December 22, 2011

Marketing Strategy and the Marketing Mix

BANKING DIPLOMA EXAMINATION
Banking Diploma Courses in Bangladesh under The Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (IBB)
Marketing of Financial Services -JAIBB

Marketing Strategy and the Marketing Mix:

Customer-Driven Marketing Strategy
Market segmentation is the division of a market into distinct groups of buyers who have distinct
needs, characteristics, or behavior and who might require separate products or marketing mixes
Market segment is a group of consumers who respond in a similar way to a given set of marketing efforts
Customer-Centered Marketing Strategy
Market targeting is the process of evaluating each market segment�s attractiveness and selecting one or more segments to enter
Market positioning is the arranging for a product to occupy a clear, distinctive, and desirable place relative to competing products in the minds of the target consumer
Developing an Integrated Marketing Mix
Marketing mix is the set of controllable tactical marketing tools�product, price, place, and promotion�that the firm blends to produce the response it wants in the target market