Round out your marketing vocabulary with this exercise. The expressions covered here reflect the language of marketing performance, metrics, and the measurement of campaign effectiveness.
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. We need a better online ____________________; traffic to our website has declined.
Correct answer: strategy.
2. Which audience ______________ are you aiming for? Teenagers?
Correct answer: segment.
3. ____________________ placement occurs when a branded item appears in a film, show, game, or other content.
Correct answer: Product.
4. The ____________________ of products into a film's plot is an important part of some companies' marketing strategies.
Correct answer: integration.
5. Branded entertainment involves presenting a brand within the ____________________ of original programming.
Correct answer: context.
6. Branded entertainment can be more ____________________ (meaning: less obvious) than traditional advertising.
Correct answer: subtle.
7. If something is _____________, it is present everywhere.
Correct answer: ubiquitous.
8. Major-event ____________________ may spend heavily on advertising connected with the event.
Correct answer: sponsors.
9. The goal here is to start new relationships and to ______________ (meaning: strengthen) existing ones.
Correct answer: deepen.
10. We need to do a better job at ______________ what the brand is about.
Correct answer: communicating.
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📚 Important Words to Know brand equity — the commercial value derived from consumer perception of a brand name rather than the product itself market segmentation — dividing a broad market into subgroups of consumers with common needs or characteristics conversion rate — the percentage of website visitors or leads who complete a desired action, such as making a purchase customer acquisition cost (CAC) — the total cost of winning a new customer, including marketing and sales expenses return on investment (ROI) — a measure of the profitability of an investment, calculated as net profit divided by cost lead generation — the process of attracting and capturing interest from potential customers for a business's products or services value proposition — a clear statement explaining how a product solves a customer problem and why it is better than alternatives positioning — the process of establishing how a brand or product occupies a distinct place in the minds of target customers B2B (business-to-business) — commercial transactions conducted between two businesses, rather than between a business and a consumer B2C (business-to-consumer) — commercial transactions where a business sells products or services directly to individual consumers