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Title: MARKETING
Description: Marketing Principles

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Marketing 101: Introduction


Marketing is an organizational function
and a set of processes for creating,
communicating and delivering value to
customers and for managing customer
relationships in ways that benefit the
organization and its stakeholders
...


Marketing Principles


All company policies and activities
should be directed towards satisfying
customer needs
...


Market Segment


A group of potential customers with a
great deal in common for which a
specialized set of goods or services may
be provided
...
There
exists a customer need for the product
and it finds its way to the consumer
...
The product is pulled
through the channel because the
consumer demands and requests it



Push: Putting pressure on the channel
members to sell/buy more effectively
through volume discounts, samples
o Push is directed at channel members
with the end result being more products
flowing through the channel

Marketing Research


The systematic gathering, recording, and
analyzing of data about problems relating
to the marketing of goods and services



The information gathered during
Marketing Research can help
o Develop sales forecasts
o Design new products, based on
customer opinion
o Create attractive packaging
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o Guide advertising plans

6 Steps in Marketing Research

Marketing Information Systems


The best way to get RELEVANT
information is to establish a systematic
approach and have a planned Marketing
Information System
...
What’s the markup %?
o Markup % = ($ markup)/selling price
o $ markup= $25 -$20=$5
o Markup % = 5/25 = 20%

Break-Even Analysis


Computes the quantity of goods a
company needs to sell to cover its costs
QBE = F/ (SP - VC)
o QBE = Break even quantity
o F =Fixed costs
o SP = Selling Price/unit
o VC = Variable Cost



Break-even analysis also includes
calculating
o Total cost – Sum of fixed and variable
cost

o Total cost = F + (VC)*Q
o Revenue –Amount of money brought in
from sales

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Revenue = (SP) * Q
o Q = Number of units sold

Break-Even Analysis: A
Graphical Approach


Compute the quantity of goods that must
be sold to break-even



Compute the total revenue at an assumed
selling price



Compute the fixed cost and variable cost
for several quantities



Plot the total revenue line and the total
cost line




The intersection is the break-even point
Sensitivity analysis can be done to examine
changes in all of the assumptions made

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Title: MARKETING
Description: Marketing Principles