SUCCESSFUL MARKETING STRATEGIES 2
Successful Marketing Strategies
Marketing strategy is paramount to business success in the ever dynamic and highly
competitive market where customers are well informed and require the best goods and services.
Accordingly, business experts continuously develop and implement strategies that not only
attract and maintain clients but also promote sales and increase profits. Marketing strategies are
vital to building a company’s brand since it creates awareness of product, place, and price
leading to easy identification. Successful marketing strategies, therefore, demand that a company
designs a desired image and position in the mind of consumers.
Planning a successful marketing strategy begins with a detailed and progressive
assessment of the market and its segments. In all cases, companies evaluate the political, social,
cultural, and technological trends which influence the market and then establish their position.
Riaz & Tanveer (2012) argue that successful strategies operate within a marketing plan that
defines company’s objectives, targets and creates performance measures alongside financial
budget. Comparatively, the firm evaluates suitable alternatives to maintain the status quo and the
road-map to attain the alternatives (Doyle, 2009). Also, management formalizes the marketing
strategy within a particular action plan that is frequently revised and updated to expedite the
process of the marketing campaign.
Ivy (2008) identifies fundamental aspects of product, price, place, and promotion as the
successful strategies that permanently establish a unique identity. Famously known as the 4Ps,
the strategies consider the item to produce, the cost per item, the system of delivery, and the way
to inform the customers about the products. The strategies are a simple marketing framework
that allows a firm to plan for its activities in advance and evaluates the most effective method of
meeting the customers’ needs.