The activities of a company associated with buying and selling a product or service. It includes advertising, selling and delivering products to people. People who work in marketing departments of companies try to get the attention of target audiences by using slogans, packaging design, celebrity endorsements and general media exposure. The four 'Ps' of marketing are product, place, price and promotion
Market Segmentation
A marketing term referring to the aggregating of prospective buyers into groups (segments) that have common needs and will respond similarly to a marketing action. Market segmentation enables companies to target different categories of consumers who perceive the full value of certain products and services differently from one another.
Branding
The process involved in creating a unique name and image for a product in the consumers' mind, mainly through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme. Branding aims to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market that attracts and retains loyal customers.
Branding is strategic. Marketing is tactical.
Marketing may contribute to a brand, but the brand is bigger than any particular marketing effort. The brand is what remains after the marketing has swept through the room. It’s what sticks in your mind associated with a product, service, or organization—whether or not, at that particular moment, you bought or did not buy.
“A product is something that is made in a factory a brand is something that is bought by a customer. A competitor can copy a product, a brand is unique. A product can be quickly outdated, a successful brand is timeless.”(STEPHEN KING)
Earlier in India oral hygiene was the domain of local homemade ayurvedic powders or natural herbs. The history of toothpaste in India can be traced back in year 1975.Now the awareness regarding oral hygienic Indian society has increased with the different brands of toothpaste.
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