QUESTION 1 a) Define the term “MARKETING” Marketing is the process of communicating the value of a product or service to customers‚ for the purpose of selling the product or service. It is a critical business function for attracting customers. From a societal point of view‚ marketing is the link between a society’s material requirements and its economic patterns of response. Marketing satisfies these needs and wants through exchange processes and building long term relationships. It is the
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Marketing consists of four factors‚ which are Product‚ Price‚ Place and Promotion. Firstly lets discuss about the first factor‚ which is the product. From what we understand a product is defined as a good‚ service‚ or an idea‚ which consists of both tangible and intangible features‚ which meets the consumers needs. This is received in the method of money in which a consumer pays in exchange of a product. For example a consumer will pay x amount of money in order to purchase a MacBook Pro which is
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Core Marketing Concepts: Market Segments & Target Markets Market Segments exist in the market and has to be identified by examining Demographic‚ Pychographic‚ and Behavioral differences among buyers. Segments which present the greatest opportunity is termed Target Markets. For each chosen target market‚ company develops a market offering. The offering is positioned in the minds of target buyers as delivering some central benefit(s). Product‚ Offering & Brand Product companies address
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MARKETING DEFINITION Market is managing profitable costumer relationship. The goal of marketing is to attract new costumers by promising superior value and to keep and grow current costumers by delivering satisfaction. Marketin is a social process by which individuals or groups obtain what they want and need through creating and exchanging product s and value with others. In a business context Marketing is the process by which companies create value for costumers and build strong relationship
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Introduction To Marketing: Reasons for management not disposing of a “dog” Large firms that comprise of different business and products (Business portfolio ) frequently carry out portfolio analysis. This is the process by which management evaluates each business portfolio to determine its current strengths‚ weaknesses and profitability. The company then uses this information to place its business portfolio into strategic business unit (SBU). “A SBU is a unit of the company that has
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Assignment 1.1: Discussion — The Value of Marketing to Customers In this assignment you will participate in a discussion on the value of marketing to customers. Procedure 1. In the forum‚ discuss the value of marketing to the consumer‚ the stakeholder‚ and the stockholder. Your forum post should address the following: a. The value you place on marketing. b. The value of marketing to customers and consumers. c. The value of marketing to stakeholders and stockholders. 2
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• To explain what marketing is • To differentiate between “needs” and “wants” • To understand the fundamental marketing concepts • To explain why and how companies learn about their customers • To describe the main tools of marketing research • To identify and comment on the four elements of a company’s marketing mix • Marketing is more than a fancy image‚ a clever commercial‚ a special contest or a discount • Name some examples of marketing questions! Marketing involves a lot of planning
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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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Marketing Task 1 Definition of marketing Marketing is about anticipating and identifying the wants and needs of a target market of consumers‚ then satisfying those needs in order to make a profit. Kotler (1991) Defined marketing as: ‘the marketing concepts holds that the key to achieving organizational goals consists in determining the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfaction more effectively and efficiently than competitors’. “Marketing is
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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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