What is
Marketing Management?
Marketing(management) is the process of
planning and executing the conception,
pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas,
goods, and services to create exchanges
that satisfy individual and organizational
goals.
-American Marketing Association
What is a
Marketing Information System (MIS)?
A marketing information system
consists of people, equipment, and
procedures to gather, sort, analyze,
evaluate, and distribute needed, timely,
and accurate information to
marketing decision makers.
Internal Records and
Marketing Intelligence
Order-to-Payment
Cycle
Databases,
Warehousing,
Data Mining
Marketing
Intelligence
System
Sales
Information
System
Steps to Improve Marketing Intelligence
Train sales force to scan for new developments
Motivate channel members to share intelligence
Network externally
Utilize a customer advisory panel
Utilize government data resources
Purchase information
Collect customer feedback online
Demographic Environment
•Population growth
•Population age mix
•Ethnic markets
•Educational groups
•Household patterns
•Geographical shifts
Economic Environment
•Income Distribution
•Savings, Debt, and
Credit
•Levi’s has responded to
changes in income
distribution by offering
an upscale line and a
mass market line
Social-Cultural Environment
Views of themselves
Views of others
Views of nature
Views of organizations
Views of society
Views of the universe
Natural Environment
Shortage of
raw materials
Increased
energy costs
Anti-pollution
pressures
Governmental
protections