Answer the following Case Study and answer the question.

Marketing in India is undergoing a sea change. Internet advertising has increased its market share. Whenever we check our email or watch a You Tube video advertisements are bombarded in between. Due to proliferation of mobile phones & data consumption Internet advertising has come of age. Even OTT channels, TV Channels are viewed on mobile phones. Therefore companies have to change their marketing strategies. The use of social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Whatsapp & Linkedin has increased, but it is not free from limitations. There are many objections against advertising such as it add to cost, undermines social values, confuse buyers etc.

Select out of the following that is not a tool of promotion Mix.

Branding

The correct answer is Option (1) → Branding.

Branding is a part of product mix.

Branding: A very important decision area for marketing of most consumer products is whether to sell the product in its generic name (name of the category of the product, say Fan, Pen, etc.) or to sell them in a brand name (such as Pollar Fan or Rottomac Pen). Brand name helps in creating product differentiation, i.e., providing basis for distinguishing the product of a firm with that of the competitor, which in turn, helps in building customer’s loyality and in promoting its sale. The important decision areas in respect of branding include deciding the branding strategy, say whether each product will be given a separate brand name or the same brand name will be extended to all products of the company, say Phillips bulbs, tubes and television or Videocon washing machine, television, and refrigerator. Selection of the brand name plays an important role in the success of a product.

Promotion Mix- Promotion of products and services include activities that communicate availability, features, merits, etc., of the products to the target customers and persuade them to buy it. Most marketing organisations, undertake various promotional activities and spend substantial amount of money on the promotion of their goods through using number of tools such as advertising, personal selling and sales promotion techniques (like price discounts, free samples, etc.)