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Home » Marketing » What is the Importance of Marketing Mix and why are the 4 P’s important?

What is the Importance of Marketing Mix and why are the 4 P’s important?

September 8, 2018 | By Hitesh Bhasin | Filed Under: Marketing

There are many Marketing mix articles here on marketing91 and we keep analysing more and more. We also encourage all small business owners and strategy makers to start planning their strategy with a look at the Marketing mix of brands. There are many reasons that justify the importance of marketing mix.

Marketing mix constitutes of the 4 P’s in case of products – Product, price, place and promotion. In case of services it constitutes of 3 more P’s – People, process and Physical evidence. Furthermore, in recent years, Packaging is also considered as an important P and is said to be the 5th P of the Marketing mix.

Table of Contents

  • The following points explain the importance of marketing mix.
  • 1) It helps in a clean mix creation
  • 2) Marketing mix helps in New product development
  • 3) Marketing mix helps increase the product portfolio
  • 4) It is a guide to improve a business
  • 5) It helps in differentiation
  • 6) Finally, it helps you in being dynamic

The following points explain the importance of marketing mix.

1) It helps in a clean mix creation

Your marketing mix should have all the P’s compatible with each other. The price should be compatible with the placement of the product. The product should be compatible with the promotions. In general, all the P’s are intrinsically linked to each other.

As a result, when you are making a marketing mix, it becomes a chain of strong bonds. And these bonds then guide you forward in making the chain longer. Whenever you are considering adding a new feature or changing existing things, you have to look at the overall picture, which helps in creating a clean marketing mix for the product.

2) Marketing mix helps in New product development

While designing an existing product, there are any number of ideas which can come up for a related product that can be designed by the company. The pricing, place and promotions might be different for such a product. Nonetheless, it can be classified as a new product and hence while designing the marketing mix, the company can come up with good ideas for NPD as well.

3) Marketing mix helps increase the product portfolio

Whenever you want to increase the product depth or product line and length, you have to make minor changes to the product. In essence, you are making minor changes in the marketing mix itself. You are making changes to the product features, to its pricing and possible to its promotions. As a result, by altering the marketing mix and certain features within it, you can end up with an enlarged product portfolio.

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4) It is a guide to improve a business

Physical evidence was an important P in the service marketing mix. If a restaurant or an interior design business realises its important, then naturally they can act on it and improve the physical evidence of their business thereby bringing in more business.

The importance of marketing mix is evident in more then a single P. People and process are important to the organization too and optimizing both can improve the overall working of the organization. Hence, marketing mix is an excellent guide if someone wants to improve their business and is doing gap analysis.

5) It helps in differentiation

When you analyse the marketing mix of Competitors, there are many different ways that you can differentiate yourself from the competitor. The competitor might have poor promotions and by analysing them, you can create better promotions of your own product.

The competitor might have poor placement of products or he might have the wrong process or the wrong people in place. All this can be improved upon giving you a better marketing mix and therefore a competitive advantage in the market.

6) Finally, it helps you in being dynamic

A company which is well prepared is also prepared when disaster strikes. During recession or during a poor business environment, a company should be ready to respond. At such times, the company needs to be dynamic in nature. Such a company needs to understand its product, processes, people, promotions and all other P’s better. If it understands them, it will respond with a better agility.

Thus, there are many ways that marketing mix may be important to an organization. The best part is, analysing and understanding the marketing mix is not a lengthy procedure and the ROI on the time spent is much higher.

Here is a video by Marketing91 on Marketing Mix – 4Ps & 7Ps.

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About Hitesh Bhasin

Hi, I am an MBA and the CEO of Marketing91. I am a Digital Marketer and an Entrepreneur with 12 Years of experience in Business and Marketing. Business is my passion and i have established myself in multiple industries with a focus on sustainable growth. You will generally find me online at the Marketing91 Academy.

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Comments

  1. Md. Abdul Hye Mridha says

    Mr. Hitesh ,
    Thanks for your excellent writing in marketing that learns more. In future, it may elaborative.

    Regards
    Mridha

    Reply
  2. Sarah Cooper says

    Marketing has always been a never ending process of improving engagement with customers for business success and growth.

    Reply
  3. sem akilimali says

    i really like all of these ideas, it helps me to improve my skills in this course such as marketing

    Reply
  4. Harry says

    Thank you very much your writing help me to undertand about marketing and serve as my guide

    Reply
  5. Wilfred Mwova says

    These ideas are very intresting and give some sort of encouragement to students pursuing this course.

    Reply
  6. Akinleke Yetunde Omolara says

    Thanks, you are an adept writer. This is a great work.
    Could you please help me with this question, what is the role of Selling in marketing mix?

    Reply
  7. EPHRAIM T says

    I FOUND IT VERY HELPFUL CONTINUE TO ADD MORE PLEASE

    Reply
  8. Chembekezo kennedy says

    Thanks a lot I have learned something on marketing mix. In the past I was thinking that marketing based on buying and selling of goods and services but that’s not the case.

    Reply
  9. Nyantakyiwaa says

    Thank u very much for giving me understanding in marketing mix

    Reply
  10. Disha Choudhury says

    This is very easy to understand about marketing mix.

    Reply
  11. Anumit says

    Nice explaination it must help in our future. Thank you Mr. Hitesh Bhasin for an extraordinary work.

    Reply

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