What you’ll learn to do: describe how different types of organizations, such as nonprofits, consumer product (B2C) firms, and business-to-business (B2B) organizations, use marketing

Although marketing activities come in many different forms, the fundamental principles of marketing apply, regardless of what you’re trying to sell, advocate, or promote. Grounding your marketing efforts in a customer-oriented mindset and staying focused on the relationships you build with those customers will always steer you in the right direction.

At the same time, different organizations use marketing in different ways to achieve their goals. The next reading will give you more insight into how marketing supports the success of several common types of organizations.

The specific things you’ll learn in this section include:

• Explain the difference between a customer and a consumer
• Define different types of organizations including B2C, B2B, and nonprofit organizations
• Provide examples of how each type of organization uses marketing

Learning Activities

The learning activities for this section include the following:

• Reading: How Organizations Use Marketing
• Self Check: How Organizations Use Marketing

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