Effective Communication Strategies for Brands

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Communication Strategy Course Revision Sheet

1. 📌 Essentials

  • Advertising evolution: from product supply focus to customer-centric approaches post-1975.
  • SWOT analysis: internal (strengths/weaknesses) and external (opportunities/threats).
  • Positioning defines target, needs, and differentiation; must be clear, credible and durable.
  • Target segmentation: divides audience into main, core, secondary; based on socio-professional, demographic, or behavioral traits.
  • Communication objectives hierarchy: Awareness → Appreciation → Action; follow SMART criteria.
  • Message parts: Promise, Proof, Benefit, Tone—focused on clarity and benefits.
  • Creative strategy: guides visual style, tone, and message focus, respecting limits (budget, legal).
  • Disruption strategy: challenges conventions; involves identifying stereotypes, creating disruptive ideas, proposing future visions.
  • Generations: X (1965-1980), Y/Millennials (1980-1995), Z (1995-2010), Alpha (2010-2025).
  • PESTEL analysis: evaluates macro-environmental factors influencing external environment.

2. 🧩 Key Structures & Components

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1. What is the primary focus of the Communication Strategy Course?

2. Which of the following best describes the evolution of advertising from the early 20th century to post-1975?

3. In the context of communication objectives, what does the hierarchy of awareness, appreciation, and action represent?

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History — advertising evolution?

Customer-centric shift after 1975.

SWOT — external factors?

Opportunities and threats.

Positioning — key qualities?

Clear, distinctive, credible, durable.

Advertising evolution — focus shift?

From product supply to customer-centric

SWOT analysis — components?

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

Positioning — key characteristics?

Clear, credible, durable

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