Marketing and Its Importance Creating a Chill Tie Enterprise
Marketing When the producer is someone other than the consumer, some form of exchange takes place.
Exchange Exchanges take place every day: Buying a hamburger Seeing a movie Visiting the dentist
DEFINITION: Marketing is the process of DEVELOPING PROMOTING DISTRIBUTING Products in order to satisfy customers !!!!!!! What are Products? GOODS SERVICES IDEAS
Development
Promoting
How many ways can you distribute? Distributing How many ways can you distribute?
Marketing 4p,s ? Marketing is a process It involves the 4 p’s Product Pricing Promoting Placing
Marketing Products: must be planned Prices: must be determined Promoting: products is essential Placing: products must be accessible to customers
Marketing These activities link producers and consumers so exchanges can be made.
Marketing is all Around Us Marketing can be done: Phone Mail Computer DVD/Blueray Doorstep
What is Marketed? People How?
Places
Ideas & Organizations
Durable Goods
Nondurable Goods
Services
Why is Marketing Important? Lower Prices: (choice reduces prices) Lubricant (competition, increased quality and productivity)
Why else is Marketing Important? 1/3: of the jobs in the USA $ Highest / Lowest Pay( 50 to 60 cents out of every dollar goes toward marketing) Cornerstone / Entrepreneurship 25% Growth is USA Exciting: Work with people
Benefits of Marketing ? Raises the standard of living. Adds utility to goods/service. Makes buying convenient. Maintains reasonable prices. Improves the quality of life.
Benefits of Marketing ? Provides a variety of goods and services. Increases Production
Without Marketing . . . Increased Costs Less Variety Less Competition (economy suffers)
No Marketing = Monopolies
Without Marketing . . . Fewer product Improvements. Fewer products developed. Stock shortages and overages.