Saturday 15 November 2008

Video revision(2)

MARKET STRATEGY

Objectives: what you want to achieve.

  1. Specific—increase the sales
  2. Measurable—10percent
  3. Within a time frame—in 3 years

Strategy: how you achieve.


Niche market: focus on a specific segment of the market.
Mass market: much bigger market.

Introduction:

  1. Create awareness
  2. Encourage sales
  3. Develop an image


Decline :( Product start to fall)

  • Withdraw product
  • Wait for other competitors to withdraw products
  • Extension strategy

MARKET PLANNING

4PS:

  • Product
  • Price
  1. new product pricing strategies
  2. existing product pricing strategies
  3. pricing methods
  4. pricing tactics
  • Place
  • Promotion

1.above the line(advertising):TV,RADIO MAGAZINE

2.below the line:

a.sales promotion:BOGOF,25%extra free

b.personal selling:face-to-face selling

c.direct marketing:mailshots

pricing strategies:

  • price leader strategy(a firm sets market prices then follows other competitors)
  • price taker strategy(a firm follows market prices sets by the leader)
  • predator strategy(a firm undercuts the competitors to force them out of the market)

pricing:

cost-plus:a amount of profit is added on the unit cost

contribution

discrimination:setting different prices for the same product/service at different times

loss leaders:very low prices to attract customers

psychological:3.99