Tactical and operational Advertising/promotions Direct marketing Public relations Distribution/logistics Workgroups Marketing research Publishing Electronic mail Data warehousing Relatio[r]
Trang 1Introducing Internet Marketing
Lecture 1
Trang 2• Subject Overview
• The Internet and the marketing concept
• Benefits of the Internet for businesses
• The new marketing medium
• Internet marketing communications
• Internet Marketing strategies
Trang 3Subject Overview
• General Aim and Rationale – the utility of the Internet as a tool for business to increase efficiency, competitiveness, and
effectiveness.
• Objectives
• Content
• Assessment criteria
Trang 4The Internet and the Marketing
Concept
• Two distinct meaning for marketing
1 The range of specialist marketing functions
carried out by the firm (marketing research, public relations )
2 An approach or concept that can be used as
the guiding philosophy for all functions and activities
• The modern marketing concept unites
these two meanings.
Trang 5The Internet and the Marketing
Concept
• The Internet can be applied by companies as an integral part of the modern marketing concept
since:
– It can be used to support the full range of
organizational functions
– It is a powerful communication medium that integrates the different parts of the organization
– It facilitates information management
– The future role of the Internet would form part of the vision
Trang 6Internet Marketing Defined
The use of the Internet and related digital
technologies to achieve marketing objectives and support the modern
marketing concept.
Electronic commerce transactions are the trading of goods and services conducted using the Internet and other digital media
Trang 7Business Benefits of the Internet
• Market penetration – sell more existing products
into existing markets
• Market development – Internet is used to sell into
new markets
• Product development – New products or services
developed which can be delivered over the
Internet
• Diversification – New products are developed
which are sold into new markets
Trang 8Market and Product Strategic Grid
Market
Market
Product
Conservative Approach Innovative Approach
Trang 9Marketing Functions & The Internet
• Sales – achieve through increasing awareness of brands
and products, supporting buying decisions and enabling
online purchase
• Marketing communication – use of the web site for a range
of marketing communication
• Customer service – supplementing phone operators with
information available online
• Public relations – the Internet can be used as a new channel for public relations (publish latest news on products)
• Marketing research – techniques of finding a range of
marketing information
Trang 10The 6 Cs’ of the Internet
• Cost reduction – reducing the need for sales and marketing
enquiries to be handled by telephone and producing printed
marketing communication material
• Capability – The internet provides new opportunities for new
products and services and for exploiting new markets
• Competitive advantage – First mover advantage
• Communications improvement – improved communications with customers, staff, suppliers
• Control – Better marketing research through tracking customer behavior
• Customer service improvements – Interactive queries of databases containing stock availability or customer service questions
Trang 11The Internet – A New Marketing
Medium
• The Internet refers to the physical network that links
computers across the globe It consists network servers and wide-area communication links that are used to hold and
transport information.
• World Wide Web is a medium for publishing information on the Internet.
• Intranet is a password protected network within a single
company which enables access to company information using the familiar tools of the Internet such as web browsers.
• Extranet is formed by extending the intranet beyond a
company to customers, suppliers, collaborators or even
competitors
Trang 12Level of management Internet Intranet and extranet
Strategic Environmental scanning
Competitor analysis Market analysis Strategic decision making Supply chain mgt
Internet data analysis Management information Marketing information Database
Operations efficiency Business planning Monitoring and control Simulation
Business intelligence (data warehouses)
Tactical and operational Advertising/promotions
Direct marketing Public relations Distribution/logistics Workgroups
Marketing research Publishing
Electronic mail Data warehousing Relationship marketing Conference marketing Conferencing
Training Technology information Product/service information Customer service
Trang 13Internet Marketing Communications
• Characteristics inherent in digital medium:
– The customer initiates contact
– The customer is seeking information (pull)
– It is a high intensity medium – the marketer will have
100 per cent of the individual’s attention when he or she is viewing a web site
– A company can gather and store the response of the individual
– Individual needs of the customer can be addressed and taken into account in future dialogues
Trang 14Old and New Media
One-to many
communication
model
One-to-one or many-to-many communication model
Hoffmann & Novak (1996)states that Internet is a many-to-many medium, but for company to customer one-to-one
Mass marketing Individualized
marketing or mass customization
Personalization possible because of technology to monitor preferences and tailor content (Deighton, 1996)
Monologue Dialogue Indicates the interactive nature of the WWW, with the
facility for feedback Branding Communication Increased involvement of customer in defining brand
characteristics Opportunities for adding value to brand
Supply-side thinking Demand-side thinking Customer pull becomes more important
Customer as target Customer as partner Customer has more input into products and services
Trang 15Internet marketing application in UK
Facilitating customer feedback 20
Detailed product information 18
Distribution of paid-for reports 10
Trang 16Avoiding Marketing Myopia
• Traps that should be avoided when embarking on Internet marketing:
– Wrongly defining which business they are in
– Focusing on:
• Products rather than customer
• Production
• Technology (only an enabler, not an aim)
• Selling (the culture of the Internet is based on customer seeking information to make informed buying decisions)
• Customer needs (the need for market orientation is a critical aspect of web site design and Internet marketing strategy)
• Market opportunities (new opportunity for adding value rather than just another channel)
Trang 17Avoiding Marketing Myopia
– Unwillingness to innovate and ‘creatively destruct’ existing product/service lines
– Shortsightedness in terms of strategic thinking
– The lack of a strong and visionary CEO (Baker (1998) found that this was important to companies’ using the Internet effectively)
– Giving marketing only ‘stepchild status’, behind
finance, production and technology