The 4-P's---Product, Price, Place and Promotion---are the basic components of a marketing mix.  Sample tactics for each category are as follows:* 

 Product

 Price

 Promotion

 Place

 Product Variety

 List Price

 Sales Promotion

 Channels

 Quality

 Discounts

 Advertising

 Coverage

 Design

 Allowances

 Sales Force

 Assortments

 Features

Payment Period 

 Public Relations

Locations 

Brand Name 

Credit Terms 

Direct Marketing 

Inventory 

Packaging 

Transport 

 Sizes

 Services

Warranties 

 Returns

 *Kotler, Philip, Marketing Management, 11th Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2003  p.16.

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