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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

F010 JUS 243 Explanation of marketing topics for review






TO   :   All

Attention:      1.   Elena

                     2.  Sharifa

                     3.  Aubrey

                     4.  Charisse

                    5.  Aprilyn

                    6.  Marjobie

                    7.  Elena

SUBJECT;   MORE KNOWLEDGE ON MARKETING TO BE USED IN DAY TO DAY SELLING AND MARKETING PLAN PREPARATION

       1.  Atin pong basahin

       2.  Atin pong basahing mabuti

      3.  UUWI LANG PAG MAY BENTA.   PAG WALANG BENTA WALANG SUSUWELDUHIN

      4.  Maging isang productive na kawani at mamaya -   magkarron ng resulta

     5   Baguhin ang trajectory ng HOLY GARDENS

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Jorge Saguinsin <jorge@holygardens.ph>
Date: Tue, May 3, 2022 at 2:18 PM
Subject: 010 JUS 243 Explanation of marketing topics for review
To: Madel Holy Gardens <mrss@holygardens.ph>, Ma Veronica Miranda <iamveronmiranda@gmail.com>, Holy Angels Morong <admin@holyangels.ph>, <jorge549.holygardenshr@blogger.com>, AR Saguinsin <arsaguinsin@gmail.com>, Jorge Saguinsin <jorge.holygardens@gmail.com>


Objectives:

       1.  To increase learning on marketing and/or refresh if forgotten
       2.  To increase sales and consequently the earnings of CSS and CMO under DILP

Reality:

      1.  Sales on the decline
      2.  Zero if not little knowledge of marketing
      3.  Bad interments; undelivered documents

Topics:

     1.   Purpose of a business
           
          A business is an entity that creates customer.   Therefore there are two important functions above all others
          1.  Marketing 
          2.  Innovation

        How does a business create customer:
        1.  Designing new products or products that solve  problems of the customer
        2.  Keeping in touch and satisfying the customers most of the time
        3.  Soliciting new customers through prospecting
        4.  Repeat sales for existing customers or cross selling up selling

       Some organization focus on power struggle or authority. But that is not the way to run a business.  Priority always in the business is customer
       As in Christian doctrine, the  one who serves the customer best wins.  In many of the sports, as tennis, table tennis, volley ball, the  winner is 
       one who serves best.  The Christian  doctrine prescribes faith, love  and  charity.  The faith and love are useless without charity ie service

     2.   Market industry 
           Many of us made the business world complicated and peppered with academe jargons.  Many workers, envision the perky business world:
           suits, executive suites, glitzy offices.   But all businesses is just like any sari sari store.   It is about selling goods and services to a buyer.
           Many college graduates think they are above that and prefers only office work, and disdain the reality of business, ie a seller and buyer transacting
           
          A business is a collection of buying and selling transactions
          The market of is a group of transactions ie of business lumped together
          The industry is composed of a group of markets transactions
          The economy is sum total of industry transactions. 
          The basic unit is the transaction:   a buyer and seller
           

     3.  Importance of customer service

              Since the purpose of the business is to create customers it is paramount to develop, capture and retain buyers/customers. 
              Who is the customer?  The customer is the one who pays.  He is the paying prospect.
              Some adage have been made regarding the customer.  Rule #1.  The customer is always right.  Rule #2, if the customer is wrong
                  go back to Rule No 2    But new employees are against this rule and riles vs customer service

             This post has made a ppt uploaded at Slideshare.  Slideshare bougquet of customer service  This covers:
                       1.  Initial customer contact
                       2.  At the office
                       3.  Establishing rapport
                       4.  Tripping
                       5.  Closing
                       6.  Plaisir  the five senses.  This is the latest.   The customer service especially in the service business must appeal to the five senses:
                           taste, smell touch, hearing, sight.   These appeal  must be worked on.  Thus hotels    provide colors and pleasant architecture - sight;
                           good food -  taste;   pleasant smell -  smell;    piped in music or white sound hearing,  and soft beds and pillows silk and leather covers -
                           touch.  This was started by Sofitel -  one of the most successful organizations running hotels

                          There are other aspects of operations where superior service is required say in memorial park:
                              1.  Billing
                              2.  At the office
                              3.  Parking
                              4.  All saints day
                              5.  Answering phones
                              6.  Interactions with the SG
                              7.  CR - clean ba or foul smelling. with water ba? With soap and tissue

                       However there are two important transactions which must be addressed:
                              1.  Documents delivery after payment.  Thats what the customer paid for
                              2.  Interment service.  That is the ultimate experience where CS can be seen.

                      ATM we have failed in these.  
                                   

     4.  Business model:     PTM, customer link, customer channel, 

                  A marketer should take note of the business model, so that he becomes relevant to the  business
                  The parts are:
                                   MVP   -  main value proposition   what is the value being provided by the business or by the product to the PTM
                                                 at the center.  It is not the product but the solution being offered by the  product.  

                                                 What is the pain being removed in the customer?
                                                 What is the gain being provided?

                                                 Say a dandruff product:   Pain  being removed - the embarrassment of having dandruff falling on social occasion
                                                 Gain:   being more handsome and socially pleaing or fragrant

                                   Primary Target Market -  a business cant be every thing to every people,  Although it can only provide sizes and models
                                                A particular model say a HRV appeals to only certain group of buyers, so with SUV   It must be clear what
                                               are the offerings to which market category you are wooing.  So we have the Nielsen classification:

                                               A  1% of the population   The rich and super rich residing in Forbes and Dasma or in 50 million condo  Earn 1M a year
                                               B  9% of the population.  Residing in Bel Air, SLV, Ayala Alabng, Corinthian   Earn P500K to P999 a year
                                               C.  20% the middle class.  Junior execs, entrepreneurs   P251K to  P499
                                               D   30% of the population.  Those earning  minimum wage.  P150k to P250K
                                               E   40% of the population    The farmers, those under employed  Earn less than $1 a day  P100 to P300/day

                             In the current election campaign, LR is supposed to be wooing A to C while  BMM the D and E.  They are more in number and therefore
                             Victory is predicted for this candidate.  

                             This has given rise to bottoms up marketing and/or sachet marketing.   The marketer sells to these large but purchasing power 
                              challenged mass via sachet that are affordable.   A sachet of shampoo, lotion, or deodorant.    (The environmentalist hate these
                              marketers for the waste they create

                                          Customer link -  the customer service being provided.  the CRM or rewards system if any, or DM at social media

                                          Customer channel -- via again DM, or gmail marketing (Google ads) or FB or agents, or brick and mortar store




     5.  Product is a solution to a problem: what is the pain that the product removes, pain or gain for the  customer

               We do not sell product.  We sell solutions.  A computer is a solution to mails, storage  of data, searching of data, research.  It is never a hard
               ware that we buy because it is a technological wizardy.  
 
              An android provides:  music and video for entertainment;   a calculator,  as a gadget to compute,  fm radio for music, cameras for memory apps to
              measure bp and other things.   

             So in general, we determine what is the pain to be removed by the product from the customer, and what is to be gained.

             So for a memorial park as a solution to a problem;

                           Pain to be removed -  the grief, the availability of burial ground, the minding of other details needed in the interment.  Thus if 
                                                              could handle the death certificate and burial permit

                          Gain -  prestige, appeal to the pride and ego of the buyer, orderly and beautiful situs.  

               It is best to get prospects first before building the product   So what do you do -  build a commercial complex and then advertise for the 
               lessors, or determine first the  need for a commercial complex and then build the complex.

               So some mega companies, seek revenue estimation first before committing cap ex.  Some non experts do it the other way around.  Build
                the product first and then Bahala na si Batman for revenues.  Stark difference between Tony Boy when running PLDT.  Tony Boy focused
                on Cap Ex.   MVP focused on revenues.  


     6.   Vision, cash flow sales:  AATR
            They are interrelated:  Vision, cash flow sales:  AATR

            A company has a vision  (a picture an image of what the business will be in terms of size, market coverage, other business to be in)
                                say computer in every home

           To achieve this you need cash flow (not coming from loans  or IPO not everybody has access to money or capital markets)

           To have cash flow, you need Sales

           To achieve sales, you need:

                    1  Availability of the product.   Are they finished product, can you procure them from China.  If it si real estate -  can you delivver the
                        documents, or is construction completed 100%.  Have the amenities been completed?  You cant have smokes and mirrors (as 
                        some dominant computer companies did.  They got advanced for products that are still being developed  In real estate, HLURB
                        prohibits pre selling of uncompleted units.  But it has been the practice for condo business.    The developers start pouring the
                        foundation only if 100% of the unit have been sold or with DP.   Some though who have the money finish the projects without 
                        prospects and end up leasing the units under lease to own

                2.  Awareness.   Building a better product does not make the market troop to your doorstep to buy the product.  You have to make the
                     product known to the prospects via various means.  Educate them about the product features, price and performance..  Only  then can
                     you expect the prospective buyers come rushing ot your door.  The soc media has made it easier for awareness.  Thus many start
                     ups became successful because of the Marketing site -  FB where over 2 B a day make clicks.

                3.  Trial -   You have to have the prospect prove experience the product.  For cars it test drive  For food, it is product sampling.  For
                                  meds, it sampling the MD for trials and free samples for their patients.   For condo, it maybe "For only P20k move in Or  sample
                                  free massage card.  Free one night stay at a Glamping site
                                  Unless the prospect has experienced the product or service, seldom will there be sales.   

                                 For a condo or residential unit, it is the open house or free tripping.

                                 For casino, if you take a bus say from NJ to  Atlantic City, ,the bus gives you  $100 worth of tokens  (free) for you to play slot machine
                                 or black jack,  And then the $100 gets the person hooked:  forever.  Or even addicted.

            4.  Repeat sales -  this is the sweet spot for the marketers.   There is no more expense needed to acquire the customer like the 20% or so needed
                                           get the customer.  You spend this on ads, ,tripping, commission, freebies.   60% of the profit of typical company comes from
                                           repeat sales.  Projection planning is easier for this group of customer   Says ANI chief Tony Chui, (the dummy of Binay)
                                           the consumption buying pattern of repeat sales can be predicted. It is no brainer and does not require rocket science
           
     7.   3cs in a business environment

          There was a question as to who really decides in the company:  the Board or the CEO.  Usually we say it is to top honcho.  But in reality that
           the decision is determined by forces outside the board room.  They are (if the company lacks leadership)

         1. Customer -  the customer is a moving target, and his wants (take note) constantly changes   As a being connected to the infinite and in 
                                 search of constant improvement, will outlive or discard your product in favor of something better.  If you do not provide the 
                                 better product, someone else will.

         2.  Competitor  that is the entity that might provide the better solution to the customer wants.  Or the competitor may have all ready done that.                                                      Improvement of price, features, size and so on.   Then you play catch up to match the price and features.  Or provide something
                                better.

        3.  Company -  You cant be a dictator in your own company.  It is always politicalized.  You pay attention to the workers, to the regulators, 
                                  the directors. lenders.  It is never a singular unitary action.  These various stakeholders have to be placated   

             Thus it is the interaction among the three that determines the correct marketing mix/strategy

                   
     8.   Marketing definition

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Process - Marketing - Customer Service - Enhancing Customer Service Experience (earlier posts)

Providing outstanding amazing values through process clarity and improvement 


Enhancing customer service experience

PAGSASANAY SA TAGUMPAY

ate:   

Objectives:

1.  To generate more repeat sales

2.  To recruit more disciples and apostles to talk about products

3.  To fight and defeat the competition

4.  To further delight the customer

What:   to have infrastructures and personnel and system to further delight our customers

This program consist of:

1. Rewards and card system for existing customers;  more promo items for our customer (part of the 20% ME)

2.  Additional positions to handle customer service program at BPI and at the SBU

3.  Construction of customer lounge like in Calamba and Pangasinan

     1.  Rewards and card system

          This will enable us to save on:   ME and CF as we will only spend for the card and the reward points which is usually 1/2 of 1% in most stores.

           Types of cards:

           Say 

           for Holy Gardens  (privilege cards)

           1.  Kapamilya   cards for purchases of 30,000 up P100,000

           2.  Silver Card for purchases of P101,000 to 499,000

           3.  Prestige Card for purchases of  P500,000 up to P999,000

           4.  Platinum Card for purchases of P1,000,000 up

           Privileges:

          1.  3% discounts on repeat sales without agents

          2.   1 rewards point for every P500.00 payment, one point is P5.000
                if they pay in the office.  0 point for payment for collection from the house.

         3.   Special promos for prestige and platinum card like:

              1.  Dinner for two at a select restaurant

              2. GC for new purchases

              3. Priority when there are promo items 

          The above will be managed overseen by:

j          SAA at 3ffb

           Third CSS (who is a true and dedicated CSS for customer service/CRM

         For Majorem Lending:

        1.   All good paying buyers of Holy Gardens will be issued Majorem EZ Credit Access Cards that will be pre approved, upon proper meticulous credit checking.

        2.  The card shall have maturity of 3 years

       3.  The card will be sent to the residences of the buyers and will be activated when they agree to the terms and conditions of the EZ credit access card:

        (in addition to the general conditions of the card)

        1. That they can get up to 70% of the NLP (current market value) of the plot they purchased)

        2.  That they would sign the necessary docs when they avail of the credit;

       3.  The interest rate shall be prevailing interest per month plus 4% monthly penalty compounded

        THE CARD SYSTEM WILL BE OUTSOURCED PROVIDED THE TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT INCLUDING THE REWARDS POINTS SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN 3% OF THE ME.

       2.   CUSTOMER LOUNGE

       We shall construct, as we build the new office of Calamba a space for customer lounge which could be 40 to 50 square meters.  Its features;

      1.  Carpeted

      2.  Well lighted (soft lighting)

      3. Well appointed interior design

      4.  With reading materials:  magazines and newspaper 

      5.  Soft music

      6.  Hotel standards CR

      7.  Free coffee, tea or even soft drinks  and food servers to boot

       For Pangasinan, we can have one of the chapels temporarily, or have an area in the crematorium for the lounge., 

     3.  Additional personnel


          1.  The SAA

               This is in addition to the current records assistant:

                The responsibilities:

              1.  Supervision of records receipt, checking, signature and delivery to the customer within 7 days, with estate management, health tips brochures hand outs/manual, promos, vitamins and other goodies

              2. Repeat sales

             3.  Recruitment and training and sales directors/sellers including their SEAD and making sure that their com are paid ASAP

            4. Resolving customer complaints asap, on:   missing undelivered docs, lousy interments

            5.  Making sure that the card system works well

            6.  Crafting events and promos, sales campaign for the SBUS

           7.  Coordinating sales target achievement across the board:   holy gardens, destiny, and Majorem Lending

           2. Additional CSS (the third CSS at the SBU)

              
          CSS 1 Interments

          1.  In charge of interment:   the IA and interment checklist

         2.  IF replenishment

         3.  FOFF and Obits 

         4.  Tributes and their uploads to the proper blog and website

         5.  Inc charge of the collection  issuance of OR 

         6.  Proper accomplishment of PPA and pouching to the 3rd
              custody of OR and PPA

        7. In charge of the master file together with SFC

CSS II   Sales and Marketing

              For sales and marketing purposes at the SBU:

             1.  Reports on DPMS from the  office personnel and the sellers

             2.  In charge of recruitment and training of additional sellers at the SBU

            3.  Sales and collection report 

           4.   In charge of deposit of funds to the bank



        CSS 3   Customer Service

        1.  In charge of rewards system and  delivery  of cards and attending problems thereof

        2.   In charge of lounge or about to be made lounge

        3.   In charge of social media posting:   blogs and facebook

        4.  Regular posting at best pictures and Kaizen report

        5.  In charge of QR code (to be coordinated with CSS 1)

        6. In charge of free wifi at the site.

        7. In charge of birthday greetings for the customer, remembrance of the birthday of the deceased, posting the same at the display board, 40th day and death anniversary

        8. Shall be in charge of leaflets, tarps, custody safekeeping and inventory of promo items

For compliance.  Inform me of your action plans and programs

         



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