2. The Power of Sensation
How Our Senses Shape Our Perception
3. The Symphony of Sensations
● Our world is filled with an array of
sensations
● Natural and manufactured stimuli bombard
us constantly
● Marketers contribute to this sensory
overload
● Each of us copes with this by selectively
attending to certain stimuli
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4. Sensation vs Perception
● Sensation is the immediate response of our
sensory receptors
● Perception is the process of selecting,
organizing, and interpreting sensations
● Perception adds meaning to raw sensations
● Our brains receive external stimuli through
various channels
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5. Appealing to Multiple Senses
● Marketers' messages are more effective
when they engage multiple senses
● Studies show that multisensory marketing
enhances perception
● Unique sensory qualities differentiate
brands from competitors
● Creating associations with sensations can
leave a lasting impact
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6. Overcoming Challenges
● Changing sensory perceptions is a
challenging task
● Consumers may have preconceived biases
and doubts
● Individual experiences shape
interpretations
● In Pakistan, UHT (ultra-high temperature)
milk is a common option offered by brands
like Nestlé Milk Pak. UHT milk has a longer
shelf life and doesn't require refrigeration
until opened, making it convenient for
consumers with limited access to
refrigeration
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8. Hedonic Consumption:
Enhancing Consumer
Experiences
● Products' sensory, fantasy, and emotional aspects
are crucial to hedonic consumption
● Physical cues prime us to react even without
awareness
● Context effects subtly influence our perception of
products
● For instance, skincare and cosmetics brands like "J.,"
"L'Oréal," and "Gul Ahmed" invest in packaging
design, scents, and overall product presentation to
appeal to consumers' sensory and emotional
preferences.
12. Cultural Significance of Colors:
In Pakistan, colors like green hold cultural
significance due to their connection with the national
flag and patriotism.
13. During the festival of Eid, bright and vibrant colors are
associated with joy and celebration, influencing clothing
choices and decorations
14. Color preferences in Pakistan vary by gender and
age, influencing clothing choices and product
designs.
22. Stage 1: Exposure
Sensory Threshold is the energy
required for us to detect stimuli.
Absolute Threshold refers to the
minimum amount of stimulation a person
can detect.
Differential Threshold refers to the ability
of a sensory system to detect changes in
or differences between two stimuli.
23. Weber's Law in Consumer Behaviour
If the stimulus is strong to begin with, then a
relatively small change in the intensity of that
stimulus is unlikely to be picked up on.
24.
25. Subliminal Perception
Marketing messages that influence
consumers unconsciously
They’re inaudible to the conscious
mind but audible to the
unconscious, or deeper, mind.
26. Stage 2: Attention
A state of focused awareness
with the readiness to respond.
Consumers often live in a state
of sensory overload
Rich media; the use of
animated.gif files or video clips
to grab viewers’ attention.
28. Factors Leading to
Adaptation:
• Intensity
• Discrimination
• Exposure
• Relevance
Adaptation - is the degree to which consumers
continue to notice a stimulus over time.
The process of adaptation occurs when we
no longer pay attention to a stimulus
because it is so familiar.
29. Stimulus Selection Factors
Characteristics of the stimulus itself play
an important role to determine what we
notice and what we ignore.
A message creates contrast in several
ways:
o Size
o Color
o Position
o Novelty
30. Stage 3: Interpretation And its Biases
● Interpretation refers to the meanings we assign to sensory stimuli.
● Our brains tend to relate incoming sensations to others already in memory,
based on some fundamental organizational principles. (Gestalt Psychology)
● The closure principle, The similarity principle and The figure-ground principle.
31. Story telling campaign by Generation (The closure
Principle)
Marketing strategies that use the closure principle
encourage audience participation, which increases
the chance that people will attend to the message.
Nike’s Just do It Campaign: The similarity
Principle
consumers tend to group together
objects/brands that share similar
physical/emotional characteristics with them.
32. Semiotics: The Meaning of Meaning
● A discipline that
studies the
correspondence
between signs and
symbols and their roles
in how we assign
meanings.
● From a semiotic
perspective, every
marketing message
has three basic
components: an object,
a sign (or symbol), and
an interpretant.
33. Hyperreality
● This refers to the process of making real what is initially simulation or “hype.”
Advertisers create new relationships between objects and interpretants when
they invent connections between products and benefits.
● The “artificial” associations between product symbols and the real world take
on lives of their own
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35. Perceptual Positioning
● Perception of a brand comprises both its functional attributes (e.g., its
features, its price, and so on) and its symbolic attributes (its image and what
we think it says about us when we use it).
● Marketers can use many dimensions to carve out a brand’s position in the
marketplace.
36. ● Lifestyle: Saffaron is a
“higher-class” condiment.
● Price leadership: L’Oréal
sells its Noisôme brand face
cream in upscale beauty
shops.
● Attributes: Rose Petal
Tissues are “convenient and
easy to use for every
situation.”
37. ● Competitors: Dawlance is “the most reliable company.”
● Occasions: Velo is an alternative at times when smoking is not permitted.
● Users: Levi’s Dockers target men in their 20s to 40s.
● Quality: At Élan, “Quality is vital.
Hinweis der Redaktion
Perception establishes the meaning about a product or brand when a consumer makes initial contact
Every consumer goes through a process comprised of three stages for them to create a perception of something
Our world is full of stimulus energy, and we can detect most of it. Some animals have senses that can detect types of stimuli that we cannot
If you have ever blown a dog whistle and watched your dog respond to a sound, you cannot hear.
The sound a dog whistle emits is at too high a frequency for human ears to pick up, so this stimulus is beyond our auditory absolute threshold.
The absolute threshold is an important consideration when people design marketing stimuli. A highway billboard might have the most entertaining copy ever written, but this genius is wasted if the print is too small for passing motorists to see it.
This principle of Weber’s law is called as “Just Noticeable Difference(JND)“. Can be applied in improving packaging, product and promotion.
Dairy milk has used Weber’s Law to stay as most fulfilling chocolate among the consumers. In the year 2012, Dairy milk standard bar chocolate weight was reduced from 49 grams to 45 grams and maintained 59 p as price. Price being the major cue in consumer decision-making, people will not normally notice the weight change. The key here is the weight, if the weight was reduced to 39 grams ( based on the findings of Weber – you need 8 -10% change to feel the difference) consumer will find the difference. Cadbury’s cleverly reduced the weight to 45 grams so the consumers will not feel the difference.
Consider how Weber’s Law works for a product when it goes on sale. If a retailer believes that a markdown should be at least 20 percent for the reduction to make an impact on shoppers it should cut the price on a pair of socks that retails for $10 to $8 (a $2 discount) for shoppers to realize a difference. However, a sports coat that sells for $100 would not benefit from a $2 discount; the retailer would have to mark it down $20 to achieve the same impact.
Similarly, When a brand tries to modernize its logo, it must walk a fine line because consumers tend to get tired of old-fashioned designs, but they still want to be able to identify the familiar product
There’s really no supporting evidence that says subliminal advertising actually works. It can go both ways.
For example, in 1957 in a drive-in theater in New Jersey, messages such as "Drink Coke" and "Eat Popcorn" were flashed on the screen and sales of these refreshments increased considerably as a result.
The Food Network made major headlines in 2007 when it was caught inserting a flash of the McDonald’s logo during the popular show Iron Chef.
Todays consumer are exposed to far more information than we can process. The average adult is exposed to about 3,500 pieces of advertising information every single day—up from about 560 per day 30 years ago.
Marketers constantly search for ways to break through the clutter and grab people’s attention. Some tactics are straightforward, such as when manufacturers try to get their brands shelved at eye level in a store and toward the center of a display because they know that is where shoppers are most likely to look
There are two types of selective perception: Perceptual Vigilance, Perceptual Defense.
PV: Someone considering buying a certain brand of car is more likely to notice ads about the car than someone who is neutral to the brand.
PD: A smoker is exposed to an advertisement stating the harmful effects of cigarette smoking.
A commuter who is enroute to work might read a billboard message when the board is first installed, but after a few days it simply becomes part of the passing scenery.
We ignore the sounds that our car makes every day
Intensity— Less-intense stimuli (e.g., soft sounds or dim colors) habituate because they have less sensory impact.
Discrimination— Simple stimuli habituate because they do not require attention to detail.
Exposure— Frequently encountered stimuli habituate as the rate of exposure increases.
Relevance— Stimuli that are irrelevant or unimportant habituate because they fail to attract attention.
Marketers need to understand these factors so they can create messages and packages that will have a better chance to cut through the clutter.
We are more likely to notice stimuli that differ from others around them.
Size—The size of the stimulus itself in contrast to the competition helps to determine if it will command attention
Color—As we’ve seen, color is a powerful way to draw attention to a product or to give it a distinct identity
Position—Not surprisingly, we stand a better chance of noticing stimuli that are in places we’re more likely to look
Novelty—Stimuli that appear in unexpected ways or places tend to grab our attention. Packages that “stand out” visually on store shelves have an advantage. These places include thebacks of shopping carts, walls of tunnels, floors of sports stadiums, and yes, even public restrooms