TRADITIONAL CONCEPT OF MARKETING According to the traditional concept, marketing means selling goods and services that have been produced. Thus, all those activities which are concerned with persuasion and sale of goods and services, are called marketing. This concept of marketing emphasizes on promotion and sale of goods and services and little attention is paid to consumer satisfaction. This concept has the following implications: The main focus of this concept is on product, i.e., we have a product, and it has to be sold. So, we have to persuade the consumers to buy our product. All efforts of the marketing people are concentrated on selling the product. They adopt all means like personal selling and sales promotion to boost the sales. The ultimate goal of all marketing activity is to earn profit through maximization of sales
TRADITIONAL CONCEPT OF MARKETING According to the traditional concept, marketing means selling goods and services that have been produced. Thus, all those activities which are concerned with persuasion and sale of goods and services, are called marketing. This concept of marketing emphasizes on promotion and sale of goods and services and little attention is paid to consumer satisfaction. This concept has the following implications: The main focus of this concept is on product, i.e., we have a product, and it has to be sold. So, we have to persuade the consumers to buy our product. All efforts of the marketing people are concentrated on selling the product. They adopt all means like personal selling and sales promotion to boost the sales. The ultimate goal of all marketing activity is to earn profit through maximization of sales
MODERN CONCEPT OF MARKETING The modern concept of marketing considers the consumers’ wants and needs as the guiding spirit and focuses on the delivery of such goods and services that can satisfy those needs most effectively. Thus, marketing starts with identifying consumer needs, then plan the production of goods and services accordingly to provide him the maximum satisfaction. In other words, the products and services are planned according to the needs of the customers rather than according to the availability of materials and machinery. Not only that, all activities (manufacturing, research and development, quality control, distribution, selling etc.) are directed to satisfy the consumers. Peter Drucker, a leading management theorist, says that “the aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous. The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well that the product or service fits him and sells itself.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SELLING AND MARKETING The old sense of making a sale is telling and selling, but in new sense it is satisfying customer needs. Selling occurs only after a product is produced. By contrast, marketing starts long before a company has a product.
What is marketing? Many people think of marketing as only selling and advertising. We are bombarded every day with TV commercials However, selling and advertising are only the tip of the marketing iceberg. Today, marketing must be understood not in the old sense of making a sale—“telling and selling”—but in the new sense of satisfying customer needs. If the marketer engages consumers effectively, understands their needs, develops products that provide superior customer value, and prices, distributes, and promotes them well, these products will sell easily Peter Drucker, a leading management theorist, says that “the aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous. The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well that the product or service fits him and sells itself. Marketing Defined
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 value and satisfaction. Marketing Defined
Positioning Now that the target market /s have been finalized a positioning platform needs to be created. Positioning starts with a product a piece of merchandise a service, a company an institution or even person. Positioning is not what is done to the product but what is done to the mind of the prospect. That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect The concept of positioning needs to be looked at from the perspective of the environment that it operates in. It is how your product is perceived in the marketplace relative to the competitor . In retail the environments are constantly changing thus the context of the positioning is bound to change. The overall strategy of the firm largely affects the positioning strategy adopted by the retailer. The four main areas that affect the retail positioning strategy Thus, product positioning is the way a product occupies a place in the minds of the customers relative to competing products.
Capturing Value from Customers Creating Customer Loyalty and Retention Customer lifetime value is the value of the entire stream of purchases that the customer would make over a lifetime of patronage. 1- 48 Keeping customers loyal makes good economic sense. Loyal customers spend more and stay around longer. Research also shows that it’s five times cheaper to keep an old customer than acquire a new one. Conversely, customer defections can be costly. Losing a customer means losing more than a single sale. It means losing the entire stream of purchases that the customer would make over a lifetime of patronage.