• Marketing is :: a total system of interacting activities designed to plan, promote, and distribute products to present and potential customers.

  • Each of the key business functions has a strategic component.

  • Strategic refers to : long-term, broad aims affecting all key business areas

    • (strategic) Planning is essential to long-term business success
    • There are two main strategic goals related to marketing:
  • Profit maximisation occurs when :: there is maximum difference between the total revenue coming into the business and total costs being paid out

  • In order for a businesses’ product to generate sales, a marketing plan is required.

    • detailing strategies to put into place to sell their products.
  • A marketing plan is :: a document that lists activities aimed at achieving particular marketing outcomes in relation to goods or services.
    - The plan provides a template for future action aimed at reaching business goals, such as profit maximisation.