How do you figure cost advantage when it is involved in Marketing?
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not sure of this question wording however the company below offer a great marketing plan and the figure everything out for you and mail checks on friday
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u need to assess the bargaining power of importers. u also need to see the competitors (importers). u can stick to one importer if the bagaining power of importers is less and if there are more competitors. this is becoz u can export ur goods to other guyz if this guyz threaten u with margins. another added advantage is u build realtionship with ur guys. third is itz easy keeping track of the flow of ur goods and easy managing the supply chain.\n\nbut incase u find the bragining power of importers to be high have more than one importer and some how let them know that u r doing biz with 2 or 3 which elicits a competition and they compete to gain ur business there by bringing profits. in the worst case if ur importer threatens u still hav other guyz around u.
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Since you probably know that the profit margin for grocery stores are extremely small , less than 2 % of sales. The most Important is determine your potential client and area. For example are doing a Hispanic or ethnic market or a chain store? Determine a location that is close to your clients. Also determine what sets your grocery store apart from others that can draw new clients from the big chains such as Wal-mart.
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A key to marketing analysis is what other influences are affecting the potential consumers.  \n\nDemographics allow marketers to determine affordability, need, competition, interest, preferences, etc.
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The best way is to ask your existing customers - they will more than happy to tell you how to improve and if you are friendly at all, they will tell you what your competition does differently that they like.\n\nCheck out the competition - it will give you ideas.
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Any projection, even in a known market, involves assumptions.  In your case you will have to make a few more, but that is OK.  The key is that you clearly state what your assumptions are.  Then as you gain knowledge of your market and your customers, you can replace assumptions with data, or at least educated assumptions.  \n\nI would suggest starting with some identification of what you consider your market.  Quantify the market (how many companies, how much do they spend on similar products or services, etc.) This type of information should be pretty available unless your product is very obscure or new.  Then, once you know the size of the market, identify and quantify your competition.  How much are they selling to your customers?  How much do you expect their market share to change?  Calculate some measure of market strength or expansion.\n\nSubtract your competition from the market capacity and that is your potential capacity.  I hope this helps!
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cost\nsaturated market
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figure time and materials. checking what competitors are charging may also help. it is better to overbid than underbid and lose money. remember a contract may have you losing money for a long time if you are wrong.
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You should get paid your marginal contribution to the company.\n\nMC refers to the contribution you make to the company OVER and ABOVE the contribution made by all other employees.\n\nIn the case of a marketing MBA, this marginal contribution orientation is even more critical, I believe.\n\nOf course, it is not easy to calculate your MC, but then again, I'm sure your MBA training has provided you with ways to do it. The amazing thing is that once you are able to calculate your MC, you will always negotiate from a position of strength with ANY employer.\n\nThis, as you know, is how consultants make a lot of money: they are able to link their professional performance to the financial return the client gets. In other words, they are able to financially justify the client's investment in their services. (Every hiring decision is an investment decision; if you can show them the return on their hiring decision, you are way ahead of any other candidate).
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That question that u have asked is a very important now a days in decision making. Because lot of people are making wrong decision simply because they are not aware of that.\nTo make or buy u have to make an analysis that is called "Break even analysis". In that analysis u have to make the costs in two groups one is fixed costs and the other is variable costs.\nIf u have already recovered the fixed costs and u r going to sell further units than u can sell ur product. But there are certain limitations that u have to look after.\nThe advantages of making a product are to utilise the production capacity of machinery and the labour.\nThe disadvantage of making a product is that if ur cost of making a product is more than the price that is available in market than u have to change ur decision.
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First calculate your anticipated revenues.  \n\nThen break your expenses down into two categories:  fixed (meaning the amount is the same every month) and variable (meaning the amount will fluctuate depending on variable factors).  \n\nEstimate your revenues using best case scenario and also worst case scenario.\n\nCalculate your expenses accordingly.  First your fixed costs and then your variables.  Your percentages should be based on industry standard, or your personal knowledge and expertise of the business.  \n\nYou may have to research similar industry trends, but on average, 50% will be fixed operating costs, 35% will be variable operating costs and 15% will be other expenses.\n\nModel your forecast on the best case, worst case and median revenues you've projected.
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Check out the competition that exists presently on the net.  That way you will be able to work out how much gets charged.  Then contact the website.  Compare what you are offered and make a guess.
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Lets assume customers know all the products available in the market place. \n\nMost often there exists similar or substitute products in the market for example the chocolate market, Cadburys vs Nestle or in the soft drinks market Coca Cola vs Pepsi Cola or the car market. How would a potential buyer choose what brand to buy since it’s the same product? To answer this question we must think in marketing terms such as the 4 p’s which are product, price, place and promotion. \n\nPrice communicates a lot about the product such as, expensive means that the product is of the highest quality. Or cheap which can say – buy lots of me but don’t give it to your loved ones as a birthday present. \n\nPromotion is used to get customers to hear about the product and get them to try it. Product promotion is a strategy used to increase sales, increase product/brand awareness or get rid of stock. A product promotion could be a BOGOF (buy one get one free), by one get second half price, money off coupons, etc. These strategies are used to get customers to buy more of your product or simply try it for the first time.\n\nMarketing is the process of exchanging products or the art of persuading people to buy your product. I said exchange because a customer will exchange money for the product they are buying, with so many me too products in the market place a business has to do all it can to convince customers that their product is better than the competition for whatever reason, that’s the art of Marketing. Coming up with the right products, setting the right prices, selling the product in the best and most convenient places (having the product available for purchase), communicating the product to the public and convincing customers that your product is better then the competition is the art of selling.
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First you have to think of your target market and then tailor your commercial to them.\n\nDecide if you are going for a product differentiation strategy or a least cost strategy.  Are you the best priced item or is your item superior to other items like this because it has some bells and whistles, is selected by more doctors (or some other profession), etc.\n\nWrite a 30 to 60 second spot that incites people to go out buy your product.  Unless it is an infomercial, then you have to think of some kind of demonstration, over acting excited sales reps, and bonuses if you call now whether it is getting it for a lower price or having extra items thrown in for "acting now".
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The complete cost of an item taking into account all the costs to manufacture that item compared to the retail performance in sales profit for that same item
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There is something you need to figure out,  What is your desired profit margin?  What proce is fair for your product?  Do intend to make your money selling mass quantity or by selling quality.\n\nYou need to price your product to be competitive with other like priducts on the market.  You will need to point out what makes your product better and unique in your marketing stategy.\n\nRemember a product is only worth what the customer will pay, also you have to make a profit or your factory will close.\n\nFind a happy medium.\n\nIf you have any other questions feel free to email me @ abrinegar@yahoo.com
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It would help more if I knew what business you are working in but I'll try to help anyway.\nFirstly and most importantly you need to find out from your bosses what you marketing budget is. It is no good doing a whole load of research and planning your marketing spend at 30,000 when you only have 15,000 because you will have wasted a whole lot of time and have to re-do your research to accomodate your new budget.\nSecondly research the product both on and off line to see how other people are promoting it, and where. Then search online to see search patterns and how often this particular product is being searched for. Also try going to Yahoo and typing in the product you are doing the marketing for and see how many results come up and look at the websites as these will also give you ideas of how to direct the marketing of your product.\nThe main key is to do as much research into the product that you are seeling and work out sales patterns, and search engine searches for the product in question.\nYou may find that by looking at search patterns more people tend to buy your product in the summer so you would want to plan a bigger spend during these couple of months to make sure that you are maximising sales and taking away sales from your competitors. Also if there is a big dip in the sales of the product then you may also want to put a little extra of the budget into selling at this time as it could drive people to buy the product if they are seeing it a lot.\nJust make sure that you do comprehensive research and have all your bases covered.