Inbound Marketing

CleanSpritz, a subsidiary of MJ Brenner is a manufacturer of cleaning supplies whose target market is threefold. The three industries are as follows: industrial products, home cleaning products, and auto cleaning products. Stateside revenue for their product line reached $53.76 million in 2011. However, since 2008, annual sales have been on the decline by an average of 7.5% annually (Gold, 2015). As a result of their declining sales, MJ Brenner VP of strategy gave CleanSpritz’ marketing team, led by Claire Beaton, six months to devise a plan to revive their sales strategy. Next, we will review a SWOT analysis of

'Traditional marketing in the business-to-business environment requires very different strategies from those campaigns directed towards the consumer market.' (ExtraVision, n.d., p. 1) 'Consumer competition can be a lot fiercer, with customer loyalty a constant battle.? (ExtraVision, n.d., p.1)

two groups, the Tier One, or priority, customers and the Tier Two, or normal, customers. The CEO insists that to remain

Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………………3 Current Marketing Situation……………………………………………………………………………………4 SWOT Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6 Target Market…………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 Positioning and Competitive Map…………………………………………………………………………..7 Price……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….10 Distribution…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….10 Sales Force……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10 Advertising &

4. By expanding the distribution channel one single customer doesn’t dominates the market share, and limited distribution channels could affect company’s bottom line.

However, at this stage, they need effective and cost-efficient marketing strategies and plans to survive and grow. They usually do not have big budgets, and are often less experienced in the modern ways of marketing. However, they spend a larger portion of their revenues (17.8%) on marketing (Moorman 2012). Being a start-up firm with low overheads, PMC can empathize with the challenges being faced by the smaller businesses, and provide tailor-made services at reasonable price. It can also connect at a personal level with the founders to understand their vision for the business. The consultancy market is highly competitive with both freelancers and big agencies targeting the SMBs. PMC will attempt to differentiate itself with customized professional services and innovative ideas which use appropriate data and market intelligence. The personalized approach will make the client get maximum attention from the best professionals in the firm.

HubSpot is a new company founded in 2006 by visionaries’ entrepreneurs. They sell not only a service product which provides technological tools and offers business solutions; they also sale a system a new concept of how to do business. Any business needs from marketing along with communication strategies to have certain contact with people that eventually become potential customers. Contacts promote sales. Traditionally marketing was employed through traditional communication techniques such as: Tele marketing, Direct Mail, Person-to-Person through salesmen and so forth. These traditional ways of do marketing are called Outbound Marketing.

The second part will present the SWOT analysis based on internal and external environment. The last section is to set the marketing objectives for developing the marketing strategies.

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Datavast needs to decide if it would be a good idea to sell to small-to-medium enterprise (SME’s), but the companies knows that if they sell to SME’s they will be facing several challenges. For example most of SME’s

Being able to acquire a new market may bring those new customers to their current market.

A firm 's international marketing program must generally be modified and adapted to foreign markets. This international marketing program uses strategies to accomplish its marketing goals. Within each foreign nation, the firm is likely to find a combination of marketing environment and target markets that are different from those of its own home country and other foreign countries. It is important that in international marketing, product, pricing, distribution and promotional strategies be adapted accordingly. In order for an international firm to function properly, cultural, social, economic, and legal forces within the country must be clearly understood.

Marketing has evolved through a change in production and consumption due to the advent of new technology (Ranchhod, 2004). The development of technology has also driven the globalisation of communication. During this period, consumers are facing a variety of choices (Jackson and Shaw, 2009). Thus, companies need to actively embrace these changing factors to grow their business and succeed in the marketplace.

That’s exactly how Globe Telecom—the number two provider in the Philippines, with 27 million customers—is approaching the competitive challenge. Globe specifically recognized that the most effective way to attract and retain the value-conscious Philippine mobile customer was to spur action through time-limited marketing promotions—for example, reload HSDPA service with PHP30 and also get 24 hours unlimited SMS product. Call it opportunistic marketing in the extreme. (http://www-05.ibm.com/innovations)

The original formula for Red Bull was developed in 1964; however, the Red Bull company was not founded until 1984 after a merger between Dietrich Mateschitz, marketing guru, and Chaleo Yoovidhya, the owner of the Red Bull formula. Categorized as an energy drink, Red Bull was initially designed to “treat jet lag and boost energy for truck drivers” (Hollensen, 2012). In today's era, Red Bull is commonly used as an energy drink; like coffee, and as a mixer in alcoholic drinks, like Red Bull Wings and the Jägerbomb. This aligns with the company's focus on the younger generations of partygoers and post-secondary students.