Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Minor elective
MBMI -12
Unit 1
Introduction to marketing
EVOLUTION OF MARKETING CONCEPT
NO MARKETING ACTIVITY - Self sufficiency stage
Point of
difference Selling Marketing
In the words of Philip Kotler Marketing is the human activity directed at satisfying
needs and wants through an exchange process.
Marketing deals with identifying and meeting human and social needs. One
of the shortest definitions of marketing is meeting needs profitably.
Goods: Physical goods constitute the bulk of production and marketing efforts.
Services: Banking service, insurance service, IT service, event management service.
Events: Time-based events such as trade shows, artistic performances, and the
Olympics.
Experiences: Theme park, Fitness center, Yoga, Meditation
Persons: Celebrity marketing is a major business.
Places: Cities, states, regions, and whole nations compete actively to attract
tourists.
Properties: Are intangible rights of ownership (real property: real estate) or
(financial property: stocks and bonds).
Organizations: Actively work to build a strong, favorable, and unique image in the
minds.
Information: Can be produced and marketed as a product. (Schools, universities)
Ideas: Every market offering includes a basic idea.