Understanding marketing, making it work
despite a limited budget
Introduction
Markets seem ever more competitive and
customers ever more fickle. Thus marketing
is not an option – it is essential. Even
small businesses must understand how to use
marketing and how to make it work on a scale
that is manageable and cost-effective, yet
works effectively. This practical two-day
seminar reviews the marketing process and
shows how to proceed on a systematic basis
so as to plan and implement appropriate
marketing action.
It is particularly directed at smaller
businesses, including those that have no
formal marketing department and must budget
carefully. It reviews marketing as a process
and focuses individually on the techniques
of marketing (from pricing to promotion) to
show how it can be made effective on a
manageable scale.
Course
Outline!
Introduction
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Current competitive
pressures and the need for marketing
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Marketing
demystified: the concept, the function
and the process
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Practical
implications for action
Planning issues
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The
business/marketing plan: is it
useful/necessary?
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Exploring the market
(market research)
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Product/service
strategies
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Product life cycles
and the product development and
promotional implications
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Setting and using the
right price and pricing policy
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Distributive options
Promotional techniques
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The nature of the mix
and options for action
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The nature and use of
the various techniques:
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Press and public
relations
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Advertising and
direct mail
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Sales Promotion
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Special techniques:
brochures, newsletters, web sites,
exhibitions and events etc
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Selecting the right
mix for the size and nature of the
business
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Planning and
implementing appropriate action
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Making what is done
creative: to create distinction and
differentiate from competitors
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Focus on
cost-effective solutions
The role of personal
selling
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The link between
promotion and sales activity
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The role of personal
selling and its power to differentiate
and secure business
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Techniques of
persuasion
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The link to customer
service
Coordinating activity
into a cohesive strategy
Who Should
Attend?
All those in smaller
businesses who need to understand marketing,
who must take responsibility for marketing
(albeit amongst other tasks) and initiate
marketing action and make it work –
cost-effectively.
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amin@aiminlines.co.th
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