G MarketingEssentials
G MarketingEssentials
POISE
Profitable
Offensive (rather than defensive)
Integrated
Strategic (is future orientated)
Effective (gets results)
Hugh Davidson 1972
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Why Marketing?
Mass production
Lower prices
Example: Fords Model T
Assumption :
consumers will buy it if its cheap
Makes sense when little differentiation is
demanded
Makes sense for price sensitive segments
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2.Product Concept
Customers want bells and whistles and
will pay
May result in unwanted products
e.g. Egyptian Textile
May make sense for some segments
Some segments and markets are novelty-
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3.Selling Concept
Product
Place
Price
Promotion
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Product Types
1. Goods
2. Services
3. Ideas
4. Experiences
5. Organizations
6. Activities
7. Persons
8. Places
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The Product Life Cycle and Related Decisions
STAGES
Introduction Growth Maturity Decline
Sales
Volume
Phone
Internet
Cost
Customer Perception
Market Forces
Competitor Products
Positioning
5. Psychological
6. Product line
7. Varieties ( seasonal )
8. Optional
9. Captive
10. Promotional
Strategy
Selected
Strategy that Depends Strategy that
Calls for on: Calls for Using
Spending A Lot the Salesforce
Type of
on Advertising and Trade
Product-
and Consumer Promotion to
Market &
Promotion to Push the
Build Up (Pull) Product Product Through
Consumer Life-Cycle the Channels.
Demand. Stage
Customer Characteristics
Geographic
Sex
Age
Lifestyle
Occupation
Product related
Frequency of usage
Benefits required
Price sensitivity
Brand Loyalty
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Targeting
1. Differentiated Targeting
3. Undifferentiated Targeting
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Positioning
Should always be
conducted from the
customers perspective
1. Competitive Advantage
3. Positioning Statement
one tag line tell your customer by your usp
PEST Analysis
Political
Economic
Socio-cultural
Technological
Examples
1. To increase the product range
2. To enter a new amrket segment
3. To increase sales/revenue
4. To increase brand loyalty
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Marketing Strategies &
Tactics :
Strategy Tactics
3+years plan One year plan
Broad Focus Narrow focus
Concerned with Concerned with
position in market, detailed schedules
objectives, resources and costs, actions
needed for one year
Ex: Brand Position plan
Ex: Choice for
advertising media
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Schedule and Budget