Tool Definition         Function            TA                    Activities
Advertising Advertising is    - Informing         - Target market       - Print Ad
            non-personal      - Persuading        - Distributors          (Billboard,
            presentation &    - Reminding         - Investors             standee, poster,
            promotion of      - Adding value                              newspaper,
            ideas, goods or   - Assisting the                             magazines,…)
            services by an      company’s                               - Broadcast
            identified          other                                     media (TVC,
            sponsor             marketing                                 radio,…)
                                efforts
    Direct The                - Informing         - Target market       - Telesales
 Marketing communication      - Persuading        - Distributors        - Email
           establishes        - Adding value      - Investors             marketing
           through a direct   -                                         - Direct mail
           channel without                                              - door to door
           using any                                                    - Leaflet
           intermediaries
 Internet Internet            - Create            -   Target market     - Banners,
marketing marketing is th       awareness         -   Distributors      - Sponsorships
          e process of        - Generate          -   Supplier          - Pop-ups/ pop-
          promoting a           interest          -   Because             unders
          business or         - Disseminate           Internet          - Interstitials
                                information           marketing is      - Push
          brand and its
                              - Create an             usually             technologies
          products or
                                image                 integrated with   - Links
          services over       - Create a              other tools, so   - Paid search
          the internet          strong brand          IM’s              - Behavioral
          using tools that    - Stimulate trial       audiences can       Targeting
          help drive          -                       be the TA of      - Contextual Ads
          traffic, leads,                             others            - Rich Media
          and sales.                                                    - Additional
                                                                          forms
    Sales A direct            - Consumer-         - Target market         Customer
Promotion inducement that       Oriented: To      - Distributors,         - Coupons
          offers an extra       increase            trade                 Give a
          value or              consumption                               promotional
          incentive for the     of an                                     voucher
          product to the        established                               - Price-off deal
          sales force,          brand .To                                 Directly
          distributors, or      defend                                    decreases the
          the ultimate          (maintain)                                price on
          consumer with         current                                   products
          the primary           customers. To                             - Sampling
objective of        obtain trial      Giving samples
creating an         and purchase.     of new
immediate sale.     Enhance IMC       products: food,
                    efforts and       perfum
                    build brand       - Premiums
                    equity. To        Buy one get
                    target a          one
                    specific          Get 50% off
                    segment           the 2nd item
                  - Trade-            - Bonus packs
                    Oriented:         Increase the
                    Obtain            volume of the
                    distribution of   product
                    new products      - Contest,
                    Maintain trade    Sweepstakes,
                    support for       Games
                    existing          Scratch the
                    products.         winning card
                    Build retail      Join the contest
                    inventories .     to receive the
                    Encourage         prize
                    retailers to      -
                    display           Refund/Rebates
                    existing          Get cash back
                    brands            Additional
                                      rebate on new
                                      product
                                      - Loyalty
                                      Programs
                                      Give present in
                                      birthday month
                                      - Event
                                      Marketing
                                      TRADE
                                      - Contests and
                                      Incentives
                                      Biggest Deal
                                      Commission
                                      Spike Sales
                                      Incentive
                                      Team Sales
                                                                    Incentive
                                                                    - Trade
                                                                    Allowances
                                                                    obtaining more
                                                                    attractive shelf
                                                                    space; securing
                                                                    a high-traffic
                                                                    store location;
                                                                    highlighting the
                                                                    product in
                                                                    company-
                                                                    produced
                                                                    advertising,
                                                                    website or app
                                                                    (e.g., featured
                                                                    product); or
                                                                    agreeing to
                                                                    have the
                                                                    retailer’s sales
                                                                    personnel
                                                                    “talk-up” the
                                                                    product to
                                                                    customers.
                                                                    - Point-of-
                                                                    Purchase
                                                                    Displays
                                                                    - Sales Training
                                                                    Programs
                                                                    - Trade Shows
                                                                    - Cooperative
                                                                    Advertising
Personal Personal selling     - Attract the     -   Target market -Customize the
  Selling is an act of          customers.      -   Community     message for a
          convincing the      - Educate the         members       specific buyer.
          prospects to buy      customers.      -   Vendors and   -Assist in
          a given product     - Create desire       suppliers     creating strong
          or service. It is     to buy.         -   Customers and supply chain
          the most            - Conclude            clients.      relationships.
          effective and         sales.          -   Educators     -Increase
          costly              - Get repeat          civic and     customer loyal
          promotional           orders.             business      through
          method.                                   organizations relationship
                                                                  selling.
                                                             -Gather research
                                                             input from
                                                             customer.
                                                             -Crucial to the
                                                             success of CRM.
PR  PR is the          - Building         Internal           -Conveying
   management            marketplace      ( company          information
   process of            before media     employees) and     through press
   engaging              breaks           external           conferences or
   productively        - Improving        ( customers,       press
   with all relevant     ROI              shareholders,      -Conducting
   internal and        - Creating         the media, the     media interviews
   external publics,     advertising      government, the    to explain
   so that a firm’s      news where       financial          government
   improved              there is no      community,         policies
   relationship with     product news     special-interest   devėloping
   these groups        - Introducing a    groups, channel    guidelines on
   enhances its          product with     members and        what to say, or
   reputation and        little or no     unions).           not say, in a
   generates             advertising                         crisis
   positive            - Providing a                         -Sponsoring
   publicity.            value added                         sporting events
                         customer                            -Handling
                         service                             criticisms of
                       - Building brand                      price increases
                         to customer                         -Dealing with
                         bonds                               workers' strikes
                       - Influencing                         creating a
                         influentials,                       positive image to
                         providing                           aid a donation
                         information to                      drive 
                         opinion                             -explaining away
                         leaders                             a politician's
                       - Defending                           gaffe 
                         products at                         -neutralising bad
                         risk, giving                        publicity arising
                         consumers a                         from the recall of
                         reason to buy                       products releases
                                                             - repairing
                                                             reputational
                                                             damage due to
                                                             scandal 
-gaining free
publicity for a
new product
launch or a new
advertising
campaign.