Marketing Mix paper

Essay by brokeheartUniversity, Bachelor'sA+, February 2008

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"In order to achieve your marketing objectives you need to have a strategy that includes different elements - the various parts of the marketing mix. Calling it, a mix reminds you to try to get the balance right between the different elements. It is easy to assume that one part of the mix is wrong, when in fact it is another." (Shelia Webber, 2005)The four Ps for marketing managers to use in satisfying customers in the target market are:•Product - an object or service that is produced or manufactured.

•Place - represent the location where a product can be purchased.

•Price - is the amount that a customer would pay for a product.

•Promotion - is the communication that marketers use in the marketplace (i.e. Advertising, public relations, word of mouth and point of sale).

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