
Demystifying Marketing
A guide to the fundamentals for engineers
Patrick Forsyth(Author)
Institution of Engineering and Technology (Publisher)
Published on 30. October 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-86341-806-8 (ISBN)
Description
Marketing is a big topic. It is complex, vital - and yet too often misunderstood.
Every organisation must have customers or clients to remain financially viable. But they will not beat a path to your door unasked. Marketing is the essential process that actively seeks to generate customers, business and profit.
Designed to explain and inform, and put any misconceptions to rights, this book is logically arranged in a way that builds up understanding; it provides a thorough basic guide to:
What marketing is
How marketing works
How it affects the organisation - and the individuals in it
Demystifying Marketing is a comprehensive and accessible book covering all key marketing matters, with an emphasis on practicality and why marketing is important in engineering. Aimed primarily at non-marketing people wanting clarification of marketing's purpose, role and methods, it can provide major influence to the process of building a marketing culture within an organisation in a way that positively influences results in the market place. Practitioners too can benefit from the book's clear explanations and the practical view it takes of the necessity for marketing and its implementation.
Every organisation must have customers or clients to remain financially viable. But they will not beat a path to your door unasked. Marketing is the essential process that actively seeks to generate customers, business and profit.
Designed to explain and inform, and put any misconceptions to rights, this book is logically arranged in a way that builds up understanding; it provides a thorough basic guide to:
What marketing is
How marketing works
How it affects the organisation - and the individuals in it
Demystifying Marketing is a comprehensive and accessible book covering all key marketing matters, with an emphasis on practicality and why marketing is important in engineering. Aimed primarily at non-marketing people wanting clarification of marketing's purpose, role and methods, it can provide major influence to the process of building a marketing culture within an organisation in a way that positively influences results in the market place. Practitioners too can benefit from the book's clear explanations and the practical view it takes of the necessity for marketing and its implementation.
Reviews / Votes
"Patrick has a lucid and elegant style of writing which allows him to present information in a way that is organized, focused and easy to apply." (Professional Marketing magazine)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Stevenage
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
342 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86341-806-8 (9780863418068)
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E-Book
11/2008
1st Edition
Institution of Engineering and Technology
€216.99
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Person
Patrick Forsyth is a consultant and trainer and runs Touchstone Training & Consultancy. He the author of many successful business books on the topics of marketing, management and communications skills. These books include: How to Write Reports and Proposals and Successful Time Management (Kogan Page), and The Gentle Art of Getting Your Own Way (Foulsham).
Content
Part I: An overview of marketing
Chapter 1: Marketing in context
Chapter 2: The marketing domain
Part II: Fundamental issues
Chapter 3: Product considerations
Chapter 4: Pricing policy and tactics
Chapter 5: Market research and information
Chapter 6: Routes to market: distribution channels and methodology
Part III: Strategy and marketing planning
Chapter 7: Marketing strategy
Chapter 8: Marketing planning
Chapter 9: Coordination and control
Part IV: Marketing communications
Chapter 10: How people buy
Chapter 11: Marketing communications: the role and workings of different methods
Chapter 12: Additional persuasive influences
Chapter 1: Marketing in context
Chapter 2: The marketing domain
Part II: Fundamental issues
Chapter 3: Product considerations
Chapter 4: Pricing policy and tactics
Chapter 5: Market research and information
Chapter 6: Routes to market: distribution channels and methodology
Part III: Strategy and marketing planning
Chapter 7: Marketing strategy
Chapter 8: Marketing planning
Chapter 9: Coordination and control
Part IV: Marketing communications
Chapter 10: How people buy
Chapter 11: Marketing communications: the role and workings of different methods
Chapter 12: Additional persuasive influences