[Solved] Describe two orientations of marketing, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each (300 words)

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[Solved] Describe two orientations of marketing, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each (300 words)

In this paper, you are required to write a report acting as a marketing assistant of EasyJet addressing Evolution of Marketing you are required to describe two orientations of marketing, its pros and cons and explain the orientation adopted by EasyJet while providing two examples of Easyjet’s use of approach. Furthermore, you are also required to answer questions in the context of Marketing environments, Marketing strategies, and Marketing Mix.  

Assignment Questions 

Individual - Marketing report    Case  

EasyJet plc is a United Kingdom-based low-cost airline carrier. It was founded in 1995 and is now the largest airline in the United Kingdom.  EasyJet operates on over 820 routes across more than 30 countries with its fleet of over 250 Airbus aircrafts. EasyJet’s total fleet of aircrafts is split between 156-seat Airbus A319s, 180-seat A320s and 186-seat A320s. It is also focused on operating its fleet of A320 new aircrafts.  EasyJet’s bases include the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, France (Paris, Charles de Gaulle, Lyon and Toulouse), Amsterdam, Venice, Oporto, Lisbon and Barcelona. It operates in airports, such as Gatwick, Edinburgh, Nice, Milan Malpensa, Venice Marco Polo, Naples, Basel and Geneva (Easyjet, 2018).   

Scenario 

As a newly appointed marketing assistant of the EasyJet marketing team, you have been asked to write a report addressing the following task areas: 

(Word count below is indicative)  

Task 1: Evolution of marketing (LO1) 

• Describe two orientations of marketing, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each (300 words) 
• Identify and explain the orientation adopted by EasyJet, and provide two (2) examples that demonstrate EasyJet’s use of the approach (200 words) 

Task 2: Marketing environments (LO2, 3) 

• Identify and discuss one legal factor and one technological factor that could impact EasyJet’s business operations and consumers buyer behaviour (400 words)

Task 3: Marketing strategies (LO3)   

• Explain how psychographic segmentation differs from demographic segmentation (200 words) 
• Discuss one type of segmentation that would be considered the most valuable for EasyJet to use when segmenting the market (200 words).  

Task 4: Marketing Mix (LO1, 4, 5 6)

• Identify and describe  – EasyJet’s product and service offering  – EasyJet’s pricing strategies  – the place where EasyJet’s products/services are sold  ensuring you provide detailed descriptions and examples (400 words)  
• The Marketing Director has announced a new objective for the company: 

To increase EasyJet’s holiday package purchases by 14% by December 2018 

In order to communicate EasyJet’s holiday package offering, the marketing director requires you to prepare:  

- An advert to promote the “Holiday Packages” in the form of a poster (A4 or A5 size) supported by images and text  

• The advert should be appealing to both internal and external stakeholders (i.e. employees as well as customers).
• The advert content must include image/s and brief written message/s that will increase awareness of EasyJet’s Holiday packages 

• A supported rationale to include:
• A description of the target audience and the response sought in relation to the new objective (100 words) o An explanation of advertising and the benefits and limitations of using advertising in communications (100 words)
• An outline of the chosen channel to be used and the benefits and limitations of the chosen channel (100 words) o An explanation of the communications key message (50 words) o An explanation of how the ‘AIDA’ (Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action) marketing theory was used to design the advert (100 words)
• An explanation of how feedback will be collected (50 words) 

Conclusion  

• Summarise the reports key findings (200 words)