Thursday, 27 October 2011

Enterprise Lecture 1



 How to get yourself out there?

Designcouncil.org survey the industry. Help the government understand and help what is going on and trends.

The design industry has change. Used to be lots of large agencies. But they are very expensive to run.  Slower pase of keeping up with trends.
Now 87% are in businesses of 10 people or less. 11% 10-100. 2% o work on the payroll of big agencies.
Big now employ the small business experts on a freelance bases.

What is Marketing
The management process responsible for satisfying the customers by anticipating and identifying.

1 identify customer needs to develop new products
2 develop pricing strategies
finding out what the going rate is.
3 promote products to target market.
Decide on a pacific market
4 identify distribution networks
Where to find distributers
5 add value to your products through customer benefits
Giving them more than they expect
6 monitor the performance of the products
see how well you are doing against competitors

customer needs

understand needs

develop concept

test concept

refine concept

market product

Get feedback




Jeff Bezos
Amazon


Value Proposition
People
Services
Technology
Methodology
Products
Solutions
Alliances

Some tips on VP
1 Make it short
2 Be specific
3 use your customer’s language
make it understandable to them.
4 Pass the ‘gut feeling test’

Networking Events.
Gallery Opening, Craft Fairs, Art markets, Trade shows
Seth Godin
Marketing pr expert

Negotiate and close a deal
How much its costs to do a job.
Have standards
How much your time is worth

Consumers at the end of the production line. Pay vat
Business to Business. Graphic designers work with companies.

Service organizations

Business just offers service such as bank, graphic design, car was, dry cleaning.

4P’s
·      Product service/products  you offer
·      Price daily rate or royalty
·      Promotion marketing methods/branding
·      Place locations to sell/sales environment

Marketing 101 

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