1. Marketing Planning &
Implementation
(MGT-411)
Mr. Abid Saeed
(Assistant Professor)
abidsaeed@comsats.edu.pk

2. Course Objectives
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Students understand the basic theories,
concepts, methods, variables, problems,
practices, processes, and terminology of
contemporary marketing.
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Begin to develop and utilize analytical,
decision- making, and problem-solving skills
that approximate "real world" marketing.
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Develop a consciousness about the
importance of ethics in the marketing
discipline.

3. Learning Outcomes
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Understand the importance in business
practice of being marketing oriented.
Describe a range of common strategies for
use with each of the various marketing mix
tools: product, pricing, promotion, and
distribution.
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Recommend and justify an appropriate mix
of such strategies to form a cohesive overall
strategy for a given marketing task or
situation.
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4. Recommended Books
 Marketing Management – A South Asian Perspective
by Philip Kotler, Kevin Lane Keller, Abraham Koshy &
Mithileshwar Jha, 13th Edition, Published by Pearson
Education, Inc.
 Strategic Marketing Management – Meeting The
Global Marketing Challenges by Carol H. Anderson &
Julian W. Vincze Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
 Principles of Advertising & IMC by Tom Duncan 2nd
Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill Irwin.
 Principles of Marketing by Philip Kotler & Gary Armstrong
Thirteenth Edition, Published by Prentice Hall

5. Teaching Methodology
My basic teaching philosophy for this course is to
blend the theory and practice of Marketing
Planning and Implementation in a comfortable,
supportive & easy language that promotes active
learning.

6. Assessment Criteria
ITEM
ASSESSMENT TASK
TOTAL MARKS
1
Assignments (4)
10%
2
Quizzes (4)
10%
3
Graded Discussion
Topics (4)
05%
4
1st Sessional
10%
5
2nd Sessional
15%
6
Final Examination
50%
Your assessment & final grades will be based as per University existing rules.

7. Course Outline
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Defining Marketing For The 21st Century
Developing Marketing Strategies And Plans
Gathering Information & Scanning The Environment
Conducting Marketing Research
Creating Customer Value, Satisfaction, and loyalty
Analysing Consumer Markets
Identifying Market Segments And targets
Creating Brand Equity
Setting Product Strategy
Developing Pricing Strategies And Programs
Introducing New Market Offerings
Using Advertising & Promotion To Build Brands
Advertising & IMC Media Planning
Consumer Sales Promotion & Packaging
How Brand Communication Works

8. LECTURE-1
Defining Marketing
for the 21st Century

9. Chapter Questions
• Why is marketing important?
• What is the scope of marketing?
• What are some fundamental marketing
concepts?
• How has marketing management changed?
• What are the tasks necessary for successful
marketing management?

10. What is Marketing?
Marketing is an organizational function
and a set of processes for creating,
communicating, and delivering value
to customers and for managing
customer relationships
in ways that benefit the
organization and its stakeholders.
(American Marketing Association Formal Definition)

11. What is Marketing?
Marketing is an organizational function
and a set of processes for creating,
communicating, and delivering value
to customers and for managing
customer relationships
in ways that benefit the
organization and its stakeholders.
(American Marketing Association Formal Definition)

12. What is Marketing Management?
Marketing management is the
art and science
of choosing target markets
and getting, keeping, and growing
customers through
creating, delivering, and communicating
superior customer value.

13. What is Marketed?
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Services
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Events and experiences •
Persons
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Goods
Places and properties
Organizations
Information
Ideas

14. Demand States
• Negative Demand
• Consumers dislike the
product e.g. Vaccination, Dental work
• Nonexistent Demand
• Consumers may be unaware
of the product e.g. Foreign Language
course
• Latent Demand
• Consumers may share a
strong need that can’t be
satisfied with existing product
e.g. Harm less cigarettes, Fuel Efficient cars
• Declining Demand
• Consumers begins to buy the
product less frequently e.g.
churches, Govt. Schools
• Irregular Demand
• Consumers purchases vary on a
seasonal, monthly, weekly, daily
or hourly e.g. Museums on week days,
Travelling Peak Off Peak time
• Unwholesome Demand
• Consumers attracted to
products that have undesirable
social consequences e.g. Cigarettes,
Alcohol, Drugs
• Full Demand
• Consumers are adequately
buying all products.
• Overfull Demand
• More consumers would like to
buy than can be satisfied.

15. Key Customer Markets
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Consumer markets
Business markets
Global markets
Nonprofit/Government markets

16. Functions of CMOs
• Strengthening the brands.
• Measuring marketing effectiveness.
• Driving new product development based on
customer needs.
• Gathering meaningful customer insights.
• Utilizing new marketing technology.

17. Core Marketing Concepts
• Needs, wants, and
demands
• Target markets,
positioning,
segmentation
• Offerings and brands
• Value and
satisfaction
• Customer value Triad
Quality, Service & Price (QSP)
• Marketing channels
• Communication Channels e.g.
Newspapers, Magazines Radio., Television, Mail,
Telephone, Billboards, Posters, Fliers, CDs, Audio
Tapes & Internet
• Distribution Channels e.g. Distributors,
Wholesalers, Retailers, & Agents
• Supply chain
• Competition
• Marketing environment
• Task Environment e.g.
Company,
Suppliers, Distributors, Dealers & Target
Customers
• Broad Environment e.g. Demographic,
PESTL
• Marketing planning

18. The New Marketing Realities
Major Societal Forces
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Network information technology
Globalization
Deregulation
Privatization
Heightened competition
Industry convergence
Consumer resistance
Retail transformation
Disintermediation

19. New Consumer Capabilities
• A substantial increase in buying power
• A greater variety of available goods and
services.
• A great amount of information about
practically anything.
• Greater ease in interacting and placing and
receiving orders.
• An ability to compare notes on products and
services.
• An amplified voice to influence public opinion.

20. Company Orientations Toward The
Market Place
• The Production Concept
• Consumers will prefer products that are widely available &
inexpensive e.g. Lenovo, Haier etc.
• The Product Concept
• Consumer favor products that offer the most quality,
performance, or innovative features e.g. Rolex etc.
• The Selling Concept
• Consumers & businesses, if left alone, won’t buy enough of
the organization’s products e.g. Insurance, Encyclopedias etc.
• The Marketing Concept
• Emerged in mid 1950s Customer-Centered “Sense &
Respond” e.g. Dell Computer etc.

21. Marketing Mix and the Customer
Four Ps
• Product
• Product Variety/Quality/ Design/
Features/Brand Name/ Packaging/
Sizes/Services/Warranties/Returns
• Price
• List Price/Discounts/Allowances/
Payment Period/Credit Terms
• Place
• Channels/Coverage/Assortments/
Locations/Inventory/Transport
• Promotion
• Sales Promotion/Advertising/Sales
Force/Public relations/ Direct
Marketing
Four Cs
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Customer solution
Customer cost
Convenience
Communication

22. The Holistic Marketing Concept
• Relationship Marketing
• Relationship marketing is a strategy designed to foster
customer loyalty, interaction and long-term engagement.
• Integrated Marketing Communication
• Integrated marketing communication (IMC) is a process
for planning, executing and monitoring the brand
messages that create customer relationship.
• Internal Marketing
• Internal marketing is the task of hiring, training, and
motivating able employees who want to serve customers
well.

23. The Holistic Marketing Concept…
• Performance Marketing
• Financial Accountability
• Social Responsibility
Marketing
Corporate Social Initiatives
• Corporate social
marketing
• Cause marketing
• Corporate philanthropy
• Corporate community
involvement
• Socially responsible
business practices

24. References & Bibliography
 Marketing Management – A South Asian Perspective
by Philip Kotler, Kevin Lane Keller, Abraham Koshy &
Mithileshwar Jha, 13th Edition, Published by Pearson
Education, Inc.
 Strategic Marketing Management – Meeting The
Global Marketing Challenges by Carol H. Anderson &
Julian W. Vincze Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
 Principles of Advertising & IMC by Tom Duncan 2nd
Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill Irwin.
 Principles of Marketing by Philip Kotler & Gary Armstrong
Thirteenth Edition, Published by Prentice Hall

25. "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have
already mastered, you will never grow."
- Ronald E. Osborn
The End…