Marketing Overview:

Analysis and implementation regarding the alignment of the Four P's (Marketing Mix):
Product—attributes (including warranties, guarantees, and support) of goods or services in
relation to end user needs and desires
Pricing—establishing price (including discounts) for product; including non-monetary value: time,
energy, psychology, or attention.
Promotion—various methods (advertising, sales promotion, publicity, personal selling, and
branding) utilized in promoting product, brand, or company...
Placement (Distribution)—matching of delivery of product/service with customer desire and
wants via:
             
Channel—online vs. retail
             Geographic Region
          Industry
         Market Segment—(B2B, Families)
An additional three items have been identified to create the "Extended Marketing Mix"

      People
    Process
    Physical Evidence
Personalization
Participation
Peer-to-Peer
Predictive Modeling.
Marketing Strategy

Organizations attempt to create competitive advantage opportunities through the development of plans
identifying products/services and their delivery to meet the needs and wants of customers.  One of the first
steps in the process is to perform a marketing analysis to gain a proper perspective of the current
marketing issues facing the organization.  The analysis can be divided into five distinct categories:

A. C. E. Systems Solution, Strategic Planning, Operations, Human Resources, Accounting, Finance,
Logistics, Information Technology, Marketing, Business Development, Training, Financial Services, Risk
Management, Product Development, Communications, Commercial Real Estate, Turnaround, Sale Prep
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MARKETING
With new technological advances, there are now an additional four new P’s: