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Evaluating advertising effectiveness :|ba case study of Alpo dog food advertising

AuthorPatnarin Sutthirak
Call NumberAIT RSPR no. SM-99-28
Subject(s)Dogs--Food
Advertising

NoteA research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration, School of Management
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractThe more competitive marketplace becomes, the more persuasion must be used to convince the consumers that one marketer's offering will gratify consumer demands better than another's will. The effectiveness of the advertisement is, therefore, needed to be evaluated ~s it would provide the marketing manager with the feedback on the execution of advertising campaign, which can be used to improve the future ads and to allocate the budget for the new campaign. This research aims to measure the advertising effectiveness of Nestle's dogs food product "Alpo" in comparing to its major competitor ''Pedigree" by focusing at the factors of the audience,s awareness of the advertisements and the brands, the communication message, the attitude towards the commercials, and the brand image of Alpo. In addition to that, this research also studied the pattern of buying processed dog food behavior. The results indicate that Pedigree is slightly better off than Alpo in established the awareness in the audience's mind as it is long established and has continually advertised which allow people to Qe aware and familiar with its brand name. However, this does not necessary imply that Alpo ad is less effective than Pedigree.
Year1999
TypeResearch Study Project Report (RSPR)
SchoolSchool of Management
DepartmentOther Field of Studies (No Department)
Academic Program/FoSMaster of Business Administration (MBA) (Publication code=SM)
Chairperson(s)Speece, Mark;
Examination Committee(s)Bechter, Clemens; Johri, Lalit M. ;
Scholarship Donor(s)Asian Institute of Technology (Partial Scholarship);
DegreeResearch studies project report (M.B.A) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1999


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