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Definitions. “ Marketing is the management process which identifies, anticipates and supplies customer requirements efficiently and profitably.” The Chartered institute of Marketing. ‘Marketing makes selling superfluous ’. Marketing is not simply:. Selling Advertising Public relations
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Definitions “Marketing is the management process which identifies, anticipates and supplies customer requirements efficiently and profitably.” The Chartered institute of Marketing. • ‘Marketing makes selling superfluous’
Marketing is not simply: • Selling • Advertising • Public relations • Promotion • Smooth-talking salespeople • Glossy, ‘jazzy’ media coverage • The spending of vast amounts of money • However
Marketing is: • A strategy or a plan for successful business • An overall focus on the customer • A total approach to running an organisation and building up business • The involvement and combination of sometimes simple, occasionally complex decisions into effective action • Looking outside the organisation for the primary direction • Dynamic
Marketing is • Getting products that don’t come back • To customers who do • And MAKING A PROFIT
4Ps of Marketing Right Price Right Place Right Product Right Promotion Or 7Ps??
Different Approaches to Marketing Henry Ford - 1905 Production orientation – focus on the product ……. ‘any colour as long as it is black’ Ford Motor Company – 2001 Market orientation – focus on the market (consumer) everything we do is driven by you’ Asset Led Marketing – using strengths and expertise
The Importance of Marketing External forces exist that make effective marketing essential for most firms. These forces are: • Greater wealth (economic growth and rising disposable income) • Fashion • Technology • Competition
Objectives of Marketing • To increase market share • To improve corporate image • To increase profitability • To find and benefit from new markets and new market segments
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Pricing Strategies • Psychological Pricing – keeping price below barriers that make consumers think they are getting a good deal £99.99, £9,995 • Competitor Pricing – keeping price just below the competition. • Cost Plus Pricing – work out the full cost of a product and ‘add some on’ (margin) so to make a profit • Promotional Pricing – an special low price used to introduce new products or get rid of old stock. • Price Skimming – a high price, used to emphasise quality • Penetration Pricing – a low price, used to increase sales volume • Loss Leader Pricing – selling a product below cost to encourage sales of something else eg mobile ‘contracts’ • Destroyer Pricing – temporary low prices used to put the competition out of business.
Promotion • Advertising, informative, persuasive, targeted, within budget, advertising elasticity, celebrities, bogof schemes, sponsorship, above the line, below the line
Product • Market research • New inventions • Me too developments • Extending product life
Ansoff Matrix The Ansoff Matrix is a tool that helps businesses decide their product and market growth strategy Ansoff’s product/market growth matrix suggests that a business’ attempts to grow depend on whether it markets new or existing products in new or existing markets.
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A Balanced Portfolio Sales Qty/$ Product B Product C Product A Time