Beste Pearson Education podcasts (2024)

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Strategic Marketing 10:26

15y ago10:26

10:26

This is a straightforward Podcast that reviews environmental analysis (AUDIT) and how it impacts on the strategic direction an organisation might take. Essentially it is about; Where are we now? Where do we want to be? How are we going to get there? The Podcast finishes with an example of how a strategy has to change in the light of changing enviro…

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Direct marketing and exhibitions 13:10

15y ago13:10

13:10

This is an interesting Podcast in the sense that the interviewee, Nicola Shann was able to illustrate the effectiveness of exhibitions as a communication tool and e-mail as an effective method of direct marketing. Be aware of the specialist nature of the exhibition - Nicola does briefly explain it at the beginning of the Podcast. It was for Tamesid…

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Personal selling and sales management 8:40

15y ago8:40

8:40

This Podcast illustrates the link between personal selling, building relationships with customers and CRM. The point is made that training manuals and textbook theory does not necessarily work and that sometimes gut instinct is better at building customer relationships than following a fixed pattern.…

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Sales promotion 3:10

15y ago3:10

3:10

As with other podcasts that discuss communications this is rather a short one but nevertheless one, which highlights the use of sales promotion as a tactical rather than strategic tool. However the possibility that sales promotion could become more of a strategic tool is raised and a point that is worth debating and discussing.…

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Advertising 3:20

15y ago3:20

3:20

The thrust of this podcast is to ensure students clearly understand the difference and relationship between advertising and media. Also, by implication the value an growth of new media in terms of communication. Furthermore students are reminded of the use of advertising to meet strategic objectives.…

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Integrated marketing communication 2:53

15y ago2:53

2:53

By reference to the Shannon-Weaver communications model the podcast illustrates the importance of integrated communications at both a strategic and tactical level. You will be able to empathise with some of the points made at a practical level but also better understand the relevance and application of theory. Listeners' attention is also drawn to …

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Marketing channels and logistics 8:17

15y ago8:17

8:17

By noting that distribution is the 'poor cousin' of the marketing mix I have highlighted how important it is at a strategic level and as part of the integrated marketing mix. The theme of the strategic importance of distribution is carried over into the identification of some of the factors that determine distribution channels. Also identified is t…

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Pricing strategies 3:19

15y ago3:19

3:19

While emphasis is placed on factors that determine pricing strategies such as psychological pricing and pricing against competitors and in the context of corporate objectives the listener is encouraged to consider how external factors can have a major impact on pricing. While organisations may have a clear set of objectives, prevailing conditions c…

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Pricing, context and concepts 6:06

15y ago6:06

6:06

This Podcast brings the concept of pricing firmly into the realms of current economic conditions. It illustrates that in uncertain times the context in which pricing decisions are made are subject to circumstances that are beyond the control of business. Examples are given from the Podcasters personal experience and links are made to the current si…

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New product development 10:24

16y ago10:24

10:24

Most textbooks offer a fairly standard version of the new product development process. This Podcast seeks to establish how closely industry adheres to the process. The Podcast features an interview with the Brand Innovation Manager from Warburton's who has experience of product development from working for a number of organisations. He is therefore…

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Marketing planning, management and control 4:08

16y ago4:08

4:08

This Podcast focuses on the debate between formal and informal planning, in order to take a different approach to the textbooks, which focus on formal planning. It is particularly relevant in the context of the current ever-changing business environment, particularly relevant in panic times such as with the credit crunch where management is 'on the…

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Public relations and sponsorship 3:33

16y ago3:33

3:33

This Podcast emphasises sponsorship but in the context of public relations. As a student you are much more likely to be aware of sponsorship as a communications tool than PR. You are encouraged to be more aware of sponsorship and critically the reasons for a company sponsoring their chosen event/TV programme etc. What are the links; where is the mu…

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Product management 3:18

16y ago3:18

3:18

This Podcasts is a practical illustration of the application of Product life Cycle theory (PLC). You can take the Jaguar example as the basis of your understanding of product management through the life cycle but with the intension of ensuring the product continues to grow in the long term and therefore ensure sustained profitability. Try to apply …

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Anatomy of a product 5:48

16y ago5:48

5:48

The focus of this Podcast is on the importance of branding to the building of a product and how the brand communicates product attributes and by implication how we almost come to expect certain brand values when we buy into the brand. These discussions should lead to the notion of the potential product and how the brand has the possibility to devel…

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Consumer Behaviour 26:56

16y ago26:56

26:56

This Podcast features Dr Fiona Cheetham whose research interests are in the social/cultural aspects of consumer behaviour and two third year students one from the UK (Rachel) the other from the USA (Samantha). Dr Cheetham takes an academic perspective on consumer behaviour and suggests that marketers need to understand and appreciate the cultural a…

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Retailers and Wholesalers 20:37

16y ago20:37

20:37

The theme of this Podcast is a discussion on how closely theory is to practice. The first part features an interview with Professor Andrew Newman for Salford Business School who is a Retail Guru. As well as discussing some of the key issues for retailers he also highlights how academics need to be concerned with producing research that can be under…

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Marketing Dynamics 12:57

16y ago12:57

12:57

This is a Podcast based on the marketing concept/orientation. Its starting point is the Levitt view that in order to understand and meet the needs and wants of customers organisations need to understand the industry they are situated in. His famous example is the American railways who through of themselves as in the railway industry rather than the…

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E-marketing and new media 12:47

16y ago12:47

12:47

Another podcast with Bill Daring who works in the e-Marketing business. Bill provides an insight into how e-Marketing has evolved since he started his business in 1995. He explains how Web 2.0 is a step beyond the opriginal web (Web 1) and explores the potential it opens for marketers, particularly in terms of building relationships with customers.…

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Marketing information and research 8:11

16y ago8:11

8:11

This Podcast is designed to illustrate the importance of secondary research and its contribution to business decision-making. People tend to be aware of sources of secondary data but not how to use it and importantly the contribution it makes to primary data collection. The two practitioners interviewed are from both consumer and business marketing…

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Business-to-business Marketing 12:09

16y ago12:09

12:09

This is a Podcast with Bill Daring an experienced b2b marketer. He is very good at illustrating the importance of understanding the buying behaviour of the final consumer and thus demonstrating the relevance of derived demand operating at a practical level. Interestingly he suggests that in actual fact many of his customers know little about his ow…

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Services and non-profit marketing 14:27

16y ago14:27

14:27

The textbook focuses on the characteristics of services and how companies to deliver addition value through service, therefore creating added value to the product, apply the extended marketing mix. This Podcast focuses very much on the way products and service are intertwined together using Jaguar as an example. The interviewees discuss how they ad…