Marketing

4P’s

Product

Identifying and understanding customers

Price

Place

Promotion:

It is important for a business to identify and understand customer needs, as this brings many benefits:

Sales/offers

Public relations

Advertising

Select the correct marketing mix

Avoid costly mistakes

Increase sales

Be competitive

The business can provide a business/service that the customer will buy

Social media

Billboards

TV adverts

Segmentation

Press conference

Building reputation of company

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Location of business

Demographics- demographic segmentation is the chracteristics that people posess, including age, race, gender and much more

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Location - geographical segmentation can target customers based on what their local area provides, for example walkers in the lake district would want waking boots more than those in London

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USP

Product variety

Pricing strategy

Shipping

Price penetration: Starting lower and gradually increasing

Price skimming: Starting high gradually lowering

Cost-plus: Setting a percentage profit from the price of costs and selling all products at that price

Loss leader: Selling at a loss

Competitive: ricing based on competitors prices