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切片IMC Campaign of AppleExecutive Summary Steve Jobs established the Apple Company in 1971. Since then it has delivered and produced the best products and have become a brand to reckon with. It is one of the most well-known electronics companies of the world and Ap ple consumers are brand loyal as well as they tend to associate themselves with the brand. The 1984 advertisement of Apple which was shown only once in the Super Bowl revolutionized the advertising industry and helped Apple in creating a brand image. Soon after the departure of Steve Jobs the company lost it brand image as the advertisements now focused more on the price and features of the product rather than the brand itself. However, Steve Jobs rejoined the company in 1997 and a campaign was launched call “Think Different” which again helped the company restore its brand image in the consumers mind. This paper will talk about the IMC campaign of Apple. Introduction of the Organization Apple Inc. is well known for producing stylish, trendy, technologically advanced, and innovative products which are simple in nature and easy to use. Based in California, America, Apple is a brand introduced by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Ronald Wayne on 1st April, 1976 focusing on software and consumer electronics. Consumer electronics include mobile phones, personal computers, portable music players, peripherals, etc. Apple believes in revolutionizing the world by producing products with great quality and technological advancement, whether in electronic devices or software. The personal computers are installed with a world class operating system called the OS X which is highly recommended for publishing and graphic designing. The portable music player category is lead by Apple iPod and the supported online music store called iTunes. The distinctive advertising campaigns and products from its competitors have provided a unique position in the consumers mind. This builds a strong loyal and devoted consumer base towards Apple Inc. as a brand as well as a company (Wikipedia, 2008). Moreover, due to its appeal, Fortune has rated Apple as the most admired company in the year 2008 (CNN Money, 2008). Apple has direct or indirect competitors in all the product categories. The category of personal computers has major brand competitors like HP, Sony, IBM, Acer, Toshiba, etc, and the iPod has competition from other portable music players like Creative
Zen, Archos, and Microsoft Zune etc. The iPhone introduced by Apple Inc. is a recent addition to the product category and is a modernizing model in the category of cell phones. It posed to be a big threat to Major cell phone category leaders like Nokia, Blackberry, Sony Ericsson, iMate, etc. Many of the mentioned brands developed cell phones with similar concept, for example, Blackberry Storm, to compete head to head with iPhone. This paper will discuss the IMC campaign of Apple as a brand and as a company. Buyer Behavior Apple consumers are brand loyal and prefer purchasing Apple products in every category it exists. Demographically, consumers of both genders aged 15 and above, with an income category of middle-level and above are the target customers of Apple. Initially, it was targeted for creative professionals like musicians, artists, editors, photographers, etc, but later consumers of every profession purchased it. People who have interest in technology do not mind paying extra for better quality and experience belong to the target market of
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Apple. The number of users buying Apple products is increasing, and the number of peopl
水库网e switching from Apple to its competitors is very less. The steady growth can be seen as the market share of Apple in the third quarter of 2006 was 6.2% and it moved up to 8.1% during the same quarter of 2007 (Marsal, 2007). Moreover, Market Share of Apple is 10% overall when combined with the iPhone users in the year 2009 (Palmer, 2009). Figure 1 shows the market share ratio of major Brands in 2009. Figure 1 SWOT Analysis Strength Apple has a strong brand loyalty, which results in returning customers. The consumers purchasing Apple products prefer the same brand in every product category available. Moreover, the cost of gaining new customers is a lot more expensive than keeping an existing one. Also, the number of consumers switching from other brands to Apple is increasing as it can be seen that the market share of Apple is increasing steadily. The position of innovative and technologically advanced products which are simple to use and brief product range catch the attention of consumers as it does not confuse the customers between its own product lines. Weakness Apple caters the upper-middle income level of people which alienates a huge potential market of low-end product buyers. Apple iPods are also known to have major problems like faulty screens, batteries, and even something
severe like iPods burning and melting (Ng, 2009). Even though the company has replaced all the faulty iPods, but it creates a bad reputation for the company and its products. Moreover, the online music store iTunes has a lot of pressure from the Music industry to increase the price for the 供应上海奥发机械914914 download of the mp3. Even though the music companies make more money 上海奥发机械有限公司 in selling through iTunes, but they want to increase their profi高士功放机
ts by raising 楼层板成型设备3 上海:金山区 the price for download. Therefore, if it increases the price for music 更多楼层板设备_价格_图片 downloads, it would show commercial weakness. Lastly, the processor chips used in the Apple computers was supplied by IBM for a long time and in 2005, it switched to Intel processor chips. This decision of shifting can create confusion in the minds of the consumers as they are highly involved with the product. Opportunities Apple can introduce a new level of products which are in the low end category, but at the same time don’t compromise in quality. This way it can expand its market share and penetrate in a different target audience. Moreover, the concept of podcasts introduced by Apple, to download and view different radio shows on iPods and other portable music players, can 公装设计be converted into revenue generating by introducing paid subscriptions or advertisements. Lastly, Apple can enter many other technological product categories as it has a loyal consumer base, and the consumers would purchase the new products readily. Threats The level of competition is always in the IT industry as technology advances quickly. Therefore, the success of Apple can attract many competitors. Even though Apple invests and is dedicated in research and development to be ahead of its competition, other companies are introducing new technologies to compete with Apple. Moreover, in the race of technological advancement, some new technology might take over the popularity of Apple. Also, the economic crisis will reduce the demand for Apple products as they are priced higher, and people might delay the purchase decision. Advertising Tools Apple Inc. is well known for its advertising and marketing campaigns and has won several awards for them. The most influential and well known advertisement is the introduction of Apple advertisement during the Super Bowl in 1984. The commercial was designed by Chiat/Day and directed by the director of Blade Runner, Ridley Scott (Friedman, 1997). The commercial was run once in the whole lifetime, and it created a hu
ge impact on the consumers. The commercial was to target the PC’s introduced in 1970’s which were considered as tools doing specific tasks. Apple wanted to introduce the philosophy of ‘empowerment’ and with the commercial; it was successful to do so. In 1985, the Lemmings ad was introduced and it was not so successful,
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