The Social Marketing Concept.

In today's rapidly changing environment, there are numerous philosophies in marketing management that are profoundly analyzed and practiced. They are: the production concept, the product concept, the selling concept, the marketing concept and the social marketing concept (Kotler, Brown, Adam & Armstrong, 2001, p15). These concepts are used to perform tasks to achieve the desired exchanges with target markets. The societal marketing concept evolved in the period of mid to late 1960s due to shortages …

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