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Marketing – Chapter 2 - SWOT
What is SWOT and how does it apply to marketing?
Strengths/Weaknesses = Internal
Opportunities/Threats = External
Company Analysis (Internal):
Staffing / Financial / Production Capabilities / Marketing Mix (4
P’s)
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Staffing:
Ex “Too much or not enough staff?” “How effective is the staff?”
Financial:
Ex “Is company profitable?” “Are sales increasing or decreasing?”
Production Capabilities
“What technology is needed to be competitive?” “What production
changes are needed if sales increase or decrease?”
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Marking Mix
Product – “What products are successful?” “Do we own patents?”
Price – “What’s the pricing strategy? “Is it working?”
Place – “Do products get to customers easily?” Who provides
distribution?”
Promotion – “What are the promotional strategies and are they
working?” “What's the reputation and image?”
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Customer Analysis (Internal):
Studying buying habits and customer satisfaction
Product Offerings and Pricing / Interest Specific Options/ Strengths and
Weaknesses
Questions – “Who are the customers? And How do they differ?”
“What, where, and how often do they buy?”
“What’s their view on company quality, service, and value?”
“Is it increasing or decreasing?
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Competitive Position (Internal):
Market Share
Questions – “What is the market share?”
“What advantages do we have over the competitors?”
“What are our Core Competencies(Reputation, Patents,
Resources, Distribution)?”
“Are we loosing business to competitors and Why?”
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PEST Analysis (External):
What is a PEST analysis?
Outside influences on a company (Opportunities and/or threats)
Consists of what 4 factors?
1. Political
2. Economic
3. Socio-Cultural
4. Technological
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PEST Analysis (External):
1. Political – Govt. Involvement - Global (Laws and regulations,
Political structure)
2. Economic – Local/National/International (Can’t Control):
Recession – Most companies slow or stop productions
Unemployment – If Decreasing, companies may grow business
Currency Rate – Can make products more or less expensive on foreign
markets
Import Pricing – Illegal dumping (Selling imports at very low prices)
Trade Restrictions – Tariffs (Taxes), Quotas (Number Limits)
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PEST Analysis (External):
3. Socio-Cultural Factors – Customs and Potential Customers.
Changes in all Demographic Factors.
Changes in attitudes, lifestyles, and opinions (Psychographics)
How are customers changing!
4. Technology – Threat to some but Opportunity to others!
Examples?
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Marketing is complicated and it involves MANY different tasks:
To Stay Organized, Marketers create Marketing Plans
Marketing Plan
Document that directs the company’s activities for a specific amount
of time
Road map to how a product will enter the market, be advertised, &
sold
Communicates the goals, objectives, and strategies of a company’s
management team: Responsibilities / Timelines / Budgests
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Marketing Plan Elements
1. Executive Summary – Brief Overview
Used by Investors / Consultants
2. Situation Analysis – Internal & External Factors – SWOT/PEST
Company, Business Unit, Product Line, or Individual
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Marketing Plan Elements
3. Objectives – What the Plan will Accomplish (Match to Mission
Statement)
Single Minded – Each Topic Must be Separate!!
Specific – No Misunderstandings or Interpretations
Realistic – Achievable – Consider Strengths and Weaknesses
Measurable – Evaluate Results (Ex. Increase sales by 5% from Q1 to Q2)
Time Framed – To know if objective was reached
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Marketing Plan Elements
4. Marketing Strategies – Target Market(s) – Sets the Marketing Mix (4P’s)
Focused on the Key Points of Difference – Advantage over competition
Quality / Distribution / Creative Promotions / Pricing
5. Implementation – Plan into Action – Communication Key
Obtaining Resources – Financial / Management / Staffing
Outlines the Schedule of:
Activities / Job Assignments / Sales Forecasts (Projection of Future Sales) /
Budgets / Details of All Activities / Responsibilities
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Marketing Plan Elements
6. Evaluation and Control – How Objectives will be Measured and by
Whom
7. Performance Standards & Evaluations – Measuring Stick
Assess Objectives and Marketing Mix Strategies
Actions to Take if Objectives are NOT Met
Revisions to Plan
8. Appendix – Supplemental Items
Financial Statements / Sample Ads / Misc. Items
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Identifying and Analyzing Markets
The Best way to connect to customer’s is to KNOW them!
Remember what a Market is?
What is Market Segmentation?
Classifying people who form a given market into smaller groups
More precise clusters
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Who do you market to?
To expensive to market to everyone…Where is your advantage?
Gathering Data
Census is one option
Once the data is collected Markets can be segmented into 4 categories
Demographics / Geographics / Pychographics / Behavioral Characteristics
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Demographics
Statistics that describe personal characteristics
Age
Baby Boomer Generation – 76million born in US 1946-1964 – Getting Older
Generation X – Dual career household / Divorced Parents – Savvy/Skeptical
Generation Y – Millennium Gen./ Greater diversity– Internet
Gender
Typically a different marketing approach is needed for men and women
Even for the same product – Examples?
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Demographics
Statistics that describe personal characteristics
Income
Disposable – Money left after taxes – Necessities bought first
Discretionary – Money left after basic necessities (Food/Shelter/Clothing)
Less discretionary income in tough economic times (Recession/Depression)
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Demographics
Statistics that describe personal characteristics
Martial Status
% of Married couples in the US less than 1950’s
Living longer, Re-marrying Less, Divorcing More, Waiting longer to get
married
Family size products
Ethnicity
Multicultural and Ethnically Diverse - Caucasian % Decreasing compared to
Hispanics / African Americans / Asian Americans
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Geographics
Where people live – People who live in the same geographic region
typically share similar demographics
Local / State / Regional
Product decisions based upon preferences of the region – Greatest appeal
to the most likely customers
Knowing terms of the region – Ex. Pop, Soda, Coke
Open Google: Search for - Where you live based on the words you say
Click on NYTimes Link - How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk - Interactive...
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Geographics
Where people live – People who live in the same geographic region
typically share similar demographics
National and Global
Specific products for specific regions of the globe
Information for customer from other countries – Different languages and
images
Ex.
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Psychographics
Attitudes, Interests, Opinions, Lifestyles, and Values
How people spend their time and money
Focus Groups
Attitudes and Opinions
Changing times and personal experiences
Trends (Long-Term) vs Fads (Short-Term)
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Psychographics
Attitudes, Interests, Opinions, Lifestyles, and Values
Interests and Activities
People who chare common interests and activities typically purchase similar
goods and services
Interests and Activities
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
People are motivated to achieve certain needs. When one need is fulfilled a
person seeks to fulfill the next one, and so on
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Biological and Physiological needs - air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep.
Safety needs - protection from elements, security, order, law, stability, freedom from
fear.
Love and belongingness needs - friendship, intimacy, affection and love, - from work
group, family, friends, romantic relationships.
Esteem needs - achievement, mastery, independence, status, dominance, prestige, selfrespect, respect from others.
Self-Actualization needs - realizing personal potential, self-fulfillment, seeking personal
growth and peak experiences.
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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Behavioral Characteristics
Sales generated, Shopping patterns, Purchase decisions making process
Most business identify the 80/20 rule
80% of purchases comes from 20% of loyal customers
Loyalty Programs
Web-Sites and Online Promotions
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Mass Marketing vs. Segmentation Marketing
Mass Marketing
Universal appeal – Single marketing strategy to reach all customers
Advantage – Lower Cost – Few differences in product/price/promotion
Disadvantage – Competitors will go after the customer's whose needs are not
met
Niche Marketing
Defines and narrows market with extreme precisions
Advantage – Identify a specific market
Disadvantage – Research needed and COST