Marketing Skills for Professionals

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Overview

Course Description

Marketing is the process by which companies create customer interest in goods or services. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments. It is an integrated process through which companies build strong customer relationships and create value for their customers and for themselves. Today, many organizations are being restructured to have cross-departmental teams, and professionals / engineers must work side-by-side with marketing staff. In the area of marketing, their input is necessary for everything from pricing and promotion to distribution and customer satisfaction. Professionals and engineers have much to gain from marketing staff who can provide valuable information about customers and their needs – all of which help improve the process of design and innovation.

There is marketing in theory and there is marketing in action. Professionals have to be familiar with various theoretical pieces of the marketing puzzle: the qualities of technical products, market segmentation, communications strategy, and marketing tools. This course provides these inputs to the professionals to achieve competency in marketing skills. Adoption of marketing strategies requires businesses to shift their focus from production to the perceived needs and wants of their customers as the means of staying profitable.

Course Objectives

After completing the course the participants will come out with clear understanding about the following aspects:

The difference between marketing & sales
Evolving and adoption of marketing strategies –SWOT Analysis
Marketing planning and strategy
Market segmentation
Market research
Demand forecasting
Buying behavior
The buyer decision process
Pricing decisions
Product marketing
Services marketing
Market promotion
Marketing tools

Who Should Attend?

The course is ideally suited for marketing persons as well as the technical professionals who commonly interact with marketing staff. Also suitable for senior executives and managerial level persons who are interested in understanding the dynamics of marketing and enhancement of the marketing acumen.