Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Marketing
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Marketing
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Marketing
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Unit1: Fundamentals of Marketing
MARKETING:
• Marketing refers to activities a company undertakes to
promote the buying or selling of a product or service.
• Marketing includes advertising, selling, and delivering
products to consumers or other businesses.
• Some marketing is done by affiliates on behalf of a
company.
• It starts through market research
• Ultimately Marketing is Customer Satisfaction.
• Satisfying customer needs,
requisitions and wants will be
the major goal in case of
Marketing.
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Definition of Marketing
● Philip Kotler defines marketing as “the science and art
of exploring, creating and delivering value to satisfy
the needs of a target market at a profit.
Continued……………
● Marketing is an organisational function and a set of
processes for creating, communicating an delivering
value to customers and for managing customer
relationships in ways that benefit the organization and
its stakeholders.
Scope of Marketing
● Market Research
● Product Planning and Development
● Pricing of Product
● Product Promotion
● Distribution channels
● Finance
● Sales Management
● Collecting feedback from
customers
Production Concept
• This is one of the oldest concept of Marketing. According to that
concept, producer believed that if the product is good and reasonably
priced, it will be most popular if no special marketing efforts are
made.
• In other words, customer prefer those products which are low priced
and easily available.
• According to Philip Kotler , “ the production concept hold that
consumer will favour those products that are widely available and
low in cost management in production oriented organization
concentrate on achieving high production
efficiency and Distribution coverage.”
• This concept is very useful in Banks, General
Hospitals and Industries which producing
convenience products.
Product Concept
• According to this concept , producer believed that by making
superior products and improving their quality , they will attract
more customer.
• According to Philip kotler , “ The product concept holds that
consumer will favour those products that offer the most quality
performance and features.
• Management in these product oriented organizations focus their
energy on manufacturing good quality products and improving them
over time. This concept is useful for specialized nursing homes,
bakeries and Industries which are producing electronic products.
Selling Concept
• According to that concept, the customer will not normally purchase
the product unless they are convinced through proper advertising ,
sales promotion and salesmanship efforts.
• It shows that even the best products cannot have assured sales
without the help of sales promotion.
• So, a marketing concept points out that goods are not bought but
they sold with the help of salesmanship efforts, aggressive
advertising and intensive sales promotion .
• This concept change the attitude of marketers as sales – oriented.
Marketing Concept
• This concepts focus on the determination of the requirements of
potential customers and supplying product to satisfy their
requirements.
• This concept highlights that the primary task of every business
enterprise is to study the needs, desires and values of potential
customers.
The market concept focus on :
• Target market
• Customer Needs
• Integrated Marketing
• Profit through Customer Satisfaction
Point Of
Difference Marketing Concept Selling Concept
This Concept
This Concept Emphasizes Customer
Emphasis Emphasizes Products Or
Needs.
Services.
Marketing Mix
Marketing mix is a selection of marketing tools that include several
areas of focus that can be combined to create a comprehensive plan.
The term refers to a classification that began as the 4 P’s: product,
price, place, and promotion, and has been expanded to Product, Price,
Promotion, Place, People, Physical evidence, and Process.
MARKETING MIX – 4 Ps
● The Marketing Mix, also known as the four P's of marketing,
refers to the four key elements of a marketing strategy: product,
price, place and promotion. By paying attention to the following
four components of the marketing mix, a business can maximize
its chances of a product being recognized and bought by
customers:
● Product. The item or service being sold must satisfy a consumer's
need or desire.
● Price. An item should be sold at the right price for consumer
expectations, neither too low nor too high.
● Promotion. The public needs to be informed about the product and
its features to understand how it fills their needs or desires.
● Place. The location where the product can be purchased is
important for optimizing sales.
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Promotional price
• Pricing strategy
• Discount
• Allowances
• Credit terms
Continued……………
● Penetration pricing is a pricing strategy where the price of
a product is initially set low to rapidly reach more
customers
● Price skimming is a product pricing strategy by which a
firm charges the highest initial price that customers will pay
and then lowers it over time.
● Differential pricing is a pricing strategy where businesses
set different prices for the same product or service based
on multiple factors. Common factors include the customer's
location, time of purchase, purchase history, price
sensitivity, and ability to pay.
● Physical Distribution
• Transport
• Inventory
● Distribution channels
○ Wholesalers
○ Retailers
○ Agents
○ Own Store
○ Direct Sales
○ Online sales
● Customer Service
Compelling
Importance of Marketing
● Helps in business planning and decision making
● Product development
● Effective consumer engagement
● Builds relationships among customers
● Marketing creates revenue options
● Build a reputation for your brand
Product Development:
● The product part of the 4Ps provides alternatives
for developing the product regarding its branding,
labelling, packaging, and how it should be
brought into the market.
● Moreover, customer feedback and market research
provide a blueprint of how the product has to be
further modified to suit the needs of the
consumers.
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Customer-Centric Approach:
● Modern marketing places the customer at the center of all
requirements.
Digital Presence:
● The digital landscape is a critical component of
modern marketing.
● A strong online presence through websites,
social media platforms, and e-commerce portals
is vital.
● Digital marketing channels such as email,
content marketing, and search engine
optimization (SEO) are commonly used to reach
a broader audience.
Brand Storytelling
Marketing Research
● Under the marketing concept; knowledge and
understanding of customer’s needs, wants and
desires is very vital.
● Therefore, a regular and systematic marketing
research programme is required to keep abreast of
the market.
● In addition, innovation and creativity are necessary
to match the products of requirements of customers.
Cross Selling:
● Cross Selling is a strategy of providing existing customers the
opportunity to purchase additional items offered by the seller.
● Often, cross-selling involves offering the customer items that
compliment the original purchase in some manner.
● The idea behind cross-selling is to capture a larger share of the
consumer market by meeting more of the needs and wants of
each individual customer.
Up-Selling:
● Up-selling “is what when you take the initiative to ask someone
who already has purchased something you offer to purchase
more of it - or more of something else”.
● Up-selling means moving "up" to a more expensive version of
what they're already considering purchasing, for example, the
32-inch TV set instead of 24-inch TV set.
Customized Marketing
● Marketers can customize products and services for individual
customers.
● This is specifically when a supplier creates a product or service
for an individual customer that did not exist before.
● This can exist in both personal service markets as well as in
business-to-business markets.
● Customized marketing works on the concept of “Give your
customers what they want”
● Customized marketing is a strategy that uses data to connect with
target audiences and existing customers to offer an optimized
marketing experience.
Benefits of Customization
● Increase sales.
● Keep costs at mass production rates.
● Generate more profit.
● Be perceived as flexible.
● Engage customers.
● Build brand loyalty.
● Gain competitive advantage.
● Production efficiency
● Higher revenue
● Churn Rate
CHURN RATE
● Churn rate is a metric that measures the percentage of
customers who stop doing business with a company
over a specific period of time.
● It is calculated by dividing the number of customers
lost during the time period by the total number of
customers at the beginning of the period.
● Customer loyalty
● Repeat purchases
Case Study
● An average Netflix subscriber stays on board for 25
months. According to Netflix, the lifetime value of a
Netflix customer is $291.25.
● Netflix knows that customers are impatient and some
customers cancel because they don’t like waiting for
movies to arrive in the mail.
● Due to this they’ve added a feature where you can
stream movies on the web, which not only satisfies your
movie urge, but it keeps you busy while you are waiting.
● By tracking these stats and behavior, Netflix has reduced
their churn to 4%.
CASE STUDY
● CROCS: has always had a data-driven, customer-centric
approach to marketing.
● When the marketing team is given a mandate to
transform Crocs’ online business by becoming less
reliant on promotions and discounts, the team is excited
by the opportunity to improve Crocs’ profitability.
● The team tests to optimize promotions aimed at
customers who are predicted to churn, and expands
programs to coordinate a “no discount” experience
across site, email and display for customers with the
lowest price sensitivity. Crocs realizes a lift in revenue.
Features:
● Concentrated marketing has features that help you
understand the business models it best suits.
● A concentrated marketing strategy can be implemented
by small companies; as it helps companies focus, meet
the needs and produce goods specifically for one
audience segment.
● It also involves the efficient use of resources for
production, distribution, and advertising;
● It requires a company-expert in the market that knows
the core product necessary to get into the niche market;
● But it can’t acquire a larger customer base.
Example:
Rolls-Royce:
● The luxurious car manufacturer was established in 1904 in
Britain, Rolls-Royce knows a thing or two about
concentrated marketing.
● The brand has customers in more than 120 countries and
is well-known for the quality and price of its cars.
● Rolls-Royce targets customers with liquid assets of at
least $30 million.
● This car manufacturer reaches their clients using
personally signed letters. The brand sells approximately
800 cars per year.
Example:
Rolex
● The brand founded in 1905 and is considered one of the
leading names in the watch manufacturing industry.
● Their promotional campaigns always include different
famous, influential, successful athletes and artists who
depict the brand’s target segment.
● Ads created by Rolex convey that successful, strong
people with status wear Rolex watches.
● This shows that the watch manufacturer is targeting
career-orientated people.
Holistic marketing
● Holistic marketing is a marketing strategy that focuses on
the whole business as one entity.
● In a holistic marketing strategy, all the company's
departments and all the different components of the
marketing strategy work together to accomplish shared
goals and support the company's purpose.
● It is based on the premise that the whole is greater than
the sum of its parts.
● This ensures that each person in every department, from
sales to operations to HR to marketing and others, work
towards one common goal.
Example:
● Coca-Cola has one of the best examples of holistic
marketing concept.
● They have recently refreshed their entire global
identity to “Real Magic”.
● The Coca-Cola Company says, “Real Magic is not
just a tagline.
● We see it as a philosophy that transcends advertising
and embodies all that is special about the brand.”
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Comments:
1. The company needs to do analysis of opportunities, technological
growth and other changes before planning.
2. The car reveals lack of marketing research, marketing
intelligence as well as absence of coordination between different
departments particularly between production and sales.
3. Under systems approach to marketing and the new marketing
concept, these handicaps can be easily removed.
4. The customer will be the centre of the marketing universe and all
departments/divisions will offer coordinated to achieve overall
mission of the firm.
5. Product line shall be rationalized to smoothen the production
efforts as well as marketing activities. Standardization without
sacrificing customer interest is always desirable.
Continued………
● Marketing Management concept demands
integrated managerial approach to marketing
and it rotates around customer needs by
marketing research, customer oriented
marketing planning, evolution of right
marketing-mix, co-ordination of all departments,
and above all, adequate serving of market
demand.
● Then only profitability and progress can be
assured.
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