{"id":2319,"date":"2023-08-14T01:40:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T01:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2319"},"modified":"2023-08-14T01:40:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T01:40:55","slug":"promotion-mix-in-mikesbikes-accounting","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/article\/promotion-mix-in-mikesbikes-accounting\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the Promotion Mix right in MikesBikes Accounting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Promotion Mix?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The promotion mix is a combination of marketing activities which create, maintain and increase the demand for its brand and products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In MikesBikes the promotional activities available to you are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Product Advertising<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Product Relations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corporate Branding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The effectiveness of these activities is determined by your current decisions, as well as a percentage carryover effect from the previous period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developing a Promotion Mix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-Market-information-report.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Market Information<\/a> report is a substantial source of information you can use to determine your optimal promotional mix for a given marketing budget. This report outlines the Product Dimension Sensitivities, Media Viewing Habits and lastly the Advertising Reach by Media curve for each market segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By analyzing this report,&nbsp;you will be able to determine how best to spend your marketing budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an example, let\u2019s say we are developing a Promotion Mix for the Adventurer segment with a budget of $4 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Advertising-and-PR-Reach-by-Media-Curve.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4410\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Identify the segment&#8217;s sensitivities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If we look at the Market Information Report, we will see in the <strong>Product Dimension Sensitivities<\/strong> that the Adventurer segment has Medium sensitivity to both Advertising and PR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we will allocate half of our marketing budget for this product to Advertising, and the other half to PR.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-product-dimension-sensitivities.png\" alt=\"mikesbikes-advances-sensitivities\" class=\"wp-image-1117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-product-dimension-sensitivities.png 648w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-product-dimension-sensitivities-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-product-dimension-sensitivities-50x11.png 50w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-product-dimension-sensitivities-60x13.png 60w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-product-dimension-sensitivities-100x22.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--info   hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tWhat these sensitivities mean is that a change in any of these factors will result in a proportionate change in the consumers\u2019 demand for the product.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Identify the segment&#8217;s media viewing habits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You will need to consider your consumers\u2019 viewing habits by referring to the <strong>Media Viewing Habits<\/strong> chart (below) to help you allocate your budget on each channel.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"479\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-channels.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-channels.png 479w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-channels-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-channels-50x20.png 50w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-channels-60x24.png 60w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-channels-100x40.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The table shows us that 40% of the consumers in the Adventurer segment watch TV, 30% engage with the Internet regularly, and 50% read magazines and is the most prevalent media channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Allocate your marketing budget<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that we have $2 million to spend on Advertising for our Adventurer product, the remainder of our budget on PR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also know that 50% of this segment view magazines and 40% watch TV, but 30% are on the internet regularly. Also, while consumers in the Adventurer segment mostly read magazines; the internet has a higher reach so we will look into investing in internet and Magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-reach.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-reach.png 478w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-reach-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-reach-50x39.png 50w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-reach-60x47.png 60w, https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MBA-media-reach-100x78.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If we spend $1 million on Internet, we will reach around 43.6% of the Internet Viewers. 30% of the Adventurer segment can be reached via Internet advertising, meaning we could reach approximately <strong>30% x 43.6% = 13.08%<\/strong> of the Adventurer segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we spend $1 million on Magazines, we will reach around 22.3% of the Magazine readers. 50% of the Adventurer segment can be reached via Magazine advertising, meaning we could reach approximately <strong>50% x 22.3% = 11.15%<\/strong> of the Adventurer segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, our $2 million budget (half spent on Internet and half on Magazine) for Advertising alone would reach approximately 24.23% of the Adventurer segment.<\/p>\n\n\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--info   hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tFor this example, we have demonstrated how to allocate part of our budget to Advertising. The process for Product Relations will be the same.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n\n\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--alert   hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tThis is only an example.&nbsp;This is far from the best mix you can make. We suggest playing around on different Marketing Mixes and see what works best for your strategy and budget.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Promotion Mix? The promotion mix is a combination of marketing activities which create, maintain and increase the demand for its brand and products. In MikesBikes the promotional activities available to you are: The effectiveness of these activities is determined by your current decisions, as well as a percentage&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[41],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-2319","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-mikesbikes-accounting-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2321,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2319\/revisions\/2321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=2319"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartsims.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=2319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}