Advertising and Sales Promotion 131. The advantages of audience selectivity, no ad competition, and personalization apply to which type of media?
Newspapers Television Direct mail Radio View answer Correct answer: (C) Direct mail
132. ______________ is short-term incentives to encourage purchase or sales of a product or service.
Advertising Sales promotion Online advertising Public relations View answer Correct answer: (B) Sales promotion
133. Which of the following consumer-promotion tools is the most effective, but most expensive, way to introduce a new product?
Coupons Price packs Contests Samples View answer Correct answer: (D) Samples
134. Which type of promotion uses buying allowances, push money, and free goods?
consumer promotion trade promotion sales force promotion place promotion View answer Correct answer: (B) trade promotion
135. Despite its potential strengths, public relations is often described as as:
Unethical business. Marketing stepchild. Corrupt practice. Cost drain that is not fruitful. View answer Correct answer: (B) Marketing stepchild.
136. Which tool of the promotional mix consists of short-term incentives to encourage the purchase or sale of a product or service?
Advertising Public relations Direct marketing Sales promotion View answer Correct answer: (D) Sales promotion
137. The personal presentation by the firm's sales force for the purpose of making sales and building customer relationships is called:
Personal selling. Public relations. Direct marketing. Sales promotion. View answer Correct answer: (A) Personal selling.
138. For many years mass-media advertising was king among promotion variables. today, this form of advertising appears to be giving way to:
Product differentiation. Other elements of the promotion mix. No manipulative variables. A move away from promotion. View answer Correct answer: (B) Other elements of the promotion mix.
139. The concept of ______________ suggests that the company must blend the promotion tools carefully into a coordinated promotion mix.
Public relations Integrated market planning Integrated marketing communications Global cultural imperatives View answer Correct answer: (C) Integrated marketing communications
140. No matter which form of direct marketing might be used by a promotional manager, All of the forms have several characteristics in common. Which of the following WOULD NOT be among those characteristics?
Nonpublic Immediate Producer controlled Interactive View answer Correct answer: (C) Producer controlled