Core concepts of Marketing:

  1. Needs
  2. Wants
  3. Demands
  4. Target Market
  5. Positioning
  6. Segmentation
  7. Offerings
  8. Brands
  9. Value and satisfaction
  10. Marketing Channels
  11. Supply Chain
  12. Competition
  13. Marketing Environment 
Needs:

Needs are the basic human requirements.


For example: food, clothing,etc.

Wants:

Needs become wants when they are directed to specific objects that might satisfy the need.

Demands:

Wants for specific products backed by an ability to pay.

Target market:

Target market are the market segment where the marketer have great opportunity.

Positioning:

Positioning is the act of designing the company's offering and image to occupy distinctive place in the minds of the target market.

Segmentation:

Segmentation is identifying and profiling distinct group of buyers.

Offerings:

The intangible value proposition is made physical by an offering, can be combination of product,service,experience.

Brand:

The American Marketing Association (AMA) defines a brand as a "name, term, sign, symbol or design, or a combination of them intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of other sellers.

Value:

Value refers to the sum of perceived tangible and intangible benefits and cost to customers. It is a combination of Quality, Service and Price (QSP) known as customer value triad.

Satisfaction:

Satisfaction reflects a person's judgements of a product's perceived performance in relationship to expectations.

Marketing channels:

Communication channel
Distribution channel
Service channel 

Supply chain:

A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. 

Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials, and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer.

Competition:

It refers to substitutes available for the products.

Marketing environment:

Task environment
Broad environment


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