Marketing strategy
| English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| strategy | 战略 | zhàn lüè |
| Ansoff matrix | 安索夫矩阵 | ān suǒ fū jǔ zhèn |
| market penetration | 市场渗透 | shì chǎng shèn tòu |
| product development | 产品开发 | chǎn pǐn kāi fā |
| market development | 市场开发 | shì chǎng kāi fā |
| diversification | 多元化 | duō yuán huà |
| consumers | 消费者 | xiāo fèi zhě |
| misleading | 误导 | wù dǎo |
Planning the way forward
- Beyond the daily mix, a business needs a marketing strategy 战略 — a plan to reach its goals.
- A useful way to think about growth is the Ansoff matrix 安索夫矩阵. (This is an enrichment framework — it goes beyond the IGCSE 0450 syllabus, but it organises the growth ideas you do need.)
Ansoff strategy lab
Sort growth choices by product and market risk.
The Ansoff matrix crosses products with ______.
Products (existing/new) against markets (existing/new).
The Ansoff matrix
- It crosses products (existing / new) with markets (existing / new), giving four strategies.
Risk rises as you move towards new products and new markets.
Selling more of an existing product to existing customers is:
Penetration deepens sales in the current market.
Launching a new product in a new market is:
New product + new market = diversification, the highest-risk option.
The four growth strategies
- Market penetration 市场渗透: sell more existing products to existing customers. Lowest risk.
- Product development 产品开发: new products for existing markets.
- Market development 市场开发: existing products into new markets.
- Diversification 多元化: new products and new markets. Highest risk.
Consumer-protection laws require that products are:
Goods must be safe and accurately described.
Diversification is generally the highest-risk growth strategy.
It moves into both new products and new markets.
Legal controls on marketing
- Laws protect consumers 消费者: products must be safe and described honestly.
- Misleading 误导 adverts and unsafe goods are illegal — and damage a firm's reputation.
Higher reward usually means higher risk. Diversification offers the biggest growth but the greatest chance of failure — the business moves into the unknown. Match the strategy to the firm.
You've got it
- the Ansoff matrix crosses products (existing/new) with markets (existing/new)
- four strategies: penetration, product development, market development, diversification
- marketing is controlled by consumer-protection laws (honest, safe products)