EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES IN MARKETING Use of advanced technolog1y-computers;ict advancement Emergence of customer care services department to handle financial matters only. Tele marketing. Globalization-this is a process whereby different systems and parts of a related trade, function as a… Read More
SERVICE MARKETING
SERVICE MARKETING Service refers to any act/performance that one party offers to another that is essentially intangible and does not result in the ownership of anything. SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVICES. Intangibility-services can not be seen, tasted, felt, heard or smelt.… Read More
CUSTOMER CARE
CUSTOMER CARE This refers to activity of looking after customers and helping them with complaints and problems. It involves provision of service before and after purchase. Customer care is also a third party provider that takes customers calls, answers their… Read More
DIRECT MARKETING
DIRECT MARKETING This are direct communications with carefully targeted individual consumers to obtain an immediate response and cultivate lasting customer relationships the new direct marketing models include: advances in direct marketing include emergence of catalog companies, direct mailers and telemarketers.… Read More
ASPECTS OF PERSONAL SELLING
ASPECTS OF PERSONAL SELLING. Professionalism-this involves training sales people to the selling process the steps to effective selling include; Prospecting and qualifying-the company will find the leads by examining data sources such as newspaper and directories, organizing trade shows, using… Read More