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Marketing Planning IB Business and Management Modified by: Ing. Pablo San Andrés Sha Tin College Business Education Department Marketing Planning Marketing Mix Ethics of marketing Marketing Audit Porter’s Five Forces Marketing Objectives Market Research Sampling Segmentation Targeting Positioning Marketing strategies and tactics Sales Forecasting Sha Tin College Business Education Department Marketing Mix Product Price Promotion Place Process People Physical http://www.ibbusinessandmanagement.com/42marketing-planning.html Sha Tin College Business Education Department Marketing Mix Activity Select any product/service you or your family has purchased in the past year and; • Describe the marketing mix • Comment on the effectiveness of the mix • Suggest any changes to the mix Share with the class Sha Tin College Business Education Department Ethics of Marketing Ethics • The study of principles relating to right and wrong • Morality • The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession Business Ethics • Provide moral guidelines for the conduct of business affairs • Ethical decisions consider more than calculating costs, benefits and profit. Ethical Code of Practice • Is a document setting out the way a business believes its employees should respond to situations that challenge their integrity or social responsibility Sha Tin College Business Education Department Ethic Values from a company Honesty • to be truthful and forthright in our dealings with customers and stakeholders Responsibility • to accept the consequences of our marketing decisions and strategies Fairness • to try to balance justly the needs of the buyer with the interests of the seller Respect • to acknowledge the basic human dignity of all stakeholders. Openness • to create transparency in our marketing operations. Citizenship • to fulfill the economic, legal and societal responsibilities that serve stakeholders in a strategic manner. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Ethics in Marketing To what extent should firms create demand for products and services, rather than just satisfying established needs and wants? Sha Tin College Business Education Department Ethics in Marketing To what extent should marketing create unrealistic aspirations and focus on individual concerns and fears through advertising? Sha Tin College Business Education Department Ethics in Marketing To what extent should firms market products and services that are dangerous, immoral or a risk to health, even though the sale of the products themselves are legal? Sha Tin College Business Education Department Ethics in Marketing Examples of unethical advertising: Health fraud (promises of overnight medical cures) “Get rich quick” schemes using promotional activities that offer people the opportunity to get rich in a very short time span with minimal effort Pester power involving using children to pester their parents into buying products, such as toys, fast food and automobiles, and choosing certain holiday destinations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VHUAW-xnnA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hdm69hpOE&list=PL830314999828F2EE Sha Tin College Business Education Department Bait-and-switch (Unethical marketing techniques) Ex: Real estate companies launching new developments often use advertisements such as “Apartments from just $250000 with just $1000 deposit needed” when in fact only one apartment is being sold at that price. It is likely to have already been sold before the advertisement even goes out to print! Sha Tin College Business Education Department Ethics in Marketing Cultural Differences Religious Differences Political Differences Sha Tin College Business Education Department Activity In groups of 2 or 3 Select one of the multinationals listed • • • • • • • • • • McDonalds Wal-Mart British American Tobacco Philip Morris Electronic Arts Monsanto Eli Lilly Microsoft Disney Or any other company approved by Mr. Zawada 1. Find evidence to support BOTH ethical and unethical marketing practices. 2. Comment on the company’s motivation for ethical marketing practices 3. Present your findings to the class Sha Tin College Business Education Department Porter’s Five Forces Michael Porter's famous Five Forces of Competitive Position model. Provides a simple perspective for assessing and analyzing the competitive strength and position. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. New Entrants Threat of Substitutes Buyer Power Supplier Power Competitive Rivalry Sha Tin College Business Education Department Sha Tin College Business Education Department Marketing Plan Outline the firm’s marketing objectives and the strategies to achieve Must align with corporate objectives Marketing Mix Marketing Budget Preceded by Marketing Audit (review of current position) Objectives • Marketing Mix • SWOT (internal & external) Strategies Current Position + Budget Sha Tin College Business Education Department Marketing Audit SWOT Internal • Internal • • • • Strengths Weaknesses • External Opportunities Threats Marketing Mix People Finance Production Process External Sha Tin College Business Education Department • • • • • • Political Economic Social Technological Legal Environmental Summary Force Analysis Competitive Example Threat of New Entry High More Competitive e.g. low barriers Threat of Substitute High More Competitive e.g. low loyalty, low cost of switching Buyer Power High More Competitive e.g. few buyers Supplier Power High More Competitive e.g. few suppliers Intensity of Rivalry High More Competitive e.g. price competition The more forces that are HIGH, the more competitive the industry Sha Tin College Business Education Department Aims, Objectives & Strategies Aims States what the company wants (a statement of purpose) States what the company needs to achieve to meet the aim Objectives States the course of action to meet the objective Strategies Strategies Sha Tin College Business Education Department Objectives Strategies Objectives Marketing Objectives Must be aligned with corporate aims and objectives Must be realistic within the market, therefore based on market research Must have sufficient marketing budget Sha Tin College Business Education Department Marketing Objectives Growth • Higher targets are set for sales or market share • May motivate if targets are realistic • Need to ensure other aspects do not suffer; quality, customer service, etc. • Ansoff Market Penetration Product Development Market Development Diversification (Virgin Group (Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Blue, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Trains and Virgin Cola) Sha Tin College Business Education Department Marketing Objectives Continuity • Ensure the brands survive the long term • Ensure strategies do not damage the image of the brand. Price cuts may increase sales, but damage image of brand. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Marketing Objectives - Types Increase Product Differentiation • Ensure products remain distinctive • Looking for alternative distribution channels • Displaying products in a distinctive way • Promoting the image of the products more Sha Tin College Business Education Department Marketing Objectives Innovation • Developing new ideas • Key in fashion industry and technology industry • “Get it right” and “Get in first” Sha Tin College Business Education Department Marketing Objectives - Constraints Internal • • • • • Financial Costs of Production Personnel Market positions Size of Firm Activity Chose a company you are familiar with and; External • • • • Competition The economy Tastes & fashions Political & Legal Sha Tin College Business Education Department • Propose what 1 of their marketing objectives might be. • Consider what constraints they might face when developing strategies to achieve the objective. How does a company… … find out the size of their market? … find out their market share? … what type of customer will buy their product? … what price customers will pay? … how often customer buy the product? … what customers like and dislike about the product? Sha Tin College Business Education Department MARKET RESEARCH Market Research Market Research • Is the process of collecting, analyzing, and presenting information about a given product and market • Information about product, consumers, competitors, distributors Primary Research • Data that is collected from a new source Secondary Research • Data that has already been collected by someone else Sha Tin College Business Education Department Market Research Quantitative vs. Qualitative • Statistical information about customers and markets Desk Research • Secondary data • Information about the reasons for customer behavior vs. Field Research http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =7tJpoUpdiGo Sha Tin College Business Education Department • Primary data Primary Research Experimentation On-line Survey Observation Questionnaires Sha Tin College Business Education Department Market Research - Questionnaires Types • Self Completed.- They are completed by a sample of people (feedback questionnaires) • In Person • Postal.- They are sent to people’s home or offices addresses. • Telephone • Online Sha Tin College Business Education Department Market Research - Questionnaires Avoid bias (Asking people how much they like Coca-Cola is not as good question as asking them which brand of Cola they prefer) Avoid jargon (technical language) so that respondents understand the questions Both open & closed questions (yes or no, multiple choice options/provide ideas or suggestions) Only relevant questions Ensure enough data is collected to achieve objective Sha Tin College Business Education Department Primary Research Advantages • • • • • Disadvantages Current (Up to date) Relevant Confidential Unique Objectivity (Helps to provide hard facts and figures to aid decision making) Sha Tin College Business Education Department • Time consuming • Costly • Validity.- poor questionnaire design, too small sample size , people are not always honest in their responses to certain questions (such as age, income level or their ability to pay certain prices for product), or people’s suspicion of the intention of the researcher Secondary Research Advantages • • • • Disadvantages Cheaper Faster More accessible Provides an insight to changes or trends in the whole industry, such as whether customers are spending more money on household goods, automobiles, and tourism. http://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/ Sha Tin College Business Education Department • • • • Out of date Not relevant or appropriate Incomplete Widely available to competitors Assignment Hoang, page 477 Question 4.2.5 All parts (a,b) Sha Tin College Business Education Department Business case Toys “R” Us is the World’s largest supplier of toys, with over 13000 chain stores around the world. It stocks toys that are based on all the latest and classic trends, such as Barbie dolls, Star Wars and Disney characters. The toy industry is a massive business. CNN reported in late 2006 that Americans spend over $221 billion a year on toys-and that’s just the figure for children aged between 8 and 12 years (known as preteens or “tweens”. Toy manufacturers are often keen to investigate the television programmes and movies watched by children and the magazines that they read Sha Tin College Business Education Department Questions 1) Explain why Toys “R” Us might be interested in the television programmes or magazines viewed by children. 2) Analyze how market research can allow toys “R” Us to differentiate itself from its competitors. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Answers 1) Making the promotion more effective by advertising during television programmes and in specific magazines read by children Target the correct customer via the correct media Better financial management by reducing the changes of unfavourable variance in marketing budget. Discover opinions, beliefs and feelings of potential and existing customers who watch these programmes /read these magazines Sha Tin College Business Education Department Answers 2) Sha Tin College Business Education Department Answers Market Research can help to give Toys R US upto-date and accurate information-vital in a changing business environment and an industry that constantly faces changing consumer trends. This information is useful to distinguish the products from its rivals. It can also give Toys R Us a better understanding of the activities and strategies used by its competitors in order to device its own (differentiated) marketing strategies. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Answers The use of perception mapping information can also better inform Toys R US of its market standing in order to device marketing strategies to differentiate itself from its competitors. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Sampling Sampling is the selecting of a small group from the total population of a market Sampling Methods • • • • • Quota Random Stratified Cluster Snowballing Sha Tin College Business Education Department Sampling Description Advantages Disadvantages Quota Based on market segmentation, a certain number from each segment is selected Representative sample can be obtained, cheaply and easily Method for choosing the quota may not be representative Random Everyone in population equal chance of being in sample, assumes everyone in population is similar Minimize bias, easy method. Indiscriminate, select people not part of the target group, large sample sizes required Stratified Similar to Quota, but population is further segmented (strata), chose number of each strata based on % of total population Representative of a market segment, random within a segment which provides more relevant data Expensive to obtain population data and difficult to select relevant strata Cluster Select clusters of population, and randomly select. Used when too difficult and costly to sample entire population Easier and cheaper, when population is wide spread geographically Assumes cluster is representative of entire population, contains bias and sampling error Snowballing When interviewee suggests other people to include in the sample Cheap and easy to obtain sample details Sample can be very biased Sha Tin College Business Education Department Sampling The larger the sample the more statistically reliable the results Sample design can also reducing sampling errors Sampling Errors • Size is too small • Not representative of population • Bias in the research collection Confidence Level • Allow for margin of error • 95% confidence (1 in 20 is invalid) Sha Tin College Business Education Department Market Research - Limitations Accuracy of data • Method of collection • Sample • Source bias Garbage In Cost of research Garbage Out Sha Tin College Business Education Department Business Case (Stratified sample) Assume that the management at secondary school (high school) is proposing to change the timing of the school day. This will involve an earlier start to the day, but an earlier finish too. The management are seeking the views of staff. The demographics of the staff are as follows: Full-time teachers: 40 male and 30 female staff Part time teachers: 10 male and 20 female staff. In order to get their stratified sample, calculate how many people should be sampled from each segment according to the above information Sha Tin College Business Education Department Answer Step 1: Calculate the percentage of staff in each group Step 2: Stratify each group according to the percentages Category of staff Full-time Part-time Total Staff Males Females Males Females 40 30 10 20 100 Percentages (40/100)x100= 40% (30/100)x100= 30% (10/100)x100= 10% (20/100)x100= 20% 100% Stratified sample size 40% of 40= 16 30% of 30= 9 10% of 10= 1 20% of 20= 4 30 staff * 16 male full-time teachers who represent 40% of the teaching * 9 female full-time teachers who represent 30% of the teaching population * 1 male part-time teacher who represent 10% of the teaching staff * 4 female part-time teacher who represent 20% of the teachers Sha Tin College Business Education Department Segmentation Market Segment • Distinct group of customers with similar characteristics, such as age or gender, and similar wants or needs. Market Segmentation • The process of splitting the market into groups of buyers. The main methods of market segmentation are based on: Demographic factors • Geographic factors • Age, Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Marital status, Religion, SocioEconomic, and Language Location, climate Psychographic factors • Status, Values, Culture, Hobbies and interests Sha Tin College Business Education Department Segmentation Effective Segmentation • • • • • Differential Actionable Measurable Accessible Substantial Advantages • Better understanding of customers • Increase sales • Growth opportunities • New product opportunities Sha Tin College Business Education Department Consumer Profile Characteristics of a typical customer within a given market segment, such as: • • • • • Age Income Gender Buying habits Etc. The more information about the customer the better chance of a successful marketing mix Sha Tin College Business Education Department AGE INCOME GENDER Targeting …refers to the market segments the business plans to sell into. A strategy is developed for each of the target markets There are three broad targeting strategies that a business can use • Niche • Mass • Differentiated Sha Tin College Business Education Department Niche Marketing Targets a small and welldefined segment Usually new or underserved segment Highly Specialized product/service Smaller sales volume, therefore higher prices per unit Can be both large and small companies Must know their customer http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=Cqv5_U1e4aI Sha Tin College Business Education Department Niche Marketing Advantages Product/Service will meet the needs of customer Specialized product/service should encourage customer loyalty Higher profit margins Disadvantages Smaller number of customers Little opportunity for economies of scale Risk of competitors Ex: Businesses that cater for minority sports, such as horse riding and Tae Kwon Do. Also, high-end luxury goods. Sha Tin College Business Education Department How has the internet impacted Niche Marketing? Mass Market Also known as undifferentiated marketing or market aggregation A large number of different market segments are targeted in order to maximize sales volume. Requires mass production, to lower costs Sha Tin College Business Education Department Mass Marketing Advantages Economies of scale, reduces costs Fewer marketing mixes, reduces costs Larger customer base, increased revenue Disadvantages High barriers to entry Very competitive Marketing campaigns can be very expensive and inefficient Which type of marketing strategy has more risk, Niche or Mass? Sha Tin College Business Education Department Differentiated Marketing First Class a.k.a. selective marketing or multi-segment marketing More than one segment is targeted for a given product/service A marketing mix is created for each segment, which could include new products Sha Tin College Business Education Department Business Class Economy Class Differentiated Marketing Advantages Better chance of satisfying customer needs Marketing campaigns more successful Reduces risk Disadvantages More expensive Economies of scale not fully exploited Customer confusion Brand dilution What is the difference between Niche and Differentiated marketing? Sha Tin College Business Education Department Target Market Activity For each of the target market strategies • Niche • Mass • Differentiated identify an Hong Kong company that employs the strategy For niche marketing, describe the segment For differentiated, describe how the marketing mixes differ Sha Tin College Business Education Department Positioning All product/services within a market segment have a perceived rank or position by the general public. Most common ranking attributes are price and quality Corporate Image can have a significant impact on a product/service position Sha Tin College Business Education Department Unique Selling Point (USP) A USP is any aspect of a product/service that is different from the competition Usually a key competitive advantage is emphasized in the marketing mix a.k.a Unique Selling Proposition Sha Tin College Business Education Department For any product you are familiar with, list 2 USP’s? Position Maps High Cowboy Brands Premium Brands Bargain Brands Economy Brands Low Price High Low Quality Sha Tin College Business Education Department Position Map Sha Tin College Business Education Department Low High Low Sha Tin College Business Education Department High Position Maps Develop strategies based on position Identify gaps in the market Identify need to reposition a.k.a. Perception maps What are some other possible attributes used on a position map for an automobile? Sha Tin College Business Education Department Position Map Assignment For any product you can purchase in Hong Kong Prepare a position map based on price and any other attribute (e.g. quality, after sales service, etc.) Use PowerPoint and the logos of the company/brand Sha Tin College Business Education Department Sales Forecasting Quantitative technique to estimate sales over a period of time Essential for planning purposes Identify problems & opportunities Sha Tin College Business Education Department Techniques Extrapolation Delphi technique.- Independent experts, consensus on forecasting) Market Research Time Series Analysis • Trends (Growth or decline sales) • Erratic fluctuations (Unpredictable fluctuations) • Seasonal fluctuations (Summer holidays or Christmas season) • Cyclical factors (Economic cycle of bums and slumps) • Responses to events (Ex: Promotions) Sha Tin College Business Education Department Factors affecting choice How accurate forecasts need to be (It would be more meaningful to use monthly or quarterly data to forecast the sales of ice cream, using annual figures would not reveal seasonal fluctuations in demand) Time frame (It is easier to predict sales for the next day, month or week than over the next five years) Data availability (If access to information is highly expensive, the choice of forecasting method will be affected) Stage of life cycle (More data and information will become available during the growth and maturity) Sha Tin College Business Education Department Benefits Cash flow Stock control Operational productivity Access to finance Is forecasting more important for a NEW or EXISTING company? Sha Tin College Business Education Department Limitations Assumes future will mirror the past Trend line is based on averages Quantitative Time lag Dependent on stage of product life cycle Sha Tin College Business Education Department Statistical Analysis Techniques The sales for the first semester of the year are: January $201 February $197 March $202 April $199 May $ 199 June $ 198 What is the forecast of July? Sha Tin College Business Education Department Statistical Analysis Techniques What we call in Statistics “Dispersion”, in finance it’s named “Risk” If you say “There is too much dispersion in some statistical data”, it means there is too much risk that the mean occurs. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Statistical Analysis Techniques Junuary $ 200,00 February $ 200,00 March $ 299,00 April $ 298,00 May $ 200,00 June $ 1.000,00 Mean $ 366,17 The mean is not representative Sha Tin College Business Education Department Statistical Analysis Techniques Mean Median Modal Range Standard Deviation Jan Feb Mar Apr May 100 300 600 100 250 Mean Median 250 Modal 100 Range Pearson: St Dev/Mean = (183,30/270)x 100= 67,88% Sha Tin College Business Education Department 270 Std Dev 500 183,30 Is it easier to forecast when the Std Dev is small or large? Up 20% = The mean is not representative Assignment Hoang, page 493 Question 4.2.10 All parts (a,b,c) Hoang, page 494 Question 4.2.11 All parts (a,b,c,d) Sha Tin College Business Education Department Business Case Koz and Richard Paisey own and run their own bed and breakfast boarding house in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Located near the waterfront, Paised B&B booms in the summer season but suffers form a lack of tourists in the winter months. Their sales forecasts for the next twelve months, based on past data, are shown below. March SALES April 3500 May 3000 June 3000 July 2500 August 2800 September October November December January February 2600 2900 3000 3600 4500 4000 4000 Sha Tin College Business Education Department Questions 1) Calculate the mean, median and modal averages from the sales data above. 2) Calculate the range and comment on your findings. 3) Explain the importance of forecasting sales 4) Explain how the above calculations may be of use to Roz and Richard Paisey Sha Tin College Business Education Department Answers Sha Tin College Business Education Department Moving averages The most frequently method of calculating averages is the arithmetic mean. However, moving averages are a more accurate method of identifying trends so are, perhaps, more useful for sales forecasting. Mean: 555000/5 =111000 per annum Moving averages helps to identify the trend that exists within a set of data (above) by smoothing out fluctuations that may exist. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Moving averages 1) (100000+110000+120000)/3 = $110000 2) (110000+120000+95000)/3 = $108333 3) (120000+95000+130000)/3 = $115000 Whist more time consuming to calculate than the simple arithmetic mean, moving averages show how the underlying trend has moved over the five-year period, by smoothing out irregular fluctuations in the series of data. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Summary Marketing Mix Ethics of marketing Marketing Audit Porter’s Five Forces Marketing Objectives Market Research Sampling Segmentation Targeting Positioning Marketing strategies and tactics Sales Forecasting Sha Tin College Business Education Department Learning Outcomes Apply the elements of the marketing mix to given situations. Discuss the effectiveness of a selected marketing mix in achieving marketing objectives. Construct an appropriate marketing mix for a particular product or firm. Discuss the effectiveness of a selected marketing mix in achieving strategic objectives. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Learning Outcomes Discuss the ethical issues of what is marketed and how it is marketed: nationally, internationally and across cultures. Explain the value of a marketing audit as a business tool. Apply Porter’s five forces model to classify and analyse competitive pressures in the marketplace Examine how appropriate the marketing objectives are in achieving the goals of an organization. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Learning Outcomes Analyse the role of market research. Evaluate different methods of market research. Evaluate different methods of sampling, for example, quota, random, stratified, cluster and snowballing. Analyse the usefulness of market segmentation and consumer profiles. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Learning Outcomes Identify possible target markets. Apply an appropriate marketing mix to the target market(s). Construct a position map from given information. Discuss how organizations can differentiate themselves and their products from competitors. Develop and evaluate strategies designed to change customer perceptions. Sha Tin College Business Education Department Learning Outcomes Design or evaluate marketing strategies for given situations. Apply an appropriate marketing mix to the strategy. Analyse sales trends and forecasts from given data, and evaluate the significance for marketing and resource planning. Sha Tin College Business Education Department