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Steven, US

What is Marketing? (Kotler)

It was Philip Kotler who said: "Authentic marketing is not the art of selling what you make but knowing what to make. It is the art of identifying and understanding customer needs and creating solutions that deliver satisfaction to the customers, profits to the producers and benefits for the stakeholders."
It amazes me how many marketeers don't recognize this and focus on advertizing and communication instead.
 

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Pete, US
 

AMA definition of marketing

The American Marketing Association gives the following definition of marketing:
Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.
So even AMA missed the point by Kotler, since their definition starts with creating the offerings, not with understanding the needs...

 
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Morwan, Sudan
 

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Anthony Nair, Sri Lanka
 

Marketing and Needs

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Dr.Hemjith, India
 

Emotions and Marketing

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Phil, Can
 

3 Key Verbs in the Defintion of Marketing

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Dashrath Prasad, India
 

Marketing Definition by Kotler

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Mick Huckerby, France
 

Marketing definition

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Kabir Hamisu Kura, Nigeria
 

Social Marketing

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Wael seifeldin, Egypt
 

Marketing is a Religion

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Bena Dookie-Shah, Trinidad & Tobago
 

The Shortest Definition of Marketing by Kotler

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Jamal Ghamari, Malaysia
 

Kotler's Definition of Marketing lacks Competition

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AbdulAzizMomand, Afghanistan
 

What is Marketing

Marketing is a total system of business which is to design, price, promote and distribute needs-sati... Sign up

 
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Evelyn Mendoza, Philippines
 

Central Idea of Marketing

The central idea of marketing is that a firm or entity will create something of value to one or more... Sign up

 
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Roland Rahal
Manager, Syria
 

What is Marketing?

In simple words, marketing is the company's customer manufacturing department. Regardless strategies... Sign up

 
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Kip Piper
 

Marketing

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VENKATESH
Manager, India
 

What is Marketing in India

In one of the Indian languages, kannada, maro means "to sell" and katte means "platform". So in that... Sign up

 
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Fred Page
Partner, United States
 

Marketing Defined. what is Is, and what it is Not

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VENKATESH
Manager, India
 

Marketing is What the Consumer Needs

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Marcel Wiedenbrugge
Consultant, Netherlands
 

Marketing Consists of Two Words

The word marketing consists of two words: to market and to get. Literally marketing is about getting... Sign up

 
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Arun Rao
Manager, India
 

6 Marketing Insights from Kids

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