Task 1 What is marketing? What does the term marketing mean? Many people think of marketing only as selling and advertising. And no wonder‚ for every day we are bombarded with television commercials ‚newspaper ads‚ direct mail campaigns‚ Internet pitches and sales calls. Although they are important‚ they are only two of many marketing functions and are often not the most important ones. Today‚ marketing must be understood not in the old sense of making a sale – ‘telling and selling’ – but
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Question 1: What was Apple’s primary pricing objective when it introduced the iPhone? What was its primary objective in cutting the product’s price just two months after introduction? From the beginning‚ Apple took advantage of its product’s special features in the markets and set a pricing strategy as price skimming with two main purposes. Firstly‚ they want their product to be determined to have an outstanding position in their customers’ needs as well as being proved to be a breakthrough development
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My full name is Dwi Chandra Pujayanti‚ and I am a sophomore at Chemical engineering‚ Brawijaya University. IAAS is the first organization that I’m applying to ever since my university acceptance and there are many reasons why I should be enrolled. Primarily‚ I am a hard working and dedicated student. I’ve always put my best in everything that I’ve done. I am not the type of person who gets put up to a big challenge and backs down. Also‚ I am such a responsible person‚ for example I take responsibilities
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Apple iPhone: How it has gained popularity in the mass market. INTRODUCTION This case study examines Apple Inc and aims to deconstruct how Apple has employed a variety of marketing techniques to understand its customers and deliver the iPhone to the global mass market. The iPhone has revolutionised the smartphone market through savvy customer driven product design and effective marketing. Bajarin (2011‚ p.1) suggests that with the global smartphone category projected to grow at 49.2% over the
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Marketing & Innovation "Because the purpose of business is to create a customer‚ the business enterprise has two—and only two—basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs." Peter Drucker (The Father of Management Theory) INTRODUCTION 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
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The End of AT&T’s Absolute Advantage in iPhone Sales The iPhone is the most sought-after smartphone on the market today. Since 2007‚ the iPhone is currently available only through AT&T. For years‚ there have been rumors that other wireless providers‚ such as Sprint‚ T-Mobile or Verizon Wireless would get the iPhone. In October‚ the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple is in the process of producing an iPhone that will be available to Verizon Wireless customers beginning in 2011. With
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Explain the various elements of the marketing process 3-6 1.2 Evaluate the benefits and costs of a marketing orientation for a selected organisation 6 2.1 Show macro and micro environmental factors which influence marketing decision 7 2.2 Propose segmentation on criteria to be used for products in different markets 7-8 2.3 Choose a targeting strategy for a selected product/service 8-10 2.4 Demonstrate how buyer behaviour affects marketing activities in different buying situations
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Market Orientation‚ Customer Value‚ and Superior Performance Stanley F. Slater and John C Narver Thinking in terms of the market (not marketing) is essential in the highiy competitive arenas of today‚ o achieve superior performance‚ a business must develop and sustain competitive advantage. But where competitive advantage was once based on structural characteristics such as market power‚ economies of scale‚ or a broad product line‚ the emphasis today has shifted to capabilities that enable
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Issue 1 Subway has not only developed as a brand in Australia but also in its marketing strategy due to the early integration of a digital strategy. This has allowed the Subway brand to further own the ‘Healthy Alternative’ position in the fast food industry as is evident in the recent market research reults (Sprout Research‚ 2013). Subway is a worldwide franchising company and is entirely franchise owned. Subway provides a healthy alternative to fast food by allowing customers to build their own
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information to customers easily. * MARKETING * What is marketing? * Creating consumer wants & satisfying it * Finding ways to satisfy customers effectively & efficiently. * Is to be defined as value delivering process. * Definition * Kotler “Marketing is a social & managerial process by which individuals & groups obtain what they need and want through creating‚ offering and exchanging products of value with others”. * AMA “ Marketing is the process of planning & executing
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