Marketing Mix What is the Marketing Mix? Professor E Jerome McCarthy first used the term Marketing Mix in the 1960’s. He suggested that it contained 4 elements‚ which are now commonly referred to as the 4 P’s‚ which are used to describe the position of a product in a marketplace. They are the variables that marketing managers can control in order to best satisfy a customer in a target market. The 4 P’s are: 1. Product The product is the physical product or service that it is offered to the
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Marketing Mix MKT421 June 12‚ 2013 Marketing Mix This paper is going to discuss the marketing mix‚ also known as the 4 P’s. The 4 P’s are product‚ place‚ price‚ and promotion. There will also be an example of a business and how it has applied the marketing mix. The customer is the main focus when marketing. Everything is tailored to fit the wants and needs of the customer. Product The product is the goods‚ services‚ or a combination of the two that the customers buy from the company. The
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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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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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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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Marketing Mix 2. Brand Name Definition: A trade name used by an enterprise to name their products or services. The brand name of this product is sWaP‚ which stands for smart Watch and Phone. 3. The Customers The customers would be: People interested in technology Business Minded People People who want more features on their watch for a lower price Would like a fashionable watch People who like a conversation starter Want a phone as well as a watch Do not want to pay a £1000 for a watch 4. Importance
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Marketing Principles Today‚ marketing must be understood not in the old sense of making a sale‚ but in a new sense of satisfying customer needs. Without customer needs there is no marketing. If the marketer understands customer needs; develops products that provide superior customer value; and prices‚ distributes‚ and promotes them effectively‚ these products will be sold easily. Selling and advertising are just part of “marketing mix” which is a set of marketing tools that work together to satisfy
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BSBMKG502B - ESTABLISH AND ADJUST THE MARKETING MIX Assessment Task 1 – Work Based Knowledge Test 1. What are the characteristics of the products and/or services in your business? Ans. I am working in . We are selling burgers as well as fries and soft drinks. But recently we start selling frozen coke and ice cream‚ which Mc d was selling and now we are making good money. 2. How do these products and/or services relate to the market they are in‚ and to the immediate competitors? Ans. We have
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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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term marketing mix was first used in the late 1940s by Neil H. Borden (NetMBA‚ 2007). The original marketing mix introduced by Borden consisted of product‚ planning‚ pricing‚ branding‚ distribution channels‚ personal selling‚ advertising‚ promotions‚ packaging‚ display‚ servicing‚ physical handling‚ and fact finding and analysis. Later E. Jerome McCarthy grouped the parts into the four P’s of marketing known as product‚ place‚ price and promotion (NetMBA‚ 2007). “A typical marketing mix includes
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