoga, Belgaum, Hubli, or Mysore
? These may be a good location to advertise

Ads spend growth (Fig in Rs m)
  Total Newspaper Magazine Television radio Cinema Outdoor Internet

2007

274,342

131,550

13,159

104,242

5,260

3,291

13,640

3,200

2010

417,629

186,736

29,037

157,866

6,740

6,136

17,038

14,076

% Change

52%

42%

120%

51%

28%

86%

25%

340%

Mobile advertising
? One out of three mobile users access net in India ? No. of people accessing net through mobile is

increasing rapidly ? In India, Oxigen is an integrated value added service provider for mobiles ? They were involved in the ‘Sprite kholega to bolega’ campaign ? Unilever had a similar contest for Cornetto which was scratch and win ? Rewards in such promotions could be virtual credit on cell phones under Oxicash scheme or even things like free ringtones ? Viral marketing takes place on mobile phones via Bluetooth where all Bluetooth enabled phones in a

Future
? With 3 G and WiMax coming to India, mobile

advertising will get more sophisticated ? In China and Japan, current technology allows movies and TV shows to be streamed to cell phones ? Viral marketing in targeted places eg. Sports stadium, cinema halls, etc

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