Marketing and marketing management are both important for most businesses. There are various definitions for marketing. American Marketing Association (AMA) defines it as follows: “Marketing is an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stake holders.” Marketing management is art and science. It requires to choose target markets, and get, keep and grow customers through the creation, delivery and communication of superior customer value.
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(1)marketing
|ˈmɑ:kɪtɪŋ; 美 ˈmɑ:rk-|
[不可数名词] the activity of presenting, advertising and selling a company's products in the best possible way 促销;营销;销售活动
a marketing campaign
促销活动
She works in sales and marketing .
她在市场营销部工作。
——see also direct marketing
(2) definition
|ˌdefɪˈnɪʃn|
[可数名词, 不可数名词] an explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase, especially in a dictionary; the act of stating the meanings of words and phrases (尤指词典里的词或短语的)释义,解释
clear simple definitions
简单明了的释义
Neighbours by definition live close by (= this is what being a neighbour means) .
按照释义,“邻居”就要居住在邻近的地方。
[可数名词] what an idea, etc. means 定义
What's your definition of happiness?
你对幸福的定义是什么?
[不可数名词] the quality of being clear and easy to see 清晰度
The definition of the digital TV pictures is excellent.
数字电视图像的清晰度很高。
(3)优质的 superior
~ (to sb/sth) better in quality than sb/sth else; greater than sb/sth else (在品质上)更好的;占优势;更胜一筹
a.vastly superior
强得多
b.superior intelligence
更强的智力
c.This model is technically superior to its competitors.
这一款式在技术上超过了与之竞争的产品。
d.Liverpool were clearly the superior team.
利物浦队明显更胜一筹。
e.The enemy won because of their superior numbers (= there were more of them) .
敌人由于在人数上占优而取胜。
[参考译文]
对大多数企业来说,营销是其业务的重要一环,营销管理也显得举足轻重。营销的定义有很多,美国市场营销协会(AMA)对营销所下的定义如下:“营销是一项有组织的活动,包括创造价值、与客户沟通、将价值传递给顾客以及用使企业及其股东收益的方式管理客户关系。”营销管理是一种艺术,也是一种科学,需要选择目标市场,通过创造、传递和传播优质的客户价值获得、保持和发展客户。