3. Two perspectives of marketing
Marketing research and market analysis
- Data mining :
- About customers, competition, industry
Marketing communication
- Advertising, sales promotion, PR and
personal sales
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4. Marketing in SMEs vs. large comp.
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Lack of formalised planning
Restricted scope and activity
Simplistic and random
Product and price orientation
Owner-manager involvement
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5. Marketing approaches
Top-down theory
• Segmentation
• Targeting
• Positioning
Bottom-up practise (stages of targeting)
• Identification of market opportunity
• Attraction of an initial customer base
• Expansion through more of the same
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7. Marketing analysis
Primary vs. secondary data
• Personal research (product samples testing, questionaire
survey, interviews, group discussion)
• Statistic data (geodemographic and economical
databases)
• Competition information
(mysteryshopping, observation, free accesible data –
websites, etc.)
• Expert estimates
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8. Industry and market
What is your industry? Where your sales
activities take place?
Definition of your market:
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Product point of view
Geographic point of view
Information about market
Size, trends, biggest players (shares)...
Porter 5 forces
PESTLE
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11. Competition
• Direct and indirect competition
• Different levels of competition
• Geographic, product and customer aspect of
competition
• Strenhts, weaknesses, product portfolio
overview, pricing...
• Competitive edge – unique characteristic of your
business compared to the competition
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12. similar products
similar target market
same fundamental solutions
to the consumers’ needs substitution
Everyone else
Budget competition
Potential competition
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13. Target groups
• Who is my typical customer?
• criteria of segmentation,
• Definition and description of 1 or more target
groups
• Quantification – specific estimate of target group
size
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16. B2C vs. B2B
B2C
B2B
Product driven
Relationship driven
Maximize the value of the
transaction
Maximize the value of the
relationship
Large target market
Small, focused target market
Single step buying process, shorter
sales cycle
Multi-step buying process, longer
sales cycle
Brand identity created through
repetition and imagery
Brand identity created on personal
relationship
Merchandising and point of
purchase activities
Educational and awareness building
activities
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Emotional buying decision based on Rational buying decision based on
status, desire, or price
business value
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18. B2C vs. B2B
B2C
B2B
Product driven
Relationship driven
Maximize the value of the relationship
Maximize the value of the
transaction
Large target market
Single step buying process,
shorter sales cycle
Brand identity created
through repetition and
imagery
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Merchandising and point of
purchase activities
Emotional buying decision
based on status, desire, or
price
Small, focused target market
Multi-step buying process, longer sales
cycle
Brand identity created on personal
relationship
Educational and awareness building
activities
Rational buying decision based on business
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value
23. Direct Selling
• Direct communication with potential and existing
customers
• Important part of marketing and sales process in
SMEs (especially in B2B)
• Cost of direct selling – key issue
• Cold calls vs. warm calls – power of references
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24. Direct Selling
• Myths and legends
• Negative perception of DS
• Pros and cons
• Independence, responsibility for own results
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25. E-mail vs. phone vs. personal sale
• E-mail : 1:1000 – 1:100 000 probability of positive
feedback
• Phone : 1:100 – 1:1000
• Personal sale : 1:5 – 1:50
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31. Pipeline
What is the
pipeline ratio?
What is the cost
of aquisition of a
new customer?
New
customers
Existing cust.
(structure, p
urchase
behavior)
What is retention
rate? What is
retention costs? What
is customer lifecycle
looks like?
Outgoing Why leaving?
Leaving to
competition?
What would
convince them
to return?
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36. Marketing
Communications
"Marketing communications are the means by which firms attempt to
inform, persuade, and remind consumers - directly, or indirectly - about
the products and brands that they sell.„ – Philip Kotler (Marketing Guru)