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Three Powerful Marketing Concepts

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THE THREE MOST POWERFUL MARKETING CONCEPTS
Rachel Pechacek
Tarleton State University
Marketing Management MKTG 508
April 10, 2010

The Three Most Powerful Marketing Concepts
The three most powerful marketing concepts are customer focus, marketing imagination, and market segmentation. Each of the three concepts when used alone establishes an intimate customer following (further described individually below); as they are aimed at satisfying a customer’s needs rather than persuading a customer that they need a certain product or service (“product”). When used in conjunction with one another, these concepts cultivate a relationship with customers that will lead to repeat business, word-of-mouth advertising, and brand loyalty; thus …show more content…

89). The marketing imagination is also critical to a company’s success. As described above, if a company cannot keep up with customers’ needs and desires (which change quickly) or come up with new and exciting products that customers did not know they needed yet, then their competitors will.
Marketing Segmentation The marketing segmentation concept allows a company to focus on a specific group of customers that it is best prepared and suited to satisfy. Rather than trying to be all things to all people, selecting a target market enables a company to tailor its offerings to more specific customer needs and preferences (Schewe & Hiam, 1998, p. 200). When a company focuses its efforts and capital (both tangible and intangible) on a more narrowly defined set of needs, it is more likely that the customers will get the product they desire. Companies that use the marketing segmentation concept typically have a more intimate knowledge of the customers they target, and customers usually relate better with companies that understand their interests. As such a relationship is built.
Conclusion
Many people think of marketing as “selling stuff to people.” To the contrary, the three most powerful marketing concepts, in essence, do not involve selling stuff to people at all. They instead work to create

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