Principles of
Marketing
th
(17 )
GLOBAL EDITION
P. Kotler & G. Armstrong
Summary chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 18
Author: I.M. Sollie
, Principles of Marketing (17th) Global Edition Summary
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CHAPTER 1:
Marketing
Pages in book: 28-33; 34-35; 38-42; 44-45
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LO 1.1: What is Marketing?
Marketing = engaging customers and managing profitable customer relationships:
Ø Attract new customers à via superior value
Ø Keep customers à via value + satisfaction
Marketing Defined
Marketing à satisfy the customer needs => understand those needs => products will sell easily
The main goal of Marketing:
Create customer value to capture the value in return
The Marketing Process
This is the Marketing Process to
create and capture customer value.
Take a look.
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LO 1.2: Marketplace and Customer Needs
Customer Needs, Wants, and Demands
Needs = states of felt deprivation:
Ø Physical à food, clothing, warmth, and safety;
Ø Social à belonging and affection;
Ø Individual à knowledge and self-expression
Wants = the form the needs take
I.e. a person needs food but wants a Big Mac, fries, and a soft drink
Demands = wants that are backed by buying power (= purchasing power)
Market Offerings – Products, Services and Experiences
Needs and wants à satisfied through market offerings:
Ø Products/services/experiences
Ø Information
Ø Persons
Ø Places
Ø Organizations
=> Some sellers pay more attention to specific products instead of the benefits and experiences
produced by these products => marketing myopia
Customer Value and Satisfaction
Satisfied customers à buy again + tell others about good experience
V.S.
Dissatisfied customers à switch to competitors + tell others about bad experience
=> Marketers should set the right level of expectations to satisfy enough buyers
Exchanges, Relationships and Markets
Exchange = obtaining a desired object by offering something in return
I.e. you go into a restaurant and order your favourite meal. You eat the food and then you pay for it
with your credit card.
=> Marketers want to grow desirable exchange relationships with target audiences involving goods
Exchange relationships:
Ø Create a market à set of actual & potential buyers of products/services)
Ø Needs/wants can be satisfied
Modern Marketing System
In short: suppliers deliver products to company and
competitors à company/competitors deliver to
marketing intermediaries (e.g. retail stores) à these
intermediaries deliver it to the customers à
relationship have been created/improved between
customers and companies.
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LO 1.3: Designing Customer Value – Driven
Marketing Strategy and Plan
Customer Value – Driven Marketing Strategy
Fully understand customers and marketplace
=> Marketing management à design customer value – driven marketing strategy
à art and science of choosing target market and building relationships
Design a winning Marketing Strategy:
1. What’s our target market?
Divided the market into segments (= market segmentation) => choose the one we want to go
after (= target market)
! it is not possible to serve all customers in every way !
2. What is our value proposition?
Value proposition à set of benefits or values that the company promises to deliver (a slogan)
=> differentiate and positon in the marketplace
I.e. Apple claims: “light years ahead”
The Societal Marketing Concept
Questions whether marketing concept neglects
conflicts between short-run wants and long-
run welfare
=> Marketing strategy should deliver value to
customers => maintain/improve consumer’s
and society’s well-being
=> Calls for sustainable and responsible
marketing
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LO 1.4: Managing Customer relationships and
Capturing Customer Value
Engaging Customers and Managing Customer Relationships
Customer Relationship Management = building/maintaining relationships by delivering superior
customer value and satisfaction
Relationship Building Blocks:
Customer-perceived value à customer’s evaluation of difference between benefits and costs of
offerings relative to the competitive offers (perceived = the way they
V.S. see it) => these values differentiate per person
Customer satisfaction à depends on perceived performance relative to the buyer’s expectations =>
higher levels => greater customer loyalty => better company performance
Customer Relationship Levels and Tools
Company with low-margin à basic relationships
Company with high-margin à full partnerships
Tools for developing stronger bonds:
Ø Frequency marketing programs à reward customers who buy frequently/in large amounts
Ø Customer-engagement Marketing à make the brand a meaningful part of their lives
=> Consumer-generated Marketing = consumers plat role in shaping experiences
=> Customer-managed relationships => customers connect with companies and help plot and share
their brand experiences
! Marketing by attraction – engage the consumers rather than interrupt them !
Capturing Value from Customers
1. Satisfied customers are loyal => spend more
and stay around longer => customer lifetime
value
2. Customer relationship management => increase
share of customer (= customer purchasing
portion that a company gets in its product
categories)
3. Produce high customer equity = total
combined customer lifetime values of all
company’s customers
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LO 1.5: The Changing Marketing Landscape
This Learning Object will not be summarized due to that it is not exam material for IBMS at
THUAS
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