Marketing Mix MKT/421 November 13‚ 2013 Dr. Brett Branch Marketing Mix The market mix is a tool used by marketing firms use as a guide to meet their marketing goals. The marketing mix also known as the 4Ps of marketing (product‚ place‚ price‚ and promotion) plays an important part in growth of an company or organization. Product is producing the right product for the right target market. Place comes down to just getting the product to the market targeted area‚ the product is wasted
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Abstract In this paper I will define what a good marketing mix requires and describe how a company uses this process to market their product. I have chosen Anytime Fitness as my company to do my paper on. Anytime Fitness is a unique style of fitness club that is in a very competitive market place. Their marketing mix focuses on all of the four P’s to attract customers. They locate small neighborhood clubs close to where people live and work. They are a no frills workout center that offers weights
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4. Marketing Mix There are four elements of marketing mix: product‚ price‚ promotion and place. All of the four elements are indispensable in every stage of purchasing process. They can affect customer‚ cost‚ communication and other factors during the launching period. (Banting & Ross‚ 2010) (Don E. Schullz‚ 1993) 4.1 Product Marketing Happy Food Time is a new magazine‚ which has the mix contents of recipes‚ meal ideas‚ food and extensive restaurant reviews and general food related articles. This
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of Organizational Planning and Management HUS 643.22 Systems Analysis Comp Unit IV-B Purpose: To discuss the components of the marketing mix‚ outline the product offerings of the agency and define strategic planning from an open systems perspective. Monifa K. Jackson December 26‚ 2003 Dr. Harold Carter Thesis Development Marketing mix is a management function linking the organization to its external environment. The linking or transaction occurs not only between customers
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The Marketing Mix (4p’s) The marketing mix consists of Product‚ Price‚ Place and Promotion strategies that a firm uses to help them reach their objectives. The marketing mix principles are controllable variables which have to be carefully managed and must meet the needs of the defined target group. All elements of the mix are linked and must support each other. PRODUCT STRATEGIES When an organization introduces a product into a market they must ask themselves
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A)Marketing Mix variables (The 4 P ’s of Marketing) The major marketing management decisions can be classified in one of the following four categories: * Product * Price * Place (distribution) * Promotion These variables are known as the marketing mix or the 4 P ’s of marketing. They are the variables that marketing managers can control in order to best satisfy customers in the target market. The marketing mix is portrayed in the following diagram: The Marketing Mix
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Marketing Mix Assignment 9/25/2013 MBA500 Coca Cola has a wide range of products which follow a specific strategy based on delivery channel and product. Their offerings span a wide range of beverages including: Dasani water‚ Minute Maid juices‚ Powerade sport drinks‚ Vitamin Water‚ and the classic Coke and Sprite soft drinks just to name a few. According to the Coca Cola website there are 3500+ products available worldwide.1 For purpose of this exercise I will focus on the Classic soft drinks
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INTRODUCTION According to palmer (2004; 576)‚ “the marketing mix refers to the choices available to a company or organization regarding the promotion or marketing of its product or services. Usually this process involves considerations regarding where the marketing will take place‚ the product or service‚ the customers‚ and the best way to carry out the promotion as a whole.” The marketing mix is not based on any theory‚ but on the need for marketing managers to breakdown their decision making into
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Marketing Mix The marketing mix for a product is a major factor in influencing whether a business can sell it profitably. The marketing mix is made up of seven interrelated decisions − the 7Ps. The four key ones are product‚ price‚ promotion (including advertising and packaging) and place (where and how a product will be sold to consumers). The other 3Ps largely relate to marketing services – people‚ process and physical evidence. Consumers require the right product. This might be an existing
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The Marketing Mix Marketers‚ in order to bring out desired responses from their target markets‚ use a number of tools that form a marketing mix. Marketing mix is defined as the set of marketing tools that an organization uses to follow its marketing objectives in the target market. McCarthy has classified these tools as the 4Ps of marketing which are product‚ price‚ place and promotion. (McGraw-Hill/Irwin‚ 2002) The 4Ps are the ideas to take into account while marketing a product. They constitute
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