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 A Marketing Mix is the combination of product offering used to reach market for the organization. The marketing mix comprises the product (what the actual offering comprises)‚ Price (the value exchanged for the offering)‚ promotion (the means of communicating that offering to the target audience‚ promotional mix) and distribution (also known as place‚ the means of having the offering available to the target audience). The Marketing mix is also known as the four Ps and which are as
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analysis and marketing mix analysis. In terms of the marketing mix‚ as an important concept in the subject of business studies‚ it refers to “a balance between the four main elements of marketing [is] needed to carry out the marketing strategy. It consists of the ‘4ps’: product‚ price‚ promotion and place” (Marcousé and Surridge et al.‚ 2011:141). Firms can build an effective marketing strategy by using the marketing mix as a tool‚ and it is possible that business will fail if the marketing mix is not
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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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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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Marketing 101 Understanding the Marketing Mix Concept – 4Ps August 5‚ 2014 | Martin | 17 Comments Marketing is simplistically defined as ‘putting the right product in the right place‚ at the right price‚ at the right time.’ Though this sounds like an easy enough proposition‚ a lot of hard work and research needs to go into setting this simple definition up. And if even one element is off the mark‚ a promising product or service can fail completely and end up costing the company substantially
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An Introduction to Marketing Mix Marketing mix is the set of controllable marketing variables that the firm blends to produce the response it wants in the target market. The 5P’s of the marketing mix are the following: Product‚ Price‚ Promotion‚ Place and People. To create the right marketing mix‚ businesses have to meet the following conditions: • The product has to have the right features. • Sold at ideal price. • The goods is sell in the right place. • The target group needs to be made
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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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Marketing Mix The marketing mix is essentially about meeting the needs of the customer. Companies must make determinations about what “works” and what does not “work”. In order to assess where the company stands with their product or service‚ a marketing mix that is focused on the customer will help in addressing the changes that should be made. Companies can address such things as the packaging of the product or service. Warranties can be
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The Marketing Mix and 4 Ps The 4Ps are: • Product (or Service) • Place • Price • Promotion A good way to understand the 4 Ps is by the questions that you need to ask to define you marketing mix. Here are some questions that will help you understand and define each of the four elements: Product/Service • What does the customer want from the product/service? What needs does it satisfy? • What features does it have to meet these needs? • Are there any features you’ve missed out? • Are you
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