Monday, 13 May 2013

Links to Marketing Lesson Slides


Marketing Lesson One
https://docs.google.com/a/sst.edu.sg/file/d/0B7Z-eybT9aNAYlJIS2JQN1Q5MTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Marketing Lesson Two
https://docs.google.com/a/sst.edu.sg/file/d/0B7Z-eybT9aNAV3pyMlFXcTBxenM/edit?usp=sharing

Marketing Lesson Three
https://docs.google.com/a/sst.edu.sg/file/d/0B7Z-eybT9aNAaC1EQk5qdDYzVkU/edit?usp=sharing

Marketing Lesson Four
https://docs.google.com/a/sst.edu.sg/file/d/0B7Z-eybT9aNAT2J2RHpvcGV4V00/edit?usp=sharing

Marketing Lesson Five
https://docs.google.com/a/sst.edu.sg/file/d/0B7Z-eybT9aNAd3JuZDZ4ZFpXb3M/edit?usp=sharing

Thursday, 25 April 2013

4th P of marketing - Promotion


Hi Class,

This is the link to the Promotion slides. Please find your task in the slides as well.

Thank you.

https://docs.google.com/a/sst.edu.sg/file/d/0B7Z-eybT9aNAT2J2RHpvcGV4V00/edit?usp=sharing

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

3rd P of Marketing - Place

Account and justify your Place strategy - WHY did you choose your PLACE?




  1. Market Segmentation
  2. Visibility and Convenience
  3. Herding Effect
  4. Allocated area/location


Exclusive, Intensive, selective distribution?

Transport, Warehousing, order processing (B2B)?

2nd P of Marketing - Price


Account and justify your pricing strategy according to the 4 main factors of Pricing:  

  1. Customer (what do they want)
  2. Costs (fixed, variable, etc)
  3. Competition (same, higher or lower?)
  4. Corporate Objectives (profit making, non-profit?)
Pricing Techniques

ìCost-plus pricing: Profit = Price – Cost (Bottom-line)
ìGoing-rate pricing: “Follow the competitor”
ìMarket Skimming: “Start high”
ìMarket Penetration: “Start Low”
ìOdd and Even Pricing: Using Psychology

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Market strategy One



In your business report,
ìWork on the “Product” component of Marketing Strategies.
ìInclude the Tangible and Intangible features of your product.
ìAnatomy of your product.
ìClassify your product.




A product consists of 2 components
ìTangible factors
ìQuality, color, texture
ìIntangible factors
ìEnhance “product offering”
ìBranding, customer care, warranty

Anatomy of product
ìThe Core Product
ìCar = transport
ìThe Tangible Productì physical/ unique features
ìThe Augmented Product
ìadded value
ìThe Future Product
ìLT d/d


B2C market
ìConvenience Goods (routine)
ìShopping Goods (some risk)
ìSpecialty Goods (great risk)
ìUnsought Goods (“forced to buy”)



Sunday, 24 February 2013

Disclaimer for Survey Form



ìDisclaimer: This survey is entirely an I&E project for academic purposes only. No real product/service shown in this survey is being manufactured or sold