Название: Marketing and Management: Defined, Explained and Applied
Автор: Malliga Marimuthu
Издательство: Pearson
Год: 2020
Страниц: 828
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 29.3 MB

You are beginning a journey into the science and practice of marketing – a journey that is both exciting and vital in the preparation for the career that awaits you. In this chapter, we start with the question, ‘What is marketing?’. Simply put, marketing is managing profitable customer relationships. The aim of marketing is to create value for customers and to capture value from customers in return. We start with a definition of marketing before proceeding to discuss the five steps in the marketing process – from understanding customer needs, to designing customer-driven marketing strategies and integrated marketing programs, to building customer relationships and capturing value for the firm. Finally, we discuss the major trends and forces affecting marketing in this age of customer relationships. Understanding these basic concepts, and forming your own ideas about what they really mean to you, will give you a solid foundation for all that follows.

Marketing, more than any other business function, deals with customers. Although we will soon explore more-detailed definitions of marketing, perhaps the simplest definition is this one: Marketing is engaging customers and managing profitable customer relationships. The twofold goal of marketing is to attract new customers by promising superior value, and to keep and grow current customers by delivering satisfaction.

Marketing comes to you in traditional forms, such as the products you see on supermarket shelves and in the windows of shopping-centre boutiques, as well as in the advertising you see and hear in newspapers and magazines, and on television and radio. However, in recent years, marketers have adopted a host of new marketing approaches, using everything from imaginative websites and social networks to smartphone apps. These new approaches do more than just blast out messages to the masses. They reach you directly and personally. Today’s marketers want to become a part of your life and enrich your experiences with their brands – to help you engage with their brands.




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