I always assumed that marketing was those pesky sales people who were trying to get you to buy their brand of merchandise or services because they “supposedly” offer the best deal. Those ads you see that insist their product is the most recent revelation in break through products. I now know that marketing is more than that. Marketing is not just the selling but also the advertisement, research, accounting and production of products or services. Marketing is “communication the value of a product, service or brand to customers, for the purpose of promoting or selling that product, service, or brand.”
Marketing techniques can include selecting a target market through market analysis and market segmentation or by understanding consumer
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They have to stay ahead of technology, clothing trends or even the latest vehicle to provide what the consumer is looking for. Marketing experts also conduct research, in two particular ways; primary and secondary research. Secondary data is information that has already been collected or published and is readily available, while primary data is information collected specifically to solve a current problem. Typically when researchers rush to gather data and there is much relevant secondary information already available. One of the first places researchers should look for secondary data is the Internet. Marketing managers can find a slew of useful information on the Internet, however not all information is reliable. Being sure to look for reliable Internet sites is key.
Collecting primary data includes two basic methods of obtaining information about customers: questioning and observing. This could include group interviews, mail and online surveys, telephone surveys or personal interview surveys, all which are time consuming for the employer, and costly to pay for mailers and the creation of online surveys that don 't always provide the best results. You also have experts who handle marketing planning – strategizing a plan to effectively manage more than one product at a time in more than one market. Products that has been on the market a while can reached its life-cycle, therefore, at times a
Secondary marketing research is based on information previously gathered by an individual, the government, and other agencies. “Secondary sources are those sources of information that have been collected previously by other individuals or organizations. Secondary sources of information can help you to identify other sources of information, it can help you to get an overall picture of your market or it may provide more detailed information on a specific segment of the market” (Karen Paiyo). There are also various research tools used when conducting secondary research. Secondary research can be acquired from previous reports, public sources, newspapers, magazines, commercials, educational sources, and websites. Secondary research is often easy to find and generally free. It is much more inexpensive than primary research. An example of secondary research is a general manager, of a professional baseball team, gathering a summation of statistical information (of a player whose contract is expiring) from previous
Thirdly the Business would need to collect Secondary and primary Data is data. Primary Data is a Data that is gathered by the researcher himself/herself. Secondary Data is data that is collected by someone else for another purpose.
Marketing is a very unique process that enables limitless methods or variations for an entity to appeal to a particular target market as well as to deter from a particular market. Marketing is used in more than just business; The kinds of clothes an individual wears and the attitude a person portrays can be used to market him or herself to the public for many reasons: Maybe to attract a woman a man is attracted to, possibly to impress the president of a company a person is interviewing for, and even to just create a base of his or her character in which other people will judge him or her by. Marketing is everywhere from the business side of the spectrum to relationships people have
Prior to conducting primary research, companies should first obtain secondary data from all available sources that pertain to the interests of the subject. Companies conducting secondary market research focus on collating sections of research
Segmenting, targeting, and positioning are some of the approaches that are used by business organizations for the purpose of building relationships with their customers. All these methods are referred to as the target marketing process. Market segmentation identifies bases for segmenting the market by developing segment profiles. Target marketing deals with the development of measures of segment attractiveness as well as selecting target segments. Market positioning on the other hand develops positioning for each segment while at the same time developing a marketing mix for each segment (Cant, 2006). Most advertisements are designed carefully to incorporate all the three elements of the target marketing process. A good example of this is the McDonald’s TV advertisement known as “My Dad.”
The assembly and analysis of secondary data almost invariably improves the researcher 's understanding of the marketing problem, the various lines of inquiry that could or should be followed and the alternative courses of action which might be pursued.
The process of communicating the value of a product or service to customers, for the main purpose of selling that product or service is known as marketing. The science of choosing target markets through market segmentation and analysis, and understanding consumer behavior while providing superior customer value to the customers is termed as Marketing Management. It can be looked at as one of the most important of the organizational functions and a set of processes for creating, communicating and delivering the value to their customers or potential customers, and a customer relationship management that benefits the organization in a variety of ways.
There are two types of data primary data and secondary data. In primary data we can collect by doing interview, survey and questionnaire and the secondary data we can get the information about the product by its past records, magazine or news papers. The process used to gathering data information and data for the purpose of making business decision.
marketing is to match the right product to the right market, providing an optimum return on investment. It is more than just advertising.
Every company depends on an efficient marketing program to fulfill customers' needs. Marketing is a process of finding out what the customer wants and meeting those requirements. Within the company, the marketing group has to consider customer values and customer satisfaction before considering offering a product. Marketing is part of our everyday world, and can be perceived everywhere and every time. At any time, everyone has been exposed to different kinds of marketing or advertising depending upon personal necessities such as T.V commercials, radio, internet, etc.
Marketing is the basic concept of selling or buying products and services. This is generally some type of exchange of money, services, goods, or ideas. Advertising has vastly changed since the creation of the printing press;
Marketing is the basic concept of selling or buying products and services. This is generally some type of exchange of money, services, goods or ideas. Advertising has vastly changed since the creation of the printing press.
Primary research. This has to be gathered first and to answer certain questions that are related to the project; therefore it is more time consuming and expensive. Primary research is considered to be a reliable source of information as it is coming directly from consumers.
One of the main critical areas to consider in research is the sources of data. Data sources can be either: primary or secondary. Surbhi (2016 p.) defines primary data as the “data originated for the first time by the researcher through direct efforts and experience, specifically for the purpose of addressing the research problem” and defines secondary data as “second-hand information which is already collected and recorded by any person other than the user for a purpose, not relating to the current research problem”. Surbhi (2016) considers primary data sources as quite expensive, and requires resources including money and manpower. He also added that “ secondary data is the data that is readily available form of data collected from various sources like censuses, government publications, and internal records of the organization, reports, books, journal
In the article ‘Data Collection: Primary Research Methods’, Christ (2009) wrote that, the responsibility for collecting data under primary research falls to the marketer. Marketers can select two basic approaches to collect data using primary methods: