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Marketing Management
By :- Sonu Choudhary
2
What is Marketing?
Marketing is the delivery of customer
satisfaction at a profit.
3
The Goal of Marketing is:
To attract new customer by promising
superior value, and to keep current
customers by delivering satisfaction.
4
About Marketing
 Marketing, more than any other business function,
deals with customers.
 Creating customer value and satisfaction are at the
very heart of modern marketing thinking and practice.
 Some people believe that only large business
organizations operating in highly developed
economies use marketing, but sound marketing is
critical to the success of every organization – whether
large or small, for profit or non – profit, domestic or
global.
5
Marketing Defined
 Many people think of marketing only as selling and advertising.
 Selling and advertising are only the tip of the marketing ice-berg.
 Marketing is one of three key core functions that are central to all
organizations.
 Marketers act as the customers’ voice within the firm and marketers are
responsible for many more decisions than just advertising or sales:
 Analyse industries to identify emerging trends.
 Determine which national and international markets to enter or exit.
 Conduct research to understand consumer behavior.
 Design integrated marketing mixes – products, prices, channels of
distribution, and promotion programs.
Marketing is a social and managerial process by which individuals and
groups obtain what they need and want through creating and
exchanging products and value with others.
6
marketing
To explain marketing definition, we
examine the following important terms :
 Needs, wants, and demands
 Products and services
 Value, satisfaction and quality
 Exchange, transactions, and relationships
 Markets
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Needs, Wants, and Demands
Needs:
 The most basic concept underlying marketing is that of human needs.
 Human needs are states of felt deprivation.
 Human have many complex needs:
 Physical needs for food, clothing, warmth, and safety
 Social needs or belonging and affection
 Individual needs for knowledge and self – expression
Wants:
 Want are the form taken by human needs as they are shaped by culture and
individual personality.
 People have almost unlimited wants but limited resources.
 They want to choose products that provide the most value and satisfaction for
their money.
Demands:
 When backed by buying power, wants become demands.
 Consumers view products as bundles of benefits and choose products that give
them the best bundle for their money.
8
Products and Services
Product:
 Anything that can be offered to a market to satisfy a
need or want.
 The concept of product is not limited to physical
objects – anything capable of satisfying a need can
be called a product.
Services:
 In addition to tangible goods, products also include
services, which are activities or benefits offered for
sale that are essentially intangible and do not result
in the ownership of anything.
9
Values, Satisfaction, and Quality
Values:
 Customer value is the difference between the values the customer gains from
owning and using a product and the costs of obtaining the products.
 Customers often do not judge product value and costs accurately or objectively.
They act on perceived value.
Satisfaction:
 Customer satisfaction depends on a product’s perceived performance in
delivering value relative to a buyer’s expectation.
 If the product’s performance falls short of the customer’s expectations, the
buyer is dissatisfied.
Quality:
 Customer satisfaction is closely linked to quality.
 Quality has a direct impact on product performance.
 Quality can be defined as “freedom from defects”.
 TQM programs designed to constantly improve the quality of products, services,
and marketing processes.
10
Exchange, Transactions,
and Relationships
Exchange :
 The act of obtaining a desired object from someone
by offering something in return
Transaction :
 A trade between two parties that involves at least two
things of value, agreed – upon conditions a time of
agreement, and a place of agreement.
Relationship marketing :
 The process of creating, maintaining, and enhancing
strong, value – laden relationships with customers
and other stakeholders
11
Markets
The set of all actual and potential buyers of a
product or service
A simple marketing system
Industry
(a collection
of sellers)
Market (a
collection of
buyers)
Communication
Products / Services
Money
Information
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Suppliers
Competitors
Company
(marketer)
Marketing
intermediaries End user market
Main actors and forces in a modern marketing system
13
Marketing Management
The analysis, planning, implementation,
and control of programs designed to
create, build, and maintain beneficial
exchanges with target buyers for the
purpose of achieving organizational
objectives.
14
Marketing Management Involves:
 Demand Management : The organization has a
desired level of demand for its products. At any point
in time, There may be no demand, adequate
demand, irregular demand, or too much demand, and
marketing management must find ways to deal with
these different demand states.
 Building Profitable Customer Relationships :
Beyond designing strategies to attract new customers
and create transactions with them, companies now
are striving to retain current customers and build
lasting customer relationships.
15
MARKETING MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHIES
 The role that marketing plays within a company
varies according to the overall strategy and
philosophy of each firm.
 There are five alternative concepts under which
organizations conduct their marketing activities:
 Production concept
 Product concept
 Selling concept
 Marketing concept
 Societal marketing concepts
16
Production Concept
The philosophy that consumers will
favour products that are available and
highly affordable and that management
should therefore focus on improving
production and distribution efficiency.
17
Product Concept
The philosophy that consumers will
favour products that offer the most
quality, performance, and innovative
features.
18
Selling Concept
The idea that consumers will not buy
enough of the organization’s products
unless the organization undertakes a
large – scale selling and promotion
effort.
19
Marketing Concept
The marketing management philosophy
that holds that achieving organizational
goals depends on determining the
needs and wants of target markets and
delivering the desired satisfactions
more effectively and efficiently than
competitors do.
20
Societal Marketing Concept
The idea that the organization should
determine the needs, wants, and
interests of target markets and deliver
the desired satisfactions more
effectively and efficiently than
competitors in a way that maintains or
improves the consumer’s and society’s
well – being.
21
Factory Existing
products
Selling
and
promoting
Profits through
sales volume
Starting
point
Focus Means Ends
The selling concept
Market Customer
needs
Integrated
marketing
Profits through
customer
satisfaction
The marketing concept
The selling and Marketing Concepts Contrasted
22
Three Considerations Underlying The Societal
Marketing
Societal
marketing
concept
Society
(Human welfare)
Company
(Profits)
Consumers
(Want satisfaction)
23
MARKETING
CHALLENGES INTO THE
NEW CENTURY
 GROWTH OF NON-PROFIT MARKETING
 THE INFORMANTION TECHNOLOGY
BOOM
 RAPID GLOBALIZATION
 THE CHANGING WORLD ECONOMY
 THE CALL FOR MORE ETHICS AND
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
24
THE NEW MARKETING
LANDSCAPE
The past decade taught business firms
everywhere a humbling lesson. Domestic
companies learned that they can no longer
ignore global markets and competitors.
Successful firms in mature industries learned
that they cannot overlook emerging markets,
technologies, and management approaches.
Companies of every sort learned that they
cannot remain inwardly focused, ignoring the
needs of customers and their environment.
…………………………………
……….
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Marketing Management by Sonu Choudhary

  • 2. 2 What is Marketing? Marketing is the delivery of customer satisfaction at a profit.
  • 3. 3 The Goal of Marketing is: To attract new customer by promising superior value, and to keep current customers by delivering satisfaction.
  • 4. 4 About Marketing  Marketing, more than any other business function, deals with customers.  Creating customer value and satisfaction are at the very heart of modern marketing thinking and practice.  Some people believe that only large business organizations operating in highly developed economies use marketing, but sound marketing is critical to the success of every organization – whether large or small, for profit or non – profit, domestic or global.
  • 5. 5 Marketing Defined  Many people think of marketing only as selling and advertising.  Selling and advertising are only the tip of the marketing ice-berg.  Marketing is one of three key core functions that are central to all organizations.  Marketers act as the customers’ voice within the firm and marketers are responsible for many more decisions than just advertising or sales:  Analyse industries to identify emerging trends.  Determine which national and international markets to enter or exit.  Conduct research to understand consumer behavior.  Design integrated marketing mixes – products, prices, channels of distribution, and promotion programs. Marketing is a social and managerial process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and value with others.
  • 6. 6 marketing To explain marketing definition, we examine the following important terms :  Needs, wants, and demands  Products and services  Value, satisfaction and quality  Exchange, transactions, and relationships  Markets
  • 7. 7 Needs, Wants, and Demands Needs:  The most basic concept underlying marketing is that of human needs.  Human needs are states of felt deprivation.  Human have many complex needs:  Physical needs for food, clothing, warmth, and safety  Social needs or belonging and affection  Individual needs for knowledge and self – expression Wants:  Want are the form taken by human needs as they are shaped by culture and individual personality.  People have almost unlimited wants but limited resources.  They want to choose products that provide the most value and satisfaction for their money. Demands:  When backed by buying power, wants become demands.  Consumers view products as bundles of benefits and choose products that give them the best bundle for their money.
  • 8. 8 Products and Services Product:  Anything that can be offered to a market to satisfy a need or want.  The concept of product is not limited to physical objects – anything capable of satisfying a need can be called a product. Services:  In addition to tangible goods, products also include services, which are activities or benefits offered for sale that are essentially intangible and do not result in the ownership of anything.
  • 9. 9 Values, Satisfaction, and Quality Values:  Customer value is the difference between the values the customer gains from owning and using a product and the costs of obtaining the products.  Customers often do not judge product value and costs accurately or objectively. They act on perceived value. Satisfaction:  Customer satisfaction depends on a product’s perceived performance in delivering value relative to a buyer’s expectation.  If the product’s performance falls short of the customer’s expectations, the buyer is dissatisfied. Quality:  Customer satisfaction is closely linked to quality.  Quality has a direct impact on product performance.  Quality can be defined as “freedom from defects”.  TQM programs designed to constantly improve the quality of products, services, and marketing processes.
  • 10. 10 Exchange, Transactions, and Relationships Exchange :  The act of obtaining a desired object from someone by offering something in return Transaction :  A trade between two parties that involves at least two things of value, agreed – upon conditions a time of agreement, and a place of agreement. Relationship marketing :  The process of creating, maintaining, and enhancing strong, value – laden relationships with customers and other stakeholders
  • 11. 11 Markets The set of all actual and potential buyers of a product or service A simple marketing system Industry (a collection of sellers) Market (a collection of buyers) Communication Products / Services Money Information
  • 12. 12 Suppliers Competitors Company (marketer) Marketing intermediaries End user market Main actors and forces in a modern marketing system
  • 13. 13 Marketing Management The analysis, planning, implementation, and control of programs designed to create, build, and maintain beneficial exchanges with target buyers for the purpose of achieving organizational objectives.
  • 14. 14 Marketing Management Involves:  Demand Management : The organization has a desired level of demand for its products. At any point in time, There may be no demand, adequate demand, irregular demand, or too much demand, and marketing management must find ways to deal with these different demand states.  Building Profitable Customer Relationships : Beyond designing strategies to attract new customers and create transactions with them, companies now are striving to retain current customers and build lasting customer relationships.
  • 15. 15 MARKETING MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHIES  The role that marketing plays within a company varies according to the overall strategy and philosophy of each firm.  There are five alternative concepts under which organizations conduct their marketing activities:  Production concept  Product concept  Selling concept  Marketing concept  Societal marketing concepts
  • 16. 16 Production Concept The philosophy that consumers will favour products that are available and highly affordable and that management should therefore focus on improving production and distribution efficiency.
  • 17. 17 Product Concept The philosophy that consumers will favour products that offer the most quality, performance, and innovative features.
  • 18. 18 Selling Concept The idea that consumers will not buy enough of the organization’s products unless the organization undertakes a large – scale selling and promotion effort.
  • 19. 19 Marketing Concept The marketing management philosophy that holds that achieving organizational goals depends on determining the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions more effectively and efficiently than competitors do.
  • 20. 20 Societal Marketing Concept The idea that the organization should determine the needs, wants, and interests of target markets and deliver the desired satisfactions more effectively and efficiently than competitors in a way that maintains or improves the consumer’s and society’s well – being.
  • 21. 21 Factory Existing products Selling and promoting Profits through sales volume Starting point Focus Means Ends The selling concept Market Customer needs Integrated marketing Profits through customer satisfaction The marketing concept The selling and Marketing Concepts Contrasted
  • 22. 22 Three Considerations Underlying The Societal Marketing Societal marketing concept Society (Human welfare) Company (Profits) Consumers (Want satisfaction)
  • 23. 23 MARKETING CHALLENGES INTO THE NEW CENTURY  GROWTH OF NON-PROFIT MARKETING  THE INFORMANTION TECHNOLOGY BOOM  RAPID GLOBALIZATION  THE CHANGING WORLD ECONOMY  THE CALL FOR MORE ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
  • 24. 24 THE NEW MARKETING LANDSCAPE The past decade taught business firms everywhere a humbling lesson. Domestic companies learned that they can no longer ignore global markets and competitors. Successful firms in mature industries learned that they cannot overlook emerging markets, technologies, and management approaches. Companies of every sort learned that they cannot remain inwardly focused, ignoring the needs of customers and their environment.