Description:There are a number of misconceptions about marketing. Many assume that it focuses on simply communicating the product or service the organisation offers through activities like advertising. Marketing is far more complex than this. It is a vital activity for the success of anyorganisation. How do consumers become aware of products and services? How do they know which product or service is right for them? How do organisations know which products and services their consumers would like to buy? The answer is through the organisation·s marketing efforts. This means that if the marketing activity is not included at the beginning of the process. the organisation may end up developing a product or service and communicating about it in a way that does not resonate with its target audience. This will have a serious impact on the organisation·s success.The marketing world is continuously changing and Introduction to marketing addresses these changes by discussing core concepts like understanding the environment that the organisation operates in, analysing their competition, understanding how consumers make decisions, conducting marketing research, applying segmentation, targeting and positioning, the process of developing and making decisions around products, managing services, marketing channels, retailing, pricing, promotions, branding, integrating communication efforts, business-to-business marketing, marketing metrics, international marketing and ethical considerations. These topics are fundamental to any marketing professional or academic. The second edition of this textbook provides updated discussions, examples and scenarios that marketers are currently facing.Author(s) name(s):Ms Marlene BogaardsMs Angela BruwerMs Monique du BruynDr Willy EngelbrechtMs Yu-Ting Hung-JoubertDr Stefanie KühnProf. Re-An MüllerDr Isolde LubbeMs Nontuthuzelo MashabaMr Njabulo MkhizeDr Thabang MofokengMs Carly SmithMs Catherine SephapoDr Beate Stiehler-MulderMrs Safura Kallier-TarWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Introduction to Marketing: a southern African perspective. To get started finding Introduction to Marketing: a southern African perspective, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
534
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Van Schaik
Release
2022
ISBN
0627039103
Introduction to Marketing: a southern African perspective
Description: There are a number of misconceptions about marketing. Many assume that it focuses on simply communicating the product or service the organisation offers through activities like advertising. Marketing is far more complex than this. It is a vital activity for the success of anyorganisation. How do consumers become aware of products and services? How do they know which product or service is right for them? How do organisations know which products and services their consumers would like to buy? The answer is through the organisation·s marketing efforts. This means that if the marketing activity is not included at the beginning of the process. the organisation may end up developing a product or service and communicating about it in a way that does not resonate with its target audience. This will have a serious impact on the organisation·s success.The marketing world is continuously changing and Introduction to marketing addresses these changes by discussing core concepts like understanding the environment that the organisation operates in, analysing their competition, understanding how consumers make decisions, conducting marketing research, applying segmentation, targeting and positioning, the process of developing and making decisions around products, managing services, marketing channels, retailing, pricing, promotions, branding, integrating communication efforts, business-to-business marketing, marketing metrics, international marketing and ethical considerations. These topics are fundamental to any marketing professional or academic. The second edition of this textbook provides updated discussions, examples and scenarios that marketers are currently facing.Author(s) name(s):Ms Marlene BogaardsMs Angela BruwerMs Monique du BruynDr Willy EngelbrechtMs Yu-Ting Hung-JoubertDr Stefanie KühnProf. Re-An MüllerDr Isolde LubbeMs Nontuthuzelo MashabaMr Njabulo MkhizeDr Thabang MofokengMs Carly SmithMs Catherine SephapoDr Beate Stiehler-MulderMrs Safura Kallier-TarWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Introduction to Marketing: a southern African perspective. To get started finding Introduction to Marketing: a southern African perspective, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.