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MARKETING
Marketing is a social and managerial process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and value with others. It is a behavioral science dealing with needs and wants of the target market.
PRODUCT
Anything that can be offered to a market for attention acquisition, use or consumption that might satisfy a need or a want.
VALUE
The difference between the benefits that the consumer gains from owing and using a product and the cost of obtaining it. Value = B ------C
SATISFACTION
TechnologicalNatural Environment
Publics
PoliticalLegal Environment
Competitors
SocialCultural Environment
Micro Marketing
Performance of activities that seeks to accomplish an organizations objectives by anticipating consumer needs and directing the flow of goods and services.
CONCEPTS OF MARKETING
Production Concept Consumers favour products that are available and highly affordable. Product Concept Consumers favour products that offer the most quality, performance, and innovative features.
Selling concept Consumers will buy products only if the company promotes/sells these products. Marketing concept Focuses on needs/wants of target markets and delivering satisfaction better than competitors.
Social Marketing Concept Focuses on needs/wants of target markets and delivering superior value to society's well being
Provide value to the customer Segment, target & position your product. Consider marketing as a cross functional activity.
Geographical distribution Rural urban migration Education Pattern of house holdssingle/separated/widowed family Nature of family setup- joint/single Size of family Role of women in family Thrift habits
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
Increasing economic integration between nations ( It was 10 % at the beginning of the last century. Now it is 60%) Increased movement of capital movement across the nations as compared to trade movement. The struggle between communism and capitalism is over. World economy has emerged as a single unit and individual nations only plays a subordinate role.
BIG EMERGING MARKETS52% of world population,15% of worlds wealth and 29% of world purchasing power
CHINA,TAIWAN AND HONG JONG BRAZIL KOREA INDIA MEXICO RUSSIAN FEDERATION ARGENTINA TURKEY SOUTH AFRICA INDONESIA POLAND
TRADE ENVIRONMENT
FORMS OF TRADE COOPERATIONS FREE TRADE AREA CUSTOMS UNION COMMON MARKET ECONOMIC UNION
2. CENTRAL AMERICAN
INTEGRATION SYSTEM
FORM OF COOPERATION- COMMON MARKET HONDURAS GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA COSTARICA PANAMA
3. ANDIAN COMMUNITY-1969
FORM OF COOPERATION FREE TRADE AREA BOLIVIA COLOMBIA ECUADOR PERU VENEZUELA
4. MERCOSURE-1991
FORM OF COOPERATION COMMON MARKET ARGENTINA BRAZIL PARAGUAY URUGUAY CHILI
6.EUROPIAN UNION
1958 BELGIUM FRANCE HOLLAND ITALLY LUXEMBOURG WEST GERMANY 1973 BRITAIN DENMARK IRELAND1981 GREECE
8. GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL1981 BAHRAIN KUWAIT OMAN QUATAR SAUDI ARABIA UAE
COMPONENTS OF CULTURE
Aesthetics-Views about beauty Colour Music Dietary preferences Language Dressing Religious customs Role of men and women in the society Social institutions Time orientation- Mono chronic Vs Poly chronic Etiquette Attitude towards society
Power distance: The extent to which less powerful members of the society accept power to be distributed unequally.
Individualism: The degree to which individuals in a society are integrated in to a group.
Masculinity: The degree to which men are expected to be more assertive and competitive.
Uncertainty avoidance: The degree to which the members of the society are uncomfortable with unclear ambiguous situations. Time orientation: The degree to which people are concerned with long term well being as compared to short term aims.
Emphasis on emotional values Prefer bargain outlets Do things in a small unnoticed way Collective oriented Family relationship is strong Male domination is less Status oriented Consider more importance to corporate identity More serious Cooperative
Natural Environment
More Government Intervention
Technological Environment
Rapid Pace of Change High R & D Budgets
Increased Regulation
Political Environment
Increased Legislation
Changing Enforcement
LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
The Indian Contract Act. The Indian Partnership Act. The Indian sale of Goods Act. The weight and measures Act. The packaged commodity Act. The Income Tax Act. The value added Tax Act.
The Customs duty Act The Central Excise Act. The Food Adulteration Act. The restrictive trade practice Act The Indian companies Act.
LEGAL SYSTEM
COMMON LAW SYSTEM (UK, USA, Canada, India etc.) Civil law system Roman law( Japan, Korea, China) Islamic law system
Quality standards were Quality standards were determined internally determined by customers.
Only marketing people Everyone in the were concerned with company is concerned customers with customers Marketing management Marketing is managed was unstructured be a cross functional team.
Delivery systems were To reinforce value used to make purchase proposition easy Relationships were less important than values
Marketing research was used for large scale segmentation The company sold what it manufactured
Distribution focused on Focused to enhance reach and penetration shopping experience Not aware of event marketing Event marketing has become an order of the day Higher value for higher Higher value of lesser price price (super value)
Insecure Idealistic Risk Averse Savings oriented Debt shy Job security Long term reward Considered decision Defined role of men & women Future oriented
Confident Pragmatic Risk taking Investment oriented Dept open Job satisfaction Instant gratification Impulsive decision Diffusion of role Present oriented
The Microenvironment
Company
Publics
Suppliers
Competitors
Intermediaries
Customers
Customers - five types of markets that purchase a companys goods and services. Competitors - those who serve a target market with similar products and services. Publics - any group that perceives itself having an interest in a companys ability to achieve its objectives.
Customer Markets
International Markets Consumer Markets
Company
Government Markets Reseller Markets Business Markets
Types of buying
Straight rebuy Modified rebuy New task buying
High Involvement Significant differences between brands Few differences between brands
Low Involvement
Buying Centre
All people involved in the buying process are called buying centre. They include -Initiator -Influencer -Decider -Buyer -User
Buyers Response
Dealer Choice
Buyer
Social Class
People within a social class tend to exhibit similar buying behavior.
Occupation
Social Factors
Lifestyle Identification
Activities Opinions
Interests
Psychological Factors
Perception
Learning
Perception
Series of activities involved in the process of procuring, processing and storing of information input. This involves : -Exposure -Attention -Interpretationi. Cognitive Interpretation, ii. Effective Interpretation -Memory
Learning
Learning is any change in the content of long- term and/or behavior. -High involvement learning -Low involvement learning - Classical conditioned learning - Operant conditioned learning (Instrumental learning) -Vicarious learning (Experienced learning)
Motivation
An unobservable inner force that stimulates and compels a behavioral response and provided specific direction to that response.
Safety Needs
(security, protection)
Physiological Needs
(hunger, thirst)
Self- Concept
It is defined as the totality of the individuals thoughts and feelings having reference to him-or herself as an object.
Actual self- concept : perception of what I am? Ideal self- concept: perception of what I would like to be.? Social self-concept: perception of what I would like to be seen by others? Private self concept: perception of what I would like to be seen by myself?
Evaluation of Alternatives
Purchase Decision Postpurchase Behavior
External Stimuli
TV advertising
Magazine ad
Radio slogan
Stimuli in the environment
Public Sources
Experiential Sources
Degree of Importance
Which attributes matter most to me?
Brand Beliefs
What do I believe about each available brand? Based on what Im looking for, how satisfied would I be with each product?
Evaluation Procedures
Choosing a product (and brand) based on one or more attributes.
Attitudes of others
Purchase Decision
Satisfied Customer!
Dissatisfied Customer
Cognitive Dissonance
Evaluation
Trial Adoption
Adoption of Innovations
Percentage of Adopters
Late Majority
Early Adopters
13.5%
34%
34%
Laggards
16%
2.5%
Time of Adoption
Early
Late
Relative Advantage
Is the innovation superior to existing products?
Divisibility
Can the innovation be used on a trial basis?
Product Characteristics
Compatibility
Does the innovation fit the values and experience of the target market?
Complexity
Is the innovation difficult to understand or use?