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Marketing Mix

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The Four P’s of the Marketing Mix
Shandalia Whitener American Intercontinental University

Abstract This paper discusses the marketing mix. The writer explains the four p’s that make up the marketing mix in order to market a product or service. The writer also applies the marketing mix to a new model smartphone provided by Samsung. The marketing mix reveals what is most important in marketing the product in order for the marketer to make successful decisions for marketing the product. Once the marketing mix is applied, the marketer will understand what is best to get their product on the market. This paper discusses the importance of each marketing element to give a clear understanding for what is the correct way to gather smart …show more content…

Knowing that competitor’s pricing range between $150 to even $600, we want to have a reasonable price that will catch consumer’s attention and that is affordable. The price is set at $149.95 without having to enter a contract on the service. Competitors may require a one to two year contract for such a reasonable price. The price for the service must be reasonable as well. Consumers don’t want to pay a hundred dollars a month for service. Without a contract, service for this phone is set at $50 a month. The product, itself, has to be appealing to the consumers. Cellphones have evolved a lot over time and touchscreen phones are at an all- time high demand. The main feature that is now added to phones is they are Android capable. Now phones can be used to help accommodate life with more than easy access to talking or sending messages. This Samsung Android features many features that consumers look for in a phone. There is a front- facing camera to enable video chat, video recording is available, as well as speakerphone, Bluetooth capability, GPS navigation, and voice activated search, text, call, or navigation. The phone is very light weight and the size of the screen is about the size of the competitor’s phone, the I-phone. The area where this product is available is very important, in order to reveal the product to consumers. By placing the offer over the internet and the home shopping network, consumers who are searching or shopping will see

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