Marketing strategy for small- to medium-sized manufacturers a practical guide for generating growth, profit, and sales /

Small and medium manufacturers' attempts to grow their business often produce less-than-desired results due to self-inflicted obstacles and pitfalls that defeat their well-intended efforts. Many do not follow generally accepted basic business practices such as knowing product costs and margins,...

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Main Author: France, Charles E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:2013 digital library.
Marketing strategy collection.
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250 |a 1st ed. 
260 |a [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :  |b Business Expert Press,  |c 2013. 
300 |a 1 electronic text (xxxv, 306 p.) :  |b digital file. 
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500 |a Part of: 2013 digital library. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-300) and index. 
505 0 |a Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1. Necessary and sufficient conditions for increasing sales and profit -- 2. Getting down to basics -- 3. Customer analysis to improve the top and bottom -- 4. Quotation analysis to improve competitiveness -- 5. Using customer feedback to inform strategy -- 6. Product analysis and product management -- 7. New product development -- 8. Marketing research and competitor information -- 9. Crafting goals, objectives, and strategies from the bottom up -- 10. Sales management -- 11. Advertising and promotion -- 12. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index. 
506 |a Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. 
520 3 |a Small and medium manufacturers' attempts to grow their business often produce less-than-desired results due to self-inflicted obstacles and pitfalls that defeat their well-intended efforts. Many do not follow generally accepted basic business practices such as knowing product costs and margins, obtaining strategically useful information about customers, conducting market research to identify prospective customers, and understanding competitors' advantages and disadvantages needed to build effective growth strategies. Their approach to pursuing growth strategies--a.k.a shotgun marketing--is akin to ready, shoot, aim--and often the business' working capital, cash flow, financial ratios, and overall profitability are insufficient to afford the costs of needed sales, marketing, and promotional strategies typically called for to find and develop new customers, markets, and products. 
530 |a Also available in print. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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650 0 |a Industrial marketing. 
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653 |a B2B marketing 
653 |a B2B strategy 
653 |a B2B customer 
653 |a product, and market development 
653 |a B2B small business 
653 |a B2B strategic planning 
653 |a B2B sales planning 
653 |a B2B marketing research 
653 |a B2B new product development 
653 |a B2B growth planning 
653 |a B2B marketing and sales 
653 |a manufacturing marketing and sales 
653 |a manufacturing marketing strategy 
653 |a manufacturing growth strategy 
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