Alexander Chernev

Strategic Brand Management (2nd Edition) lays out a systematic approach to understanding the key principles of building enduring brands and presents an actionable framework for brand management. Clear, succinct, and practical, this is the definitive text on building strong brands.

Strategic Brand Management, 2nd Edition

The Marketing Plan Handbook

Marketing is both art and science. It is an intuitive skill and a set of principles soundly grounded in logic and academic scholarship. It reflects the individual experiences of companies across different industries, as well as a set of common principles that stem from these individual experiences and span companies and industries. Building on this view of marketing, this note addresses the essence of marketing as a business discipline, focusing on its role as a value-creator and the growth engine of an organization. The discussion of marketing as a business discipline is complemented by an in-depth overview of three additional topics: The historic role of the marketing function in business management, the marketing myopia phenomenon, and the role of frameworks in marketing management. This note is an excerpt (Chapter 1) from Strategic Marketing Management: Theory and Practice by Alexander Chernev (Cerebellum Press, 2019).

Marketing as a Business Discipline

The Marketing Plan Handbook can benefit managers in all types of organizations. For startups and companies considering bringing new products to the market, this book outlines a process for developing a marketing plan to launch a new offering. For established companies with existing portfolios of products, this book presents a structured approach to developing an action plan to manage their offerings and product lines. Whether you manage a small business seeking to formalize the planning process, a startup seeking venture-capital financing, a fast-growth company considering an initial public offering, or a large multinational corporation, you can gain competitive advantage by translating the marketing planning process outlined in this book into a streamlined strategic document that informs your actions and helps avoid costly missteps.

The Marketing Plan Handbook, 5th Edition

The Marketing Plan Handbook presents a streamlined approach to writing succinct and meaningful marketing plans. By offering a comprehensive, step-by-step method for crafting a strategically viable marketing plan, this book provides the relevant information in a concise and straight-to-the-point manner. It outlines the basic principles of writing a marketing plan and presents an overarching framework that encompasses the plan’s essential components. A distinct characteristic of this book is its emphasis on marketing as a value-creation process. Because it incorporates the three aspects of value management—managing customer value, managing collaborator value, and managing company value—the marketing plan outlined in this book is relevant not only for business-to-consumer scenarios but for business-to-business scenarios as well. This integration of business-to-consumer and business-to-business planning into a single framework is essential for ensuring success in today’s networked marketplace. The marketing plan outlined in this book builds on the view of marketing as a central business discipline that defines the key aspects of a company’s business model. This view of marketing is reflected in the book’s cross-functional approach to strategic business planning. The Marketing Plan Handbook offers an integrative approach to writing a marketing plan that incorporates the relevant technological, financial, organizational, and operational aspects of the business. This approach leads to a marketing plan that is pertinent not only for marketers but for the entire organization. The Marketing Plan Handbook can benefit managers in all types of organizations. For startups and companies considering bringing new products to the market, this book outlines a process for developing a marketing plan to launch a new offering. For established companies with existing portfolios of products, this book presents a structured approach to developing an action plan to manage their offerings and product lines. Whether it is applied to a small business seeking to formalize the planning process, a startup seeking venture-capital financing, a fast-growth company considering an initial public offering, or a large multinational corporation, the framework outlined in this book can help streamline the marketing planning process and translate it into an actionable strategic document that informs business decisions and helps avoid costly missteps.

The Marketing Plan Handbook, 6th Edition

Philip Kotler

Kevin Lane Keller

This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed. For undergraduate and graduate courses in marketing management. The gold standard for today's marketing management student The world of marketing is changing every day -- and in order for students to have a competitive edge, they need a text that reflects the best and most recent marketing theory and practices. Marketing Management collectively uses a managerial orientation, an analytical approach, a multidisciplinary perspective, universal applications, and balanced coverage to distinguish it from all other marketing management texts out there. Unsurpassed in its breadth, depth, and relevance, the 16th Edition features a streamlined organization of the content, updated material, and new examples that reflect the very latest market developments. After reading this landmark text, students will be armed with the knowledge and tools to succeed in the new market environment around them.

Marketing Management

The success of an offering is defined by the company’s ability to design, communicate, and deliver market value. The particular way in which an offering creates value is determined by the company’s business model and its two building blocks: strategy and tactics. The key aspects of developing an offering’s strategy, designing its tactics, and crafting a market value map are the focus of this note. The discussion of marketing strategy and tactics is complemented by an in-depth overview of two additional topics: the 3-C, 4-P, and 5-Forces frameworks and the key aspects of analyzing the market context. This note is an excerpt (Chapter 2) from Strategic Marketing Management: Theory and Practice by Alexander Chernev (Cerebellum Press, 2019).

Marketing Strategy and Tactics

Strategic Brand Management (3rd Edition) lays out a systematic approach to understanding the key principles of building enduring brands and presents an actionable framework for brand management. Clear, succinct, and practical, it is the definitive text on building strong brands.

Strategic Brand Management, 3rd Edition

New product success is often attributed to intuition. Yet, while some products born from intuition do make it big, many others crash and burn. The reason is that intuition is only one aspect of new product development. The other key ingredient of success is having a business model that outlines the ways in which new products will create market value. This book offers a systematic approach to identifying market opportunities and developing breakthrough business models. It outlines the key principles of business model generation, presents a value-based framework for developing viable new offerings, and provides a set of practical tools for creating a meaningful value proposition that drives market success. The business model framework outlined in this book applies to a wide range of companies—startups and established enterprises, consumer-packaged-goods companies and business-to-business enterprises, high-tech and low-tech ventures, online and brick-and-mortar entities, product manufacturers and value-added service providers, nonprofit organizations and profit-driven companies. Practical, actionable, and succinct, The Business Model is the essential reference and how-to guide for everyone seeking to achieve market success: from entrepreneurs to experienced managers, from senior executives to product designers, from those creating new market offerings to those improving on existing ones. This book is for those passionate about building great products that create market value and disrupt industries.

The Business Model: How to Develop New Products, Create Market Value and Make the Competition Irrelevant

Mastering the Job Interview offers detailed advice on how to develop a winning interview strategy. It outlines the basic interview principles, reveals the core skill set most recruiters seek, and provides practical tips for preparing for the job interview. In addition, this book offers guidelines for writing an impactful résumé that will showcase your strengths and highlight your value proposition for the recruiting company. The discussion is complemented by an overview of strategies for managing the personal experience interview and creating a meaningful narrative about your own strengths and weaknesses that showcases your value to the recruiter.

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