Marketing
John Burnett
Copyright © 2008 by John Burnett
For any questions about this text, please email: drexel@uga.edu
The Global Text Project is funded by the Jacobs Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland.
BALANCEDCOVERAGE
Toemphasizehowvariousmarketii1gareasworktogether to createacohesivestrategy,I
defineandexplainthe variousmarketingareasandtheir comparative strengthsandweaknesses,aswellasstresshowto best"mix" marketingtoolsin astrategic,integrated plan.
Thebookbeginswithadiscussionofthe marketingplanningprocess,continueswitha discussionofthepreliminarytasks ofdevelopingthe plan,andconcludeswitbthetactics availableto the marketingplanner.Thiscompletecoverageensuresthat studentswilllearnhow
to plan,execute,andevaluateamarketingprogramthat is effectiveandefficientfromstart
to finish.
INTERNATIONALANDTECHNOLOGYCOVERAGE
IntroducingMarketingrecognizestheimpactoftheglobalcommunityonmarketingpractices. Internationalimplications arediscussedin Chapter6andarealsointegratedinto the
text through relevantexamples.
Technologyis alteringmanymarketingpractices. TheWorldWideWeb.databases,
tracking devices,andmarketsimulationsareonlyafew examples ofthe waystechnology
hasaffectedmarketingstrategies.Technologycoverageis woventhroughout the text, features, andend-of-chaptermaterialsofthis book.(Notethat becausetechnology is changing sorapidly, itis virtually impossibleforatext suchasthis to remainabsolutelycurrent.)











