3.3.1: Setting marketing objectives

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Marketing, marketing model, technology affecting marketing, ethical marketing, competitiveness, market positioning, marketing objectives, market share, market growth, sales growth
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Marketing: The business process that anticipates, identifies and satisfies the customers needs and wants profitably
Marketing Model: a method to decide how to turn a marketing objective into a strategy
How Technological Developments Affect Marketing Decisions: Digital Marketing: -strong success pushes people that way to use it themselves Social Media: -tight targeting -interactive relationship Relationship Pricing: -specify ads and junk mail to you and your interests Dynamic Pricing: -prices continually change based upon supply & demand
Ethical Marketing: the process through which companies generate customer interest in its products and services by incorporating social and environmental considerations *Important for legal issues and to make customers more aware but conflicts might come from people believing it is dishonest or that you aren't actually ethical
Competitiveness: A measure of a firms ability to offer a better combination of price and quality than its rivals
Measure of Market Competitiveness: Lack of competition Monopoly e.g. electric & gas | Oligopoly | Competitive market e.g. chocolate bars Fierce competition
Market Positioning: seeing where exactly a brand fits or would fit in the market *Helps outline what consumers like and what a brand can do to increase their market position
How Marketing Can Boost Competitiveness: Design: -USP to stand out from rivals Brand Image: -crucial for customers to tell brands apart
Marketing Objectives: the targets that a company's marketing department sets itself
Typical Marketing Objectives: (Quantitative) -Sales volume in units: the number of items a business wishes to sell in a given time period) -Sales value (£): increase revenue and sales figures -Sales growth: in volume (units) or value (£) -Market share: the % of the total market that one company or 1 brand has -Market size: the total volume (units) or total value (£) of the whole market -Market growth: % increase/decrease over time
Typical Marketing Objectives: (Qualitative) -Brand loyalty: repeating purchases/returning customers -Market positioning: trying to appeal to a specific market e.g. Superdry age group 14-25, top in casual clothing market -Launch new product: completely new or to amend an existing product e.g. mobile phones -Differentiation: unique selling point (USP) -Advertising methods -Product range
Influences on Marketing Objectives: Internal: -company's mission + overall objectives -leadership style -finance -human resources (staff) External: -trends/fashion -how much influence they have in the market/their share -demographic of the market (age, gender, lifestyle) -competitors -ethics
Market Share: the % of the total market that one company or 1 brand has total revenue for business in time period / total revenue of market for time period) x100 = market share (%)
Market Growth: (change in market share between two years / share of one year) x 100 = market growth (%) (Y1 - Y2 / Y1) x100 = Market growth (%)
Sales Growth: (change in sales between two years/sales of year 1) x 100 = Sales growth (%) (Y1 - Y2 / Y1) x100 = sales growth (%)
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