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1121THEESSENCEOFMARKETINGCOMMUNICATIONADEFINITIONALAPPROACH
Inmarketingcommunicationthesenderisacompanyorotherinstitutionalentity(e.g.
auniversityorastateadministrationunit)thatwantstocommunicateaspecificmessage.
Therecipientscanbebothcurrentcustomersandpotentialbuyers(Danaher,Rossiter
2011;Hollensen2014,p.607;Smith,Zook2016).Mostoften,themessageisinformation
necessaryforapotentialcustomertomakeapurchasingdecision(orotheraction).It
canbeinformationaboutaproductorservice,itscharacteristics,placeandconditions
ofpurchase,use,benefitsofpurchase,aswellassloganswhichhelpinremembering
thebrandandrecognizingitamongtheotheravailableonthemarket(Danaher,Rossiter
2011;Smith,Zook2016).Thesemarketingcommunicationgoalscanbedescribedas
“direct”.Ontheotherhand,amongtheintermediateandlong-termobjectivesonecan
distinguishtheincreaseofeconomicindicatorsofcompanies(increaseinsalesvolume,
profit),increaseofthecompanynameandproductbrandrecognition(alsobrandposi-
tioning),increaseofcustomerengagementandloyalty,improvementofthecompany’s
image,strengtheningtheenterprise’sdialogwiththemarket(Smith,Zook2016).
Wiktor(2013,pp.22-24)describesmarketingcommunicationingreatdetail,em-
phasizingthefollowingissues:
Purposefulnessofcommunication-marketingcommunicationshouldtake
placeforaspecificpurpose,whichmaybenotonlythetransferofinformation
aboutaproductorservice,butalsostimulationofdemand.
Scopeofcommunication-marketingcommunicationusesawiderangeof
formsandtoolstoconductdialoguewiththemarket,e.g.mixpromotioninstru-
ments.
Directionofcommunication-marketingcommunicationmayuseaone-way
“impactofpromotioninstruments”orbeusedtoconductadialogwith
themarket.
Multi-levelcommunication-marketingcommunicationconcernsvariouslev-
els:fromintrapersonalcommunication,throughinterpersonal,group,institu-
tional,tomasscommunication2.
Effectivenessofcommunication-theeffectsofmarketingcommunicationare
associatedwitheconomicbenefitsforthecompanythatusesit.
Taranko(2015)dividesthefunctionsofmarketingcommunicationintotraditional
(e.g.information,persuasive,reminiscentfunction)andmodern(e.g.educationalfunc-
tion,reductionofaccessbarrierstotheoffer,buildingexperience,increasingthebuyer’s
involvement,aswellascompetitivefunction).Wiktor(2013),inturn,claimsthatthemain
functionofmarketingcommunicationis“toensurealastingmarketpresence”.Among
2Duetothemainpurposeofthemonograph,theinterpersonalandmasslevelwillbediscussedto
thegreatestextent.
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