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Introduction to Marketing
MMI 543
Module 1 Topics
• Introduction to marketing
• Defining marketing and how it applies to
music and creative offerings
• Marketing is a process, requiring time,
planning and collaboration
• Introduction to the marketing plan
MMI 543
Module 1 Learning Objectives
• Identify examples of how marketing
recognizes the needs of the consumer and
seeks to fulfill those needs
• Locate examples of how music artist, venues
or events communicate with the target
market.
• Compare marketing initiatives for music with
those of consumer products and identify
differences and similarities.
Music Marketing Terms
Used throughout this course
• Brand
• Image
• SLRP
• Audience
• Fan
• Consumer
• Demo
• Lifestyle
• Price & position
• Scaling
• Genre
• Q score
• Spins
• Ratings
• Arbitron
• Cash Cow
• Payola
• Marketing mix
• Positioning
• Time line
• Research
• Sound scan
• BDS
• M.A.P.
• ADI
• Impressions
• Panel
• Scheduling
• Release date
• Campaign
• Cume
• 35 +
• 18-24
• Stiff
Music Marketing Terms
Used throughout this course
• Hit
• Out of the box
• First week
• Scanned
• Shipped
• Returns
• Add
• Spins
• Overnights
• Paper add
• Airplay
• Video
• Syndicated
• Accounts
• Mediabase
• Product
• P1
• P2
• P3
• Configuration
• Non-Com
What is marketing?
Marketing seeks to discover the
needs and wants of prospective
customers and to satisfy them.
American Marketing Association
A technique for creating exchanges
and influencing behavior.
Scroll over the speaker and click for narration
Marketing Music
and
Related Events
Concert
Festival
Symphony Series
Fair
Tour
CD release
Club Date
Artist launch
Showcase
Store Opening
Award show campaign
Marketing
Activity
Set of institutions
and Processes
for
Creating
Communicating
Delivering
and Exchanging
………..offerings that have value for customers, clients,
partners, and society at large.”
What are offerings?
Products
Services
Experiences
Creating, Communicating, Delivering
Creating, Communicating, Delivering
How does a venue deliver value?
Marketing
• Is marketing music/entertainment/art any
different than marketing consumer products?
• Yes?.................explain how/why.
• No?..................why not?
Creating, Communicating, Delivering
• How does “creating” art differ from creating
cookies?
• How does “communication” differ in the
entertainment world than in other consumer
products?
• How is music “delivered” differently from
other consumer products?
Every Organization Markets
Products
Services
Ideas
Product Marketing
The 4 P’s
Product
Price
Place
Promotion
What is the product?
The events or could it be something
else?
Price
What does it cost?
Are there discounts?
How is it priced relative to others?
Is it free?
Does the price equate value?
Place
Where is the product being sold?
What is the proper venue?
What is the correct radio station for
the music?
Should this music be in movies or on
TV?
Product Marketing
The 4 P’s
Promotion
Press?
Email blasts?
Tweets?
Contests?
Posters?
Marketing Music
Market Art?
Or
Create a Product?
Creating a concept
Identify a need & fill it
Maurice Starr-discovered New Edition
Created-New Kids on the Block
“You’ve Got it (the right stuff)”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbIEwIwYz-c&feature=related
Lou Perlman-Backstreet Boys
Bob Curiano-writer & producer
“I Want it that Way”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fndeDfaWCg
N SYNC
“Bye, Bye, Bye”
“No Strings Attached”
1.1 million first day sales
2.4 million first week sales
Marketing Is A Process
1. Situation analysis (S.W.O.T.)Research
2. Market/Product Focus-goal setting
3. Create marketing program
4. Implementation Phase (work the plan)
5. Evaluation Phase (what worked/didn’t?)
6. Repeat………….
Market Research
Information about your
audience(customer) makes for a
more successful program (business)
Types of research
• Observation
• Transactional surveys
• Focus Group Research
• Customer panels
• Personal interviews
• Survey questionnaires
• Marketing experiments
Research Process
What is the first step?
• Define the problem & set objectives
• Develop the plan
• Collect and analyze the data
• Create report/distribute findings &
recommendations
• Implement recommendations & evaluate
How Does This Work With Artists?
• Do consumers always know what they want or
need?
Maybe not…
The Marketing Mix
• Product
• Price
• Place
• Promotion
You Control These Factors
Everyone must work within
constraints. What are they?
What is your situation?
SWOT
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Make a list of each.
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Situation Analysis
SWOT
• Build on a strength
• Correct a weakness
• Exploit an opportunity
• Avoid a threat
Now build upon your list, actionable
steps for each.
• Build on a strength
• Correct a weakness
• Exploit an opportunity
• Avoid a threat
Market/Product Focus
• Set Goals
• Segment market (common needs)
• Find points of difference
• Position the product
Marketing Program/Mix
• Product: features, name, packaging, warranty
• Price: list price, discounts, payment methods
• Promotion: advertising, PR, digital marketing
• Place: outlets, channels, stock levels
Implementing your marketing plan
• Get to work
• Make calls
• Get on-line
• On site visits
• Follow-up
• Place ads
• Produce events
Evaluate
How are we doing?
• Results
• Sales
• Calls
• Traffic
What metrics are being used to determine
results?
Evaluate
How are we doing?
• Results
• Sales
• Calls
• Traffic
Based on your determined metrics,
make changes if necessary!
Do you keep doing the same thing, or change your
plan?
Repeat
Constant cycle
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Adjust
&
Repeat cycle
External factors
You Do Not Control
• Social
• Economic
• Technological
• Environmental
• Competitive
• Regulatory
Environmental Issues to consider
• Social
• Expanded use of social networks
• Mobility of your audience
• Concern for global warming
• Disintermediation
• Economic
• Global economy
• China is 2nd largest economy
• Baby boomers retiring
Environmental Issues to consider
• Technological
• Everyone has a cell phone (841 million in China)
• Demand for renewable power sources
• Cloud based computing
• Competitive
• Consumers are making content (music,videos,blogs)
• New metrics for assessment (traffic, hits)
Environmental Issues
to consider
• Regulatory
• Bandwidth limitations
• Privacy concerns
• Copyright laws
• Codes
• City ordnances
What issues derailed this
marketing plan?
Will this technology change music
marketing?
What external factors impacted
music retail?
When developing your marketing
campaign, try to discover……
• What motivates the consumer?
What motivates these purchases?
• Childs car seat
• Justin Bieber’s new song is released on iTunes
• Taylor Swift concert ticket
• Cleveland Symphony Orchestra performance
Is it a good price?
Maybe not.
What is the consumer seeking?
What is most important to
consumers?
• Money?
• Fame?
• Friends?
• New car?
• Cool laptop?
• Love?
• Nice clothes?
Module 1 ppt mmi 543 introduction to marketing
Marketing
First Objective?
Discover the needs of the consumer.
Define the target market
Elements of the
Marketing Plan
Scroll over speaker ad click for narration
Executive Summary
• The Executive Summary “sells” the marketing
plan to readers through its clarity and brevity.
• The summary should present a description of
the project, its target market, and its potential
within the market.
• The summary should also provide an overview
of the main points of the plan and should
emphasize an action orientation.
Strategic Focus and Plan
• The Strategic Focus and Plan sets the strategic
direction for the entire organization for this
project.
Mission/Vision
• The Mission/Vision statement is a qualitative
statement that specifies the markets and product
lines in which this project will compete.
• A mission statement can dramatically affect the
range of a firm’s marketing activities by
narrowing or broadening the competitive playing
field.
• An effective mission statement must be clear and
direct.
Goals
• The Goals section of a marketing plan sets
both financial and non-financial targets.
• Goals should be in quantitative terms, where
possible, to facilitate measuring the
performance.
Goals
 Non-financial goal: “Bodacious Bob will
receive a Grammy nomination for “Best Rap
Album” for this project.
 An example of a financial/quantifiable goal
(note it is specific and measurable):
“The Bodacious Bob release will generate sales
exceeding 25,000 units”
Core Competency
• Competencies are an artist/organization’s
special capabilities, including skills,
technologies, and resources, which distinguish
it from other organizations and provide value
to its customers.
• A competitive advantage is a unique strength
relative to competitors, often based on
quality, time, cost, or innovation
• An example of a competitive advantage:
“Bodacious Bob has a sizable fan base abroad,
and a successful international release and tour
will monetize this fan base”.
Situation Analysis
• The essence of the situation analysis is taking
stock of where the artist has been recently,
where it is now, and where it is headed.
• SWOT
• Industry Analysis
• Competitor
• Company
• Customer
Market-Product Focus
• Set objectives and target markets
• Why is target market appropriate
• Objectives and goals should be measureable
terms
• What are the points of difference?
• Positioning defines the points of difference
Marketing Program
• Marketing Mix
• Four P’s
– Product: special features, packaging
– Price: discounts, payment methods
– Place: outlets, venues, formats
– Promotion: public relations, bio, advertising
Marketing Program
Financial data and projections
• All the marketing mix decisions covered in the
marketing program have both revenue and
expense effects.
• Both past and projected financial data are
included.
• (A key indicator of what future sales will be is
to examine past sales, or a competitive
product sales history for comparison
purposes.)
Implementation Plan
• How you will turn plans into results.
• These marketing tactics are detailed
operational decisions essential to the overall
success of marketing strategies.
• Unlike marketing strategies, marketing tactics
involve actions that must be taken
immediately.
Implementation Plan
• For each strategy describe what has to be
performed to carry it out.
• For example, if the plan calls for adding
television advertising, implementation might
involve contacting an ad agency and arranging
a meeting, agreeing on objectives, targeting
audiences, and scheduling a flight of
advertisements.
Implementation Plan
• If the plan calls for increasing the price, a
breakeven schedule of alternative prices
might be performed
Evaluation
The purpose of the evaluation phase is to keep the
marketing program moving in the direction set for it.
The marketing manager compares the results of the
marketing program with the goals in the written plans to
identify deviations.
The marketing manager then acts on the deviations to
correct the negative and exploit the positive ones.

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Module 1 ppt mmi 543 introduction to marketing

  • 2. MMI 543 Module 1 Topics • Introduction to marketing • Defining marketing and how it applies to music and creative offerings • Marketing is a process, requiring time, planning and collaboration • Introduction to the marketing plan
  • 3. MMI 543 Module 1 Learning Objectives • Identify examples of how marketing recognizes the needs of the consumer and seeks to fulfill those needs • Locate examples of how music artist, venues or events communicate with the target market. • Compare marketing initiatives for music with those of consumer products and identify differences and similarities.
  • 4. Music Marketing Terms Used throughout this course • Brand • Image • SLRP • Audience • Fan • Consumer • Demo • Lifestyle • Price & position • Scaling • Genre • Q score • Spins • Ratings • Arbitron • Cash Cow • Payola • Marketing mix • Positioning • Time line • Research • Sound scan • BDS • M.A.P. • ADI • Impressions • Panel • Scheduling • Release date • Campaign • Cume • 35 + • 18-24 • Stiff
  • 5. Music Marketing Terms Used throughout this course • Hit • Out of the box • First week • Scanned • Shipped • Returns • Add • Spins • Overnights • Paper add • Airplay • Video • Syndicated • Accounts • Mediabase • Product • P1 • P2 • P3 • Configuration • Non-Com
  • 6. What is marketing? Marketing seeks to discover the needs and wants of prospective customers and to satisfy them. American Marketing Association A technique for creating exchanges and influencing behavior. Scroll over the speaker and click for narration
  • 7. Marketing Music and Related Events Concert Festival Symphony Series Fair Tour CD release Club Date Artist launch Showcase Store Opening Award show campaign
  • 8. Marketing Activity Set of institutions and Processes for Creating Communicating Delivering and Exchanging ………..offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.”
  • 11. Creating, Communicating, Delivering How does a venue deliver value?
  • 12. Marketing • Is marketing music/entertainment/art any different than marketing consumer products? • Yes?.................explain how/why. • No?..................why not?
  • 13. Creating, Communicating, Delivering • How does “creating” art differ from creating cookies? • How does “communication” differ in the entertainment world than in other consumer products? • How is music “delivered” differently from other consumer products?
  • 15. Product Marketing The 4 P’s Product Price Place Promotion
  • 16. What is the product? The events or could it be something else?
  • 17. Price What does it cost? Are there discounts? How is it priced relative to others? Is it free? Does the price equate value?
  • 18. Place Where is the product being sold? What is the proper venue? What is the correct radio station for the music? Should this music be in movies or on TV?
  • 19. Product Marketing The 4 P’s Promotion Press? Email blasts? Tweets? Contests? Posters?
  • 21. Creating a concept Identify a need & fill it Maurice Starr-discovered New Edition Created-New Kids on the Block “You’ve Got it (the right stuff)” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbIEwIwYz-c&feature=related Lou Perlman-Backstreet Boys Bob Curiano-writer & producer “I Want it that Way” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fndeDfaWCg N SYNC “Bye, Bye, Bye” “No Strings Attached” 1.1 million first day sales 2.4 million first week sales
  • 22. Marketing Is A Process 1. Situation analysis (S.W.O.T.)Research 2. Market/Product Focus-goal setting 3. Create marketing program 4. Implementation Phase (work the plan) 5. Evaluation Phase (what worked/didn’t?) 6. Repeat………….
  • 23. Market Research Information about your audience(customer) makes for a more successful program (business)
  • 24. Types of research • Observation • Transactional surveys • Focus Group Research • Customer panels • Personal interviews • Survey questionnaires • Marketing experiments
  • 25. Research Process What is the first step? • Define the problem & set objectives • Develop the plan • Collect and analyze the data • Create report/distribute findings & recommendations • Implement recommendations & evaluate
  • 26. How Does This Work With Artists?
  • 27. • Do consumers always know what they want or need?
  • 29. The Marketing Mix • Product • Price • Place • Promotion You Control These Factors
  • 30. Everyone must work within constraints. What are they?
  • 31. What is your situation? SWOT Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
  • 32. Make a list of each. Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
  • 33. Situation Analysis SWOT • Build on a strength • Correct a weakness • Exploit an opportunity • Avoid a threat
  • 34. Now build upon your list, actionable steps for each. • Build on a strength • Correct a weakness • Exploit an opportunity • Avoid a threat
  • 35. Market/Product Focus • Set Goals • Segment market (common needs) • Find points of difference • Position the product
  • 36. Marketing Program/Mix • Product: features, name, packaging, warranty • Price: list price, discounts, payment methods • Promotion: advertising, PR, digital marketing • Place: outlets, channels, stock levels
  • 37. Implementing your marketing plan • Get to work • Make calls • Get on-line • On site visits • Follow-up • Place ads • Produce events
  • 38. Evaluate How are we doing? • Results • Sales • Calls • Traffic What metrics are being used to determine results?
  • 39. Evaluate How are we doing? • Results • Sales • Calls • Traffic Based on your determined metrics, make changes if necessary! Do you keep doing the same thing, or change your plan?
  • 41. External factors You Do Not Control • Social • Economic • Technological • Environmental • Competitive • Regulatory
  • 42. Environmental Issues to consider • Social • Expanded use of social networks • Mobility of your audience • Concern for global warming • Disintermediation • Economic • Global economy • China is 2nd largest economy • Baby boomers retiring
  • 43. Environmental Issues to consider • Technological • Everyone has a cell phone (841 million in China) • Demand for renewable power sources • Cloud based computing • Competitive • Consumers are making content (music,videos,blogs) • New metrics for assessment (traffic, hits)
  • 44. Environmental Issues to consider • Regulatory • Bandwidth limitations • Privacy concerns • Copyright laws • Codes • City ordnances
  • 45. What issues derailed this marketing plan?
  • 46. Will this technology change music marketing?
  • 47. What external factors impacted music retail?
  • 48. When developing your marketing campaign, try to discover…… • What motivates the consumer?
  • 49. What motivates these purchases? • Childs car seat • Justin Bieber’s new song is released on iTunes • Taylor Swift concert ticket • Cleveland Symphony Orchestra performance Is it a good price? Maybe not. What is the consumer seeking?
  • 50. What is most important to consumers? • Money? • Fame? • Friends? • New car? • Cool laptop? • Love? • Nice clothes?
  • 52. Marketing First Objective? Discover the needs of the consumer. Define the target market
  • 53. Elements of the Marketing Plan Scroll over speaker ad click for narration
  • 54. Executive Summary • The Executive Summary “sells” the marketing plan to readers through its clarity and brevity. • The summary should present a description of the project, its target market, and its potential within the market. • The summary should also provide an overview of the main points of the plan and should emphasize an action orientation.
  • 55. Strategic Focus and Plan • The Strategic Focus and Plan sets the strategic direction for the entire organization for this project.
  • 56. Mission/Vision • The Mission/Vision statement is a qualitative statement that specifies the markets and product lines in which this project will compete. • A mission statement can dramatically affect the range of a firm’s marketing activities by narrowing or broadening the competitive playing field. • An effective mission statement must be clear and direct.
  • 57. Goals • The Goals section of a marketing plan sets both financial and non-financial targets. • Goals should be in quantitative terms, where possible, to facilitate measuring the performance.
  • 58. Goals  Non-financial goal: “Bodacious Bob will receive a Grammy nomination for “Best Rap Album” for this project.  An example of a financial/quantifiable goal (note it is specific and measurable): “The Bodacious Bob release will generate sales exceeding 25,000 units”
  • 59. Core Competency • Competencies are an artist/organization’s special capabilities, including skills, technologies, and resources, which distinguish it from other organizations and provide value to its customers. • A competitive advantage is a unique strength relative to competitors, often based on quality, time, cost, or innovation
  • 60. • An example of a competitive advantage: “Bodacious Bob has a sizable fan base abroad, and a successful international release and tour will monetize this fan base”.
  • 61. Situation Analysis • The essence of the situation analysis is taking stock of where the artist has been recently, where it is now, and where it is headed. • SWOT • Industry Analysis • Competitor • Company • Customer
  • 62. Market-Product Focus • Set objectives and target markets • Why is target market appropriate • Objectives and goals should be measureable terms • What are the points of difference? • Positioning defines the points of difference
  • 63. Marketing Program • Marketing Mix • Four P’s – Product: special features, packaging – Price: discounts, payment methods – Place: outlets, venues, formats – Promotion: public relations, bio, advertising
  • 64. Marketing Program Financial data and projections • All the marketing mix decisions covered in the marketing program have both revenue and expense effects. • Both past and projected financial data are included. • (A key indicator of what future sales will be is to examine past sales, or a competitive product sales history for comparison purposes.)
  • 65. Implementation Plan • How you will turn plans into results. • These marketing tactics are detailed operational decisions essential to the overall success of marketing strategies. • Unlike marketing strategies, marketing tactics involve actions that must be taken immediately.
  • 66. Implementation Plan • For each strategy describe what has to be performed to carry it out. • For example, if the plan calls for adding television advertising, implementation might involve contacting an ad agency and arranging a meeting, agreeing on objectives, targeting audiences, and scheduling a flight of advertisements.
  • 67. Implementation Plan • If the plan calls for increasing the price, a breakeven schedule of alternative prices might be performed
  • 68. Evaluation The purpose of the evaluation phase is to keep the marketing program moving in the direction set for it. The marketing manager compares the results of the marketing program with the goals in the written plans to identify deviations. The marketing manager then acts on the deviations to correct the negative and exploit the positive ones.