The marketing mix is composed of four key elements to execute or examine for marketing campaigns. The chief goal of the marketing committee is to optimize the marketing mix. Marketers can enhance their outcomes and marketing value by implementing the right combination of the four P’s. Discrete alterations made to the marketing mix are looked at as tactical changes, while rendering huge changes to it can be considered strategic. The “Four P’s” of marketing are: product, price, placement, and promotion.
Product:
A product is an object or a service that is mass produced or manufactured on a large scale with a specific volume of units (Australian Business Case Studies, 2008). This piece of the market mix also encompasses how the product is packaged, the overall performance of the product/service, and the design and structure of the product.
Pricing:
The price is the cost that a buyer pays for a particular item. Pricing is determined by a number of factors including market share, competition, material costs, product identity and the customer 's perceived value of the product (Wikipedia, 2008). Pricing will vary due to demographics. Additionally, the product’s price will also be influenced by the competitive forces around the company. The price point will also be conceived by considering the choices that it could be: luxurious, inexpensive, or something in between.
Place:
Place represents the location where a product can be purchased (Australian Business
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