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Marketing Wisdom (Management for Professionals)
by Kartikeya KompellaThis book represents the work of some of the contemporary world leaders in marketing. The contributors are authors of a set of path-breaking books on marketing. To ensure sufficient depth of coverage, the contributors have taken the essence of their earlier books and combined it with their latest understanding and cases. This has served to enhance the content and put it in the readers’ current context. It is common knowledge that keeping pace with the growing application of marketing requires a novel approach. With new ideas and nuances being discovered every day, it has become a real challenge for marketers and students of marketing to keep up to date on important contemporary marketing concepts. Given its unique approach and thoughtful curation, this book presents readers with diversity of perspectives along with a unique depth of thinking.
Marketing Without Advertising
by Michael PhillipsMake your business stand out without the cost of advertising! The best marketing you can do for your business is to concentrate on creating a high-quality operation that customers, employees and other businesspeople will trust, respect and recommend. Marketing Without Advertising teaches small business owners practical strategies to: encourage customers to spread the good word about your business attract new customers and gain their trust turn dissatisfied customers into loyal supporters list your products or services widely and inexpensively plan marketing events that will keep customers involved encourage the media to comment positively on your business The 6th edition is completely rewritten with and updated with real world examples and resources. It also discusses the latest marketing trends, such as international Internet marketing and blogs.
Marketing Your Business (Young Adult Library of Small Business an #10)
by C. F. EarlAre you interested in having your own business? Today, young people have never had more opportunities to build new and exciting businesses. Before you start your business, you'll need to know the basics, though. Once you've started your business, it's not enough to wait for customers to come to you. You've got to get the word out so that people know your company. In Marketing Your Business, you'll learn the importance of marketing, and find out how your company can succeed with the right marketing.
Marketing Your Business: A Guide to Developing a Strategic Marketing Plan
by David L Loudon Ronald A Nykiel Robert E StevensExamine essential marketing disciplines and weapons!This essential book will show you how to design a strategic marketing plan for any brand, product, service, or business! It explains all of the major marketing disciplines and familiarizes you with the marketing "weapons arsenal." It also teaches you to conduct a marketing audit, provides helpful sample worksheets and forms and includes case examples, a glossary of marketing terms, and appendixes discussing sources of "marketing intelligence" and professional marketing associations.This single volume provides a step-by-step process (with short, clear examples) of how to develop a custom plan to fit any business. In addition, it defines all of the business terms you'll find inside and lists additional resources to draw upon. With Marketing Your Business: A Guide to Developing a Strategic Marketing Plan, you will explore: the process of selecting the right strategy by defining your business strategy, assessing the most relevant focal points, and choosing the marketing strategy that will work best for you the arsenal of current marketing weaponry--advertising, budgeting, promotions, pricing, sales, database marketing, public relations, packaging, legal issues, and more! the nature of strategic marketing plans-competitive and environmental assessments, mission statements, slogans, budgeting, goals and objectives, etc. key checklists and 13 sample work forms that will help you formulate your plan and much more!Ideal for use by educators and students as well as businesspeople, Marketing Your Business brings together everything you need to know to develop an effective strategic marketing plan and put it into action!
Marketing Your City, U.S.A.: A Guide to Developing a Strategic Tourism Marketing Plan
by Ronald A Nykiel Kaye Sung Chon Elizabeth JascoltWith Marketing Your City, U.S.A.: A Guide to Developing a Strategic Marketing Plan, you’ll discover how easy it is to market your hometown to potential tourists. You’ll find a simple, sure-fire strategy proven to bring out the charm and beauty of any town, anywhere. You’ll learn ways to improve the ”packaging” of your community, while at the same time improving its visible appeal to tourists. Marketing Your City, U.S.A. gives you the guidelines for developing and selecting objectives, key strategies, and tactics that will help you produce or increase revenue through increased tourism. In Marketing Your City, U.S.A., you’ll find the marketing process broken down into easy steps that are outlined and completely explained for a theoretical destination: “Your City, U.S.A.” You will learn how to arrange a sample “calendar of events,” how to effectively plan a yearly series of promotions, and how to formulate a proposed budget for advertising, promotions, and public relations. Marketing Your City, U.S.A. is written in such a way that you can either implement all the strategic marketing steps or just the ones that particularly pertain to your hometown. The five easily applied marketing objectives you’ll find outlined in the book include: how to enhance your city’s overall environment how to broaden your city’s economic base while providing for new revenues how to develop your city’s infrastructure to be visitor-friendly and to increase the length of visitors’stays how to effectively market your city’s resources for tourism how to communicate with both audiences--the public and local residents After reading Marketing Your City, U.S.A., you’ll find tourism a win-win situation: the more you attract tourists the more outside revenue you’ll gain. You’ll approach tourism with a confident strategy that guarantees your hometown’s success. Tourism can be difficult and overwhelming, so let Marketing Your City, U.S.A. guide you every step of the way.
Marketing Your Complementary Therapy Business 4th Edition: 101 Tried And Tested Ways To Attract And Retain Clients
by Steven HaroldThis book is for newly qualified and well established therapists in all branches of complementary therapy. Being a successful therapist, particularly in private practice, requires good marketing skills, and the purpose of this book is to give you so many ways of marketing your practice that it would be virtually impossible to fail. If you use this book as it is intended you should be able to create a tidal wave of enquiries from potential clients, you can then let your therapy skills take over. This book will help you to: - * PREPARE PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL; FROM BROCHURES AND BUSINESS CARDS TO LEAFLETS AND NEWSLETTERS. * DECIDE WHERE TO ADVERTISE; IN NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. - * USE THE INTERNET AND ON-LINE DIRECTORIES TO YOUR ADVANTAGE - * DEVELOP WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, GROUPS, SOCIETIES AND RETAILERS * CONSIDER THE VALUE OF OFFERING DISCOUNTS, VOUCHERS, FREE CONSULTATIONS, OPEN DAYS AND OTHER PROMOTIONS. There are more than 101 ways to market your practice. You will know that you are successful when you start to create your own ideas.
Marketing Your Complementary Therapy Business 4th Edition: 101 Tried and Tested Ways to Attract and Retain Clients
by Steven A. HaroldThis book is for newly qualified and well established therapists in all branches of complementary therapy. Being a successful therapist, particularly in private practice, requires good marketing skills, and the purpose of this book is to give you so many ways of marketing your practice that it would be virtually impossible to fail. If you use this book as it is intended you should be able to create a tidal wave of enquiries from potential clients, you can then let your therapy skills take over. This book will help you to: - * PREPARE PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL; FROM BROCHURES AND BUSINESS CARDS TO LEAFLETS AND NEWSLETTERS. * DECIDE WHERE TO ADVERTISE; IN NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. - * USE THE INTERNET AND ON-LINE DIRECTORIES TO YOUR ADVANTAGE - * DEVELOP WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, GROUPS, SOCIETIES AND RETAILERS * CONSIDER THE VALUE OF OFFERING DISCOUNTS, VOUCHERS, FREE CONSULTATIONS, OPEN DAYS AND OTHER PROMOTIONS. There are more than 101 ways to market your practice. You will know that you are successful when you start to create your own ideas.
Marketing Your Event Planning Business: A Creative Approach to Gaining the Competitive Edge
by Judy AllenPractical, prescriptive advice on successfully marketing your event planning business Recent years have been tough on the event planning industry. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, economic downturns, wars, and SARS have all negatively impacted the business. There are fewer corporate dollars dedicated to travel budgets and special events, creating even more pressure on businesses in an already highly competitive industry. This book tells you all you need to know to market your business and build your client base in good times and bad. Marketing Your Event Planning Business shows you how to gain a competitive advantage by setting yourself apart from the competition, pursuing new markets, and soliciting sales. It covers all the vital topics in event planning marketing, including how to diversify your client base, develop niche markets, improve your customer service, establish emergency business plans, and much more. Ideal for event planners, marketing managers in the industry, and professionals in the hospitality, culinary, or travel industries Includes actionable advice on successfully marketing an event planning business Features illustrative examples, practical tips, and useful checklists and other resources Marketing Your Event Planning Business is packed with practical tips and examples, giving you creative new ways to showcase your talents, build your business, and bring added value to your clients.
Marketing Your Retail Store in the Internet Age
by Bob Negen Susan NegenIf you own and operate a small retail business, this guide will give you a proven system for marketing your store, allowing you to compete with online merchants and big-box stores alike. Full of fresh and innovative ideas for promoting small stores, it will show you how to create a great in-store experience and build loyal, long-lasting relationships with customers.
Marketing Your Small Business For Dummies (For Dummies Ser.)
by Carolyn TateCreated especially for the Australian customer! Attract customers and ensure the ongoing success of your small business with this no-nonsense guide Whether you own a bakery or a boutique, a plumbing or a finance business, this book gives you straightforward strategies to find more prospects, build your customer base and secure market share. Small-business guru Carolyn Tate empowers you to apply hundreds of high-impact and creative ways to market your business without breaking the bank. Know your target market — identify your ideal customers, and what, how and why they buy Develop business and marketing plans — learn how to create them and why they're so important Build effective databases — develop a database that creates business for you, without the headaches Solidify your branding — create a unique brand and keep it fresh and exciting Understand the power of advertising — assess if it's right for your business and how to pick the right strategies Master publicity — get your business in the media with the right message Implement relationship marketing — develop and maintain networks to create new opportunities Embrace websites and online marketing — build a website that drives customers to you, and use online tools and search engines to generate business
Marketing Your Startup: The Inc. Guide to Getting Customers, Gaining Traction, and Growing Your Business
by Simona CovelLet Inc. catapult your company to success. To put a business on the map, nothing beats great marketing. No matter how original your idea or ambitious your dreams, the company will stall without a plan to spread the word, build momentum, and drive sales. But how many entrepreneurs excel at marketing? If you are like most, you are focused on building your product or service...and don't know how to execute a marketing strategy or measure the results. No one is better positioned than Inc. to help you get up to speed fast. For years, Inc. has covered the innovative marketing used by thousands of tiny startups that turned into household names. <P><P> Now, Marketing Your Startup shares these compelling stories and spotlights strategies for igniting growth, including how: Dollar Shave Club mastered the inexpensive viral video- and rocketed to success * Casper combined content marketing, creative branding, and old-fashioned subway ads to convince consumers to buy mattresses a whole new way * SoulCycle's obsessive fixation on their brand fueled their rise from spin studio to cult-like fitness sensation Through firsthand insights from founders and helpful how-to guidelines, you'll learn to define your brand, market position, and customers, then unleash the right mix of tactics through the right channels: social media, email and direct mail, content marketing, SEO, media ads, events, guerilla marketing, influencers, cause marketing, and more. Whether you've got a robust budget or you're bootstrapping your way to the top, Marketing Your Startup gives you the tools to launch an empire.
Marketing Yourself
by Dorene CilettiA portfolio is a collection of work samples that represent your abilities and accomplishments. It can be used to demonstrate your work readiness, show your eligibility for admission to a college or other organization, or showcase a special talent.
Marketing Yourself
by Dorene CilettiMarketing Yourself utilizes a marketing framework to drive the development of a self-marketing plan and portfolio. The plan is based on the analysis of the student's own marketable skills and abilities. Knowing how to sell yourself is key to succeeding in business today! In addition to helping students make real-world connections to begin networking with professionals, this text is also designed to help students with after-graduation goal setting that matches their interests and aptitudes to appropriate college or post-secondary education.
Marketing an Introduction
by Rosalind Masterson David Pickton'A very good course support that also offers students interesting and updated case studies to study in groups during tutorials. This book provides a good balance of theoretical concepts and managerial insights to offer the students a comprehensive introduction to the vast subject of marketing' - Veronique Pauwels-Delassus, IESEG School of Management The Second Edition of Marketing: An Introduction gives students embarking on an introductory marketing course at undergraduate level a clear and accessible grounding in theory, and brings the principles of marketing to life by illustrating their practical applications through numerous examples and case studies. Each chapter contains activities, focus boxes, and self-test questions, encouraging you to take an active role and apply what you've learned to your own experience. The book covers; the marketing environment, making sense of markets and buyer behaviour, the marketing mix and managing marketing. - Packed with activities and applications, it integrates the principles of marketing theory with the practice of marketing in the real world - Marketing challenges in each chapter illustrate decisions that face practitioners day-to-day, encouraging students to reflect on how they would handle situations in their future careers - E-focus, CRM focus, ethical focus, B2B focus and global focus boxes present hot topics in marketing and help you to relate these to students' own experience - End of chapter mini case studies featuring a range of organizations, products and techniques provide further illustrations of marketing in practice Designed specifically for students new to Marketing, the Second Edition of this much-loved book provides students with all they need know to succeed on their introductory course.
Marketing an Introduction
by Gary ArmstrongAn Introduction to the World of Marketing Using a Proven, Practical, and Engaging Approach <P><P>Marketing: An Introduction shows readers how customer value—creating it and capturing it—drives every effective marketing strategy. Using an organization and learning design that includes real-world examples and information that help bring marketing to life, the text gives readers everything they need to know about marketing in an effective and engaging total learning package.
Marketing and AI: Proceedings of the 2024 AMS Annual Conference, Coral Gables, FL, USA, May 22–24 (Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science)
by Vincent Jeseo Jasmine ParajuliThe growing availability of data, intelligent computational systems, and affordable storage and software has spurred a keen interest among marketers to explore new artificial intelligence (AI) methods and applications to enhance outcomes. However, this technological race can lead marketers to hastily implement AI platforms without a clear objective, causing organizations to lose focus, become disconnected from customers, waste resources, and blindly follow a never-ending trend. This book explores the influence of AI on the marketing field. Featuring full papers presented at the 2024 Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference in Coral Gables, FL, USA, this book offers research, theories, methodologies, and case studies on the use of AI by marketers in various areas to better serve customers and satisfy their needs. It also explore the role that academics play in supporting marketing scholars, students, researchers, consumers, practitioners, and stakeholders in understanding and navigating these technological changes. Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses, and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these events are published in this Proceedings series, which offers a comprehensive archive of volumes reflecting the evolution of the field. Volumes deliver cutting-edge research and insights, complementing the Academy’s flagship journals, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) and AMS Review.
Marketing and American Consumer Culture
by Arthur Asa BergerThis book offers a cultural studies approach to marketing and advertising and shows readers how scholars from different academic disciplines make sense of marketing's role in American culture and society. It is written in an accessible style and has numerous drawings by the author to give it more visual interest.
Marketing and Consumption in Modern Japan (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia)
by Kazuo UsuiThis book explores the development in Japan throughout the twentieth century of marketing and consumerism. It shows how Japan had a long established indigenous traditional approach to marketing, separate from Western approaches to marketing, and discusses how the Japanese approach to marketing was applied in the form of new marketing activities, which, responding to changing patterns of consumption, contributed considerably to Japan's economic success. The book concludes with a discussion of how Japanese approach to marketing is likely to develop at a time when globalisation and international marketing are having an increasing impact in Japan.
Marketing and Customer Loyalty
by Mauro CavalloneThis book analyzes the evolution of marketing and the ways in which marketing actions can be rendered more effective, before setting out a new approach to marketing, termed The Extra Step (TES) in recognition of the importance that it attributes to the final extra step in enhancing the effectiveness of marketing efforts. Readers will find clear description of the pathway from purchase to loyalty and the various means of developing customer loyalty. It is explained how the TES approach goes one step further by considering the consumer as a partner whose involvement during the production and fine tuning phase of products and services can help to increase the efficiency of customer loyalty actions implemented by companies. The theoretical analysis is supported by observations and empirical evidence relating to the concepts and benefits of the TES approach. These examples concern firms in Italy, Europe, and the United States, including insurance agencies, pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies, and food distribution companies. The TES approach is of wide relevance and especially valid for the service sector.
Marketing and Dysfunctional Consumer Behaviour: Understanding How and When Marketing Drives Problematic Consumption Patterns (International Series in Advanced Management Studies)
by Gioele ZamparoThis book explores the relationship between marketing practices and dysfunctional consumption behaviors, specifically focusing on two behavioral addictions: compulsive buying and problematic gambling. It offers a comprehensive analysis grounded in marketing theory, examining how marketing strategies and actions can significantly influence these behaviors. Using a mixed-method approach, the book reviews existing literature and presents empirical findings related to compulsive buying and gambling. It also discusses the implications of marketing’s role in fostering these behaviors, aiming to inform both academic discourse and the responsibilities of marketers. This work is essential for scholars and practitioners seeking to understand dysfunctional consumer behaviors and the impact of marketing strategies on consumer well-being.
Marketing and Feminism: Current issues and research (Routledge Interpretive Marketing Research)
by Pauline Maclaran Lorna Stevens Miriam CatterallThis cutting edge, innovative volume offers the best of current scholarship on feminist perspectives in marketing. Through many exciting and often controversial discussions, it highlights and challenges assumptions about women and gender in marketing theory and practice from both historical and current contexts. Key issues and debates include: * the dark side of female consumption* women and marketing in Socialist economies* women and advertising * ecofeminism and marketing* gender, marketing and cultural diversity* marketing, sex and sexuality. Written by internationally recognised experts in marketing and feminism, this book makes a unique contribution to marketing scholarship.
Marketing and Finance
by Brian Smith Malcolm Mcdonald Keith WardWritten for marketing and finance directors, CEOs, and strategists, as well as MBA students, this practical book explains the principles and practice behind rigorous due diligence in marketing. It connects marketing plans and investment to the valuation of the firm and how it can contribute to increasing stakeholder value. Completely revised and updated throughout, the Second Edition features new case examples as well as a completely new first chapter containing the results of new research into risk and marketing strategies amongst Finance Directors and Chief Marketing Officers.
Marketing and Football
by Michel DesbordesFootball is arguably one of the most important sports in the world, and the marketing of football has become an increasingly important issue, as clubs and product owners need to generate more revenue from the sport. In a wider context, football marketing has also become a benchmarking standard for other sports to learn from worldwide. The practices and processes of such an established industry are important lessons for those sports which are yet to maximise on their potential earnings, and provide interesting lessons in sports marketing in general. Marketing and Football: an international approach is the first book to provide a comprehensive and entirely global approach to this subject. Written by an international team of contributors who are keen researchers in the field, it examines in two parts: the study of football marketing in Europe and the development of a marketing dedicated to football, with the question of the European example being used worldwide. A ground breaking text, it provides the reader with:* Contributions from the UK, Norway, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Finland, Scotland, Brazil, Japan, USA, Canada, Argentina, Korea and Australia* Interviews with professional sports marketers representing some of the biggest clubs worldwide: Juventus Turin, FC Barcelona, Milan AC, Inter Milan, AS Rome, Olympique Lyonnais, Vicenza, SE Palmeiras, Atletico Mineiro, Atletico PRMarketing and Football: an international approach is a seminal text which will pave the way for future academics and practitioners to work, it is the first book to discuss and move towards a marketing dedicated to football.
Marketing and Gamification: Applications, Challenges, and Ethics (Routledge Studies in Marketing)
by Gaurav Gupta Mandakini Paruthi Sahil Gupta Razia NaginaGamification plays a major role in individual and business decision-making in today’s digital era, remarkably changing the way businesses perform basic functions. Gamification techniques can be applied to a variety of marketing activities to help marketers create a more immersive and interactive experience for their customers, by leveraging elements such as points, badges, leaderboards, challenges, quizzes, sweepstakes, and rewards to encourage desired behaviors, foster engagement, and build a sense of community around a brand or product.In this book, international academicians and researchers will discuss the influence and potential of gamification on marketing management dynamics. This edited collected investigates why the use of gamification in marketing is vital to enhance the customer base and increase revenue, whilst also critically exploring the dark side of gamification and ethical issues. Chapters cover various marketing domains, including tourism marketing, social marketing and sustainable marketing, to provide a comprehensive resource on this emerging area.This volume will be an essential resource for scholars researching and teaching across marketing, as well as innovation, technology, and business ethics.
Marketing and Globalization
by Aurélia DurandThis concise text focuses squarely on the issues facing marketers in an increasingly global world. It identifies several trends, linking them together, and positioning them as marketing practices that companies implement as a way of responding to the major consequences of globalization. The book also includes case studies to illustrate new practices and allow students to discuss issues of market selection, entry modes, segmentation, targeting, and positioning, as well as product, price, distribution, promotion, and corporate communication policies in a globalized world. Durand’s unique approach moves beyond marketing management and strategy issues and provides students with the broader context to understand the marketing practices they’ll use in the real world. This book will prove to be an essential resource for any student of marketing and international business working to stay ahead in an increasingly competitive and global industry.