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Alaisa Phithak
Alaisa Phithak
Advocacy Director for Business Council | Marketing Coordinator for WIBA | PR and Marketing for ASA
Published Dec 1, 2022
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The Four Cs of Marketing—customer, cost, convenience, and communication—must be applied to create a favorable environment to market products and services. This environment is created in four ways:
By understanding their customers, companies can offer products and solutions that fulfill customer needs. Products are seen as successful when consumers are willing to pay for them. Since customers determine a product's worth, it is essential to understand their demands and needs (Pratt, 2022). Understanding customers can help narrow down the target audience and create a stronger marketing position.
Determining the right price for products or services is key to creating a profitable marketing environment. Companies can gauge how potential customers will react to products by conducting market research. Market research includes interviews, focus groups, and customer observation. Research provides critical information about the target market and helps businesses detect market problems or opportunities. Finding the right price for products and services will be significantly easier if companies first evaluate their prices with market research.
Prioritizing convenience to consumers by focusing on customer service and experience helps build value for brands. The convenience of purchasing products is valuable in today's fast-paced world. Creating an experience where consumers can be satisfied with their purchase is crucial to creating confidence in brands and their products. A marketing strategy that ensures convenient customer service always penetrates more target markets (Bhasin, 2021). Customers will almost always choose to do business with brands that are most convenient.
Creating connections with customers through genuine communication can build customer confidence that drives sales. Communication is a two-way process, so sellers must focus on positive product interactions. Sometimes, consumers see product promotion as manipulative, which can lead them to view products and brands negatively. Companies can build connections using social media, company websites, or email marketing. Communication should be clear and purposeful when reaching out to target markets.
By including the Four Cs of Marketing in their strategies, companies and brands will have clear views of their markets. Understanding and satisfying customers' wants and needs, determining the right price for products or services, prioritizing convenience to consumers, and creating connections with customers will help build a favorable environment to market products and services. Utilizing the Four Cs of Marketing can help brands and companies enter the market with a results-driven approach that will help them obtain greater success.
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Bhasin, P. (2021, July 11). 4 C's of Marketing. Retrieved from Marketing Eggspert: https://marketingeggspert.com/marketing/4-cs-of-marketing/
Pratt, M. (2022, October 11). 4Cs Marketing Model & Why It's Good for Business. Retrieved from Business.org: https://www.business.org/marketing/sales/4cs-marketing-model-good-business/
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