Principles of Marketing Lecture 1
Marketing 101
Lecture 1 - notes
The who and where of marketing
Marketing originated in the 1920’s
Who: Marketers have varying backgrounds that work in every industry even various governments.
The role of marketing
Broader view: Marketing can be integrated with all business activities
Depending on the organisation…
Limited view: Could be limited to sales or could be just advertising
Marketing creates value.
What is marketing?
Marketing is the activity, set of institutions and processes for creating communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners and society at large. – American Marketing Association (Approved October 2007)
Or in simpler words: Marketing is all about delivering value to everyone that is affected by a transaction.
The marketing concept 1) Identify customer needs 2) Provide products to satisfy those needs 3) Ensure long-term profitability
Consumers needs and wants
Consumer: The ultimate user of goods, ideas and services.
Need: The difference between the consumer’s actual state and some ideal or desired state.
Want: The desire to satisfy needs in specific ways that are culturally and socially influenced.
Benefits Create Demand
Benefit: An outcome sought by a consumer that motivates buying behaviour – that satisfies a need or want.
Demand: Consumers desire for products coupled with the resources to obtain them.
Where is a marketplace?
Marketplace = any location or medium used to conduct an exchange.
Marketspace = locations (often online) where buyers never meet face to face but still exchange.
Marketing Creates Utility
Utility = the usefulness consumers receive from buying, owning and consuming a product. There are four different types of utility that marketing creates. * Form utility * Place utility * Time utility * Possession
Lecture 1 - notes
The who and where of marketing
Marketing originated in the 1920’s
Who: Marketers have varying backgrounds that work in every industry even various governments.
The role of marketing
Broader view: Marketing can be integrated with all business activities
Depending on the organisation…
Limited view: Could be limited to sales or could be just advertising
Marketing creates value.
What is marketing?
Marketing is the activity, set of institutions and processes for creating communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners and society at large. – American Marketing Association (Approved October 2007)
Or in simpler words: Marketing is all about delivering value to everyone that is affected by a transaction.
The marketing concept 1) Identify customer needs 2) Provide products to satisfy those needs 3) Ensure long-term profitability
Consumers needs and wants
Consumer: The ultimate user of goods, ideas and services.
Need: The difference between the consumer’s actual state and some ideal or desired state.
Want: The desire to satisfy needs in specific ways that are culturally and socially influenced.
Benefits Create Demand
Benefit: An outcome sought by a consumer that motivates buying behaviour – that satisfies a need or want.
Demand: Consumers desire for products coupled with the resources to obtain them.
Where is a marketplace?
Marketplace = any location or medium used to conduct an exchange.
Marketspace = locations (often online) where buyers never meet face to face but still exchange.
Marketing Creates Utility
Utility = the usefulness consumers receive from buying, owning and consuming a product. There are four different types of utility that marketing creates. * Form utility * Place utility * Time utility * Possession