set of tactical marketing tools that the firm blends to produce the response it wants in the target market. It consists everything a firm can do to engage consumers and deliver customer value
Achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions better than competitors do.
make the brand a meaningful part of consumers' conversations and lives by fostering direct and continuous customer involvement in shaping brand conversation, experiences, and community
the total combined customer lifetime of all company's current and potential customers. It's a measure of the future value of the company's customer base
The process in which the objectives and capacities of the company are continuously matched against evolving opportunities and threats in the external environment
the organization's purpose - what it wants to accomplish in the larger environmen, guides people in the organization and is market-oriented, not product-oriented