Course outlines:
Model One:
Marketing Management /Capturing Marketing Insights
- Marketing management defined
- Developing Marketing Strategies and Plans
- Evolution of the marketing concept
- Differences between marketing and selling
- Scope of marketing management
- Setting the scene: the marketing mix
- Using the 4Ps marketing mix model
- Collecting Information and Forecasting Demand
Model Two:
Connecting with Customers / Building Strong Brands
- Creating Long-term Loyalty Relationships
- Analysing Consumer Markets
- Analyzing Business Markets
- Identifying Market Segments and Targets
- Creating Brand Equity
- Crafting the Brand Positioning
- Competitive Dynamics
- Conducting Marketing Research
Model Three:
Shaping the Market Offerings / Delivering Value
- Setting Product Strategy
- Designing and Managing Services
- Developing Pricing Strategies and Programs
- Designing and Managing Integrated Marketing Channels
- Managing Retailing, Wholesaling, and Logistics
- Various marketing analysis techniques
- ‘PEDSTLE’ analysis
- ‘SWOT’ analysis
- The five forces model (M. Porter)
Model Four:
Communicating Value
- Designing and Managing Integrated Marketing Communications
- Managing Mass Communications: Advertising, Sales Promotions, Events and Experiences, and Public Relations
- Managing Personal Communications: Direct and Interactive Marketing, Word of Mouth, and Personal Selling
Model Five:
Creating Successful Long-term Growth
- Introducing New Market Offerings
- Tapping into Global Markets
- Managing a Holistic Marketing Organization for the Long Run
- Case study