Can You Define Marketing?
June 22, 2009 at 9:21 pm , by admin
There are several elements of marketing which include: public relations, promotions, publicity, advertising and sales. The below story was written by an unknown author and helps define marketing and all its pieces.
If the circus is coming to town and you paint a sign saying “Circus Coming to the Fairground Saturday”, that’s advertising.
If you put the sign on the back of an elephant and walk it into town, that’s promotion.
If the elephant walks through the mayor’s flower bed, that’s publicity.
And if you get the mayor to laugh about it, that’s public relations.
If the town’s citizens go the circus, you show them the many entertainment booths, explain how much fun they’ll have spending money at the booths, answer their questions and ultimately, they spend a lot at the circus, that’s sales.
And, if you planned the whole thing, that’s Marketing!
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by Sarah
On June 23, 2009 at 10:43 pm
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by admin
On June 24, 2009 at 8:20 am
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