Monday, October 26, 2015

PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING

PROPOSAL REPORT 
INTRODUCTION


Mantin is a small town in Negeri Sembilan, which have many culture and race inside it and they in live harmony. Mantin got the names from tin mines owned by a Chinese taukeh (a famous Chinese businessman) Kong Sang. British people call this place as Mine Tin due to plenty of tin, however the locals could not pronounce Mine Tin correctly. Instate, they called the place Mantin.
According to other source, Mantin was once known as Abu Hassan. It is believe to be opened by Malays who came from pantai, seremban. According to the story the old people in Mantin, the original name of this place is Many Tin. The name given by the British following a number of tin in the area. At that time, many immigrants from china have moved here to become workers in the tin mines. As Chinese people hard to say the word Many Tin they facilitate the pronunciation would become Tin Man.
Mantin is a small town and there is just one main street so it is unlikely, if not impossible to get lost, if lost just ask around for direction. Jalan Besar also known as the main street, it is where most of the attractions and historical building are located. Along the street includes place such as banks, wet market, petrol stations, police station, post office etc. Other than that in Mantin also have a historical building like Gurdwara Sahib Sikh temple, St. Aloysius Catholic church, Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar and also Legenda Education Group.
Besides that, in Mantin also have a famous food like traditional Hakka food but now day there is no longer Hakka food in Mantin but other Malaysian food is being serve especially along the main street and in the Mantin hawker centre. Mantin also a famous place for growing durian, starfruit, jack fruits, rose apple, and guava.









PROBLEM STATEMENT


In Mantin there is a lot of system such as road system, food system, nature, building, car system and many more. In each of the system there is a problem that we must find a solution. My topic is food system, in Malaysia food is one of the attractive things that the entire tourist must try.
There is one article about Malaysia is the food heaven for the tourist, from the article they said that Malaysian food products will become the country's tourism industry attractiveness as 1Malaysia Food Festival, which runs for three months from October to December was made official in the state tourism calendar. From the text we can conclude that food is something that is famous and well known in Malaysia. Each of the country and place has different famous food. It became a symbolic for each of the state in Malaysia for example when we talk about Asam Pedas people will think Melaka. Why? Because Melaka famous in Asam Pedas. It same goes to other place.
In Mantin there is many restaurants and food stall but the problem is most of the restaurant and food stall serve the same menu. How we can identify which restaurant and food stall serve the best food that we want to eat? Other than that how the customer can choose the right restaurant and food stall without wasting time?




TRADEMARK OF MANTIN

A trade mark is a sign that you can use to distinguish your business goods of services from those of other trades. A trade mark can be representing graphically in the form of your company's logo or a signature. Through a registered trademark, you can protect your brand by restricting other people from using its name or logo. For example like the trademark for McDonald’s restaurant they use the sentence I’m lovin’ it and also the KFC restaurant the trade mark is ‘so good’. Therefor for the Mantin project also needs a trademark that is suitable for my topic.
Because my topic is about the food system in Mantin therefore I choose the word Foodie for my trademark. Foodie means a person keenly interested in food, especially in eating or cooking. I choose words foodie because I want make a game therefor the name of foodie suitable to represent my game that is in the game the character will go search for food. Therefor from the trademark also will make the audience go to search and try the food in Mantin.
Once acquired a trademark can last indefinitely as long as you renew it every 10 years. Because a registered trade mark is a form of IP, you can license or assign it to other. It is difference with logo. Logo is a design symbolizing ones organization. It is a design that is used by an organization for its letterhead, advertising material, and signs as an emblem by which the organization can easily be recognize, also called logotype. Logotype is a graphic representation or symbol of a company name, trademark, abbreviation, etc., often uniquely designed for ready recognition.
To make a good logo we need to understand and know the 5 principle of logo
1. SIMPLE
A simple logo allows for easy recognition and allows the logo to be versatile and memorable. For example the logo for Nike it is very simple and easy to remember even without the name Nike the logo still can be easily recognize.
2. MEMORABLE
An effective logo should be memorable and this is achieved by having a simple yet appropriate logo. For example the logo for Channel it when people saw the logo they will know what it is.
3. TIMELESS
An effective logo should endure the best of time. The logo should be 'future proof' meaning that it should still be effective in 10, 20, 50+ years’ time for example the logo coca cola company it is recognizable until now.

4. VERSATILE
An effective logo should be able to work across a variety of medium and application. another way to make a versatile logo is to begin designing in black and white. This allows you to focus on the concept and shape, rather than color, which is subjective in nature for example the logo of World Wildlife Fund.
5. APPROPRIATE

How you position the logo should be appropriate for its intended audience. For example, a child-like font and color scheme would be appropriate for a logo for a children's toy.

MY LOGO

This is my logo, it is a word foodie but I make a little bit difference. The letter ‘F’ and ‘I’ I make it look like the spoon and the fork and also the letter ‘E’ I make it reflected to make it look like the character that is trying to eat the word ‘FOODI’. I use the spoon and also the fork because we need it when we want to eat, it like the main thing that we need if we want to eat. Other than that if we see this spoon and fork people will know it is about the food. The spoon and fork is like the symbol of the food. The letter ‘E’ looks like the character in my games but only the image for the head of my game character.
The colour that I choose for my logo is dark red and red. The reason I choose the red colour because from the phycology colour red makes people want to eat more and it suitable colour for food.    







TARGET AUDIENCE

A target audience is the intended audience or readership of a publication, advertisement, or other message. In marketing and advertising, it is a specific group of people within the target market at which a product or the marketing message of a product is aimed. For example, if the company sell a new perfume for men, the communication maybe aim at those men but also perhaps at their spouse. A target audience can be formed of people of a certain age group, gender, marital status, etc., e.g. teenagers, females, single people, etc. A combination of factors, e.g. men aged 20–30 is a common target audience. Other groups, although not the main focus, may also be interested. Discovering the appropriate target market(s)and determining the target audience is one of the most important activities in marketing management.
My target audience is the international people that are include the staff and also the student from Legenda education group from the range of age 25 – 35. I choose this target audience because I want the international people try and spend time on eating food in Mantin and discovering the new taste that is difference from their food. Beside that I choose the range of age 25 – 35 because this group of people may have their own transport to go Mantin and try the food in Mantin. Other than that they also have their income to try the new thing in Mantin.
To get the result for my topic I make a survey question and give it to Legenda people and this is the server question that I give to them:



 SCHOOL OF MEDIA ART & DESIGN
SUBJECT: PRINCIPLE OF MARKETING
TITTLE: FOOD SYSTEM

TARGET AUDIENCE
Gender
              Male                                                           Female

Nationality
                    Malaysian                                             International

Occupation
              Student                                                      Staff                                              Other

Age
              Below 20                                                   Above 50                                      Other

Religions
              Muslim                           Christian                         Buddhism                       Other

PROBLEM SERVEY
I have my own transportation.
              Yes                                                            No

I have been to Mantin
              Yes                                                            No

I am a vegetarian
            Yes                                                             No

A variation of food choices in Mantin.
            Agree                                                          Disagree

The food in Mantin is affordable
                Agree                                                      Disagree

I knew which restaurant sell the food that I want
            Yes                                                      No



PROJECT SERVEY
Which colour do you prefer?



             

I enjoy playing game
            Agree                                                         Disagree

Which game do you prefer?
            Candy Crush                                              Clash of Clan               

I would like to learn through games
            Agree                                                          Disagree



WHAT TO MARKET?

Product is an item that ideally satisfies a market's want or need. To promote Mantin I need a product that is can make an interaction between the audience and the information that I want to deliver. Therefor I use the game as the product that I want to market to promote Mantin. In the game the audience will feel the excitement when playing the game and at the same time they feel the environment in Mantin and know the food in Mantin.
The game is about the searching the food in Mantin. There is different foot in each of the level and each of the level will took place in the importance part in Mantin such as the way from Legenda collage to the traffic light there is a fruit stall therefor in the game audience need to collect the fruit that is sell in the Mantin. It same for other level but each level have their own obstacle.
In the game audience will get know the best place with the best food in Mantin. They will go to Mantin searching and discover themselves about the food in Mantin. Other than that it will make audience know the place that they can find the type of food that they want.

To market my product I will make a game station that will invite all the Legenda people to joint it and trying the game. This is the layout for my game station I make it at the side of the Legenda lobby. This place will have the good lighting and also the air Cond to make the audience feel comfortable when the game play. The game station that I want to make is the simple game station.
   


PROMOTING MANTIN

Advertising companies always have to think up new ways to promote products. Promoting product is an action taken by a company's marketing staff with the intention of encouraging the sale of a good or service to their target market. For example, product promotion performed by a typical business might take the form of advertising the product in question via print or Internet ads, direct mail or e-mail letters, trade shows, telephone and personal sales calls, TV and radio ads, billboards, posters and flyers. For example the advertisement done by Coca Cola Company they use many ways to promote their product that is almost all of them need an interaction from the audience.
Other than that now all people can connect with us through social network such as Facebook, Instagram, Tweeter and many more. They will get all the information that they need trough this social network. They also can give a feedback from this social network. Therefor to make the interaction with the audience we need to create an account that wills promoting Mantin and let everyone know about it.
We have made an event page on Facebook and also the Instagram to make people alert and know about the exhibition that we will make at the Legenda lobby.  I’m in charge on the personal relation (PR) and I need to handle the Facebook and also the Instagram account and make sure the audience know what we work on. Each day I need to upload new picture about the project that we want to make. The exhibition is about Lifian exhibition, the words Lifian is from all English word that mean live. We choose this word because in our project all is about the live in Mantin and the Instagram and also the Facebook event page we name it as Lifian_exhibition
As a PR I need to find the suitable picture to upload in Facebook and also Instagram to make people alert about the exhibition that we want to make. Other than that I also must find the suitable words that are will make people want to know more about the exhibition. I use the hashtag to make other people not only Legenda people will know about the exhibition but around the wold will know about it. The status for the Instagram account for now is we have 52 followers with 11 post of picture and most of the entire picture get a good feedback from the Instagram user.
Other than that, to get the nice picture I need to work with the photographer to get the nice shoot and also the illustrator group to get the information about the logo and also the poster for the exhibition.




This is the logo for our Lifian exhibition:
 The logo is based on Mantin view but we make it black and white it will make the feel of negative and positive in Mantin. We make the words Lifian half with white colour and the other half with black colour because at the top of the words we represent it as the building that we can see in Mantin town and the bottom is we want to represent it as the root that is very strong. We make the white more because we want to show that Mantin has a strong base and it also show that Mantin the old of Mantin.







CONCLUSION
From the principle of marketing project I know how to make the good logo by follow all the principle of designing a good logo. The good logo must be simple, memorable, timeless, appreciate, and versatile.
Other than that I also know how to promote and make people know about what we are doing using the social network like Facebook, Instagram and many more. Social media is an effective way to separate the news or the thing that we want to do. Through social media also people from around the wold will know the each of the thing that we share. Other than that using the proper words or sentence also will make the audient feel curious about the exhibition and want to know more about it.
Besides that, from the exhibition I learnt on how to make the layout for the exhibition and also to find the suitable place for my project. How to make the audience feel comfortable with the place and make the audience feel attractive to go at the exhibition.






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