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Defining
Marketing for the 21st
Century
What is Marketing?
Marketing is an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall
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What is Marketing Management?
Marketing management is the art and science of choosing target markets and getting, keeping, and growing customers through creating, delivering, and communicating superior customer value.
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What is Marketed?
• Goods (products)
• Services
• Events
• Experiences
• Persons
• Places
• Properties
• Organizations
• Information
• Ideas
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Marketing Can Promote Ideas
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Selling is only the tip of the iceberg
“There will always be a need for some selling. But the aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous. The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well that the product or service fits him and sells itself. Ideally, marketing should result in a customer who is ready to buy. All that should be needed is to make the product or service available.” Peter Drucker
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The Basic Profit Equation
Profit =
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The Basic Profit Equation
Profit = Revenues – Costs
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Figure 1.1 Structure of Flows in
Modern Exchange Economy
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Figure 1.2
A Simple Marketing System
A.K.A. The Exchange Process
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Core Concepts
Needs, wants, and demands Target markets, positioning, segmentation
Offerings and brands Value and