What

is Marketed???
Goods Services Events Persons Organiza9ons Places Proper9es

Deni9on of Marke9ng
1. The Chartered Ins9tute of Marke9ng The management process responsible for iden5fying , an5cipa5ng and sa5sfying customer requirements protably 2. Philip Kotler denes marke9ng as sa%sfying needs and wants through an exchange process'

Core Marke9ng Concept

1. Needs:- Basic Human Requirements like, air, food, water, clothing, shelter Dierent people have dierent needs some of them are as follows: Physical needs: This types of need is related to food, clothing and shelter. Safety needs: Under this need, people want protec9on from physical harm and economic threat. Social needs: Under this need, they want love, friendship and belongingness. Ego needs: Under this need, they want status recogni9on and self- esteem. Self development needs: They want knowledge, achievement and crea9vity. 2. Wants :- Needs become want when they are directed to specic objects that may sa9sfy need. 3. Demand: they are wants for specic products backed by an ability to pay

Dierence between Selling & Marke9ng

Selling
Emphasis on Product Company manufacture product rst and then sell it Management is sales volume oriented

Marke%ng
Emphasis on Consumer needs , wants Company rst determine customer needs &s wants rst , then decide on how to deliver a product to sa9sfy want Management is prot oriented

Planning is short-run oriented, in terms of Planning is long-run oriented, in terms of todays product & markets new product & tomorrow's markets, future growth Views business as a good producing process Emphasis is on staying with exis9ng technology & reducing cost Views business as a Consumer Sa9sfy ing process Emphasis is on innova9on in every sphere, on providing be]er value to the customer by adop9ng a superior technology

Marke9ng Concepts
1. The Produc9on Concept
The more we make, the more protable we become Basic proposi9on:- Customer will choose products & Services that are widely available and are of low cost Intensive Distribu9on Strategy Can lead to poor quality of service & higher level of impersonaliza9on

2. The Product Concept

Consumers will favor those products that oers a]ributes viz- performance & innova9ve features Technology Push Model Focus on developing superior products & improving the exis9ng product lines over a period of 9me. Managers forget to read consumers mind & launch product based on their own technology research Innova9ve enters a market before the market is ready for product Innova9ve products are launched before educa9ng customer Onida (Golden Eye Technology)

3. The Selling Concept

Applicable in unsought goods like-life insurance, vacuum cleaner, re equipments as they strong network of sales force Goal is to sell what they produce rather what consumer wants Breeds the misconcep9on that marke9ng is all about selling Assump9on- customer will certainly buy the product aber persuasion and if dissa9sed will not complain

4. The Marke9ng Concept

Target market Customer need Integrated marke9ng communica9on Protability Selling focuses on need of the seller and Marke9ng focuses on the Buyer

5. The Societal Marke9ng

Cause Related Marke9ng

 Reengineering:-Appoin9ng teams to manage customer-value building process & break down walls between departments Outsourcing:- Buying more goods & services from outside domes9c or foreign vendors Benchmarking:- studying best prac9ce companies to improve performance Supplier Partnering:-Partnering with fewer but fewer value-adding suppliers Customer Partnering:- working more closely with customers to add value to their opera9ons Merging:- Acquiring or merging with rms in the same or complementary industries to gain economies of scale & scope

Trends in Marke9ng

 Globalizing:- Increase eort to think global and act global Focusing:- Determine the most protable business & customer & focusing on them Empowering:- Encouraging & empowering personnel to produce more ideas & take more ini9a9ve

 Segmenta9on
Market Segmenta9on is a process of dividing a market into groups of segmenta9on having similar set of needs & wants.

Bases of Segmenta9on
1. Geographic Segmenta9on Marketers divide the target market into dierent geographical units such as na9ons, states and regions

Demographic variables include factors like age, gender, family size, family life cycle, income, occupa9on, educa9onal, marital status, religion, race, genera9on, na9onality, Social Class. Age:- Life Cycle:- Dierent stages of life cycle are:
Childhood Bachelorhood Young Married Couples without children Couple with grown up kids Couples with Children living away from parents Single Nest( where one is dead)

[Link] Segmenta9on

 Gender:- Male, Female ( Lakme for females) Social Class:-

Lower-Lower Class Upper-Lower Class Lower-Middle Class Upper-Middle Class Working Class Lower-Upper Class Upper-Upper Class

[Link] Segmenta9on
Psychographic is the study of lifestyle of individuals. It reects the persons living as a combina9on of his ac9ons, interests and opinion. People with higher resources:- 1. Innovators:- people who are sophis9cated , successful, ac9ve, self esteem, prone to accept new innova9ons, niche 2. Thinkers:- people who are mature , sa9sed, oben mo9vated by values , ideals. Choose durable and func9onal products 3. Achievers:- people who are successful & are always goal oriented. Prefer high priced products which reects their success & achievements 4. Experiencers:- people who are young, enthusias9c , impulsive and look for variety & exitnment. Spend on fashion, ent, personal care products

People with lower resources:-

Believers:- Favor popular & familiar products and are oben loyal to many brands Strivers:- Favor Stylish Product that emulate or copy the products used by resourceful segments. Makers:- Favor American Brands Survivors:- they are found to be loyal to their age-old brands.

Behavioral Variables- User Status:- Nonusers, Ex-Users, Poten9al Users, First 9me Users, Regular Users Occasions:- Valen9ne Day, Birthday, anniversaries, fes9vals. Usage Rate:- Light, Medium & Heavy Product Users Loyalty Status:- Hard Core Loyal, Split Loyal, Shibing Loyal, Switchers Aktude:- enthusias9c, Posi9ve, Nega9ve [Link] Segmenta%on

[Link] Segmenta9on

 Advantages of Segmenta9on
1. Homogenous Market 2. Clear Dis9nc9on between Segments 3. Compe99ve Situa9on in each of segments

Target Marke9ng
Target Market is dened as a set of buyers sharing common needs or characteris%cs that the company decides to serve.

Types of Target Market

1. Single Segment Concentra9on:- Ex:-Jonson-Johnson only for kids. 2. Selec9ve Specializa9on:- Separate product for separate market segment Ex:- Nescafe coee for late nighters 3. Product Specializa9on:- One product for all markets. Ex:- Mahindra Jeeps, Nilkamal (plas9c furniture) 4. Market Specializa9ons:- Dierent products in single market. Ex:- Lakme 5. Full Market:- HLL, Tata

Posi9oning
The act of developing a product oer and selec9ng an image to occupy a dis9nc9ve place in the minds of the target Market Al Ries & Jack Trout

Posi9oning Errors
1. 2. 3. 4. Under Posi9oning:- Crystal Clear Pepsi Over Posi9oning:- Diamonds Doubmul Posi9oning:- FrukGreen Mango Confused Posi9oning:-Next Desktop Computers

Dierent Posi9oning Possibili9es

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. A]ribute Posi9oning:- Dabur, Disney land Benet:- Bournvita Applica9on:- Harpic User:- Bajaj Pulsar( for males) Compe99on:- Pepsi/Coke Product Category:- Bajaj Alliance Quality/Price:- Dove

 A product is anything, which is oered to the market to sa9sfy consumer needs and wants. Layers of the product Core Layer:- explain the reason for which customer is making purchase. This explains the reason why of buying product. Ex:-Hotel for rest and sleep Basic Product Layer:- Consumer looks at basic u9li9es, like physical features, tangible elements of product Ex:- hotel room includes bed,towel,bathroom,desk

Product

 Expected Product Layer:- It is a set of a]ributes and condi9ons and condi9ons buyers normally expect out of product. Ex:-Hotel guest expects clean bed, fresh towel, rela9ve degree of quiet Augmented Product Layer:- is the associate services and cues, which help the product to deliver beyond the expecta9on level of consumer. Poten9al Product Layer:- Here all the possible augmenta9ons and transforma9ons the oer may undergo in near future.

Classica9on of Products
1. Durability and Tangibility
Non-Durable goods Durable goods Services

2. Consumer Goods

3. Industrial goods

Convenience goods Shopping goods Specialty goods Unsought goods

Material and parts Capital items Supplies and business services( include maintenance & repair services ex:-window cleaning, adver9sing , legal, management consultancy)

 Classica9on on the basis of Durability and Tangibility Durability explains the a verage life of the product
available for consump9on. Tangibility explains the physical a]ributes of the product. 1. Non-durable goods:- They are purchased frequently and consumed very oben. Smooth distribu9on & intensive availability. Ex:- FMCG 2. Durable goods:- these product need more personal selling, aber sales service, they oer higher margin & backed up by guarantee & warranty. Ex:- TV, Freeze.

 Classica9on on the basis of Consumer Goods( on the basis of shopping habits) frequently purchased. They 1. Convenience Goods:- these are goods
oben buy in frequent consump9on situa9on and purchased with minimum eorts. EX:- soaps, news papers, burnol, chocolate. 2. Shopping Goods:- these are goods that the consumer purchase by undergoing a compara9ve process of selec9on & purchase on base like price, suitability, style , quality. Ex:- furniture, electrical appliances. 3. Specialty Goods:- There is hardly any comparison as each brand is unique and dierent. Buyer is ready to spend more 9me & eort while purchasing. Ex:- Clothing. 4. Unsought Goods:-Goods the consumer does not know about or does not normally think of buying. They need adver9sing, personal selling. Ex:- insurance, re alarms

Convenience Goods
Staple Goods:- Consumer purchase on regular basis. Ex:- Tooth Paste & Soap Impulse Goods:- Consumer Purchase without any planning or search eort. Ex:- Magazine, Chocolate Emergency Goods :- Consumer purchase on urgent need. There is no previous decision to buy them but consumer is force to buy due to emergency situa9on. Ex:- Umbrella, an9sep9c cream

1. Material and Parts:- are goods that enter the manufacturer's product completely. They are of two types namely raw & manufactured materials. a. Raw Materials(farm & natural products) like rice, maize, co]on and sh, petroleum gas, iron viz. Long term supply contracts are common phenomena in this category b. Manufactured Material( yarn ->cloth, small motor, 9res, cement) 2. Capital Items:- they are long las9ng goods that facilitate developing or managing the nished products .( factories , oces, generators, computers, elevator)

Classica9on on the basis of Industrial goods

Packaging
Packaging is dene as all the ac9vi9es of designing & Producing the container for a product. Package is buyers rst encounter with the product & is capable of turning the buyer on or o. Package might include up to 3 level of material:
Primary Package ( cool water comes in bo]le) Secondary Package ( in cardboard box) Shipping Package ( in corrugated box containing six dozen boxes)

Func9ons of Packaging
Iden9fy the brand. Convey descrip9ve & persuasive informa9on Facilitate product transporta9on & Protec9on Assist at Home Storage * Aesthe9c Considera9on relate to package size, Shape, Color, text & graphic. Blue is cool, red is ac9ve & lively, yellow is medicinal & weak, pastel colors for feminine and dark for masculine

Labeling & Trade Mark

Label may be a simple tag the a]ached to the product or an elaborately designed graphic that is a part of package. It may carry only brand name or great deal of informa9on( who made it, when it was made, where it was made, how is to be used, what it contains) Trademark is a name, symbol or other device iden9fying a product ocially registered & legally restricted to the use of the owner or manufacturer. Ex:- Onida- Devil, Maharaja- Airline

 Price is the amount of money or other items with u9lity needed of acquire a product By W.J Stanton,[Link] Price is equal to the total product oering By [Link] Pricing is the art of conver9ng value in quanta9ve or monetary terms. or Pricing is the func9on of determining the product or service or idea value in monetary terms by the marke9ng manager before it is oered to the target consumer for sale.

Price

Types of Informa9on Required for Pricing Decisions

Type of Informa%on
Product Informa%on

Details of Informa%on
Details of Product Cost Excise Du9es Floor Price & Ceiling Price Regula9ons Packaging Requirement Product Guarantee & Aber Sales services Major Compe9tors Product sta9s9cs Consump9on Pa]ern- Seasonal varia9on if any Brand image, Brand Loyalty & Consumer Preferences Sales Promo9on Requirements, including media cost Channel of Distribu9ons Market Share of the rm Product capacity of rm

Market Informa%on

Micro Level Informa%on

Importance of Pricing
1. Price is the Pivot of an Economy:- 2. Price regulates demand:-To increase the demand reduce the price and increase the price to reduce the demand. It may defame even a good product & fame well a bad product too. 3. Price is compe99ve weapon:- 4. Price is the determinant of protability:- 5. Price is a decision input:-

 Cash Discount:- A price reduc9on to buyers who pay bill promptly. Ex:- 2/10, net 30 means that payment is due within 30 days and that the buyer can deduct 2% by paying the bill within 10 days. Quan9ty Discount:- A price reduc9on to those who buy large volumes, it must be oered equally to all customers and must not exceed the cost savings to seller. They can be oered on each order place or on the number of units ordered over a given period of 9me. Seasonal Discount:- A price reduc9on to those who buy merchandise or services out of season. Hotels, airlines oer seasonal discounts in slow selling periods.

 Func9onal Discount:- also called trade discount oered by manufacturer to trade- channel members if they will perform certain func9ons such as selling, storing. Allowances:- An extra payment designed to gain reseller par9cipa9on in special programs. Trade-in allowances are granted for turning in an old item when buying a new one. Promo9onal allowances reward dealers for par9cipa9ng in adver9sing and sales support programs.

Factors Inuencing Pricing

A. Internal Factors:- 1. Organiza9onal Factors 2. Marke9ng Mix:- Pricing decision must seen not in isola9on but as a part of total marke9ng strategy & should avoid conict with other elements (Product, Place, Promo9on) 3. Product Dieren9a9on:- It is the ability of a manufacturer to make his product dis9nct from others in market. This can be package design, color, smell, adver9sing theme. Ex:- Toilet Soap 4. Product Cost 5. PLC

[Link] Objec9ve:- It provides the focus for framing policies & strategies. There are 9 objec9ves which are:- a) Survival :- It is a short run or temporary goal and is insisted only when the rm faces a survival crisis. Once , it turns the corner, it shibs to other objec9ve. b) Target Return on Investment:- This objec9ve expects a certain predetermined rate of return on capital employed on period of 9me. That is sales revenue arrived at the end of nancial year is enough to cover all the costs & leave desired margin equal to the rate of return. c) Market Share:- It is normally expressed as a percentage of total industry sale.

d) Price & Prot Stabiliza9on:- Stabilizing price & prots can be a long term objec9ve of a rm. Fluctua9ng prices having uctua9ng prots brings into play unwanted force aec9ng the rms economic health and status in market place. Stable price helps in preven9ng price wars amongst the compe9tors. e) Resource Mobiliza9on:- Price are deliberately set high in certain products so as to make not more prots but to generate more surplus for the purpose of reinvestment in the same rms or other. Ex:- Petrol f) Mee9ng Killer Compe99on

g) Prot maximiza9on:- It can be a long term objec9ve because at the early stage of PLC, there is need for building up minimum market share, sales volume which is possible with a lower prices & lower margin. However, a long run prot maximiza9on is very dicult to es9mate because, the environment is hard to predict beyond the short run. h) Maintaining the image:- It is the sum total of the impression that the people have about the rm. It is about the products-packages-trademarks- brand name and the marke9ng programme. 7. Func9onal Posi9on

B. External Factors:- 1. Product Demand 2. Compe99on 3. Economic Condi9ons 4. Buyer Behavior

 This involves process to place the nished goods from a manufacturer to a customer for nal consump9on and usage. Channel intermediaries are those organiza9on , which connect the manufacturer with the consumer and help in distribu9on of the product Consumer Intermediaries Producer Distribu9on Channel

Place

 Intermediaries are involved in taking physical ownership of the product, collec9ng payments and oering aber sales services. They act as a middleman between consumer and producer in the distribu9on system. Levels of Channels ( how many intermediaries are there between consumer & producer) 1. Direct Marke9ng or Zero level Channel:- It has no intermediaries. In this, distribu9on system, the goods go from producer direct to consumer, co use their own sales force to reach consumer. Ex:- Eureka Forbes Consumer Producer

 Here third part is involved in the distribu9on of products and services of a rm. a. One Level Channel: There is only one intermediary, it can be retailer or a distributor. Consumer Retailer Producer Producer Distributor Consumer Ex: washing machine, Refrigerator

Indirect Marke9ng Channel

 [Link] Level Channel:- Producer Wholesaler/Distributor c. Three Level Channel:-

Producer Wholesaler Distributor

Retailer

Consumer

Retailer

Consumer

Ex:- Convenience Products(newspaper, choclates,cigra]e) d. Four Level Channel:- Agent Distributor Wholesaler Producer Ex:- Consumer durables

Retailer

Consumer

Func9ons of Marke9ng Channels

Func%ons Buying Descrip%ons Purchasing a broad assortment of goods from the producer or other channel members.

Carrying Inventory Assuming the risks associated with purchasing and holding an inventory Selling Performing ac9vi9es required for selling goods to consumer or other channel member Arranging for the shipment of goods to the desired des9na9on Providing funds required to cover the cost of channel ac9vi9es Contribu9ng to na9onal & local adver9sement engaging in personal selling eorts A]emp9ng to determine the nal price of goods & the terms of payment & delivery Providing informa9on regarding the needs of consumers

Transpor9ng Financing Promo9ng

Nego9a9ng Marke9ng

1. Company Sales Force:- Company uses its own sales force for direct marke9ng. The manager can assign sales quota for each territory and sell products directly. 2. Middlemen:- It refers to just about anybody ac9ng as intermediary between the producer & consumer 3. Agent or Broker:-Agents generally work for producers con9nuously , Whereas broker may be employed for just any deal. 4. Wholesaler:- are organiza9ons that buy from producer & sell to retailer & organiza9onal customers. 5. Retailer:- They sell directly to nal customer.

Types of Intermediaries

6. Distributor:-They perform func9ons like including inventory management, personal selling & nancing. The agent works on commission basis, distributor deal on their own account. 7. Dealer:- same as distributor, but some says that dealer as those intermediaries who sell only to nal customer no to other intermediaries 8. Value Added Resellers:- they buy basic product from the producer and add value to it or depending on the nature of product modify it, and then resell it to nal customers 9. Carrying & Forwarding Agents:- they assist the ow of products and informa9on's to marke9ng channels including banking & insurance func9ons. Assistance is required in service like transporta9on & Storage ( C& F Agent), risk coverage (insurance) & nancial Services.

Func9ons of Retailing

Collect Product assortment & oer them for sale

Retailers

Provide Informa9on

Mark Prices and pay for goods

Conclude transac9ons with nal consumer

Is the study of how individual, groups, and organiza9ons select, buy, use and dispose of goods, service, ideas or experience to sa9sfy their needs and wants. Consumer buying behavior is inuenced by:- 1. Cultural 2. Social 3. Personal Factors

Consumer Behavior

Cultural Factors
Culture is dened as a complex of values, ideas, aktudes and other meaningful symbol created by man to shape human behavior and the ar9facts of that behavior as they are transmi]ed from one genera9on to the next. Ex:- Swas9ka is a scared symbol of Hindus whereas its slight modied version represents a symbol of hatred in Europe. Subculture provides more specic iden9ca9on & socializa9on for their members. It includes religions, racial groups and geographical regions.

It includes reference groups, family and social role and status aect our buying behavior. a. A reference group are all the groups that have a direct (face to face) or indirect inuence in their aktudes on behavior. Groups having direct inuence are called membership group. Primary groups are those with whom the person interacts fairly con9nuously and informally such as friend, family. Secondary group , such as religion, professional which are more formal & require less interac9on. Aspira%onal Groups:- people are inuenced by group to which they do not belong. Dissocia%ve groups:- are those whose values or individual rejects

Social Factors

b. family:- dened as two or more people related by blood, marriage or adop9on that reside together. Nuclear Family:- husband& wife and one or more children Extended Family:- nuclear family together at least one grand parent living. c. Role & Status:- A role consist of the set of ac9vi9es a person is expected to perform. Each role carries a status

Personal Factors
a. Age & stage in the life cycle:-
Stage Bachelorhood Newly Married Couples Full Nest Stage I Full Nest Stage II Full Nest Stage III Empty Nest I Stage Characteris%cs Young People not living at home Young People without Children Begin with the birth of rst child in family Youngest child at least 6 yrs old Teenaged or college going children Older married couples without any dependent children living with them Death of a life partner Buying PaMerns Fashionable & Recrea9on goods Fashionable & leisure ar9cles, furnishings, utensils Childs cloth, food & medical expenses Childs toy to bicycle & educa9on of children Educa9onal expenses Travel or home improvement Medical expenses Special needs for a]en9on, loving care & security

Solitary Stage

b. Occupa9on & economic Circumstances: A blue collar- worker will buy clothes, work shoes whereas C.E.O will buy dress suit, air travel country club membership c. Personality & Self Concept:- It refers to a persons consistent way of responding to a wide range of situa9ons. It also explains totality of a persons make up rather than focusing on specic ac9on that one will take in par9cular situa9on Ex:- Raymond's, Santoor Consumer oben choose & use brands that have a brand personality consistent with their own actual self concept(how we view ourselves),ideal self concept(how we would like to view ourselves), Self concept(how we think other see us) used to develop brand personality

d. Lifestyle:- A lifestyle is a persons pa]ern of living in the world as expressed in ac9vi9es, interests, & opinions. It portray the whole person interac9ng with his environment. They are shaped partly by whether consumer are money or 9me constrained

Five Stage model of the consumer buying process

Problem Recogni9ons

Informa9on search

Evalua9on of alterna9ves

Purchase Decision

Post Purchase Behavior

1: Personal Consumer: Personal consumer is that consumer who purchases goods and services for his own personal consump9on or uses. We can say that consumer is also called to be the ul9mate or nal person because when the marketer produces the goods then he hand over the goods to personal consumer for nal consump9on. 2: Organiza9onal Consumer: Organiza9onal consumer consists of the government agencies, business organiza9on, non governmental organiza9on (NGO), rms and dierent types of manufacturing companies who purchases the goods and services in order to run the business of the rm or business concern or business organiza9on.

Types of consumer

Customer Loyalty
Customer loyalty can be dened as the totality of feelings or aktudes that would incline a customer to consider the re-purchase of a par9cular product, service or brand or re-visit a par9cular company, shop or website. Customer loyalty has always been cri9cal to business success and protability. Major factors that nega9vely aect customer loyalty:
the customer moves out of the service area the customer no longer has a need for the products or service more suitable alterna9ve providers become available poor handling of a cri9cal episode

 Promo9on is a process of communica9on involving informa9on, persuasion, and inuence. The term 'selling' is oben used synonymously with promo9on. But promo9on is wider that selling. Selling is concerned only with the transfer of 9tle in goods to the purchaser, whereas promo9on includes techniques s9mula9ng demand. Promo9on is essen9ally the sales eorts of a business enterprise and includes the func9on of informing, persuading and inuencing the purchase decision of the exis9ng the prospec9ve consumers with the object of increasing sales volume and prots. Promo9on is the communica9on with the customers to pursue them to buy the product. There are more than one type of tools used to promote sales. The combina9on of these tools with a view to maintain and create sales is known as promo9on mix. Promo9on mix is the name given to the combina9on of methods used in communica9ng with customers. There are seven tools of promo9on mix . These are called elements of promo9on mix.

Promo9on

Elements of Promo9on
Personal Selling. Sales Promo9on. Public Rela9ons. Direct Mail. Events Adver9sing. Sponsorship.

 Any Paid form of non-personal persuasion & promo9on of ideas, goods and services by an iden9ed sponsor By American Marke9ng Associa9on Objec9ves of Adver9sing:- 1. Genera9ng Awareness(Informing) 2. Crea9ng Favorable aktude 3. Managing Customer Loyalty

Adver9sing

 Launch of New Product or Services:- 3g technology Expanding market to include new use Ex:-Milkmaid was originally promoted as subs9tute of milk & now adver9se for making sweets, Johnson Shampoo Announcing a Product Modica9on:- Ex: Airtel Announcement of a special Oer:- to promote sales, like fans, air-condi9oner. Announce Stockist & Dealer Loca9on To Educate Customer: AIDS, Polio

Adver9sing Goals

 Reminder Campaign:-FMCG Products, Dil Maange More during Cricket Matches. Create Brand Preferences Sales Promo9on Sales Promo9on, a key ingredient in marke9ng campaign, consist of collec9on of incen9ve tool, mostly short term, design to s9mulate quicker or greater purchase of a product or services by consumers or trade.

Objec9ves of Sales promo9on

1. Increase Sales Volume 2. Speed up the sales for slow moving 3. Check the uctua9ons of the sale 4. A]ract New Customer 5. Increase Trial 6. Encourage Repeat Purchase:- Nescafe ac9vity 7. Mo9vate Dealers 8. Gain advantageous shelf-space 9. Mo9vate Sales Force [Link] adver9sing & personal selling eort

Consumer Promo9on Tool

Prize Scheme Fair & Exhibi9ons Free Samples Correspondence Catalogues Sales Contest Price O Refund Coupons Premiums Free trial

 Designing or developing a 'live' themed ac9vity, occasion, display, or exhibit (such as a spor9ng event, music fes9val, fair, or concert) to promote a product, cause, or organiza9on Event Objec9ve:- 1. To enhance corporate image 2. To create experience and evoke feelings 3. To increase awareness of company or product name 4. To entertain key clients or reward key employees 5. To permit merchandising or promo9onal opportuni9es 6. To iden9fy with a par9cular target market or lifestyle old Spice sponsor college sport

Events

 Public Rela%ons
Public Rela9ons is dened as 'the deliberate, planned and sustained eort to establish and maintain mutual understanding between an organiza7on and its publics Objec7ves Presen7ng a favorable image and its benets Promo7on of products or ideas Goodwill of employees, stockholders, dealers Preven7on or solu7ons of problem Overcoming misconcep7ons or prejudice Ability to aDract personnel Educa7on of public in the use of product or service

Direct Marke%ng
Direct Marke9ng is the use of consumer-direct channels to reach and deliver goods and services to customer without using marke9ng middleman. Direct Marketers use various channels to reach customer viz: Direct Mail: Financial industry Catalog marke9ng: Avon Telemarke9ng Website Mobile Device

Advantage of Direct Marke9ng

Focused Approach Cost Eec9ve for Niche Products Measurable & A]ributable Immediate & Flexible Easy Interna9onal reach Alterna9ve Distribu9on Channel Opportunity to build a database

Personal Selling.
Personal Selling is an eec9ve way to manage personal customer rela9onships. The sales person acts on behalf of the organiza9on. They tend to be well trained in the approaches and techniques of personal selling. However sales people are very expensive and should only be used where there is a genuine return on investment.

Sponsorship.
Sponsorship is where an organiza9on pays to be associated with a par9cular event, cause or image. Companies will sponsor sports events such as the Olympics or Formula One. The a]ributes of the event are then associated with the sponsoring organiza9on.

Product Life Cycle

 Product Awareness & Acceptance among prospec9ve customers are minimal Sales are low, High Promo9onal Cost Spend more on adver9sing, sales promo9on or other forms of promo9on Only Innova9ve Customer buy the product Do not have a perfect compe9tor Length of this stage depend on complexity of product, its degree of newness

Introduc9on Stage

Growth Stage
Product begin to make rapid sales gain High and Sharp Rising Prot Increase prot Level Compe9tor Grow in number are followers Early Adopters

Maturity Stage
Sales growth Con9nues but at a diminishing rate No improvement in product but changes in selling eort are common Prot Margin slip despite sales due to higher cost in acquiring new customer Many Compe9tor in Market

Decline Stage
Sales begin to diminish absolutely as the customer begin to get bored with the product Co can drop the declining brands or may plan to reduce brands with product modica9on Prot is low Customers are laggards. Low cost per consumer Ex:- Petrol Jeep

Marke9ng Strategies at Introduc9on Stage

Marketer can follow high Price and low promo%on strategy , when compe99on and market size are limited OR Marketer can follow low Price and heavy promo%on strategy , when market size is big are buyers are sensi9ve to price Ex: Hyundai premium brand Sonata at low price

Marke9ng Strategies at Growth Stage

It has 2 sub stage early & late Growth Early Growth:- Sales increase at an increased rate Late Growth:-Sales increase at an decreasing rate Increase Market Share Intensive Distribu9on Improving or adding features will expand market Price should not raised due to compe99on Increase on promo9on to educate the market & to meet challenges of compe99on

Marke9ng Strategies at Maturity Stage

Market Modica9on:- Co. have a goal to increase consump9on, Co look for new users, new market segments & increase usage among present customers. Product Modica9ons:- Product characteris9cs like improvements in quality, feature and style. Ex: Power Steering in Maru9 Esteem Reten9on of higher self-space Build loyal consumers

Marke9ng Strategies at Decline Stage

Maintain: maintain its posi9on in the market and most likely in the territories where it is doing well. Ex:- Modi, Global, Xerox dropped the fax machine but Panasonic didnt. Harvest: Reducing the overall cost including produc9on, maintenance, adver9sing and sales force management cost. Ex: Hindustan Motors Ambassador Drop: End of the line for a product. It can sold to another company if there is a corporate buyer and new buyer can run the company with a prot. Ex:Carona dropped Puma shoes in Indian Market.

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