Product Life Cycle
Advertising
Types of Media
More Marketing Terms
Rules of Advertising
100

The first stage of the product life cycle, where customers try the product

Introduction

100

The ability to share your message a lot of people with your advertising

Reach

100

Advertisements you listen to, perhaps in the car

Radio

100

What you buy and sell back to the customers

Inventory

100

This step means you use sound, visual effects, or celebrities to get your customer to watch the commercial

Attention / awareness

200

In this stage of the business, the company is making consistent profits but it no longer growing exponentially

Maturity
200

How often your advertisement is shown

Frequency

200

These advertisements are often mailed to you

Direct to home (flyers)

200

Brand value for your business (two words)

Brand equity

200

In this stage, you deliver the information in an engaging, persuasive manner, talking about benefits over costs

Interest

300

In this stage of the business, customers are flocking to the product; they see that people have tried and want to try it themselves

Growth

300

The time it takes to produce an advertisement

Lead time

300

These advertisements are things you see on busses, large signs as you drive, etc.

Billboards

300

Earned media that you don't pay for

Publicity
300

In order to make a sale, you must convince the customer to buy it. This stage is called

Action
400

In this stage of the product life cycle, sales are declining and the company has to make a decision about whether to continue to sell the product or not

Decline
400

When your advertisement has to compete with many other advertisements

Clutter

400

These advertisements have good reach, as many people often read it to see what's going on the world

Newspaper

400

Durable, consistent products that will generate cash flows

Cash cows

400

In this stage, businesses use emotional appeal to make you want the product

Desire

500

These types of customers are the first to try out a new product

Early adopters

500

The ability of your advertisement to choose a specific target market and appropriate medium

Selectivity

500

These advertisements are placed in publications and editorials (things you read when you go to the doctor's office or dentist or go shopping)

Magazine

500

A loyal, specialized customer base, target market that you sell to

Niche

500

This is an example and way of converting more action for your customers

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