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In simple words, marketing mix is the combination of product, pricing, promotion, and distribution strategies used to market products. Promotional mix is combination of tools like advertising, sales promotion, personal selling & public relations which are used to promote a product.
The promotional mix is the coordination of marketing activities which includes publicity, sales promotion, advertising, direct marketing and personal selling. It is a coordination of activities that you will perform to directly interact with your customers. For example giving sales presentations helps you to interact with the customers one on one to answer their questions and demonstrate your product.
Promotional Mix’s FocusThe promotional mix’s goal is to inform, persuade and remind your customer about your product or service. The promotional mix uses advertising, which is a paid form of non-personal presentation. Personal selling is used either by phone or face to face to the prospect, for example, to address your customers' concerns and answer their questions directly. Public relations are firms communicating with their customers, employees and stockholders. It is important that a business have a solid reputation with customers. For example, one way firms communicate is by sending out newsletters or press releases. Sales promotion includes inducements with the purpose of encouraging customers to buy, such as cents off coupons. Merchandising is used in the store to stimulate sales. Examples include displays, signs and posters.
Marketing MixThe marketing mix is a planned mix of activities. The ingredients in the marketing mix are product, place, price and promotion. It is a combination of elements that you will use to market your product. Marketers use the marketing mix to create a value for their product. The four elements of the marketing mix are used and adjusted until the marketer gets the results that he wants. For example, pricing decisions are exercised in the form of cash discounts that convince customers to buy.
