Principles of Marketing
Product, Services, and Brand: Building Customer Value
Commercial and Marketing Management II
© 2013 Jane Rodríguez del Tronco
Content
Commercial and Marketing Management II
© 2013 Jane Rodríguez del Tronco
What Is a Product?
Marketing-mix planning begins with formulating an offering that brings value to target customers
Commercial and Marketing Management II
© 2013 Jane Rodríguez del Tronco
What Is a Product?
Products, Services, and Experiences Product is anything that can be offered in a market for attention, acquisition, use, or consumption that might satisfy a need or want • Soap • Toothpaste
Commercial and Marketing Management II
© 2013 Jane Rodríguez del Tronco
What Is a Product?
Products, Services, and Experiences Service is a form of product that consists of activities, benefits, or satisfactions offered for sale that are essentially intangible and do not result in ownership • Doctor’s exam • Legal advice
Commercial and Marketing Management II
© 2013 Jane Rodríguez del Tronco
What Is a Product?
Products, Services, and Experiences Experiences represent what buying the product or service will do for the customer • Disney • Toys “R” Us
Commercial and Marketing Management II
© 2013 Jane Rodríguez del Tronco
What Is a Product?
Products, Services, and Experiences
Today it’s all about the experience you live with a brand!
Commercial and Marketing Management II
© 2013 Jane Rodríguez del Tronco
What Is a Product?
Levels of Product and Services
Augmented product
Delivery and credit
Each level adds more customer value
Actual product
Installation Brand name Quality
Post-sale service
Core Benefit
Design Warranty
Features
Packaging
Commercial and Marketing Management II
© 2013 Jane Rodríguez del Tronco
What Is a Product?
Product and Service Classifications
•
Consumer products are products and services for personal consumption Industrial products are products purchased for further processing