Marketing Management
Marketing Management
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About Sanjeev Verma - Teaching in NITIE since 2006, conducting executive training sessions
for various corporations (P&G, HUL, ABG etc). Has offered consultancy too, in sectors like
FMCG, Aviation, pharma, healthcare, oil & gas to >24 companies. Has been teaching for 2
decades and is a board member + lecturer professor across various B Schools. An active
researcher. He is available for 1-to-1 sessions with students. Recently working on AI in
marketing. Focus lies in customer experience, engagement and then to customer satisfaction.
Academicians are in 4 quadrants (play an important role in shaping personalities). Many
students want to go to consulting firms, manufacturing domains and do higher education.
Let’s say we want to move from point A to B - we have multiple transportation choices. So
for the same need, we have a combination of actions - product (own car) / service (public
transport) / self - service (walking). So purpose, need, want, demand is more important than the
product.
Money is one component of cost. Other components are time we spend, research we do behind
final choice by analysing social impact, post purchase service before choosing the product.
C2C communication is playing a big role these days via social media, because a peer review
gets done and value addition is better visible. That’s why many open source and crowdfunding
platforms are also coming up.
Why value?
We want to manage customer relationships via engagement in satisfaction, trust and loyalty. We
are managing customer relationship, because we want value for company and stakeholders
(everybody in the value chain)
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Food, water, shelter, oxygen are the basic human needs, starting from the time of evolution
(biological needs). There are certain psychological needs too, like smartphones, cars,
connectivity etc.
Netnography - understanding behavior via net response - how do we behave / respond on the
internet?
Kingfisher Airlines boosted their sales and customer acquisition by introducing imli candy in
their travel portfolio.
Enticements are value perceptions and then marketers communicate in a way so that
customers buy them.
Satisfaction
It uses Expectancy disconfirmation model - Every consumer has certain expectations. It can
be from the points of the customer / consumer. All human brains have 2 states of mind - before
purchasing state, which are expectations and after purchasing state, which is experience. We
compare experience with expectation.
If experience = expectations = satisfaction
If experience < expectation = dissatisfaction
If experience > expectation = delightfulness
Product Strategy
Consumers will buy products that have quality and features and improve those features over
time. Consumers are the ultimate decision makers.
Marketing Concept
Focus on customer needs. Not on product. Find right products for customers, not right
customers for products.
Big firms go on brand dimension. They capture database, they don’t prefer cold calls, or show
professionalism in their calls.
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Focus on value makes an org flexible to changes and makes them think about the
improvisations needed in customers’ lives
Digitization, automation, sustainability
Marketing Science Institute - brings a lot of industry practitioners for brainstorming - they have
kept technology and sustainability in their agenda
Customer value and organizational value and finding an intersection (value stream mapping)
between the two values
Mission, vision, marketing strategies for these companies, chances of innovating for product
improvement.
Nike is the market leader, competition includes Adidas, Reebok, Puma
How to decide if someone is a market leader ? - Via their market share
Problem with the case study -
How would we approach developing a marketing strategy ? - which markets shall we enter?
How to be a market leader in that market? Framework of making marketing strategy (how
should I communicate and deliver value)
Don’t confine yourself with information given in caselet for formulating a marketing strategy
Short term plan is tactical plan, long term is strategic plan. Sustainable competitive advantage is
important to ensure our product innovation isn’t copied
STEP 1 - DEFINING THE MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT
Every org has a mission and a vision - what exactly they want to achieve, whats is the overall
objective of the company
STEP 2 - SITUATION ANALYSIS
Situation analysis can be done using PESTEL analysis. Market environment scanning, both
outside and within the organisation. PESTEL is applicable for external market analysis
PESTEL - Political, economic, social, technological, environmental, legal environment
In India, sensors in Nike’s shoes might not
Strengths, weaknesses lie within
Opportunities, threats lie outside
Green one is buyer power
STEP 3 - IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING OPPORTUNITIES
(POSITIONING)
STEP 4 - IMPLEMENTATION
STEP 5 - EVALUATING PERFORMANCE
BCG Matrix
ANSOFF MATRIX
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Presentation by Vinayni
For solving any case study, we have different approaches. The only difference is relative
superiority of solutions - Vinayni used Ansoff Matrix and MarCom mix approach in terms of new
products and markets, collaborators roles
Presentation by Shubham Singh
Presentation by Lekha Warrier
Presentation by Vivek Kumar
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First thing is introspection by empathising with customers. The producers are the business
visionary leaders, can foresee the future and can know what can be the trend. Sometimes
called intuition / learning curve. They think of certain ideas - alternate fuels, quantum computing,
air cars etc
Leaders sense the needs and then call for brainstorming sessions within the company for
purification, internal introspection and building of ideas.
Once it’s said yes (due to trend / need), they sense the market via some research via their own
company / 3rd party marketing agencies. This is retrospection - reflecting on own experience
and asking the opinions, asking the expectations
Where is the need gap? Latent needs? What’s not being offered by some products / services?
What more could have been done?
Catch the expectants who are not planning - for they dream. This is called prospection -
something which adds value to their lives (in case of car - saving time / sustainability) These let
us know the latent need in the markets and give the researchers the direction.
They haven’t done prospective research. The research process of Alpha Corp was demand
based research. They hired an agency for conducting research.
After this, we determine the research process. Analyze the data. And then come up with the
right ideas to give to the marketing team.
Think in terms of mind share - loyalty. When consumers find a better version of a need, they will
switch brands. Think of superior values and then provide recommendations to the marketing
team. Can I use Cloud Computing / Quantum Computing / Blockchain for market research?
Secondary is something which is not collected first hand (via internet / journals etc)
When we collect it ourselves, it is primary data.
Field based data - collecting data from the market via survey tools.
Quantitative data and qualitative data discrimination depend upon collection and usage.
We don’t rely on a single methodology - quantitative or qualitative. We may take both and can
apply a mixed research method. We can use objective and subjective assessment of
phenomena.
Recommender system’s success - Increase time spent by consumers on screen. It creates
interesting reco and maps the catalogue of ecommerce inventory with the latent needs of
customers.
Converting quali into quanti is possible but vice versa is not possible.
I will get text mining or text analytics - that is the future. Data in the future will become qualitative
in nature, that’s why we talk about humanising the technology
Qualitative - why (latent needs)
Quantitative - what (existing)
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There is something called advocate customers, who spread our positive referrals.
CLTV Parameters = Frequency, volume, age factor, exponential factor in time scale (like price
factor).
Customers are experience sensitive, not only price / brand / product sensitive.
Fwd tracking - citations are given below a paper. Apply a recency factor in a paper - current
research going on in the phenomenon in recent times. Then meta synthesis and meta analysis
starts. The concepts of CLTV are applicable even today.
Managing customer expectations by HBR
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Step 1: Selecting the Pricing Objective
Survival
Maximum current profit
Maximum market share
Maximum market skimming
Product-quality leadership
Step 2: Determining Demand
Price Sensitivity
Estimating
Demand Curves
Price Elasticity
of Demand
Inelastic and Elastic Demand
Step 3: Estimating Costs
Types of Costs
Accumulated
Production
Activity-Based
Cost Accounting
Target Costing
Cost Terms and Production
Fixed costs
Variable costs
Total costs
Average cost
Cost at different
levels of
production
Cost per Unit as a Function of
Accumulated Production
Step 5: Selecting a Pricing Method
Markup pricing
Target-return pricing
Perceived-value
pricing
Value pricing
Going-rate pricing
Auction-type pricing
Setting Price Based on Costs
Break-Even Chart
Step 6: Selecting the Final Price
Geographical Pricing
Discounts/Allowances
Promotional Pricing
Differentiated Pricing
Promotional Pricing Tactics
Loss-leader pricing
Special-event pricing
Cash rebates
Low-interest financing
Longer payment terms
Warranties and service
contracts
Psychological
discounting
Differentiated Pricing
Customer-segment pricing
Product-form pricing
Image pricing
Channel pricing
Location pricing
Time pricing
Yield pricing
Profits Before and After a Price
Increase
Increasing Prices
Escalator clauses
Unbundling
Reduction of discounts
Brand Leader Responses to
Competitive Price Cuts
Maintain price
Maintain price and add value
Reduce price
Increase price and improve quality
Launch a low-price fighter line
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Short-term Incentives to
Sales Promotion Encourage Trial or Purchase.
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Selective Attention
Selective Distortion
Selective Retention
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Awareness
Knowledge
Liking
Preference
Conviction
Purchase
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Message Content
Rational Appeals
Emotional Appeals
Moral Appeals
Message Structure
Draw Conclusions
Argument Type
Argument Order
Message Format
Layout,
Words, & Sounds,
Body Language
Message Source
Expertise,
Trustworthiness,
Congruity
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Personal Communication
Channels
Nonpersonal Communication
Channels
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% Of
Affordable
Sales
Competitive Objective
Parity & Task
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Advertising
Public, Pervasive, Amplified Expressive, Control
Sales Promotion
Attention Catching, Incentive, Invitation
Personal Selling
Personal Interaction, Cultivation, Response
Direct Marketing
Nonpublic, Customized, Up-to-Date, Interactive
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Type of Buyer/
Product/ Readiness
Market Stage
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It is how to provide accessibility of our products and services to consumers via marketing
channels.
Zero channel system - Utilisation of sales force to reach out to consumers directly, eg - Eureka
Forbes (they are using other channels too)
FMCG - multiple channels. Based on the products, channels are decided to reach out.
There are ecommerce, franchisee, agents
We have B2B - B2C, product - service types of requirements
Intermediaries of channels - upstream and downstream value chain shareholders - to make the
product and service available to the final consumers
Sometimes distribution channels also make us the market leaders, not only the products.
Place strategy is the hardest to implement, among the 4Ps.
Distributors build the market
Intermediaries are also interested in the pull strategy
7P - 4P + physical evidence, processes and people
Marketing mix - translate strategy into action to achieve corporate strategy
Sustainable competitive advantage - My R&D (long term) costs must give me returns after a
long period of time. But these products are imitated, both products and brands
Pricing is not a sustainable method of CCD’ing values.
Promotion is a communication technique, but unpredictable.
Place strategy is a competent strategy, and very hard to replicate / imitate. This gives a
sustainable competitive advantage.
The most critical component of 7P is people.
In case of self employed service sector (doctors / lawyers), people is more important than the
brand
Here title means brand
COCO, COFO, FOCO, FOFO - Distribution of roles and responsibilities among promoters.
Advertisement is done by the manufacturer. Regional promotion is taken care of by
Franchisees.
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I need to position promotion, place, pricing strategies as per the stage of the product life cycle.
The strategies at introduction won’t work in the maturity stage.
As a marketer, I need to influence my customer during the customer purchase cycle. How will I
tune in my marketing strategies?
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