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Monday, May 5, 2008

Who Moved my Cheese

A lot of paradigms get challenged , changed , questioned as we start moving into the Indian territory .

let us see how things move,.. the consumer and the markets /the organizations are constantly changing ..and here we need to read "who moved my cheese "

presented in an exciting ppt
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2881282/CHEESE

Marketing Concepts -Summary Full


http://www.scribd.com/doc/2881296/uploaded-on-scribd-MARKETING-concepts

Marketing Concepts -Summary 2

MARKETING MOTIVES
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S T P Product offering
Needs wants demand value & satisfaction
Exchange / transaction (process)
Relationships & stakeholder network

Marketing channels
· Communication ATL/BTL
· Dialogue email/Toll free
· Monologue ads
· Distribution trade
· Selling all outlets

Supply chain is a value delivery system

Competition
· Brand Competes for demand
· Industry Competes for want
· Form competing for the need
· Generic competes for the same money.

Environment
· Task – involves all stakeholders - producing / distributing / promoting
· Broad – demographic
Economic
Natural
Technological
political/legal
Socio cultural

MARKETING MIX ( 4 P --- > 4 C )
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PRICE PRODUCT PLACE PROMOTION

Results in

Customer cost customer soln convenience communication




MARKETING
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Production concept high prdt efficiency/low cost/mass distribution.Useful for new prdt / developing countries /penetration
Product concept Superior prdt (without focus on needs / wants )
Selling concept consumers suffer from inertia /aggressive sales pitch / promotion by orgnz ( insurance / encyclopedia )
Marketing concept Be more effective thru S T P

STP satisfies needs thru integrated marketing reaping profits from customer satisfaction.

SATISFACTION = fn ( perceived performance & expectations )

DELIGHT YOUR CONSUMERS

Customer delivered value = total customer value - total customer cost
Prdt value monetary cost
Services / personnel /image time/energy/psychic cost

Arthur D Little’s model of characteristics of high performance business


PROCESSES (improve critical business processes )

STAHEHOLDERS strategies to satisfy key stakeholders




organization
Resourcesallign
resources &
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Marketing Concepts - summary-1

MARKETING

Successful companies – stretch resources , live close to the consumers , create more satisfying solutions.

Questions which need to be answered -
· Spot & choose the right mkt seg ?
· Differentiate our offering vis-vis the compt ?
· How to compete against lower cost /price compt ?
· How to customize offering for each customer ?
· Major way to grow business ?
· How to build stronger brands ?
· How to reduce the cost of customer acquisition ?
· Retain loyalty for longer time frames ?
· How do we tell which customers are more important ?
· How do we measure the payback from advstg , sales promo , public relations ?
· How do we improve sales force productivity ?
· How do we establish multiple channels ? & yet manage channel conflicts ?
· How do we make other deptts customer friendly ?

Types of Markets
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Consumer Business Global Non profit & govt

DEMAND TYPES
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Negative demand No demand Latent Demand Declining Demand
Irregular demand Full demand Overfull demand Unwholesale Demand

STP MARKETING
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Segment demographic,Psychographic,Behavioral
Target
Position
Demand is want for a sp. Prdt with an ability to pay.
Need Want Demand
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food burger McDonald

Stated
Real
Secret
UnStated
Delight

VALUE = BENEFIT = (functional+emotional) benefit
COST ( monetary + time + energy+psychic ) cost

Updated Statistics for India -some sites...

http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/INDIAEXTN/0,,menuPK:295609~pagePK:141132~piPK:141109~theSitePK:295584,00.html
http://www.indiastat.com/
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/
http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/Statistics.aspx
http://www.neoncarrot.co.uk/h_aboutindia/india_tourism_stats.html
http://www.siamindia.com/scripts/industrystatistics.aspx
http://www.indiaeconomystat.com/
http://www.infodriveindia.com/Export-Import/Trade-Statistics.aspx
http://www.nriol.com/indiandiaspora/index.asp
http://www.mapsofindia.com/index.html
http://www.ieo.org/
http://www.indianindustry.com/indian-economy/
http://www.ibef.org/economy/economyoverview.aspx

Saturday, May 3, 2008

The way info will be ..

I will keep on adding with some info on
  • India , indian markets
  • some recap on key marketing elements and how Indian markets adaptability helps
  • situations , examples and develop it further

Would adapt it as and how u guys enjoy it

Friday, May 2, 2008

Marketing & Sales In India

Hi there
will share what ever knowledge info i can for making inroads in the indian market. trust you would find it useful
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