6. Rural Marketing?
▪ It is a process involving activities such as assessing, stimulating
and converting the purchasing power to prospects
▪ It is a process with two objectives
– Customer satisfaction and enhancement of standards of living
– Reaching Organisation Goals
▪ It involves application of strategies and tools based on
understanding of the consumer
▪ It involves design of products and related components of the
marketing mix
8. Why?
Doing business without Knowing your Consumer is like
winking at a pretty girl in dark.
You only know what you are doing but not the pretty girl.
What are the chances that she will respond ?????
10. Consumer Behaviour
(Factors influencing Consumer Behaviour)
▪ How do the marketing and environmental factors, along with his personal
characteristics, influence the consumer’s thinking and his decision making process?
(Consumer Decision-Making Process)
▪ What stimulates a consumer to look for product or services?
▪ How does the consumer know about products and services that can fulfil his needs?
▪ How does he consume or use the product or services?What may be his feelings and
reaction?
(Buyer Behaviour)
▪ How does the buyer take decision? How does he buy?Where, when and what does he
buy?
11. Factors Influencing Consumer Behavior
Personal
Age and life cycle
stage
Occupation Economic Situation Lifestyle
Personality and self-
concept
Social
Reference group Family Roles and status
Environmental Factor
Technological Factors Economic factor Political Factor
Cultural
Culture Subculture Social class
13. Buyer Behaviour
▪ Other people often influence a consumers purchase decision.The
marketer needs to know which people are involved in the buying
decision and what role each person plays, so that marketing
strategies can also be aimed at these people. (Kotler et al, 1994).
Purchase
Decision
Initiator
Influencer
Decider
Buyer
User
18. Product strategy
Escort was the first organization to position its
motor cycle “Rajdoot” as one that could cope with
the rugged terrain of rural India “Jandaar Sawari
Shandar Sawari” which was successful in the market.
19. Understanding of valued product
Value consciousness is big driver for the rural
market, consumers are extremely aware of equation
of price, quality and image
Eat healthy think
better
Swast khao tan man jagao
Customer behaviour study is based on consumer buying behaviour, with the customer playing the three distinct roles of user, payer and buyer.
Consumer Behaviour is a branch which deals with the various stages a consumer goes through before purchasing products or services for his end use.