Marketing Case Study

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Marketing is one of the major functional areas of a business firm. In this introduction to marketing, this article will describe and define the concept. Then, an account of the evolution of marketing in the United States is presented. Marketing is advertising, like those false or deceptive ads on television that try to get you to buy something that you don 't really want. Some people think that marketing involves deceptive, high-pressure tactics to get them to buy something they do not really want. This is incorrect. While marketing usually involves advertising or personal selling, marketing practiced correctly should not try to get people to buy things they do not want, nor should marketers use deceptive or pushy tactics to get people to buy. Marketing is really the process of developing products to satisfy customers through proper pricing, promotion, and distribution. The basic premise behind marketing is to satisfy the customer. Satisfied customers are much more valuable than customers who have been deceived into buying something. For example, satisfied customers are more likely to purchase products repeatedly. Satisfied customers are more likely to relate positive word-of-mouth to friends and acquaintances, which can increase the chance that they, in turn, will buy the firm …show more content…

Video is one example. If you haven’t started to use your smartphone and inexpensive video cameras to use video more this year to introduce your website, answer customer questions, and communicate one on one, you’re not even using the tools to their advantage. If your focus is on words, it’s as if you’re still sticking a stamp on all your letters and taking them to the post office. Your marketing department needs to become a media and education department. Marketing has moved from creating punchy little messages to producing content that moves people over a period of time to make you their provider of

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