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When do we use 7 Ps marketing mix instead of 4 Ps?

4Ps: Product, Place, Price, Promotion7Ps include above plus: People, Process, Physical Evidence

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Question added by Ahmed Farag , General Manager , Rubikans
Date Posted: 2013/09/17
Ziyad Abu Alrob
by Ziyad Abu Alrob , Country Manager , Jerusalem Pharmaceutical Company

It is better to use 7 Ps analysis in any case, but the easier is to use 4 Ps

zafar abbas minhas
by zafar abbas minhas , Freelance Writer , DAILY MASHRAQ

services industry

Imran Najam
by Imran Najam , Sales Advisor , Ireland ROC Limited

if you launching your product in new market

Ebrahim Gamil
by Ebrahim Gamil , Sales Officer , g4s

Hi everyone,

 

The other3 Ps is basically for services, generally services are intangible. Unlike products, services can’t be seen, touched, or tried in front of prospects. Therefore people, process, and physical evidence are very important to gain the trust of our prospects showing that we have the best trained personnel in the industry, our physical building and office looks brilliant with huge amount of money invested in it, & our process or lead time is faster than customer's expectation.

Muhammad Yousaf Khokhar
by Muhammad Yousaf Khokhar , Director Marketing And Sales , Relaxsit Private Limited

Normally for physical products we use first5 P's (Product, Price, Place, Promotion and People) but in case of Services such as Insurance, advertising etc. we use additional two P's Process and  Physical Evidence but this does not mean that these2 P's are for Service business only.  We too make use of these2 additional P's in Physical Product case.

Samer Abdullah Bakri Abdullah Bakri
by Samer Abdullah Bakri Abdullah Bakri , Financial Director , lozn international company

I think that it used in services which lies in red ocean environment of competition..

David GAU
by David GAU , Sr. Operations & Business Development Manager , FRENCH BAKERY

Honestly, I prefer to think only about4P. "Process" and "people" are relating to "product" and "physical" to "promotion". The efficiency of your marketing mix will depend of the pertinence of the4P analysis.

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