Marketing Strategy - the marketing mix - promotion - product - price - place

... My Marketing Strategy As previously mentioned in this report, there are several aspects, that play a big part in a products successes or downfall. These are classified as the marketing mix, and are again shown below, Pricing Pricing is one of the key features of the marketing mix. The producer sets the price of a product with great caution, as incorrect pricing can result in product failure, and sometimes even market failure. If the price of a product is too high, then consumers will simply not be willing to pay for it, and yet if a product is priced too low, people will view the product as cheap, and so it will loose its exclusivity, and demand from consumers. There are many different pricing methods used by companies today including, Cost-plus pricing This involves setting a price by calculating the average cost of producing a product, and then adding a "mark-up" (profit margin) on to that price.

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