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Services Marketing

What makes it different from marketing products?

Objectives • • • •

Concept Good–service continuum Characteristics Marketing mix

Service sector Post-industrial Society is defined by the quality of life as measured by the service desirable and possible for everyone. USA becomes the world’s first service economy with more than 50% of the working population employed in producing services. Today,80% of the US economy is service oriented.

Indian Service sector Accounts for 41% of its GDP compared to 30% in 1970. Slow growth of Indian service sector bcz of Highly agrl. Dominated.

Main features of service sector 1.Highly employee oriented and heavily overstaffed. 2.Mostly under govt. control. 3.Avg. operating environment 4.Monopolistic and dominated by procedures and statistics.

Tangible / Intangible Attributes • Tangible – touch – see – taste – smell

• Intangible – can’t see – can’t touch – can’t smell – can’t taste

G-S Continuum

Characteristics of services • Intangibility: Intangibility difficult to sample and to evaluate, consists of intangible components • Inseparability: difficult to separate services from the service provider; • Heterogeneity: Heterogeneity virtually every service is different; very difficult to standardize quality • Perishability: Not sold can not be stored • Fluctuating demand: demand for some services fluctuates by season, or even by time of day

Traditional Marketing Mix •

All elements within the control of the firm that communicate the firm’s capabilities and image to customers or that influence customer satisfaction with the firm’s product and services: – – – –

Product Price Place Promotion

Expanded Mix for Services -The 7 Ps • • • • • • •

Product Price Place Promotion People Process Physical Evidence

Expanded Marketing Mix for Services

PRODUCT

PLAC

Ph ysical good Chann features Quality level

Expos

Expanded Marketing Mix for Services

PEOPLE

PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

PROCESS

Employees

Facility design

Flow of activities

Customers

Equipment

Number of steps

Communicating culture and values

Signage

Level of customer involvement

Employee research

Employee dress Other tangibles

The Hospitality and Travel Marketing Environment Marketing Strategy Factors The Marketing Mix/8 Ps Traditional 4 Ps of Marketing

 Product  Place  Promotion  Price

Additional 4 Ps of Hospitality and Travel Marketing  People Packaging Programming Partnership

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