Marketing and the Small Business

5 important questions on Marketing and the Small Business

How can a typical entrepreneur (DIFFERENT THEN LE) carry out his marketing process (4I + 4I)

  • Innovation: adapt, instead of a radical new idea
  • Identification: target markets
  • Interactive Marketing Methods: Influence of word of mouth, Image building, Involvement, Incentives
  • Information gathering through networking

Principal reasons for business angels to not invest

  • Lack of experience of entrepreneur
  • de-efficiencies in marketing
  • incomplete or unrealistic financial projections

There is a tendency that marketing is associated with LE rather then SE. 
But, also very important for SE because

  • SE interfaces with fast changing environment
  • Its a key management skill that differentiate between failure or survival
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Characteristics of SE that leads to marketing problems

  • Relative small in sector: Limited customer base (small number and area)
  • Resource constraints: Limited marketing activity (lack of financial and HR)
  • Uncertainty: Little formalized marketing planning (changing environment needs continuous adaption)
  • Develop niche: Innovation (niches hard to defend)
  • Personalized management style: dependency on owner's marketing competencies

Marketing is important in early years, because

  • It provides a vital interface between org. and its external environment
  • for SE more uncontrollable, becuase of lack of market power and their dependency on a small customer base

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