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7. Marketing Strategies
Competitive Strategy
• Expanding the total demand
– Finding new users
– Discovering and promoting
new product uses
– Encouraging greater product
usage
• Protecting market share
– Many considerations
– Continuous innovation
• Expanding market share
– Profitability rises with market
share
Market Leader
Market
Challenger
Market
Follower
Market Nicher
Competitive
Positions
18- 3
Competitive Strategy
WD-40 has a knack for
developing new uses for its
product.
What other brands have
adopted a similar strategy?
WD40
18- 4
Competitive Strategy
• Option 1: challenge the
market leader
– High-risk but high-gain
– Sustainable competitive
advantage over the leader is
key to success
• Option 2: challenge firms of
the same size, smaller size or
challenge regional or local
firms
• Full frontal vs. indirect
attacks
Market Leader
Market
Challenger
Market
Follower
Market Nicher
Competitive
Positions
Pepsi is an
example of
market
challenger
that has
chosen to use
a full frontal
attack
Competitive Strategy
• Follow the market leader
– Focus is on improving
profit instead of market
share
– Many advantages:
• Learn from the market
leader’s experience
• Copy or improve on the
leader’s offerings
• Strong profitability
Market Leader
Market
Challenger
Market
Follower
Market Nicher
Competitive
Positions
Dial Corporation
successfully
uses a market
follower strategy
Competitive Strategy
• Serving market niches
means targeting
subsegments
• Good strategy for small
firms with limited
resources
• Offers high margins
• Specialization is key
– By market, customer,
product, or marketing mix
lines
Market Leader
Market
Challenger
Market
Follower
Market Nicher
Competitive
Positions
Stonyfield Farms Embraced
Corporate Enlightenment
Trends in Marketing Practices
• Reengineering
• Outsourcing
• Benchmarking
• Supplier partnering
• Customer partnering
• Merging
• Globalizing
• Flattening
• Focusing
• Accelerating
• Empowering
Organizing the
Marketing Department
• Functional Organization
• Geographic Organization
• Product- or Brand-Management Organization
• Market-Management Organization
• Matrix-Management Organization
Figure 22.1 Functional Organization
Tasks Performed by Brand Managers
• Develop long-range and competitive strategy for
each product
• Prepare annual marketing plan and sales forecast
• Work with advertising and merchandising agencies
to develop campaigns
• Increase support of the product among channel
members
• Gather continuous intelligence on product
performance, customer attitudes
• Initiate product improvements
Figure 22.2 The Product
Manager’s Interactions
Figure 22.3 Vertical Product Team
• PM = Product Manager
• APM = Associate PM
• PA = Product Assistant
Figure 22.3 Triangular Product Team
• PM = Product Manager
• R = Market Researcher
• C = Communication Specialist
Figure 22.3 Horizontal Product Team
• PM = Product Manager
• R = Market Researcher
• C = Communication Specialist
• S = Sales Manager
• D = Distribution Specialist
• F = Finance Specialist
• E = Engineer
Figure 22.4 Product/Marketing-Management
Matrix System
Building a Creative
Marketing Organization
• Developing a company-wide passion for customers
• Organizing around customer segments instead of
products
• Understanding customers through qualitative and
quantitative research
How Can CEOs Create a
Marketing-Focused Company?
• Convince senior management of the need to become
customer focused
• Appoint a senior marketing officer and marketing
task force
• Get outside guidance
• Change the company’s reward measurement and
system
• Hire strong marketing talent

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Ch 7

  • 2. Competitive Strategy • Expanding the total demand – Finding new users – Discovering and promoting new product uses – Encouraging greater product usage • Protecting market share – Many considerations – Continuous innovation • Expanding market share – Profitability rises with market share Market Leader Market Challenger Market Follower Market Nicher Competitive Positions
  • 3. 18- 3 Competitive Strategy WD-40 has a knack for developing new uses for its product. What other brands have adopted a similar strategy? WD40
  • 4. 18- 4 Competitive Strategy • Option 1: challenge the market leader – High-risk but high-gain – Sustainable competitive advantage over the leader is key to success • Option 2: challenge firms of the same size, smaller size or challenge regional or local firms • Full frontal vs. indirect attacks Market Leader Market Challenger Market Follower Market Nicher Competitive Positions
  • 5. Pepsi is an example of market challenger that has chosen to use a full frontal attack
  • 6. Competitive Strategy • Follow the market leader – Focus is on improving profit instead of market share – Many advantages: • Learn from the market leader’s experience • Copy or improve on the leader’s offerings • Strong profitability Market Leader Market Challenger Market Follower Market Nicher Competitive Positions
  • 7. Dial Corporation successfully uses a market follower strategy
  • 8. Competitive Strategy • Serving market niches means targeting subsegments • Good strategy for small firms with limited resources • Offers high margins • Specialization is key – By market, customer, product, or marketing mix lines Market Leader Market Challenger Market Follower Market Nicher Competitive Positions
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 12. Trends in Marketing Practices • Reengineering • Outsourcing • Benchmarking • Supplier partnering • Customer partnering • Merging • Globalizing • Flattening • Focusing • Accelerating • Empowering
  • 13. Organizing the Marketing Department • Functional Organization • Geographic Organization • Product- or Brand-Management Organization • Market-Management Organization • Matrix-Management Organization
  • 14. Figure 22.1 Functional Organization
  • 15. Tasks Performed by Brand Managers • Develop long-range and competitive strategy for each product • Prepare annual marketing plan and sales forecast • Work with advertising and merchandising agencies to develop campaigns • Increase support of the product among channel members • Gather continuous intelligence on product performance, customer attitudes • Initiate product improvements
  • 16. Figure 22.2 The Product Manager’s Interactions
  • 17. Figure 22.3 Vertical Product Team • PM = Product Manager • APM = Associate PM • PA = Product Assistant
  • 18. Figure 22.3 Triangular Product Team • PM = Product Manager • R = Market Researcher • C = Communication Specialist
  • 19. Figure 22.3 Horizontal Product Team • PM = Product Manager • R = Market Researcher • C = Communication Specialist • S = Sales Manager • D = Distribution Specialist • F = Finance Specialist • E = Engineer
  • 21. Building a Creative Marketing Organization • Developing a company-wide passion for customers • Organizing around customer segments instead of products • Understanding customers through qualitative and quantitative research
  • 22. How Can CEOs Create a Marketing-Focused Company? • Convince senior management of the need to become customer focused • Appoint a senior marketing officer and marketing task force • Get outside guidance • Change the company’s reward measurement and system • Hire strong marketing talent