Compare and Contrast Marketing Strategies Used in Mass Marketing, Direct Marketing, Micro-Marketing, and One-To-One Marketing

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Compare and contrast marketing strategies used in mass marketing, direct marketing,

micro-marketing, and one-to-one marketing

Mass marketing is a strategy which advertise the products and services by targeting the large

audiences without any goal of addressing a specific number of people. It covers all the

consumers through advertisement on websites, newspapers, television and radio. This

technique is used mostly by the big corporations and emphasizes on selling products at lower

prices. This helps them to achieve highest sales as well as enhance their brand image (Alexa

Drake; 2019).

Direct marketing is used for reshaping the face of marketing. This method of marketing is

used for presenting the company information with respect to the company, product and price

towards the target customers through various media channels. The companies use direct

marketing strategies for building effective and long-term relationships with the gainful

customers (Thomas, A.R., Lewison, D.M., Hauser, W.J, & Foley, L.M; 2007). The mode of

communication used for direct marketing are through phone calls, leaflet distribution, kiosk

marketing, social media, emails and text messages.

Micromarketing is a marketing strategy which is used for targeting specific customers within

a particular niche market. The company uses narrowly defined demographics which are based

on the gender, age, income level for creating marketing campaigns towards the definite niche

segment (Alexandra Twin; 2021). This is a cost-effective strategy with very limited

marketing campaigns. Therefore, the company designs both the product and the marketing

program for achieving the micro marketing goals (Kotler, 1988; Schiller,1989).

One-on-one marketing is a marketing strategy which advertises the products and services

based on the customer choices. This marketing strategy does not try to attract the attention of

the customers instead it keeps they themselves care about their own business. Thus, the two

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basic principles on which one-on-one marketing is dependent are personalized services and

customization. Based on this marketing strategy the vendor will try to learn about the specific

requirements of the customers, edifice a merchandise which is directed towards the customers

and sell the product at a price which is distinct from others (Pine, Peppers & Rogers, 1995).

The best example with respect to one-on-one marketing is the personal computers offered by

Dell. They allow the customers to interact with them through their website and build a

customised product of unique nature.

References

Alexa Drake; Learn Hub; What Is Mass Marketing and How It’s Effective; (2019);

https://learn.g2.com/mass-marketing

Thomas, A.R., Lewison, D.M., Hauser, W.J, & Foley, L.M. Direct Marketing in Action:

Cutting‐Edge Strategies for Finding and Keeping the Best Customers. (2007). Direct

Marketing: An International Journal, 1(1), 61-62.

Kotler, Philip. Marketing Management: Analysis. Planning. Implementation. and Control.

Prentice Hall (New Jersey). 1988.

Alexandra Twin; Micromarketing; Investopedia; (2021);

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/micromarketing.asp

Pine II, J., Peppers, D., and Rogers, M., “Do You Want to Keep Your Customers Forever?”

Harvard Business Review, Mar-Apr 1995.

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