Entrepreneurship unit 5
5.1 INTRODUCTION
Both businesses and non-profit organizations use marketing to promote goods,
services, ideas, people, or places. Marketing aims to reach buyers—individuals
or groups—who affect an organization’s success.
At its core, marketing is based on exchange—one party gives something
valuable in return for something else valuable. Marketing includes all activities
that help make these exchanges and meet human needs.
A market is a key idea in marketing. The American Marketing Association
defines it as the total demand from potential buyers. Philip Kotler calls it a
space for possible exchanges. Simply put, a market is a group of buyers and
sellers negotiating deals for goods or services. This can happen in person, by
phone, online, or through middlemen like brokers or agents.
This chapter focuses on marketing and its main elements.
5.2 Meaning and Definitions of Marketing
Marketing happens when one person or organization exchanges something
valuable with another. At its core, marketing is all about exchange to meet
human needs and wants.
Both businesses and non-profits market goods, services, ideas, people, and
places. Their marketing targets buyers and those who influence purchasing
decisions.
Key Definitions of Marketing:
1. Philip Kotler (2012): Marketing is a social and management process where
people get what they need by creating and exchanging valuable products.
2. William J. Stanton (1984): Marketing involves all business activities like
planning, pricing, promoting, and distributing products to meet customer
needs and reach company goals.
3. Paul Mazor (2005): Marketing helps improve the standard of living in
society.
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, 4. American Marketing Association (2015): Marketing management involves
planning and executing ideas, pricing, and distributing to create exchanges
that meet goals.
5. Simple Definition: Marketing is about understanding and meeting customer
needs. It includes identifying the target market, analyzing customer needs,
pricing, dealing with competition, and selling products.
Core Concepts of Marketing:
Needs, Wants, and Demands
Products (goods, services, ideas)
Value, Cost, and Satisfaction
Exchange and Transactions
Relationships and Networks
Markets, Marketers, and Prospects
Key Marketing Questions:
Who are my customers?
What do they need and want?
How can I meet those needs?
How can I do this profitably?
Who are your customers?
Who are your customers?
Customers are the people or businesses who want your product or service and
are willing to pay for it. They include:
People currently buying from you.
People you hope will buy in the future.
Past customers you want to win back.
What are your customers' needs and wants?
Customers like to compare options before they choose. Some prefer different
designs, while others want better quality and are willing to pay more for it.
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, How can you satisfy your customers?
To satisfy your customers, you must understand who they are and what they
want. This helps you increase sales and earn profit. You should find out:
What products or services they want.
How much they are willing to pay (Price).
Where your business should be located to reach them (Place).
How to promote your products or services to attract them (Promotion).
5.3 Core Concepts of Marketing
5.3 Core Concepts of Marketing
5.3.1 Needs, Wants, and Demand
Marketing begins with understanding human needs and wants.
Needs: Basic things people must have to survive—like food, water, shelter,
safety, and belonging.
Wants: Specific ways people choose to satisfy needs, shaped by culture
and society.
Example: You need food, but you want spaghetti.
Demands: Wants backed by the ability and willingness to pay.
Businesses must focus on how many people can and will actually buy their
product.
Other Key Marketing Concepts
Product: Anything that can satisfy a need or want. It can be tangible (a
phone) or intangible (a service).
Value: The customer’s opinion of how well a product meets their needs.
DeRose defines value as meeting customer needs at the lowest total cost.
Cost: The money spent to get or use a product.
Exchange: Giving something to get something else in return.
Transaction: A completed exchange of value between two parties.
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5.1 INTRODUCTION
Both businesses and non-profit organizations use marketing to promote goods,
services, ideas, people, or places. Marketing aims to reach buyers—individuals
or groups—who affect an organization’s success.
At its core, marketing is based on exchange—one party gives something
valuable in return for something else valuable. Marketing includes all activities
that help make these exchanges and meet human needs.
A market is a key idea in marketing. The American Marketing Association
defines it as the total demand from potential buyers. Philip Kotler calls it a
space for possible exchanges. Simply put, a market is a group of buyers and
sellers negotiating deals for goods or services. This can happen in person, by
phone, online, or through middlemen like brokers or agents.
This chapter focuses on marketing and its main elements.
5.2 Meaning and Definitions of Marketing
Marketing happens when one person or organization exchanges something
valuable with another. At its core, marketing is all about exchange to meet
human needs and wants.
Both businesses and non-profits market goods, services, ideas, people, and
places. Their marketing targets buyers and those who influence purchasing
decisions.
Key Definitions of Marketing:
1. Philip Kotler (2012): Marketing is a social and management process where
people get what they need by creating and exchanging valuable products.
2. William J. Stanton (1984): Marketing involves all business activities like
planning, pricing, promoting, and distributing products to meet customer
needs and reach company goals.
3. Paul Mazor (2005): Marketing helps improve the standard of living in
society.
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, 4. American Marketing Association (2015): Marketing management involves
planning and executing ideas, pricing, and distributing to create exchanges
that meet goals.
5. Simple Definition: Marketing is about understanding and meeting customer
needs. It includes identifying the target market, analyzing customer needs,
pricing, dealing with competition, and selling products.
Core Concepts of Marketing:
Needs, Wants, and Demands
Products (goods, services, ideas)
Value, Cost, and Satisfaction
Exchange and Transactions
Relationships and Networks
Markets, Marketers, and Prospects
Key Marketing Questions:
Who are my customers?
What do they need and want?
How can I meet those needs?
How can I do this profitably?
Who are your customers?
Who are your customers?
Customers are the people or businesses who want your product or service and
are willing to pay for it. They include:
People currently buying from you.
People you hope will buy in the future.
Past customers you want to win back.
What are your customers' needs and wants?
Customers like to compare options before they choose. Some prefer different
designs, while others want better quality and are willing to pay more for it.
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, How can you satisfy your customers?
To satisfy your customers, you must understand who they are and what they
want. This helps you increase sales and earn profit. You should find out:
What products or services they want.
How much they are willing to pay (Price).
Where your business should be located to reach them (Place).
How to promote your products or services to attract them (Promotion).
5.3 Core Concepts of Marketing
5.3 Core Concepts of Marketing
5.3.1 Needs, Wants, and Demand
Marketing begins with understanding human needs and wants.
Needs: Basic things people must have to survive—like food, water, shelter,
safety, and belonging.
Wants: Specific ways people choose to satisfy needs, shaped by culture
and society.
Example: You need food, but you want spaghetti.
Demands: Wants backed by the ability and willingness to pay.
Businesses must focus on how many people can and will actually buy their
product.
Other Key Marketing Concepts
Product: Anything that can satisfy a need or want. It can be tangible (a
phone) or intangible (a service).
Value: The customer’s opinion of how well a product meets their needs.
DeRose defines value as meeting customer needs at the lowest total cost.
Cost: The money spent to get or use a product.
Exchange: Giving something to get something else in return.
Transaction: A completed exchange of value between two parties.
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