Introduction to Advertising
MAAM: beliefs are not equally important
Session 19
Multi-Attribute Models (MAAMs)
• Evaluative Criteria: attributes consumers use to compare brands (the salient attributes)
Advertising and consumer behavior
• Attitude score is calculated as the average rating on the attributes
STP marketing
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• Let’s assume that two groups of consumers have the same average attitude score, 6.5, and they consider the same beliefs in forming their attitudes
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MAAM: beliefs are not equally important
MAAM: beliefs are not equally important
Multi-Attribute Models (MAAMs)
• Same average score of 6.5 does NOT always indicate same strategy
• Importance: ON a scale of 1 to 10, please indicate how mush is each of the following features likely to influence your decision to buy a car:
• Do you see a difference between the two groups?
• Importance Weights: priority assigned to attributes
B1=durability
B2=style Imp. B1 Imp. B2 Attit.
Group 1
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Group 2
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B1=durability
B2=style Imp. B1 Imp. B2 Attit.
Group 1
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Group 2
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B1=durability
B2=style Imp. B1 Imp. B2 Attit.
Group 1
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Group 2
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70
Gr1 (70/100)x5 + (30/100)x8 = (0.7x5) + (0.3x8) = 5.9
Gr2 (30/100)x5 + (70/100)x8 = (0.3x5) + (0.7x8) = 7.1
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MAAM: beliefs are not equally important
Different routes to attitude change
• Importance: ON a scale of 1 to 10, please indicate how mush is each of the following features likely to influence your decision to buy a car:
Brands are also compared in MAAM analysis.
• Importance Weights: priority assigned to attributes
Decision A1=durability A2=style Imp. A1 Imp. A2 Attit.
Criteria
B1=durability
B2=style Imp. B1 Imp. B2 Attit.
Group 1
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Group 2
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Cadillac
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Lexus
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Strategies for attitude change. If…, then:
• Is it perception? Change belief.
Group 1 (70/100)x3 + (30/100)x7 = 4.2
Group 2 (30/100)x7 + (70/100)x3 = 4.2
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• Is it product reality? Change salience of belief or
Promote new decision criterion
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2 Psychological Barriers to Ad Effectiveness
2 Psychological Barriers
• Advertising Clutter: Large volume of ads causes overload working against the advertising process
• Cognitive Consistency: Strongly held beliefs to make efficient decisions resist change
•Selective Attention: Most ads are ignored