EOC: Week 10: What Channels are you going to do to get your product noticed?

My beer company Desejo would high-quality specialty stores and would sell directly to consumers via the Web and intermediaries because they would create greater efficiency in making goods available to my chosen target markets. Vertical marketing system I believe is what’s best for my beer company because it would unite the wholesalers, producers, and retailers to sell our product. Also seeing how some consumers prefer to have a variety of small quantities then just one type in a huge bulk purchase would benefit them as the same time as it would us. It lets our customers now that we are thinking many steps ahead of them for their convenience.

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The lemon Ad was to suggest to the people that the cars were being well tested. The inspections were all thanks to Kurt Kroner who noticed that VW's needed to just inspect the cars and to make sure the they were well equiped for there future owners. Nothing more and nothing less, just right for the new owners. Which i believe that this means you have to pin point every little detail from the dumbest little flaw to the hugest one. Thera all threats when you have nothing to back up the reasons of the mistakes from your product or products.We pluck the lemons; you get the plums. This was the lemon ad that Volkswagon was advertising. Adding to this also means that the more inspection given to VW's meant less need for maintnance from you the consumer and less of a hassle to own.

Week 9 EOC: Three Great Mission Statements

The three mission statements that i personally felt almost wanted me to buy into there beer were,Gontarek Jefferey, Lapadu, Michaell Edward, and Plum, Daniel. I like Jeffereys because his first sentence was about creating a friendship with the customer instead of just selling the beer and brand. In marketing I believe that's crucial because as a consumer myself I feel a lot more faithful to a brand when there is a customer relation.Michael Edward's was also interesting due to the fact that he right of the bat chose to say that his beer was for the few who would appreciate his beer and also the quote he gave about how mission statements are better of simple and straight to the point instead of long and confusing. Daniel Plum's mission statement was very creative. The idea of fruit beer is very good, I mean i would try it in a heartbeat. The whole gamer beer that no ones ever create4d is a bit interesting.

Implementation Evaluation Control

Evaluating the results of marketing strategies and plans and taking corrective action to ensure that our objectives are attained.  Our marketing control involves the basic four steps. Management, which sets specific marketing goals for us to reach to our customers and if they are enjoying the product. We then measure the performance we are either gaining or loosing in the marketplace and evaluating the causes of any differences between the expected and actual qualifications of our product. To see what we need to update and what we should keep as is..” Measuring return on marketing investment has become a major marketing emphasis. But it can be difficult. For example, a Super Bowl ad reaches nearly 100 million consumers but may cost as much as $3 million for 30 seconds of airtime alone. How do you measure the specific return on such an investment in terms of sales, profits, and building customer relationships. (Marketing: an introduction / Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler. -10th ed., Printed page 58.)

Price

 Being an imported beer does take the value of the price a bit more costly then your regular beers. “These days, we’re all cheapskates in search of a spend-less strategy.” In response, it seems that almost every company is looking for ways to slash prices. (Marketing: an introduction / Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler. -10th ed., Printed page 275.)Although just because the economy is going through some tough times don’t mean that nobody can buy things that they want and or need.“Instead of running away from pricing,” says the expert, “savvy marketers are embracing it.” (Marketing: an introduction / Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler. -10th ed., Printed page 275.) Customer value-based pricing, setting price based on buyers’ perceptions of value rather than on the seller’s cost. Setting the right price is one of the marketer’s most difficult tasks. A host of factors come into play. But finding and implementing the right price strategy is critical to success. (Marketing: an introduction / Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler. -10th ed., Printed page 275.) More factors that would come into conflict would be the taxes, transportation, shipping, and other expenses like so. But there’s always a way to maneuver everything especially if our customer wants it they get it! Now that we’ve looked at the three general pricing approaches—value-, cost-, and competitor-based pricing—let’s dig into some of the many other factors that affect pricing decisions. (Marketing: an introduction / Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler. -10th ed., Printed page

Distribution

Being as the beer is imported from Brazil and seeing that imported beer sales are going down it’s going to be a bit of a struggle. Although by getting out there and having successful advertising and really reaching to create customer relationships from such a distance doesn’t mean all is lost. Here at Desejo, creating comfort and relaxation to our customers is our goal. Forget the profit for a moment, gaining the support of our customers is our true desire. "Customer relationships and value are especially important in today’s tough economic times, when more frugal consumers are cutting back and spending more carefully."(Marketing: an introduction / Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler. -10th ed., Printed page 2.)

Promotion

The main goal for Desejo to reach to consumers’ world wide is by social networking. Examples would be Facebook and Twitter. The world is changing and so is the word of mouth. Nowadays most people use social networking to communicate or to get the word across of anything happening. Of course doing the old school way is another way to go, such as commercials to be viewed worldwide. "You already know a lot about marketing—it’s all around you. Marketing comes to you in the good old traditional forms: You see it in the abundance of products at your nearby shopping mall and in the advertisements that fill your TV screen, spice up your magazines, or stuff your mailbox." (Marketing: an introduction / Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler. — 10th ed., Printed page 3.)