Target means identifying the target audience and market, identifying the group of people who share the most common characteristics and interests in your product for the purpose of serv
Trang 1FPT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ASSIGNMENT
ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Group Assignment: Spotify
Course Title : Marketing Principles
Group Members
Đào Minh Sơn HS176140
Nguyễn Phong Lưu HE163190
Nguyễn Hoàng Dương HS170100
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Trang 4B Theoretical Basis
I Business’s environment analysis.
The marketing environment is made up of external actors and forces that have an impact
on marketing management's capacity to develop and sustain successful connections with
target customers Companies, like Kellogg, must constantly monitor and adapt to
changing conditions—or, in many cases, lead those changes.
Marketers, more than any other group in the firm, must be aware of current
environmental trends.
Those who are on the lookout for new opportunities are known as trackers Despite the
fact that every organization's manager should
Marketers have two distinct abilities They must be aware of their surroundings They use
rigorous approaches for gathering information and producing insights about the
marketing environment, such as marketing research and marketing intelligence They also
invest.
More time spent with customers and competitors Marketers can change their strategy to
meet new market difficulties by carefully monitoring the environment.
1 Micro environment
The company, suppliers, marketing intermediates, customer marketplaces, competitors,
and publics are all near to the firm and have an impact on its ability to service its
customers.
2 Macro environment
Demographic, economic, environmental, technical, political, and cultural influences all
have an impact on the microenvironment.
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Trang 6II Marketing Mix ( The 4Ps )
The four Ps of marketing are the key factors that are involved in the marketing of a good
or service They are the product, price, place, and promotion of a good or service
Often referred to as the marketing mix, the four Ps are constrained by internal and
external factors in the overall business environment, and they interact significantly with
one another.
The 4 Ps are used by companies to identify some key factors for their business, including
what consumers want from them, how their product or service meets or fails to meet
those needs, how their product or service is perceived in the world, how they stand out
from their competitors, and how they interact with their customers.
1 Product.
Product refers to a good or service that a company offers to customers Ideally, a product
should fulfill an existing consumer demand Or a product may be so compelling that
consumers believe they need to have it and it creates a new demand.
2 Price.
Price is the cost consumers pay for a product Marketers must link the price to the
product's real and perceived value, but they also must consider supply costs, seasonal
discounts, and competitors' prices.
3 Place
When a company makes decisions regarding place, they are trying to determine where
they should sell a product and how to deliver the product to the market The goal of
business executives is always to get their products in front of the consumers that are the
most likely to buy them.
4 Promotion.
Promotion includes advertising, public relations, and promotional strategy The goal of
promoting a product is to reveal to consumers why they need it and why they should pay
a certain price for it.
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Trang 8III Marketing Objectives.
1 Targeted Customers.
Target means identifying the target audience and market, identifying the group of people
who share the most common characteristics and interests in your product for the purpose
of serving the implementation of your marketing strategy and business strategy
company Simply put, target is the analysis of the audience that your business needs to
target.
2 Strategic Objectives.
Strategic objectives are the big-picture goals for the company: they describe what the
company will do to try to fulfill its mission Strategic objectives are usually some sort of
performance goal—for example, to launch a new product, increase profitability, or grow
market share for the company’s product.
IV Marketing Orientations.
This report is conducted because of the lack of profit from Spotify The purpose of this
report is to analyze Spotify’s current situation and identify actions that can be made in
order to make Spotify Profitable Spotify is the world leader in music streaming service
According to Reuters, Spotify has the market share of 44.77 billion dollars in 2021
However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it dropped to 26.54 billion dollars in 2022 Its
biggest strength are market share and its growth that has been sustainable since the
service was launched in 2008 The music streaming overall has been riding high for the
past few years and it should keep it that way even though its growth will not be as
impressive as it used to Spotify’s business model is quite the same as its competitors
The only main difference is the possibility to listen to music for free, with some
limitations, offered by Spotify This offer makes Spotify attractive for neophytes that
would like to try a streaming service before paying for it This slight difference is not
enough to give Spotify a significant competitive advantage though.
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Trang 10A INTRODUCTION
- Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming and media services provider.
- Founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.
- A freemium service, basic features are free with advertisements and limited control,
while additional features, such as offline listening and commercial-free listening, are
offered via paid subscriptions.
- Users can search for music based on artist, album, or genre, and can create, edit, and
share playlists.
- The service is available on most modern devices including Windows, macOS, and
Linux computers, IOS and Android smartphones and tablets, AI-enabled smart speakers
such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, and digital media players like Roku.
- The largest music streaming service providers with over 406 million monthly active
users, including 180 million paying subscribers, as of December 2021.
- Spotify is currently available in 180+ countries as of October 2021.
C REPORT’S CONTENT.
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Trang 12I Business’s environment analysis.
1 Macro Environment.
1.1 Political Environment.
Vietnam's politics is considered to be stable, and the State of Vietnam always advocates
the implementation of a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, openness,
diversification and multilateralization of international relations , actively do international
integration.
* Opportuinity: Vietnam with the trend of constantly expanding and developing, creating
opportunities for foreign enterprises to develop and invest in Vietnam.
1.2 Legal Environment.
- Vietnam currently does not have any online music platforms that are fully licensed,
especially in the context of copyright being focused.
- Musicians and singers also want a platform for them to collaborate and get paid to share
their music with users.
* Opportunity:
- Having the opportunity to develop into the leading comprehensive copyright music
player application in Vietnam
- Bringing connection between listeners and artists.
1.3 Economic Environment.
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Trang 14- Vietnam is currently a low-middle income but continues to grow.
- GDP in the first 6 months of 2021 increased by 5.64%, higher than the growth rate of
1.82% in the first 6 months
- In 2020 but lower than the growth rate of 7.05% and 6.77% of the same period in 2018
and 2019
*Opportunity:
- With Vietnam's deeply integrated economy, Spotify can be said to be welcome when
entering the music market, listening to music online.
- The music industry has been affected by Covid-19 due to the inability to hold live
events, declining album sales, and more The music industry will have to rely on music
streaming platforms like Spotify
=> So, Users will increase a lot and pay more to use online platforms.
1.4 Technological Environment.
- On May 11, 2021 in Hanoi, Appota Group - a digital entertainment technology
company officially released a market report: "Mobile applications 2021": Vietnamese
people are tending to download and use more mobile applications after the pandemic
Specifically, each person spends an average of 5.1 hours using mobile applications, an
increase of 25% compared to 2019.
- The percentage of users accessing social networks very early, specifically from level 1,
level 2 and above.
*Opportunity:
- Having the opportunity to approach a young, dynamic and skilled customer base in
technology.
- Developed technology and online payment platforms, helping customers make
purchasing and payment decisions easier and more convenient.
- Easier to develop technology-based marketing strategies
1.5 Cultural Environment.
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Trang 16- Vietnam has a young population structure, a group of people with a dynamic
personality, easy to receive and adapt to new trends Moreover, a group of young people
spend a lot of time using electronic devices such as laptops, smartphones and televisions
during the day, they are very easy to access to applications and services on digital
platforms.
- Likes to consume new products, when encountering advertisements, curiosity will be
stimulated to learn information about products
* Opportunity:
Vietnam is a country free of beliefs and religions, so the distribution and promotion of
products do not face many difficulties.
2 Micro Environment.
2.1 Company.
Budget accounting: Spotify's maintenance cost accounts for 70% of revenue, of which
55% is to pay for the issue of buying music rights from artists and entertainment
companies, 10% for the development and maintenance of the platform The remaining
15% is used for promotion activities.
=> Spotify has abundant financial resources and is quite invested in Marketing activities
However, in the Vietnamese market, marketing strategies, especially promotion, should
be advertised more carefully so that Spotify can exploit this potential customer market.
2 Information system.
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Trang 18- With more than 10 million users listening to music every day and 271 million users
worldwide.
- Spotify holds a huge amount of personal information, Data about music preferences,
favorite keywords, song data listening, geolocation based on the device they use most
when listening to music, and more.
=> Many artists have even collaborated and paid Spotify to have their songs brought to
users The same goes for brands that partner with Spotify to launch advertising
campaigns on this platform.
2.2 Suppliers.
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Trang 20- 1 supply chain consisting of 3 parties: Artist/Entertainment - Spotify - Customer (music
listener).
- Spotify acts as a distribution intermediary between artists and music listeners, so
distribution control is also two-way
- Due to its nature as a distribution intermediary, Spotify has a close relationship with
both parties.
- Building a close relationship is a priority for Spotify, reflected in its terms, copyright
policy or privacy policy to create trust with artists and music listeners.
2.3 Marketing Intermediaries.
- In order to bring its music streaming service to market, Spotify focuses on its existing
connections with social networking platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LINE) , )