CHAPTER ONE Basic Marketing Marketing’s Value to Consumers, Firms, and Society A Marketing Strategy Planning Approach William D. Perreault Jr. Joseph P. Cannon E. Jerome McCarthy For use only with Perreault/Cannon/McCarthy or Perreault/McCarthy texts. For use only with Perreault/Cannon/McCarthy or Perreault/McCarthy texts. © 2008 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. McGraw-Hill/Irwin When we finish this lecture you should 1. 2. 3. 4. www.mhhe.com/fourps © 2008 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. McGraw-Hill/Irwin When we finish this lecture you should 5. Know what marketing is and why you should learn about it. Understand the difference between marketing and macro-marketing. Know the marketing functions and why marketing specialists—including middlemen intermediaries and marketing collaborators— develop to perform them. Understand what a market-driven economy is and how it adjusts the macro-marketing system. Marketing—What’s It All About? 6. 7. Know what the marketing concept is—and how it should guide a firm or nonprofit organization. Understand what customer value is and why it is important to customer satisfaction. Know how social responsibility and marketing ethics relate to the marketing concept. Things a Firm Should Do in Producing a Bike More than Selling or Advertising Analyze Needs Predict Wants Estimate Demand All Those More than Selling and Advertising Bicycles! Predict When Determine Where Estimate Price Decide Promotion Estimate Competition Provide Service Basic Marketing – Chapter 1 Handout 1-1 Marketing Is Important to You! Production vs. Marketing Marketing Makes sure right goods & services are produced Important to every consumer! Production • Making Goods Important to your job! • Performing Services Affects innovation and standard of living! Creates Customer Satisfaction Marketing Stimulates New Ideas Affects Innovation © 2008 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin What Is Marketing? Marketing Micro View • Set of activities • Performed by individual organizations Profit and Nonprofit Macro View and • Social process • Matches supply with demand Focus of Your Text Builds Relationships Basic Marketing – Chapter 1 Handout 1-2 More than Persuasion Key Characteristics Involves Exchanges Begins with Needs Doesn’t Go It Alone Macro-Marketing Building Customer Relationships Emphasis on Whole System Every Economy Needs It Key Characteristics Matches Producers and Consumers Can Mass Production Satisfy a Society’s Consumption Needs? Overcoming Spatial Separation Economies of Scale Lower Cost Cost $ Output Marketing Bridges the Gap! Marketing Functions Producers Consumers Universal Functions of Marketing Buying Market Information Who Performs Marketing Functions? Producers Selling Transporting Marketing Functions Risk Taking Financing Transport Firms Product Testing Firms Basic Marketing – Chapter 1 Handout 1-3 Other Specialists Retailers Ad Agencies ISP's Storing Standardization & Grading Wholesalers Research Firms Consumers How Decisions are Made in an Economic System Command Economy • Government officials decide • May work well if: • Simple economy • Little Variety • Adverse Conditions Market-Directed Economy • Adjusts itself OR • Price is value measure Marketing’s Role Has Changed Over Time Simple Trade Era Production Era Focus: Increase Supply Sales Era Focus: Beat Competition • Freedom of choice • Government’s role limited The Marketing Concept (Exhibit 1-3) Customer Satisfaction Focus: Sell Surplus Marketing Department Era Focus: Coordinate and Control Marketing Company Era Focus: Long-Run Customer Satisfaction Creating Title here Customer Satisfaction Total Company Effort The Marketing Concept Profit Adopting the Concept of Marketing Checking your knowledge A store that is popular with newlyweds runs a wedding gift registry. Five minutes before closing time on a Sunday, a young couple enters the store and wants to register—a process that usually takes 30 minutes or more. A sales associate advises the couple to come back when they have more time, even though a recent memo from the store’s regional manager specifically instructed store personnel to stay after closing time to help such customers. Which key element of the marketing concept is the main problem area in this situation? A. Customer need B. Total company effort C. Customer satisfaction D. Marketing orientation E. Product orientation Basic Marketing – Chapter 1 Handout 1-4 The Marketing Concept and Customer Value Interactive Exercise: Customer Value Take Customer’s Point of View Customer May Not Dwell On Value Costs Benefits Where Does Competition Fit? Customer Value Builds Relationships © 2008 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Checking your knowledge Checking your knowledge Which of the following statements, made by marketing managers, illustrates an understanding of the concept of customer value? A. “It’s more important to acquire new customers than to retain old ones.” B. “The only time it’s really necessary to demonstrate superior customer value is right before the actual sale.” C. “My main concern is with meeting this month’s sales quota—I’ll worry about relationship building later.” D. “I might think my product is a good value, but what really counts is if the customer thinks it’s a good value.” E. “Customer value really boils down to which product is the least expensive.” A. Reduce price. B. Increase technical support for customers. C. Increase warranty coverage. D. Offer free shipping. E. Any of the above, depending on the needs of the target market. The Marketing Concept Applies in Nonprofit Organizations Putting It All Together (Exhibit 1-6) Offer Superior Customer Value Total Company Effort to Satisfy Customers A computer manufacturer is attempting to increase the customer value associated with purchases of its products. Which of the following might be a way to achieve this increase in value? Attract New Customers Build Profitable Customer Relationships Support and “Satisfied Customers” Newcomers to Marketing Satisfy Customers Marketing Concept Provides Focus Retain Customers Basic Marketing – Chapter 1 Handout 1-5 Characteristics of Nonprofit Organizations May Not Be Organized for Marketing The Bottom Line? Government Marketing Marketing Concept Use by Nonprofit Services © 2008 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin The Marketing Concept, Social Responsibility, and Marketing Ethics Group Needs Micro - Macro Dilemma Individual Needs Should All Needs Be Satisfied? Social Responsibility Thehere Micro-Macro Dilemma Title What if Profits Suffer? The Marketing Concept Guides Ethics Social Responsibility You now 1. 2. 3. 4. © 2008 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Basic Marketing – Chapter 1 Handout 1-6 Know what marketing is and why you should learn about it. Understand the difference between marketing and macro-marketing. Know the marketing functions and why marketing specialists—including middlemen intermediaries and marketing collaborators— develop to perform them. Understand what a market-driven economy is and how it adjusts the macro-marketing system. You now Key Terms 5. 6. 7. Know what the marketing concept is—and how it should guide a firm or nonprofit organization. Understand what customer value is and why it is important to customer satisfaction. Know how social responsibility and marketing ethics relate to the marketing concept. • • • • • • • • Key Terms • • • • • • • • • Collaborators E-commerce Economic system Command economy Market-directed economy Simple trade era Production era Sales era Marketing department era • • • • • • • • Marketing company era Marketing concept Production orientation Marketing orientation Customer value Micro-macro dilemma Social responsibility Marketing ethics Basic Marketing – Chapter 1 Handout 1-7 Production Customer satisfaction Innovation Marketing Pure subsistence economy Macro-marketing Economies of scale Universal functions of marketing • • • • • • • • • Buying Selling Transporting Storing Standardization and grading Financing Risk-taking Market information Intermediary (or middleman)