Notes For Marketing, 10th Canadian Edition Pt. 1

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Chapter 1: Overview of Marketing

Marketing concept: process of planning and executing conceptions of pricing, promotion and
distribution of good, idea, service to create exchanges that satisfy consumer’s needs and
organizational goal

Marketing mix (4Ps): price, place, promotion, product

Importance of customer satisfaction and customer equity: you need to meet customer needs to
meet the definition of marketing, if you don’t have clients, you don’t have a company

Consumer satisfaction: needs/wants are met, positive feelings are created, any interaction that the
customer has with the company has to be positive/exceed expectations à builds trust à
satisfaction

Organization satisfaction: financial objectives are met, build relationship with customer,
shareholders are happy

Products are solutions to consumer needs. You can increase value through benefits and cost.

To build customer relations, know


- who they are - what they want to buy
- what they value - how they prefer to interact

Customer equity: how much value your customers create


- You want 80/20 rule where most customers are loyal customers because it’s always
cheaper to appeal to old customers than to get new ones
- Makes you fierce competitor (competitive advantage)
- Easier to build effective marketing strategy
- Survive recession
- Know that customers are not loyal

Orientation and philosophies:


- Production era: manufactures are concerned with production only; marketing is only to
inform product exist
- Sales era: production is maximized, heavy doses of personal selling to help distribute
product
- Marketing concept era: companies recognized that they were in business to satisfy the
needs and wants of consumers. Marketing was not about trying to sell what the firms can
produce but figuring out what to produce to satisfy consumers’ needs and wants.
- Market orientation: celebrate customers, product now caters to customer needs and want
- Customer experience: deliver needs and wants but also do better job than competition
- Social media marketing era: 24-7 connectivity, ease of access to social media enabled the
shift in the economy from traditional selling methods to social media marketing. Most
customers search for purchases through social networks.
Chapter 2: Developing Successful Marketing Strategies

Strategic marketing: process where an org allocates its marketing mix resources to reach target
market
- Goal: maintain fit between organizations objectives and resources and evolving
opportunities (customer, operational product, location excellence)

Strategic marketing process/plan (cane):


1- Mission statement: top-level choice and talks about what they are about (book adds
planning, implementation and control allowing to answer this q)
2- Objectives: short (directors) and long (executives) term
o A good marketing objective is clear and detailed, gives % and timeline
3- SWOT
4- Marketing strategy: 4Ps and target market positioning (segment, target and positioning)
5- Implementation and evaluation of control

SWOT:
- Internal: strengths and weaknesses (what the company does well or poorly)
- External: opportunities and threats (how the exterior environment favours or disfavours)

Examples of internal: production cost, marketing skills, financial resources, company/brand


image, equipment used, current marketing mix, customer loyalty, expertise

Examples of external: socio-demographic, economic, technological, political/legal, competitive

BCG portfolio mix:

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