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product (characteristics and features)
price (appropriate market price)
promotion (communicating the product’s benefits)
place (distribution of the product in markets).
In order to gain a competitive advantage over rivals, companies create brands that represent aspirations and a desirable image of life that the customer would like to identify with.
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Once you have a website you need to attract customers. The key to success is the development of a marketing plan which includes a mix of offline & online routes.
The various activities of the marketing process are referred to as the marketing mix and traditionally include the four Ps:
product (characteristics and features)
price (appropriate market price)
promotion (communicating the product’s benefits)
place (distribution of the product in markets).
In order to gain a competitive advantage over rivals, companies create brands that represent aspirations and a desirable image of life that the customer would like to identify with.
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Pure marketing starts with Marketing strategies.a base of marketing strategy to achieve a target market is discussed in marketing mix.A Power point which consists of all information's about what a marketing mix is and what are all its types and how it can be used effectively.
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Once you have a website you need to attract customers. The key to success is the development of a marketing plan which includes a mix of offline & online routes.
This includes a wide range of online options including social networks, search engine optimisation, Pay for Click advertising and marketing offline. Where to start?
Our two part workshop will guide you through the different online options and how to access, implement, measure and evaluate them.
You will learn:
• How to identify & incorporate the most effective options into your marketing plan
• Targeting niche markets
• Ways to use social networks e.g. blogs, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook
• Getting the most out of using social networks
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2. What is marketing?
Marketing is the process of developing,
promoting, and distributing products to satisfy
customers’ needs and wants.
3. Marketing defined
Marketing is...the process of planning and
executing the conception, pricing, promotion,
and distribution of ideas, goods, services,
organizations, and events to create exchanges
that will satisfy individual and organizational
objectives. (AMA 1985)
4. Key ideas in the definition
Process involving strategy and tactics
4 Ps
More than goods
Exchange is central
Satisfy consumer and organizational needs
5. What besides goods can we
market?
People
Places
Causes
Events
Organizations
profit
nonprofit
6. What value is created by
marketing?
Form utility
Place utility
Time utility
Possession utility
7. What value is created by
marketing?
Form utility
Place utility
Time utility
Possession utility
8. What value is created by
marketing?
Form utility
Place utility
Time utility
Possession utility
9. The ‘eras’ of business
Production era
Sales era
Marketing era
Relationship era
10. The production era/concept
“Consumers will buy whatever we produce.”
Often feasible with excess demand (a seller’s
market)
11. The sales era/concept
“We need to work at selling what we produce.”
Often motivated by excess supply (a buyer’s
market)
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12. What is marketing myopia?
A focus on products or processes rather than
on customer groups and needs
Examples:
trains and trucks
slide rules and calculators
natural and artificial fibers
13. The marketing era/concept
“We need to understand consumers needs
and wants in order to decide what to produce.”
Focus externally: on the market
Company wide orientation
14. The marketing relationship
era/concept
Movement away from the single transaction as
cornerstone of marketing
A focus on building long term relationships
with customers
Why?
cost of getting a new customer
cost of keeping an old customer
Activities that build long term relationships
15. The Marketing Mix
The marketing mix consists of four basic
marketing strategies known as the 4 P’s.
Product
Promotion
Place
Price
16. The 4 P’s of Marketing
explained
Product Promotion Place Price
1. Is there a
demand for
the product or
service?
2. How to make
the product
appeal to
consumer
3. Packaging—
includes the
design, color,
size, and
brand names
1. Making
customers
aware of a
product
2. Advertising
3. Coupons
4. Rebates
5. Sales
6. Free give
aways
7. Publicity
1. Distribution is
getting the
right product
to the right
place at the
right time in
the right
amount and in
the right
condition
2. Storage
3. Warehousing
4. Transporting
1. How much are
customers
willing to pay?
2. Is the price
competitive
with other
products?
3. Can the
company
make a profit?
17. The Marketing Mix – 4 P’s
Complete Worksheet 1 – The Marketing Mix
Taaza Tindi Restaurant. List and define the 4
P’s.
P P
P P P
The
Marketing
Mix
18. Grab bag product development
Organize into teams of 4 to 5 students. Grab a
bag from your teacher. The bag is filled with
several different items. Your challenge is to
create a new product using the items in your
bag. You do not have to use all of the items in
the bag, but you are limited to what is in it.
19. Product Development
Step 1: Look at the items in your bag. Begin
to generate ideas of what product you can
develop. Be creative! Workers often get
together to think of new products. This is
called brainstorming.
Complete Worksheet – Product Development
21. Company Name
Creating a winning company name takes some
thought but is one of the most important things
you’ll do during the process of starting a
company.
So how do you create a winning company
name? Get together for a company name
brainstorming session. Many company names
are incorporated into the logo. Work through
these five rules for choosing a company name:
22. 5 rules for choosing a company
name.
A winning company name
has to be memorable – but
easy to spell.
A winning company name
needs a visual element.
A winning company name
should have a positive
connotation.
A winning company name
may include information
about what your company
does.
A winning company name
has to be fairly short.
23. Logos
The word logo means: a
name, symbol or trademark
designed for easy
recognition. A logo is a
graphical representation of
the company. It consists of
symbols, illustrations and / or
graphic print design. The logo
should attract attention. It
produces a first impression of
your product.
How many logos are you
familiar with on this slide?
24. Logos
Create your company name and logo now
Keep in mind the 5 Principles of effective Logo
Design.
25. Target Market
A specific group of consumers at which a
company aims its products and services is
called a target market. Your target customers
are those who are most likely to buy from you.
26. How to identify your target
market
Ask some of these questions when
identifying your target market:
Are your target customers
male/female or both?
How old are they?
Where do they live? Is geography a
limiting factor for any reason?
What do they do for a living?
How much money do they make?
This is most significant if you're
selling relatively expensive or luxury
items.
What other aspects of their lives
matter? If you're launching a roof-
tiling service, your target customers
probably own their homes.
What are they willing to pay for your
product?
27. Complete Target Market Survey
Identify your target market. Complete
worksheet #4 in Excel.
TARGET MARKET SURVEY
Worksheet #4
Company Name: Transforms
Product Name:
The Wand (when running the wand over clothes it changes to a
different outfit)
Survey at least 10 class members regarding your product. Ask students if your product is suited towards a particular gender,
age group, and price range. You may change age group ranges if needed. Determine 3 different price ranges and type them in
the fields below. Type a 1 in the columns that best completes the answer. If the product is for an older population, students
would state whether a parent or sibling might buy the product. Sum totals in row 18. Complete the worksheet.
Gender Age group of potential customers Price Range Would Purchase
Male Female 10-20 21-30 31 and up $40-$50 $51-$60 $61-$80 Yes No
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
5 5 7 2 1 4 2 5 8 2
28. Advertising
Now the target market survey
is complete you are ready to
create an advertisement.
Why do companies advertise?
To promote their products and
services.
There are many forms of
advertisements including
newspapers, magazines, TV,
radio, bill boards, flyers, web,
etc.
After analyzing your target
market survey, create an
advertisement aimed at your
customers.
29. Creating Advertisements
Catchy slogans are great forms of
advertisement.
Your logos can also be used as advertisement.
Advertisements need to catch the interest of
the target market and create a desire for
consumers to buy your product!
30. Logos and Slogans
Complete Worksheet #5 – Logos and Slogans
Complete Worksheet #6 – Create your team
slogan
31. Create a Print Advertisement
Create an advertisement for your
product in Microsoft Office
Publisher or Word.
Refer to the 4 P’s. Use words
and graphics to identify and
explain how the product fits into
the 4 P’s.
Use an 8.5 X 11 inch paper.
Include a picture of your product
on the poster.
Include your company name,
logo, and slogan.
Use the Print Ad Rubric, for
guidelines.
32. Commercials
Create a commercial advertising your
product.
Your commercial should be only one
minute long and may be videotaped.
This will be presented in front of the class.
33. Commercial
Complete Worksheet
Use the Commercial Video Rubric for
guidelines while planning and producing
your commercial.
Produce commercial.
Present commercial to class.