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Marketing Overview:

- The Marketing Concept

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Marketing Is about Satisfying Customer Need

Old view of Marketing

New view of Marketing

Make a sale:
telling and selling

Satisfying customer
needs

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Define Marketing: A summary


Marketing
More than selling and advertising
A systematic business process dealing with
customers
That builds values for a business
Through creating customer value in the form of
understanding and satisfying customer needs

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Marketing Defined
A business process of understanding
customer needs, creating customer value,
and building customer relationship for a
return

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An Even Broader Perspective: Marketing Is


Bigger than the Marketing Department
Marketing is
A business philosophy
A guiding principle of business operation

Marketing also applies to nonprofit


organizations

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Marketing Management Orientations: List of


five orientations
Production
Concept
Product
Concept
Selling
Concept
Marketing
Concept
Societal
Marketing
Concept

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Marketing Management Orientations:


1. Production Concept
Production
Concept
Product
Concept
Selling
Concept
Marketing
Concept
Societal
Marketing
Concept

Demand > Supply


Focus on production process
Aim for production efficiency
Profit through quantity
Make product widely available at
a highly affordable price

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Marketing Management Orientations:


2. Product Concept
Production
Concept
Product
Concept
Selling
Concept
Marketing
Concept
Societal
Marketing
Concept

Demand = Supply
Focuses on product per se
Aim for better product
Profit through quality
Make continuous product
improvement & innovations
Risk of leading to Marketing
Myopia
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Marketing Management Orientations:


2. Product Concept Marketing Myopia Explained
Production
Concept
Product
Concept
Selling
Concept
Marketing
Concept
Societal
Marketing
Concept

Marketing Myopia
The mistake of focusing on the
product per se, but losing sights on
customer needs
A product is just a means to satisfy
a customer need
Means will evolve and can become
obsolete, but need often not

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Marketing Management Orientations:


2. Product Concept Marketing Myopia Examples
Production
Concept

Marketing Myopia examples

Product
Concept

Kodak sells camera films


Xerox sells copy machines
Revlon sells lipsticks

Selling
Concept
Marketing
Concept
Societal
Marketing
Concept

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Marketing Management Orientations:


3. Selling Concept
Production
Concept
Product
Concept
Selling
Concept
Marketing
Concept
Societal
Marketing
Concept

Demand < Supply


Unsought goods

Focuses on creating sales


transactions
Profit through selling what the
company makes
Practice aggressive selling and
promotion
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Marketing Management Orientations:


4. Marketing Concept
Production
Concept
Product
Concept
Selling
Concept
Marketing
Concept
Societal
Marketing
Concept

Demand < Supply


Focuses on understanding
customer needs
Profit through customer
satisfaction
Make product fit the market
Product-Market Fit

Selling becomes superfluous


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Marketing Management Orientations:


Contrast Marketing and Selling Concept

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Marketing Management Orientations:


5. Societal Marketing Concept
Production
Concept
Product
Concept
Selling
Concept
Marketing
Concept
Societal
Marketing
Concept

A broader view than the


Marketing Concept
Focuses on long-term customer
welfare
Balance between profits,
consumer, and societys wellbeing
Economic prosperity
Socially responsible
Environmental stewardship
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