3. These factors are known as the MARKETING
MIX, the ingredients that go into a marketing
program: product, price, place, and promotion.
B. APPLYING THE MARKETING PROCESS
1. To present an overview of the marketing pro-
cess, the text takes a hypothetical vegetarian
restaurant, Very Vegetarian, through the market-
ing process.
2. The process involves:
a. Recognizing a need
b. Researching the market
c. Identifying the TARGET MARKET (the peo-
ple you will try to persuade to buy your
product)
C. DESIGNING A PRODUCT TO MEET CONSUMER
NEEDS
1. First, develop a product to fill the identified need
(the text continues the example of the vegetari-
an restaurant).
2. A PRODUCT is any physical good, service, or
idea that satisfies a want or need plus anything
that would enhance the product in the eye of
consumers, such as the brand.
3. The next step is CONCEPT TESTING, develop-
ing an accurate description of your product and
asking people whether or not the concept (the
idea of the restaurant) appeals to them.
4. TEST MARKETING is the process of testing
products among potential users.