identify specific marketing strategies used by the company that seem to contribute to its success. Also identify a company that has a poor customer orientation (perhaps a local firm with which you have had experience) and describe what marketing strategies contribute to that state. What are the consequences of this?Offer suggestions on how to improve the customer service of the company using different concepts from the text material. From my perspective, Apple has a strong customer orientation
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only using mobile phones to make calls to friends or family, but to checking e-mail, updating social media, checking scores on the game when there is no television available, or even watching the game when there is no television available. Google and Apple are two companies that have been fighting for the top spot in the cell phone industry. The more amazing part of the battle is that both companies can successfully market their products in order to remain on top and continue to fight each other for
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MN2061K Analysis of a Marketing News Story I. Introduction According to Bloomberg news article (Appendix.1) “HTC Mimics Apple Marketing Strategy to Regain Customers”. We can see that HTC understand the need to have a relevant marketing strategy to attract consumers and recover the lost grounds. HTC is a Taiwan based smartphone manufacturer that started out manufacturing mobile devices by allowing telecommunication operators to put their names on the phone. HTC expanded their focus with
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Marketing Strategy of Apple Published by : www.studymarketing.org 1 Introducing Apple Steve Jobs is the brain behind the very famous and very Popular Apple Company. Apple creates and designs desktop computers, Mac laptops, iTunes, iPods, the OS X operating system, the iPad and the iPhone. Apple has been in the business for quite some time now and they have indeed reported great success. It is currently one of the leading companies in the technological world and their products are growing
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In this task, I am going to be describing and comparing how marketing techniques are used to market products in two organisations. The first organisation I will be talking about is Apple, and the second being Coca Cola. Marketing means that a business will identify the needs of the consumer and produce products that meet the requirements of them. In order for a business to perform and succeed, it needs to make sure that their customers are at the heart of operations. Should businesses do this, it
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Case Study – Microsoft Surface vs Apple iPad Since its first introduction in 2010, Apple iPad has been dominating the tablet market. It is safe to say that the Apple iPad paved the road for the modern tablets. Nearly every company tried to copy the iPad, except Microsoft. In fact, Microsoft tried really hard to differentiate itself completely from the usual tablets on the market and compete directly with the iPad. In 2012, the company created a tablet, which can run both in tablet mode and desktop
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Price Skimming is defined as a strategy in which the price of a product is set relatively high at the introductory stage and gradually lowered over time (Cateora et. al. 2009).. The objective of this strategy is to make people who strongly desire the product pay a premium price when the product is first released into the market. When the demand of the first layer of customers is saturated, the price is reduced in order to appeal to the next layer of customers that are increasingly price sensitive
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Final Paper: Case Analysis for Apple Final Paper: Case Analysis for Apple Final Paper: Case Analysis for Apple Table of Contents Introduction 2 Branding strategy 3 Designing a global identity 3 Using marketing mix strategies in creating unique relationship with the consumers 4 Apple’s strategies for promotions 4 Apple’s strategy for product placement 5 Product as a decisive part in Apple’s marketing magic 6 How Apple’s pricing strategies influence consumer behavior? 6
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SUPPORTING BRAND IMAGE THROUGH PACKAGING, BRANDING, AND LABELING Packaging Packaging involves activities such as designing and producing the container for the product. To Kotler and Keller (2006), packaging may include up to three levels of material -the primary package (the container that directly holds the product), the secondary package (e.g. the box), and the shipping package (e.g. whether it will be packed in 3’s, 6’s, etc.). In the case of Apple iPhone, these three categories of packaging
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Environment Scans for Apple, Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble Nylor P. Coleman MGT/498 January 16, 2013 Robert Consonery, Facilitator Environmental Scan: Apple Inc, Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobles Environmental scanning indentifies the external and internal trends that influence the future direction of a business. This process provides the tools for evaluation within the three companies and how the process works. This paper will provide research regarding the internal
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