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Which of the following is associated with intensive distribution?
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A. Many electronic products found at Best Buy
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B. Routine decision making
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C. Balanced promotion (equal use of advertising, sales
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promotion and personal selling) \| \| \|
D. Limited decision making
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E. Expensive products - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. Routine
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According to the book, which of the following promotional tools
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has the advantage of offering immediate feedback?
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A. Publicity
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B. Sales promotion
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C. Advertising
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D. Personal selling
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E. Hot-air balloon promotion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D.
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Personal selling \|
Which of the following is most appropriate to use when the
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levels of product complexity and risk are extremely high?
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A. Pull strategy
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,B. Public relations
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C. Advertising
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D. Personal selling
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E. Sales promotion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Personal selling
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Suppose you created a new innovation, a lip balm that kept lips
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moist and protected far longer than anything on the market
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today. Relative to the competition, which of the marketing mix
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combinations would you choose to position your product as the \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
best lip balm?
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A. More selective distribution, less advertising, higher price
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B. More selective distribution, higher price, more advertising
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C. Lower price, less advertising, more selective distribution
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D. More advertising, higher price, more selective distribution
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E. Less advertising, more intensive distribution, higher price -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. More advertising, higher price, more
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selective distribution \|
According to the book, which of the following has a disadvantage
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that "it may be perceived as intruding"?
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A. Radio
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B. Direct mail
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C. Television
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D. Internet
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E. Outdoor - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Internet
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, Promotion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Defined as the coordination
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of all seller-initiated efforts to set up channels of information and
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persuasion to sell goods and services or to promote an idea.
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-Best viewed as the communication function of marketing.
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Promotional Mix - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Consists of the basic \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
tools or elements that are used to accomplish an organization's
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communication objectives. \|
Advertising - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any paid form of non- \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
personal communication about an organization, product, service,
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or idea by an identified sponsor.
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Propaganda - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Communication from an \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
unidentified sponsor. \|
Advantages of Advertising - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Cost- \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
effective way of communication, esp. with large audiences that
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are geographically dispersed.
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- Valuable tool for creating and maintaining brand equity.
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- Can be integrated with other promotional tools to help
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generate support from retailers and other trade members.
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- Provides an ability to control the message (what, when, and
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how something is said and where it is delivered).
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Disadvantages of Advertising - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Cost of \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
producing and placing ads, esp. TV commercials, can be very
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high.