Marketing Mix – Literature Review and Company Example
Diploma in Sales & Marketing - 66th Intake Module DSM 101-Marketing Principals
Marketing Mix – Literature Review and Company Example
Lecturer: Thomas Lim Team Members:Christopher Mark Charlton (team leader) Gary Chow Hock Meng Andrew Peter O Lai Wohlstand Cheah Rong Jin
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Table of contents Introduction to the Marketing Mix 4P's ~
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Marketing Mix 4P's Place Literary Review Company Example of Marketing Mix 4P's Place – Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
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Marketing Mix 4P's Product Literary Review Company Example of Marketing Mix 4P's Product – Qian Hu Corporation
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Marketing Mix 4P's Pricing Literary Review Company Example of Marketing Mix 4P's Pricing – Qian Hu
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Marketing Mix 4P's Promotion Literary Review Company Example of Marketing Mix 4P's Promotion – Comat Training Services Pte Ltd
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References
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Introduction to the Marketing Mix 4P's. The 4P's are the 4 marketing components that make up the Marketing Mix for the sale of goods. The four components are Place, Product, Promotion and Price. Marketers develop strategies for each of these components to facilitate mutually satisfying exchanges with a target market. (Lamb et al, 2009). Each or all of the components are variable and may be fine tuned, depending on external and internal influences, to achieve the best blend that will produce the desired result for the companies offering. This report describes a literary review of each of the four components and an example of how each is implemented in a real world scenario.
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Marketing Mix 4P's Place Literary Review The “place” component of the marketing mix 4P's refers to the distribution channel through which products are marketed and sold. In the view of Lodish et al. (2001) distribution encompasses all the activities that need to be performed so that the product's offering bundle is transfered productively from seller to customer who will buy and benefit
Marketing Mix – Literature Review and Company Example
Lecturer: Thomas Lim Team Members:Christopher Mark Charlton (team leader) Gary Chow Hock Meng Andrew Peter O Lai Wohlstand Cheah Rong Jin
We declare this report is XXXXX words in length
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Table of contents Introduction to the Marketing Mix 4P's ~
page number 3
Marketing Mix 4P's Place Literary Review Company Example of Marketing Mix 4P's Place – Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
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Marketing Mix 4P's Product Literary Review Company Example of Marketing Mix 4P's Product – Qian Hu Corporation
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Marketing Mix 4P's Pricing Literary Review Company Example of Marketing Mix 4P's Pricing – Qian Hu
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Marketing Mix 4P's Promotion Literary Review Company Example of Marketing Mix 4P's Promotion – Comat Training Services Pte Ltd
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References
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Introduction to the Marketing Mix 4P's. The 4P's are the 4 marketing components that make up the Marketing Mix for the sale of goods. The four components are Place, Product, Promotion and Price. Marketers develop strategies for each of these components to facilitate mutually satisfying exchanges with a target market. (Lamb et al, 2009). Each or all of the components are variable and may be fine tuned, depending on external and internal influences, to achieve the best blend that will produce the desired result for the companies offering. This report describes a literary review of each of the four components and an example of how each is implemented in a real world scenario.
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Marketing Mix 4P's Place Literary Review The “place” component of the marketing mix 4P's refers to the distribution channel through which products are marketed and sold. In the view of Lodish et al. (2001) distribution encompasses all the activities that need to be performed so that the product's offering bundle is transfered productively from seller to customer who will buy and benefit
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