What is marketing?
The process of raising awareness of your product or service
What is global marketing?
Doing this in other countries
What are the two main approaches to marketing?
Why should a business glocalise?
-Don’t offend
-Meet their wants and needs
-Competitors may not so competitive advantage
-Meet religious needs
-Avoid legislation
-Gain sales
What is ethnocentric?
Standardise the product for all markets to keep costs low
What are pros of ethnocentric?
-Lower costs of development and production
-Economies of scale
What are cons of ethnocentric?
-Product may not sell well
-Doesn’t tale account of national differences
What is polycentric?
Adapt the 4Ps to each market to appeal to local customers to maximise revenue
What are pros of polycentric?
-Targeted products for different markets
-Competitive advantage
What are cons of polycentric?
-Highest cost of development
-Difficult to compete with e
What is a global mass market?
A market with generic wants and needs spread over 2 or more countries
What is a global niche market?
A subset of the market with specific wants and needs spread across 2 or more countries
Why should a business globalise their niche?
-Appeal to more
-Increase sales
-Standardised specifics
-Reduced risks (one fails, others survive)
How should a business market to a mass market?
Shotgun approach > aim at all, hit anything
-Marketing is generic and emotional
-Mass marketing is costly > reaching wide audience
How should a business market to a niche market?
Sniper approach > aiming at a specific target, focus on a subset
-Hypertargetted > often in specialised or specific places to reach the niche