THEORETICAL BACKGROUND:
GENERAL
ABOUT MARKETING:
Marketing is the process of communicating the value of a product or service to customers, for the purpose of selling that product or service: Marketing can be looked as an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, delivering and communicating value to the customers, and customer relationship management that also benefit for the organization. Marketing is the science of choosing target markets which are market analysis and market segmentation, as well as understanding consumer behavior and providing superior customer value. From a societal point of view, marketing is the link between a society's material requirements and its economic pattems of response. Marketing main aims
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Production and distribution depend largely on marketing. Many people think thatsales and marketing are basically the same. These two concepts are different in many aspects. Marketing covers advertising, promotions, public relations, and sales. It is the process of introducing and promoting the product or service into the market and encourages sales from the buying public. Sales refer to the act of buying or the actual transaction of customers purchasing the product or service. Since the goal of marketing is to make the product or service widely known and recognized to the market, marketers must be creative in their marketing activities. In this competitive nature of many businesses, getting the product noticed is not that easy.
Strategically, the business must be centered on the customers more than the products. Although good and quality products are also essential, the buying public still has their personal preferences. If you target more of their needs, they will come back again and again and even bring along recruits. If you push more on the product and disregard their wants and the benefits they can get, you will lose your customers in no time. The sad thing is that getting them back is the hardest
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Formerly the scope of marketing used to remain very much limited since the wants of the consumers too were quite limited. The competition was almost equivalent to nil. In the marketing, the satisfaction of the consumers was not at all considered. The marketing was commodity based and immediately after the sale of the products, the marketing process was over. Nowadays, the scope of marketing has become quite extensive, and the satisfaction of the customers too is kept in view. The process of marketing continues even after the sales have been affected. Today, the function of conforming the product, in accordance with the changing wants, habits and fashions of people, is undertaken by the process of marketing. Within the scope of marketing, -the following activities are
If a brand has a good reputation, customers and businesses, are more likely to purchase that brand. Examples include logos and packaging. (B2B and B2C Similarities and Differences , n.d.) These need to capture the attention of their customers because businesses have competition and therefore need to stand out.
What is the definition of marketing and where does advertising fit within that definition? Marketing refers to the processes involved in communicating a product or service to customers or consumers. These communication processes can be used to sell, purchase, distribute or even promote a product or service to various markets. Simply put, marketing is the communication between an organisation and its customers.
Discussion: Sales are the most dominating factor for any organization. In any circumstances, sales will always
Salespeople create value for their firms’ customers by advocating and communicating the customers’ needs, desires, concerns, and preferences back to the company and find solutions (Tanner and Raymond, 2010). Also, since the salespeople are experts in regards to their products, they can best advise the customer as to which product is the best fit for them or adapt offerings to fit. In this way, salespeople create value that would not have
In order for a business to find out their customers interests and thoughts about their business, they carry out the appropriate marketing research to ensure that the business has 100% customer satisfaction. In relation to Kellogg’s, they have carried out a number of market research, which has ultimately led them to becoming the leading cereal brand. The company has developed a range of products for the segments within this market, targeted at all age groups over three years old. This includes 39 brands of cereals as well as different types of cereal bars. Consumers of cereal products perceive Kellogg 's to be a high quality manufacturer.
Distribution is one of the marketing mix among marketing mixes. Marketing needs the help of distribution to reach the target market. It is also one of the fundamental factors specially. Distribution is very important because these distribution are helpful and simply how every customer gets their needed and wanted products, finding the products and services that greatly need. There are three types of distribution channels.
Consumer behavior towards Nike products Marketing is collaborating the value of a product, service or brand to customers, as a driving force to promote or sell that product, service or brand. Marketing procedures and skills embrace selecting target markets by carrying out a market analysis and market segmentation, as well as taking into account the consumer behavior and advertising a products value to customers. Marketing is the utmost vital aspect of developing and enlarging your business, and is a speculation that will recompense for itself over and over again. The term “marketing mix,” was first devised by Neil Borden, the president of the AMA (American Marketing Association) in 1953.
When the value a customer receives from a product is greater than that of another then they are more inclined to stick with that
CASE STUDY HINDUSTAN UNILEVER- TRANSFORMING A BRAND INTO A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE LEADER. 6/30/2015 Amity International Business School Aditya Agarwal A1802014167 Faculty Guide- Dr. Kokil Jain Industry Guide-
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
Provide good customer service where customers are contacted, when a boat is purchase and a customer care call even having a boat over a period of time. 3. The constant innovation and patenting so customers can get better product each year, because in the marketing industries parts can be copied
Every business industry nowadays, whether they are aware of it or not, depends on business strategies that they implement in order to achieve high growth potential. Some businesses, however, tend to forget the importance of maintaining effective sales strategies, therefore, they experience a decrease in sales causing their business to eventually experience some financial difficulties. Gluck (n.d.) describes sales strategy as a plan that allows companies to position their brand or product in order to gain a competitive advantage. Successful sales strategy should create a need by convincing a potential customer that the good is presented to them can solve their problems. This has to be created as a “planned approach to account-management policy
Advertising Marketers whom need to reach large, geographically dispersed audiences, often with high frequency, use advertising to promote their business. The cost per exposure is low, although the overall costs are high. It builds brand image, and may stimulate short-term sales, but it’s a one-way communication with potential customers. Personal Selling Personal selling is very effective in building customer relations and helping the customer move from the knowledge and awareness stage to conviction and action.
Product design can fulfil the demands of the customers and they are willing visit the same company again in the future. Referencing to the words of Vonderembse (n.d.),
Introduction At the start of this course, I had no idea what to expect. This is due to the fact that marketing is a field that offers a combination of so many different disciplines such as art, psychology, and statistics. I encounter marketing on a daily basis but have strangely enough not reflected too much about it. Nevertheless, it is a very interesting subject, which deals with promoting and selling services and products.