Event Marketing

Paper Code: 
ETM 132
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
18.00

Marketing:
• Meaning of marketing philosophies and concepts
• Selling Vs marketing
• Marketing Process
Introduction to Event Marketing
• Meaning and definition
• Characteristics
• Scope and its future

18.00

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

18.00

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

18.00

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.

18.00

Brand Positioning:
• Concept
• Objectives
• 3 Cs of Positioning ( Customer, Competitors and Company)
Positioning Strategy (Meaning)
Types of Positioning Strategies
Positioning Errors

Essential Readings: 

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

References: 

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

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