Marketing:
• Meaning of marketing philosophies and concepts
• Selling Vs marketing
• Marketing Process
Introduction to Event Marketing
• Meaning and definition
• Characteristics
• Scope and its future
Expectations and Goals: What do you want to happen
Importance and need of Event marketing
Social Responsibility towards Society
Setting objectives to Direct Event Sponsorship
Setting Strategies and Tactics
Dealing with Clutter
Understanding and Controlling Fees
Creating your own event
Consumer Behavior and Market Segmentation:
Consumer Expectations
Factors influencing Consumer behavior
Segmentation-Targeting-Positioning
Marketing Mix
Four P’s
Getting the word out: Media Promotion and Advertising:
Advertising-meaning, objectives and types
Sales Promotion
Public Relations
Direct Marketing
Word of mouth
Hospitality
Publicity
Working for the Broadcasting of the Event
Managing the product:
Product concept and levels of products
Product mix and product line decisions
Brand Equity, Packaging, Labeling
Concept of product life cycle:
Stage specific marketing strategies
New product development process.
Brand Positioning:
• Concept
• Objectives
• 3 Cs of Positioning ( Customer, Competitors and Company)
Positioning Strategy (Meaning)
Types of Positioning Strategies
Positioning Errors
1. Dr. Bhiwandiwalla: Research Module on Event Marketing and Special aspects of Event Management, National Institute of Event Management.
2. Leonard H Hoyle: Event Marketing, Shroff Publishing House.
3. Gaur: Event Marketing And Management, Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd
1. Kotler, Philip and Keller, Kevin Lane, Marketing Management, Pearson Education.
2. Varshney R.L. and Gupta, S.L. Marketing Management- An Indian Perspective, Sultan Chand and Sons.
3. Ramaswamy, V.S. and Namakumari, Marketing management: planning implementation and control.
4. Kotler, Philip and Armstrong, Principles of marketing, Prentice Hall of India.
5. Stanton, William, J. Fundamentals of Marketing, New York, McGraw Hill, 1994