1. INTRODUCTION
This marketing consultant report is done for a nonprofit and a governmental market. The report is compiled for the Director General of the National Library (NL) to change the current marketing strategy mainly target on promoting library’s e-resources. As the world is in an era of transferring from paper to electronic resources, it is necessary for libraries to examine and market the services using innovative ideas to enhance and to keep up with the changing technology. The holistic marketing concept has been used to analyse the situation and to conclude the recommendations.
The objective of this project is to develop and/or to upgrade its services, and provide quality library services to a larger number and diverse community.
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BAV measures brand strength and brand stature. Brand strength represents relevance and differentiation. Brand stature implies the knowledge and Esteem. Figure 4 shows the BAV analysis of a quantitative survey which was done to analyse the current status of the product along with the competitors, and 20 customers from NL and MNU participated.
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Brand and Recognition: A mobile app can greatly contribute to create brand awareness. Branding and brand recognition is the most effective way at increasing market share.
Customer Engagement: Within the app can have a feature for reference queries or to send messages. This feature will help customers to save time and avoid waiting on phone ques. Customer engagement feature will increase the market growth, while shaping customer satisfaction.
Stand out from the competition: None of the competitors use a mobile app and this is where NL can take a big leap ahead of the competitors. NL can become the first library in the country to provide a mobile app to their customers. The app will address the customer's needs and then build the sales and promotional efforts around the competitors.
Customer loyalty: Mobile app will cultivate customer loyalty since, the app will be just a “fingertip” away from the customers at all times. Therefore, the app will be a mean to stay closer to customers. Staying closer to customers will allow to focus on the best customers and to improve customer satisfaction levels.
6. CUSTOMER RETENTION AND
1. Introduction Under Armour, Inc. (Under Armour) is a leading sports apparel and equipment manufacturing company founded in 1996 by Kevin Plank, a 23-year-old former University of Maryland football player.. He revolutionized the sports apparel industry by creating a superior, moisture-wicking, performance T-shirt, made of synthetic fabrics. Under his leadership, the company grew from a 17,000-dollar business in 1996 to a 4.83-billion-dollar empire. 2.
Currently , ALDI is introducing new organic fruits and vegetables as per the demand of the cusomers. As it is adding more items in its business the market share rising day by day. Market development is the growth strategy with existing product in a new market. The professional should research about the targeted market first and as per the need of the specific area the product should be introduce. For example, Muslim people eat halal meat so adding variety of halal food in the stores which are located in Muslim communities help to gain the loyal
Digital marketing isn’t simple as many people think. There are numerous cases of these strategies failing for some service providers. Studies reveal that digital strategies fail for some people because they do it for themselves or hiring a young and inexperienced computer marketing Companies. Experienced agencies have experience handling numerous tasks. Additionally, they have hired experienced technicians.
One of the hardest fought for attributes of a brand is knowing that customers consider that the brand has value. We learned in our lesson that perceived value is a key attribute towards selling a brand. Writing a value proposition and keeping it current could help these business leaders to determine and clarify the unique characteristics their business will need to identify to better market their brand. In this paper, I desire to convey what a value proposition is and how it can help leaders chart a successful course through changing times.
Samsung implements the strategy of “ Red Ocean;” which shows that a firm gains competitive advantage by venture into the current market and constructing on the weaknesses of other competitors in the field of similar products. Thus, Samsung“floods the market with many products” which are made by other companies within short duration of time ( Travos,2002). It seems that Samsung made these new products through developing many of manufacturing products of its Smartphones. However, such attitude is considered to be as a massive cost advantage over other firms that make such product. Samsung has improved its “competition position internationally through developing its present competitive strategies” , through depending on the other manufacturers`
Mobile marketing will play a major role for future marketing strategies, because it may establish it as an important channel to reach and interact with consumers, may give rise to a higher level of emphasis placed on the use of mobile devices in the marketing
Building long-term relationships with the consumer on how to make goods and services better and solving consumer problems (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). Apple consumers are very loyal to the organization and their products (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). As mentioned before, Apple is stilled at meeting current consumer wants and needs, as well as future needs (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). Lastly, Apple provides excellent consumer services even at their stores with their App station (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). Consumer intimacy is not matched by product or price (Weinman, 2013).
Customers will be a loyal customer if their opinions and needs are met by a company. I believe this is the most important building block. I have worked as a manager of a retail card and gift store in Wantagh for the past five years. Throughout my five years, I take great pride in the customers that shop with us. If there is something that I can do to help my customers or order them a certain product, I don’t hesitate.
To find the market share of the HUL brands and its competitive brands. Key areas of strength and weakness for HUL brands. To develop a promotion plan for brand communication of the HUL. What are the marketing strategies of HUL?
Causes According to Amin & Noor (2013), the E-consumers generally refer to the purchaser of goods and services over electronic systems such as Internet and other computer networks. This new group of consumers is increasing in number over the years as on-line shopping become a trend and manifestation of modern life style. Based from the Paynter & Lim (2001), E-commerce would provide consumers with benefits such as interactive communications, fast delivery, and more customization that would only be available for consumers through online shopping. Product information in the Internet is more compact and it ranges from various sites.
First of all customer means A person who buys goods or services from a shop or business, loyalty means the state or quality of being loyal, faithfulness to commitments or obligations. So Customer loyalty is the key objective of customer relationship management and describes the loyalty, which is established between a customer and companies, persons, products or brands. “Customer loyalty is an essential aspect in any organization whether it is offering a good or providing a service. “Many organizations are looking for various ways to increase their customer loyalty as it has a positive effect on the profitability of the organization.” (Gremler 1996: 171, Abdullah et al. 2000: 826).The individual market segments should be targeted in terms of developing customer loyalty.
First, from the beginning of the classes I was able to design and implement marketing/business strategies in particular areas only. After that, I am able to create long-term and mutually beneficial exchange relationships between an entity and the publics with it interact. Moreover, the strategic marketing analysis & planning process such as internal & external situation assessment, strategy formulation, positioning and marketing mix were taught during lessons in detail that integrated my marketing knowledge. And as a result I also became aware with a range of new issue of marketing management and the marketing tactics in particular that were resulted from the product and branding strategy. I found strategic marketing analysis and planning of this project more challenging than
Most people today, own one at least one technological device which could be one of the access platforms that form online channels the company may apply for their digital marketing to achieve profitability and retention of customers. Chaffey and Ellis-Chadwick (2012) state that a digital marketing strategy is constantly needed to provide a sense of direction for an organization’s online marketing activities so that they integrate with its other marketing activities and support its overall business goals. According to Parise et al.