Marketing research is vital to part of organizational effectiveness in today's highly competitive marketplace. But many managers in small businesses with limited budgets consider it out of reach. In Marketing Research That Won't Break the Bank, Alan Andreasen shows readers how to get the information they need to make smart, strategic decisions without spending a lot of money. The tools and techniques presented will help managers gain an in-depth understanding of their target market, competitors, and environment without stretching the organization's budget.
Marketing research is vital to part of organizational effectiveness in today's highly competitive marketplace. But many managers in small businesses w...
Social marketing is being adopted by a growing number of government and nonprofit organizations around the world because of its power to bring about important social changes. An array of commercial marketing concepts and techniques has been applied to problems ranging from child abuse to teen smoking to environmental neglect. However, in crafting these programs, agencies face complex ethical challenges. For example, is it acceptable to exaggerate risk and heighten fear if doing so saves more lives? What if improving the lives of one group has negative effects on another? How does a...
Social marketing is being adopted by a growing number of government and nonprofit organizations around the world because of its power to bring abou...
The goal of this cutting edge book is to reposition social marketing so that foundations, government agencies, and various nonprofits will approach social change in a way that reaches both upstream and downstream individuals in society. Author Alan R. Andreasen outlines potential roles, restates fundamental principles, and then suggests how social marketing might be applied to a sample of nontraditional challenges.
The goal of this cutting edge book is to reposition social marketing so that foundations, government agencies, and various nonprofits will approach so...
Social Marketing in the 21st Century is well-grounded in scholarship, synthesizes a number of streams of thought, and then proposes thought-provoking applications for an existing approach to social and behavioral change through social marketing. Social Marketing in the 21st Century could be used with a number of courses and disciplines. The level of detail, use of various sources and the variety of examples make it appropriate for graduate level studies. It can also serve the social marketing or behavior change practitioner who wishes to enhance or expand his or her field of practice to...
Social Marketing in the 21st Century is well-grounded in scholarship, synthesizes a number of streams of thought, and then proposes thought-provoking ...