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Re-Thinking and Re-Tooling the Social Marketing Mix:

Ross Gordon
- 01 May 2012 - 
- Vol. 20, Iss: 2, pp 122-126
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The role of the four Ps marketing mix model in social marketing is discussed in this article, arguing that given reconfiguration of the marketing mix in the mainstream marketing discipline, and the characteristics of social marketing, a re-thought and re-tooled social marketing mix is required.
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This article considers the role of the four Ps marketing mix model in social marketing, arguing that given reconfiguration of the marketing mix in the mainstream marketing discipline, and the characteristics of social marketing, a re-thought and re-tooled social marketing mix is required. A brief review of the four Ps marketing mix model in the mainstream marketing and social marketing fields is presented. Criticisms of the four Ps model are then examined. It is argued that the four Ps marketing mix model is outdated for application to social marketing, and an alternative approach to the social marketing mix is proposed. It is posited that an expanded approach recognizing strategies such as relational thinking, and upstream social marketing activities would offer a more suitable approach. Using a more open minded social marketing mix less reliant on the four Ps model can help guide social marketing research and practice. 2011 Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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