120 likes | 239 Vues
This comprehensive guide explores the objectives of identifying differentiating attributes and effective communication of positioning strategies. It delves into marketing strategies tailored to different stages of the product life cycle, including introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Key focus areas include product and service differentiation, quality assurance, customer training, and tailored marketing mixes. Learn how to develop preemptive positioning to establish a distinctive place in your target market's mind, ultimately driving sales and profitability.
E N D
Objectives • Identify Differentiating Attributes • Choosing & Communicating Effective Positioning • Marketing Strategies Along the Product Life Cycle • Marketing Strategy & Market Evolution
Product Differentiation Form Fea- tures Perfor- mance Quality Conform- ance Quality Dura- bility Relia- bility Repair- ability Style Design
Miscellaneous Services Services Differentiation Ordering Ease Installation Customer Consulting Delivery Customer Training Maintenance & Repair
Differentiation • Personnel • Channel
Image Differentiation Media Symbols Atmosphere Events
Important Profitable Distinctive Differences Worth Establishing Affordable Superior Preemptive
Positioning is the act of designing the company’s offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the the target market’s mind. P 298
Sales & profits ($) Introduction Growth Maturity Decline Time Sales & Profit Life Cycles
Promotion High Low High Price Low Four IntroductoryMarketing Strategies Rapid- skimming strategy Slow- skimming strategy Rapid- penetration strategy Slow- penetration strategy
Maturity Stage • Market Modification • Product Modification • Marketing-Mix Modification
Decline Stage • Decrease investment • Resolve uncertainties - stable investment • Selective niches • Harvesting • Divesting
Market Evolution • Emergence • Growth • Maturity • Decline