Demassification Marketing Analysis: A Case Study of Another Half
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpbm.v34i.3148Keywords:
demassification marketing; public relations; case studyAbstract
As promotion channels becoming more and more fragmented and information technology developing more and more effective, demassification marketing in a niche market instead of traditional mass marketing becomes a necessary choice for marketing practitioners. The essay will analyze the challenges of demassification marketing, list influencing factors towards its practice, and propose specific public relations strategies that could be applied in demassified marketing process by doing case study on Another Half Gin’s demassification marketing practice and applying the research method of literature review. The study shows that demassification marketing should focus on clear targeted markets, exclusive marketing position, precisely locating targeted audience, and demassified sales channels. The article also articulates the influencing factors towards demassification marketing key points, and divided those into external factors, internal factors, and dyadic factors which focus on the consumers side, the organization side, and the interaction between the two sides separately. The article also highlights the importance of internet platforms such as social media in modern public relations practice since it can provide closer and stronger bonds between the organization and its audience in a more individual level. The article proposes that it is necessary for organizations to apply demassification marketing in selling campaign, which requires the practitioners to treat the audiences as individuals rather than as a mass group. Another Half case also inspires alcohol industry to adapt to consumers’ rising health consciousness in post-epidemic era.
Downloads
References
Gin market in the United States. Statista Research Department, 2021. https://www.statista.com/study/24285/gin-industry-statista-dossier/
Alexander, D. New information and communication technologies and the “demassification” of public relations. Australia New Zealand Communication Association Online Journal, 2002.
McQuail D. Mass communication. In: Gianpietro M. (Eds.) The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, 1-12, 2016.
Daniel, C., Rod, M. A Dictionary of Media and Communication, Oxford quick reference. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2020.
Kitchen, P.J. Developing Use of PR in a Fragmented Demassified Market. Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 1991, 9(2): 29-33.
Gorelick, D. Understanding marketplace behavior. Graphic Arts Monthly, 1998, 70 (5): 98.
Qian, G. G. Critical thinking on the development of the advertising demassificational media: anaudience-oriented research. China Media Report Overseas, 2010, 6(1): 54-62.
Feng, J. Y., Mu, W. S., & Fu, Z. T. Research review of consumers’ purchase willingness. Modern Management Science, 2006, 11(1): 7-9.
Quental de Almeida R. M., Meneses R. Consumer Fad Dynamic: the consumer behavior and the Gin case. British Food Journal, 2020, 124(1): 383-398.
Li, X. Q., Gong, X. Small or Smart? An Exploration of Viable Business Model of Media Organizations under the Lens of Attention Economy: The Case of China. In: 29th European Regional ITS Conference, Trento, 2018.
Küng L. Does media management matter? Establishing the scope, rationale, and future research agenda for the discipline. Journal of Media Business Studies, 2007, 4(1): 21-39.
Wang, B., Wu, Z. Y. Research on precision marketing mode in big data era. China Economist, 2013, 5(2): 14-16.
Wu, Q. S., Yu, Y., &Zheng, X. S. The theory and methods of precision marketing. Marketing Herald, 2006, 5(5): 39-43.
Palmatier, R. W., Dant, R. P., Grewal, D., & Evans, K. R. Factors influencing the effectiveness of relationship marketing: A meta-analysis. Journal of marketing, 2006, 70(4): 136-153.
Morgan, R. M., Shelby D. H. TheCommitment–Trust Theory of Relationship Marketing. Journal of Marketing, 1994, 58 (6): 20–38.
Anderson, E., Barton A. W. Determinants ofContinuity in Conventional Industrial Channel Dyads. Marketing Science, 1989, 8 (4): 310–23.
Anderson, E., Barton A. W. The Use of Pledges to Build andSustain Commitment in Distribution Channels. Journal ofMarketing Research, 1992, 29 (2): 18–34.
Waters, R. D., Natalie, T. J., & Timothy, S. M. Media catching and the journalist–public relations practitioner relationship: How social media are changing the practice of media relations.Journal of public relations research, 2010, 22(3): 241-264.
Tang, K. Y., Liang, H. J. Lifestyle choices in the Post-epidemic Era. Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (Social Sciences Edition), 2021, 23(1): 50-57.






