7P's - The marketing mix is a widely accepted strategic marketing tool in formulating marketing tactics for a product or service.
Product - Is any physical good, service or idea that is created by entrepreneur in serving the needs of the customer and addressing their existing problems.
3 Level Concept of product - 1.Level 1 - Core benefitsof the product or service. 2. Level 2 - Physical characteristics of the product or service. 3. Level 3 – Augmented benefitsof a product or service
1.Level 1 - Core benefits of the product or service Major Factors why a customer buys a product to avails of a service
2. Level 2 - Physical characteristics of the product or service Look to the second layer like which has a better packaging for products or a better physical evidence or customer experience for services.
3. Level 3 – Augmented benefits of a product or service - A customer will still get the core benefits of a product or service even without the augmented benefit.
Place - Refers to the location or the medium of transaction.
In physical location the entrepreneur research the following: 1.traffic2.Area of population3.People’s common path4.Preference for the location5.Their buying behavior
PriceThe peso value that the entrepreneur assigns to a certain products or service after considering its costs, competition, objectives, positioning and target market.
price - It is the only P in 7Ps that generates revenues for the business.
Bundling This refers to two or more products and services in one reduced price.
2. Penetration Pricing This refers to setting low prices to increase market share, but the entrepreneur will eventually increased the price once the desired market share is achieved.
3. Skimming This is the opposite of penetration pricing where price are initially high and then they lowered to offer the product or service to a wider market.
4. Competitive Pricing This refers to benchmarking prices with the competitors
5. Product line pricing This refers to pricing different products or services within a parallel product array using varying price points.
6. Psychological pricing This considers the psychology and positioning of price in the market
7. Premium Pricing This refers to setting a very high price to reflect elitism and superiority.
8. Optional pricing This refers to adding an extra product or service on top of the original to generate more revenues
9.Cost-based pricing The basis of mark-up is the cost of sales.
10. Cost plus pricing The mark-up is based on a certain percentage of cost.
There are two classifications of costs : ● Variable cost or Controllable Cost ● Fixed cost or Uncontrollable Cost
Variable cost or Controllable Cost Cost are directly proportional to the number of products manufactured or to the number of services performed
Fixed cost or Uncontrollable Cost Costs are not directly proportional to the manufacturing of a product or to the performance of the services.
PromotionIt encompasses all direct communications efforts of the enterprise (Promotional Tools)
1. Advertising - is a type of communication that influences the behavior of a customer to choose the product or service of the entrepreneur over the competitors
gamit ng pag advertising - a. Television b. Radio c. Internet d. Mobile e. Print f. Out-of-home
KEY MARKETING MESSAGES FOR PROMOTIONValue, proposition & Unique selling propositionProduct or service imageBusiness imageBusiness value and philosophy
2. Selling This is the act of trading a product or service for a price or a fee.
3. Sales promotion These are short-term promotional gimmicks wherein practical incentives and appealing act
BrandRefers to identity of a company, of a product, of a service, or of an entrepreneur himself or herself.
Marketing plan - Branding is a marketing technique used by businesses to create a desired image for a product or company in the minds of the consumer.
●Branding goal - Establishing to target customers that the business is reliable and trustworthy and that the product or service is the superior solution to their current problem.
Driving customer loyalty and retentionIs the supervision of the tangible and intangible elements of a brand.
Tangible elements include the product itself , its packaging , its price and location.
Intangible elements include the perception and relationship of the customers with the brand.