According to the Road Traffic Accident Statistics of Hong Kong (2015), the traffic accidents are gradually increase from 2009 to 2015 (Appendix 2). Moreover, the statistics show that although each age group has increased the traffic accidents, the 45-59 years-old of age group occurring the traffic accidents is the highest. In another figure, the driving inattentively is the main reason that the drivers occur the traffic accidents (Appendix 3). So, it shows that Hong Kong drivers’ awareness of safety driving is not enough, especially the adult drivers. Depend on Hong Kong situation, the Volkswagen need to set the objective for plan the successful social media based marketing communications campaign in Hong Kong. In the campaign’s message need …show more content…
In the push strategy, as the traffic accidents are increasing every year in Hong Kong, it forecast that this phenomenon will continue. So, educating the road safety message of demand is very high and it is necessary. The Volkswagen is promoting the message to the adult drivers not only let the drivers to recognize their bad behavior, but also can increase their brand reputation as they contribute to society. In the pull strategy, based on the transtheoretical model of second stage, when adult drivers recognize their behavior is problematic, they will begin taking small steps to change their behavior. So, they will switch from low involvement to high involvement. They will need more information about the road safety and feel confidence from the brand. So, they are willing to purchase the Volkswagen’s vehicles. Also, they warned the drivers’ bad behavior. They will be well received by the public and brand awareness. Therefore, when the people purchase the vehicles, they will remember the brand and willing to purchase the Volkswagen’s vehicles. So that it can increase the consumer’s …show more content…
Besides using the Facebook social platform, the Volkswagen also uses the Pinterest social platform. As the target drivers of age group is 45-59, it should select the social platform, which they always use. According to another figure, it shows that the Pinterest is the high usage in 45-59 age group compare with other social platforms (Appendix 5). The Pinterest is mainly focused on photos sharing rather than videos sharing and apply the pin-board and pin of two elements. Pin is means the users like the photos and they can pin in the own board. So, the board is like an album and users do not need to turn the page as it automatically upload new photos. Also, they can give the comments to the photos. The Volkswagen can upload about the road safety of photos in the board and respond the audience’s comments. It not only can increase the target audience’s awareness of safety driving, but also can solve the audience’s doubts and questions in their comments. Therefore, this social network is very suitable for the 45-59 of age
Road rage, ignoring traffic laws, drinking and driving, or texting and driving are becoming a convention. As more people convert to these unacceptable actions, the roads become even more perilous. Reevaluating the way individuals drive could end up saving someone’s
In this era, with technology as a part of everyday life, it has become difficult to use a simple Public Service Announcement (PSA) as a way to reduce distracted drivers. This is due, for the most part, to the developed habit of assuming. People believe, since it’s seen in many shows and commercials, that those ‘bad things’ that come as a result of distracted driving are not likely to occur to them. People want to prove that they are able to do multiple tasks at once and every PSA would be a challenge so to speak, to show they are above average at multitasking. Those such assumptions and aspirations to prove oneself have resulted in such growing rates.
How to Fight Distracted Driving by Lianna Thompson Safer roads is a goal that virtually everyone benefits from since we all share the road infrastructure. However this goal of safe roads can be difficult since there are many circumstances that can put drivers in dangerous situations. But perhaps the one that has gotten the most attention as of late is the issue of distracted driving. There have been countless attempts in order to help stop this issue, yet it still remains one of the leading causes of auto accidents.
To prevent the danger of tired driving, drivers should get the sleep needed at night. Some people only sleep for six hours which is not enough, even for a grown adult. Studies have shown that a healthy adult requires seven to nine hours of sleep every day. People underestimate the dangers of fatigued driving, so a solution to this is that the government could address this dangerous activity to the public by educating them by using advertisements, or even a catchy billboard to remind drivers not to drive while tired. This could lessen many injuries and even deaths as people would not be falling asleep while driving so they would not
In today’s society, distracted driving is a major issue, one we have been struggling with since the invention of cell phones. In 2013 alone, over 3,000 people were killed in accidents caused by distracted driving in the US. While many methods have been used to try and stop distracted driving, people are still in search of the best way to go about it. Many believe that we will get the best results by distributing PSAs, or Public Service Announcements, across the nation through different forms of media. They believe that, by showing people the facts, they will become more educated on the dangers of distracted driving and cease to do so.
The consumers in this segment prefer low priced cars with basic features that serve as good value of
It has five doors fastback. So, the above differences between those cars influence the buying decision process of customer. Here, first stages of buying process i.e. need recognition is required for both customer groups of Cayenne and Panamera. Traditional customers of Porsche may ignore the second stage i.e. information search because the information regarding the cars of Porsche is already known to them. But
This means that our governments should invest in redesigning our road, highways and freeways to cope with high speed limits. High speed limits do not mean that our road has become unsafe, but their design is not appropriate for certain new speed limits. Our roads have been the same for many years and have not been updated for decades. In addition to that, the reckless driving, lack of driving and road maturity is causing hundreds of causalities yearly. The drivers on the road lack respect, gratefulness and gratitude to other drivers and that’s why accidents are occurring.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Over the past fifteen years, social media has advanced definitely both by they way we use it and how noticeable it is inside of our social culture. This advancement of social media has spilled over and impacted most businesses. Social media has taken the sports business to another level with regards to sports marketing and advertising, and brand sponsorships with different online networking channels like Twitter and Facebook. From the pros to the minors nearly every sports club, association, league and team has an official social media account on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Name: Jasmit Singh ID: J13013948 Section: DB 4 Lecturer: Ms Lingkeswari Table of contents Content Page Introduction 3 Market segmentation 4-5 Product strategy 6-7 Pricing strategy 8 Place strategy 9 Promotion strategy 10 Conclusion 11 Reference 12 Introduction BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) is a German automobile company which was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. BMW is now one of the largest car manufacturer in the world for its exceptional level of quality and producing cars with sporty driving characteristics. The BMW company 's slogan in English is "The Ultimate Driving Machine" or Sheer Driving Pleasure" which was originally translated from German slogan which is
The customers of Mercedes Benz look for products that have certain benefits that hold value for them. Therefore, in terms of benefits sought, they seek for high-end integrated technology and functioning of the car, along with consistency in performance and most importantly they will look to purchase cars that will offer high sustainability and reliability. The Mercedes is purchased among customers that heavily use the product on a daily basis. As mentioned in the demographics segmentation section that people who purchase these cars are in the high income class group, which means that these customers will regularly use a mode of transportation to travel to workplaces.
The Strategy for VW it is focusing on positioning the Volkswagen Group as a global economic and environmental leader among automobile manufacturers. To achieve the goals the company has defined the most important objectives that it needs to meet to be the most competitive car manufacturer in the world and the goal is to make Volkswagen the most successful, fascinating and sustainable automaker in the world. • Volkswagen intends to deploy intelligent innovations and technologies to become a world leader in customer satisfaction and quality. We see high customer satisfaction as one of the key requirements for the Company 's long-term success. • By reducing the sales price and reintroduce the brand into those countries where its position is weak; the U.S.,
Cars technology is not only used as a way of impacting our lives but also to provide a more safe and convenient environment for transportation and even as a way of making profits for various companies. In this paper, I argue that there has been various advancement in car technology and those technologies have impacted the society both positively and negatively. There has been a massive dependency on the fast advancing technology by the society as a way of making people’s lives and those of others comfortable. People are happy about the continued growth of the car technology and the use of these cars in carrying out our day to day activities such as means of transport to work, hospital, school or transportation of goods from various places to our destinations. With the continued advancement in the car technology, the urge to provide efficient, cheap and safer cars cannot be avoided.
Social media are a websites and applications that enables a person to create and share a content. A person can also interact with someone like family, friends, loved ones all around the world. It deals with the sites that a person uses in order for them to have a communication. It has some negative outcomes that has a aggressive feelings, aggressive thoughts, and aggressive behavior. Social networking describes the phenomena found in, participatory and self-expressive websites such as Facebook, Twitter, My space, and Youtube.
Thesis The Effects of Social Media on College and University Students Introduction Social media is a form of electronic communication which facilitates interaction based on certain interests and characteristics. The social networking sites are gaining a lot of popularity these days with almost all of the educated youth using one or the other such site. Thousands of people join social media networking sites to keep in touch with their friends and family members, According to Boyd and Ellison "people use social media sites such as Face book, Twitter, MySpace to create and sustain relationship with others"(1). Moreover, social networking sites are created to allow individual to communicate with others who share similar interests, information and friends.