Promotions • • • • • • • Advertisement Direct Marketing Interactive Marketing Sales Promotion Publicity and Public Relations Personal Selling Public Social Responsibility
20. Advertisement Advertising is defined as any paid form of non personal communication about an organization, product, service, or idea by an identified sponsor. Coca-Cola uses the concept of aggressive advertising to promote its products. Thus advertising is the most important marketing tool for the company as it has to cater mass consumer markets. They mainly does national advertising. Company introduces different themes and concepts to sell their product and advertises mainly in electronic media and out of home advertising. These advertisements build brand image and create awareness. Big names of Indian film industry mainly become the brand ambassadors of the Company. Throughout the years, the slogans of the Coca-Cola have been memorable. For E.g. Thanda Matlab Cola-Cola Jo chaho ho jae Cola-Cola enjoy Coca-Cola-Piyo sir utha ke Brrrrrrr!!!
21. Mediums of Advertisement The mediums of advertising used by Coca-Cola are: Print media: They print media for advertisement. Although very rare, they have a separate department for print media. Point of Sale Materials : Point of sale material this includes: Posters and Stickers display in the stores and in different areas. It also includes: Vizi cooler Freezers Display racks
22. Audio / TV Advertisement: • As everybody know that TV is a most common entertaining medium so TV commercials is one of the most attractive way of doing advertisement. So Coca Cola Company does regular TV commercials on different channels. •It focuses on both the urban as well as the rural India with its advertisements. • The latest is “Ab Tufani Uthao Bas 10 Mein” with Salman Khan as Brand Ambassador
23. Outdoor Advertisement: • Coca Cola on a regular basis Advertise through Billboards, Hoardings. They occupy the prime locations of the Urban and Semi Urban areas to advertise their products • Bill Boards are used on Highways, main City roads, Across big buildings, Shops etc. •Also in India the Coca-cola can be seen painted on walls, bus stands, dhabas etc focusing in rural areas if India