Introduction to Business & Marketing
What is marketing?
◦ Process of developing, promoting & distributing goods & services to meet consumer wants & needs Develop Promote Distribute
What is marketing? ◦ Process of developing, promoting & distributing goods & services to meet consumer wants & needs Needs vs. Wants
What is marketing? ◦ Process of developing, promoting & distributing goods & services to meet consumer wants & needs Needs vs. Wants ◦ Needs = essential ◦ Wants = desired
Goods vs. services
◦ Goods – tangible (can touch) ◦ Services – intangible (can’t touch)
Exchange
◦ Takes place every time something is sold in the marketplace.
Marketing Functions: All activities that allow companies to bring products to the market for exchange. 1.Pricing 2.Selling 3.Distributing 4.Promoting 5.Marketing Information Management 6.Product/Service Management
Pricing: “means deciding how much to charge for goods & services” to make a profit EXAMPLE: a snickers bar is $1 in the School Store Write 2 more examples in your notes
Selling: “providing customers with goods & services they choose/want to buy” EXAMPLE: The Nike store sells Nike Air Pegasus shoes. Write 2 more examples in your notes
Distributing: “involves making decisions about where to sell your product and the method of transportation to use (i.e. train, plane, automobile)” EXAMPLE: Surfboards arrive via plane from Hawaii and are sold on 17 th street in Virginia Beach. Write 2 more examples in your notes
Promoting: “any form of communication used to inform, persuade, or remind people about a business’s products” EXAMPLE: Come out Thursday night to see the defending state champion Briar Woods varsity volleyball team take on Robinson in a battle you don’t want to miss. First serve is 7 pm. Write 2 more examples in your notes.
Marketing Information Management: “is the process of getting the marketing information needed to make sound business decisions.” ◦ SURVEYS ARE USED!!! EXAMPLE: sweetFrog distributes surveys for customers to complete online based on potential flavors. These results are used to make decisions on what new flavors to add. Yummy! Writes 2 more examples in your notes.
Product/service management: “obtaining, developing, maintaining, and improving a product or product mix in response to market opportunities” Product changes over time to meet the needs of customers EXAMPLE: The iPod has changed over the last 7 years. It was originally bulky and only black/white; next a smaller/color version called the Nano; next a video iPod; next a smaller Nano; finally iPhone. Student writes 2 more examples in notes
Students will use the Internet to complete the following activity that applies their knowledge of the marketing functions. Choose a product (good or service). Identify the company that produces this product. Use the Internet to conduct research and identify how the company applies each of the marketing functions in developing, producing, promoting, and distributing the product. Each student will complete the questions below and submit for a class activity grade.