Introduction to Marketing
- 48 hours
- Certificate of Completion
Program type: Short Course
This course introduces students to the role of marketing for independent companies and within business worldwide. The course emphasizes the market mix, known as the 4 P’s of marketing: product, price, place and promotion. Students will also explore current marketing issues and methods of assessing marketing efforts. Canadian and global concepts will be explored.
Course Prerequisites
Previous computer skills
Delivery Methods:
Online| On-campus| Combined
Completion
Certificate
Student Progression And Reporting
Student will be assessed by daily attendance, assignments, and completion of in class activities.
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Learning objectives
Completion Requirements
Tuition and fees
Learning objectives
At the end of the course, the successful student should be able to:
- Explain the evolving role and function of marketing in our economy and society
- Describe the role, function and activities of marketing within the framework of the firm
- Explain the influences affecting consumer behavior
- Complete a simple market research study using secondary data, analytical techniques and primary collection methods
- Prepare a basic market segmentation study
- Explain the functions of product, price, distribution and promotion and their inter-relationships within a product marketing program
- Prepare a basic marketing strategy
Completion Requirements
To successfully complete this course, students must:
- Pass the final exam
- Attend a minimum of 80% of the scheduled classes
- Achieve a minimum overall score of 50%
Tuition and fees
CAD $900
Courses
Modules
- The meaning and importance of marketing from a historical
- Marketing functions and marketing variables in the context of the corporation.
- The environment within which marketing decisions must be made and executed; specifically, attention will be given to the competitive, regulatory, technological, social and economic environments.
- 4 P’s of Marketing.
- An introduction to the factors affecting the purchasing behaviour of consumers, both industrial and individual.
- Internal and external influences on buyers.
- The marketing planning process — attention will be given to information requirements and process for marketing analysis and decision-making.
- The sequence of steps in making marketing decisions in the firm.
- The methods of collecting and analyzing marketing information. Survey research, secondary data sourcing, observation and other techniques will be discussed.
- Introduction to the similarities and differences between consumer and business marketing.
- The marketing of services, non-profit and charitable organizations, and the differences between product and services marketing.
- The basis and uses of market segmentation. Emphasis will be placed on geographic, demographic, psychographic and usage rate/benefit bases.
- Definitions of what constitutes a product, product life cycles, and product classifications.
- The particular issues related to new product development and marketing.
- Marketing services & intangibles
- The concept of price, pricing objectives and methods of price determination.
- Introduction to break-even analysis as an example of the quantitative techniques used in price setting
- Current trends in distribution.
- The options and problems involved in the distribution of goods. Topics will include the role of wholesalers and retailers, and the functions within these types of organizations.
- The importance of the promotional mix.
- Advertising, sales promotion, publicity and personal selling strategies and tactics.
- Applying digital marketing (modern society) to advertising, sales promotion, etc.
- Social media and marketing strategy
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