Transcript Ch 3 PP
Unit 1: Marketing Basics
Chapter 3:
The Marketing Concept
Learning Goals
Explain the three elements of the marketing
concept
Describe the benefits of the marketing
concept to business and customers
Identify the seven functions of marketing
Give an example of each marketing function
and describe how it supports the marketing
concept
Day 1 Response Journal
Describe a time when you were a very
satisfied customer.
Be sure to outline the business name and
explain what they did to make you feel
“satisfied”.
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Journal folder***
The Marketing Concept
There are millions of businesses out there
and many of them sell similar products
These businesses compete with each other
for customers
The businesses that get the most customers
are typically the most successful
So what helps a business get more
customers?
Utility
Businesses usually get more customers when they;
Learn about their customers
Make their products useful
In business, usefulness is called _________
Utility
E.g. a bank staying open on weekends is a form of
utility
E.g. offering products in a convenient location, such as
a corner store, is a another example of utility
The process of adding utility is often called adding
value
The Marketing Concept
The marketing concept is an approach to
business
When a business focuses on the customer,
the business is said to be following the
marketing concept
There are 3 elements to the marketing
concept;
Customer Satisfaction
Total Company Approach
Profit
The Marketing Concept
_______________________
Customer Satisfaction is the positive
feeling that customers get when their
expectations are met or exceeded
The Marketing Concept
Businesses that follow the marketing concept;
Provide goods and services that meet or
exceed customers’ expectations
Creating Customer Satisfaction
Encourage all four functions of business to
work together to provide customer
satisfaction
Following the Total Company Approach
Balance satisfying customers with making
sales
Generating a Profit
The Functions of Marketing
The role of marketing is to help the whole
company focus on its customers
The marketing function specializes in
learning about customer needs and wants
Marketing itself consists of hundreds of
activities
There are a variety of ways to organize
these activities
The Functions of Marketing
The activities of marketing can be organized
into seven different marketing functions;
Channel Management
Marketing-Information Management
(MIM)
Market Planning
Pricing
Product/Service Management
Promotion
Selling
The Functions of Marketing
Channel Management
Handles activities involved in getting
products from producers to customers
Activities include;
Transporting goods, storing goods, finding
sources for products, making sure products
get where they are needed on time,
transferring ownership of products, etc.
The Functions of Marketing
Marketing-Information Management (MIM)
Also called _________________________
Marketing Research
Means to gather, analyze, and distribute
information about markets, competition, and
customers
One of the main ways businesses learn what
the customer wants
Example activities include;
Developing surveys, analyzing research
results, meeting with customers, etc.
The Functions of Marketing
Market Planning
Used to determine the target market and
the strategies used to attract the selected
audience
Activities include;
Identifying the target market, segmenting the
market, determining marketing strategies
based on the target market, conducting
market analyses, developing a marketing
plan, etc.
The Functions of Marketing
Pricing
Handles activities involved in setting the
price for a product
Pricing also involves researching and
analyzing the prices that competitors charge
The Functions of Marketing
Product/Service Management
Activities include;
Developing new products
Modifying existing products
Deciding which products to carry in a store
The Functions of Marketing
Promotion
Non-personal communication with
customers, that is designed to influence
them to purchase the product
Activities include;
Advertising
Public Relations
Sales Promotions
Publicity
The Functions of Marketing
Selling
Personal communication with customers
Activities may include;
Helping customers in the store
Making sales presentations
Answer customer questions on the phone
Demonstrating how the product works, etc.
Day 1 Assigned Work
Students please complete the following;
Read the TD Canada Trust Profile on page
34 and answer the 2 questions
Thinking Question #1 on page 35
Application Question #1 on page 35
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