Chapter 1 an overview of marketing Two facets of marketing: 1. A philosophy‚ an attitude‚ a perspective‚ or a management orientation that stresses customer satisfaction. 2. Marketing is an organization function and a set of processes used to implement this philosophy. American Marketing Association Definition of Marketing Marketing is the activity‚ set of institutions‚ and processes for creating‚ communicating‚ delivering‚ and exchanging offerings that have value for customers‚ clients‚ partners
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best not to conduct marketing research When there is no high level of uncertainty. For example‚ when company understands the characteristics of the target customers and their likes and dislikes regarding existing products‚ under this circumstances‚ further research would be repetitive and waste money When the value of research information is not greater than the cost of generating the information. 15. Discuss the three major benefits of marketing research to managers Marketing research is the process
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PGDM (Batch:2012-14/ Term-III) MARKETING MANAGEMENT-II (C-303) Session 1‚ 2&3 T- Course Overview; Introduction to Strategy Development Framework; (Finalization of C- What is our Business? (Hard Copy) groups) R- 1.Strategy as simple rules –HBR Article (Soft Copy) 2. Environmental and Internal Analysis (West et al.) Ch-3‚ pp-65-89 AR- What is Strategy? - HBR Article (Soft Copy) Session 4&5 T- Understanding Business and Marketing Objectives C- 1.Carolina Lunker Sauce (Hard Copy) 2. Glaxosmithkline:
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Marketing strategy is defined by David Aaker as a process that can allow an organization to concentrate its resources on the optimal opportunities with the goals of increasing sales and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. Marketing strategy includes all basic and long-term activities in the field of marketing that deal with the analysis of the strategic initial situation of a company and the formulation‚ evaluation and selection of market-oriented strategies and therefore contribute to
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What is Offensive Marketing? When more than one company offers the same kind of product‚ each company only receives a percentage of all sales of that kind of product. This percentage is called a “market share‚” and any effort to take some of the market share away from one company and bring it to another is called an offensive marketing plan. (See also Flanking Marketing) In the above case of the motorcycle business of the mid-to-late 20th century‚ the Harley Davidson Company saw its market share
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Marketing strategy is defined by David Aaker as a process that can allow an organization to concentrate its resources on the optimal opportunities with the goals of increasing sales and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.[1] Marketing strategy includes all basic and long-term activities in the field of marketing that deal with the analysis of the strategic initial situation of a company and the formulation‚ evaluation and selection of market-oriented strategies and therefore contribute
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Marketing strategy of the product or service The “Marketing Mix” is a business tool used in marketing products. It is classified into “four Ps”: product strategy‚ distribution (place) strategy‚ communication (promotion) strategy and pricing strategy. “Four Ps” are the variables that marketing managers can control in order to best satisfy customers in the target market. Product Strategy Product differentiation strategy A product strategy identifies that how companies plan to sell their products
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Girl is personification of Asian values and hospitality described as an icon that links SIA’s commitment to service excellence (Hasan‚ 2009). These activities correspond with the highly skilled management team in terms of formulating effective marketing strategies. 1.2 Aircraft fleets Continuous introductions of aircrafts are conducted by Singapore Airlines‚ with the assistance of rapid technological advancements‚ SIA managed to introduce new aircrafts with a larger passenger capacity and also implement
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Marketing Strategies – Midterm 1. The five types of customer needs are: Stated needs‚ Real needs‚ Unstated needs‚ Delight needs and Secret needs. Define each and give an example for each. Stated needs are wants that are expressed by the customer while shopping for a product or service. An example of a stated need is when a customer wants to buy a two-bedroom condo. Real needs are the underlying needs of those that are stated. In the case of the customer that wants to buy a two-bedroom
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Marketing strategy A strategy is a long-term plan to achieve certain objectives. A marketing[link] strategy is therefore a marketing plan designed to achieve marketing objectives. For example‚ marketing objective may relate to becoming the market leader by delighting customers. The strategic plan therefore is the detailed planning involving marketing research‚ and then developing a marketing mix to delight customers. Every organisation needs to have clear marketing objectives‚ and the major route
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