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Up and Out of Poverty: The Social Marketing Solution

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Poverty, whether the abject destitute poverty in the developing world, or relative poverty in the developed world, is the scourge of mankind - resulting in wasted lives, unfulfilled potential, disease, and early death. Many experts have proposed methods for reducing poverty, all of which are offered in earnest, and have shown some degree of success (Bottom of the Pyramid, property rights, NGO funding, government funding, direct payments, microfinance, and so on), but none of them has proven to be the magic bullet to solve the problem. Here, Kotler and Lee don't disagree with these other programs, instead, they put them into a framework that has proven successful at everything from selling breakfast cereal to smoking cessation - marketing. By using the marketing framework of the 4 Ps, segmentation, and understanding the customer, solutions can be put into place to maximize benefits for the greatest number of people. As someone with a marketing degree, I understand the concepts, but never thought about using them in a social setting. Anyone interested in poverty or social programs should pick up this book and think about how to apply its contents to their work. I find there are many people who are passionate about social issues, but seem to only scream and yell to make their voice heard. By utilizing the marketing framework to "sell" their ideas, these people can build off the success of hundreds of years and billions of dollars of business experience developing marketing plans. I highly recommend this book as an excellent guide.
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Philip Kotler

Philip Kotler: Born May 27, 1931 in Chicago. Professor of International Marketing from E&J Johansson and Dettingchweed at the Kellogg's School of Management at Northwestern University in Illinois. He completed his master's degree from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both of which were in economics. After his doctorate he studied mathematics at Harvard University and behavioral sciences at the University of Chicago. He was chosen by the Financial Times in 2001 as the fourth most important thinker in the field of management, ranked after Peter Drucker, Bill Gates, Jack Welch. In 2008, Wall Street Journal named him the sixth most influential business thinker. Kotler works as a consultant for several major American companies such as IBM, Michelin, American Bank, General Electric, Motorola. His consultancy in the field of marketing strategies, planning and organization in marketing management, international marketing. Kotler conducts panel discussions and lectures in various countries of the world. His book (Marketing Management), in its twelve editions, is considered the basic book for teaching marketing in many universities around the world, and it has also been translated into many languages. On his definition of marketing, Kotler adopts Peter Drucker's description of marketing, which is that marketing cannot be considered an independent function in the organization (the company), but is part of all its functions... It is the view of the organization's products from the customer's point of view. Kotler is considered a pioneer of marketing.talk.

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