space which can pave the way for them to sneak in the minds of the consumers. Once settled in they begin playing with the brain eventually creating and modifying concepts called “needs” which would have never existed. The traditional concept of marketing was only about sales or meeting the “current needs” of a consumer. But the same cannot be felt‚ today with the number of firms on the rise in the same industry‚ state and even the same street. Everyone is in a race either to: * Capture a customer
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words‚ what does the term marketing mean? Marketing‚ more than any other business function‚ deals with customers. Creating customer value and satisfaction are at the very heart of modern marketing thinking and practice. The simplest definition of marketing is that it is the delivery of customer satisfaction at a profit. The goal of marketing is to attract new customers by promising superior value‚ and to keep current customers by delivering satisfaction. Marketing is much more than selling
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introducing a 32-bit system‚ investing heavily in game development‚ and leveraging its massive clout with distributors. • In late 2001‚ Microsoft entered the video game industry with a 128-bit system. It had an advanced machine‚ and spent a lot on marketing and games‚ but Playstation2 (also 128-bit) already had an installed base of 20 million. • In late 2005‚ Microsoft introduces the Xbox 360‚ beating the Playstation3 to market. Would it be able to displace Sony as the dominant console producer
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Sandhusen S. L. (2000). Marketing. 5th ed. NewYork. Barron’s Educational Series Belch G Baines P‚ Fill C and Page K - Marketing (Oxford University Press‚ 2008 ISBN 978- 0199290437 Kotler P et all - Principles of Marketing‚ 5th Edition (Financial TimesjPrentice Hall‚ 2010) ISBN 978-0273743279 Levens M - Marketing (Pearson Education‚ 2009) ISBN 978-0137013296 Pride W F and Ferrell 0 C - Marketing (Houghton Mifflin‚ 2007 ISBN 978-0618799701 Solomon M R et al - Marketing: Real People‚ Real Decisions
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MARKETING According to Kotler & Armstrong (2008)‚ marketing is a social and managerial procedure by which people as a group or even individuals are being provided the things they needed and wanted through initiating and trading goods and values with other stated in the book written by Diola Z. & Tichepco E.‚ (2009) Miranda said that the major objectives of marketing‚ as a considered both social and economic process‚ are; (1) to meet the needs; (2) to satiate wants; and (3) to form new desires.
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Chapter 11 – Marketing Channels: Retailing and Wholesaling Marketing Channels and the Supply Chain The nature and importance of marketing channels: * Marketing channel or distribution channel – a set of interdependent organizations that help make a product or service available for use or consumption by the consumer or business user How channel members add value: * Producers use intermediaries b/c they create greater efficiency in making goods available to target markets thru contacts
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Case study marketing ‘Yet another poor year’ reflected the senior executive of Mephisto Products.’ P r o f i t s d o w n b y 1 5 p e r c e nt ‚ s a l e s a nd t u r no v e r s t a t i c i n a m a r k e t w h i c h w a s recko ned to be growing at a rate of some 20 per cent per annum. It can’t go on.’ These were the thoughts of Jim Bullins‚ and he contended that the company would-be out of business if the next year turned out to be as bad. Jim Bullins had been senior executive at Mephisto for 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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Marketing Plan: Part B Prepared for Vivian McDonald Table of Contents Key Issues There are various key issues present with regards to the marketing plan of Vitalyze. These were detailed in Part A of this report. These various issues that are present will guide the numerous marketing strategies that will be detailed in this section of the marketing plan. Perhaps the most important of these key issues present is the issue of how Vitalyze will gain and market a competitive
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Segments Segments marketing: A market segment consists of a group of customers who share a similar set of needs and wants. Rather than creating the segments‚ the marketers task is to identity them and decide which one (s) to target. Niche Marketing: A niche is a more narrowly defined customer group seeking a distinctive mix of benefits. Marketers usually identity niches by dividing a segments into sub segments. Local Marketing: Target marketing is leading to marketing programs tailored to
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