Promotion and Communication Strategies for Knowledge Products

Abstract

This study aims at identifying strategies applied by Center for Scientific Documentation and Information, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (PDII LIPI) in promoting its knowledge products. The research use eight elements of promotional and communication strategies namely identifying the targeted audience, determining the communication objectives, designing the messages, selecting the channels, budgeting, deciding promotional tools, measuring the results, managing and coordinating the integrated marketing communications. This is a single case study using in-depth interviews and references desk to collect data. Informants are selected using a purposive sampling method. Then the data is analyzed using coding techniques consisting of three stages namely open, axial, and selective coding. Results show that the strategies applied, fulfil the seven of eight promotional and communication strategic elements. The element that has not been fulfilled is on measuring the promotional results. Cost budgeting is one element, which also requires being optimized more. It would be better if the institution uses objective and task method to clearly define the specific objectives and determine the required tasks to perform in achieving those objectives as well as to estimate costs in performing those tasks. By implementing these methods, it is expected that the short-term and long-term goals may be clearly defined that the goals of the promotional activities may be achieved better. In addition, the team formation focusing on the promotional activities may also become a consideration for the effectively and efficiently integrated marketing and promotional communication.



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Yati Suryati, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia

Paper Information
Conference: MediAsia2018
Stream: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations

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