When you think of marketing you may think of the adverts that pop up at the side of your screen or the billboards you see when you′re out - all those moments in the day when somebody is trying to grab your attention and sell you something! Marketing is about advertising and communications in part, but it′s also about many other things which all aim to create value for customers, from product research and innovation to after-care service and maintaining relationships. It′s a rich and fascinating area of management waiting to be explored - so welcome to Marketing! Jim Blythe′s Principles and Practice of Marketing will ease you into the complexities of Marketing to help you achieve success in your studies and get the best grade. It provides plenty of engaging real-life examples, including brands you know such as Netflix and PayPal - marketing is not just about products, but services too. Marketing changes as the world changes, and this textbook is here to help, keeping you up to speed on key topics such as digital technologies, globalization and being green.

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The SAGE Course Companion on Marketing is an accessible introduction to the subject that will help readers to extend their understanding of key concepts and enhance their thinking skills in line with course requirements. It provides support on how to revise for exams and prepare for and write assessed pieces. Readers are encouraged not only to think like a marketer but also to think about the subject critically. Designed to compliment existing textbooks for the course, the companion provides: - Easy access to the key themes in Marketing - Helpful summaries of the approach taken by the main course textbooks - Guidance on the essential study skills required to pass the course - Sample exam questions and answers, with common themes that must always be addressed in an exam situation - Quotes from leading thinkers in the field to use in exams and essays - Taking it Further sections that suggest how readers can extent their thinking beyond the "received wisdom" The SAGE Course Companion on Marketing is much more than a revision guide for undergraduates; it is an essential tool that will help readers take their course understanding to new levels and help them achieve success in their undergraduate course.

The ninth edition of McGraw-Hills leading textbook, Principles and Practice of Marketing, provides a contemporaryand modern introduction to marketing. Covering the importance of customer value alongside the 4Ps, thisauthoritative text provides students with a core understanding of the wider context of marketing operations withincompanies, illustrated with innovative examples of marketing in practice. It has been updated with the latestdevelopments, such as trends towards social and ethical marketing and cutting-edge technological change

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) dominate the market in terms of sheer number of organizations. Their role in the business world is difficult to overstate. Despite this, there is a high failure rate among smaller organizations, which can be explained to a significant degree by a lack of marketing understanding in this sector. Introducing the importance of marketing to entrepreneurial firms this book guides the student through the fundamentals of marketing within the SME context, providing a more value-added learning experience than your standard marketing run-through. The authors deal directly with "people issues" (i.e. everyday entrepreneurial marketing interactions) to prepare students for the "dragon’s den" of entrepreneurialism. This new and lively textbook provides a fresh and unfettered approach for marketing students who require a more real-world understanding of the impact of their discipline on entrepreneurial firms. The growing student body involved with studying entrepreneurship will also benefit from the customer insight offered by this approach.

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Linking theory to marketing practice, this third edition takes into account the modern emphasis on direct marketing and relationship marketing. It covers four main areas: fundamentals of modern marketing thought; marketing mix decisions; competition and markets; and marketing implementation.

Financial Services Marketing: an international guide to principles and practice contains the ideal balance of marketing theory and practice to appeal to advanced undergraduates and those on professional courses such as the Chartered Institute of Banking. Taking an international and strategic view of an increasingly important and competitive sector, Financial Services Marketing adopts a fresh approach in terms of structure, and is organised around the core marketing activities of marketing for acquisition and marketing for retention. Financial Services Marketing features: * Strong international focus: case studies and vignettes representing Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US. * Comprehensive coverage, focusing on both B2B and B2C marketing. * Expert insights into the latest innovations in the sector, from technological developments, CRM and customer loyalty to issues of social responsibility. Financial Services Marketing will help both the student and the practitioner to develop a firm grounding in the fundamentals of: financial services strategy, customer acquisition, and customer development. Reflecting the realities of financial services marketing in an increasingly complex sector, it provides the most up-to-date, international and practical guide to the subject available.