Sunday, December 14, 2008
Peppered Steak With 5 Star Gourmet Steak Sauce recipe
YOU'LL NEED
SAUCE
½ diced tomato
some salt
some pepper
1 tablespoon dry sherry
2/3 cups tomato sauce
1/3 cups water
2 teaspoons paprika
some oil
PEPPERED STEAK
1 large rump steak, cut in half
4 tablespoons crushed peppercorn
1 egg
some fresh parsley
Instructions
Place the oil in the bottom of a saucepan.
Cook the diced tomatoes in saucepan on low heat.
Continually stir them.
Add pepper and salt early on in the cooking of the tomatoes.
When the tomatoes are nearly cooked add the dry sherry.
Now leave the tomatoes for 1 min so that all the sherry is absorbed in the tomatoes.
Add the tomato sauce and stir in and then add the paprika.
Add the water slowly so that the thickness is what you desire.
Serve on top of steak or as part of a fancy dish.
PEPPERED STEAK:
Beat the egg so that the yolk is blended in with the white.
Dip the steak piece by piece into the egg.
Then cover the steak with the peppercorns.
Place the steak onto high heat for 30 seconds each side and then reduce heat and cook until it is how you like it.
Once cooked place on a plate.
Generously pour the sauce over the steak and garnish with a bit of fresh parsley.
Serve and enjoy.
(http://www.dishbase.com/recipe/peppered-steak-with-5-star-gourmet-steak-sauce/)
Managing new-product development
The new-product development process highlights the important activities needed to find, develop, and introduce new products. However, new-product development involves more than just going through a set of steps. companies must take a holistic approach to managing this process. Successful new-product development requires a customer-centered, team-based, and systematic effort. "(Kotler, Marketing an introduction, Ch.8, Pg.242)
Idea screening
The purpose of idea generation is to create a large number of ideas. The purpose of the succeeding stages is to reduce that number. The first idea-reducing stage is idea sreening, which helps spot good ideas and drop poor ones as soon as possible. Product development costs rise greatly in later stages, so the company wants to go ahead only with the poduct ideas that will turn into profitable products. "(Kotler, Marketing an introduction, Ch.8, Pg.236)
Levels of product and services
Product planners need to think about products and services on three levels. Each level adds more customer value. The most basic level is the core customer value, which addresses the question What is the buyer really buying? When designing products, marketers must first define the core problem-solving benefits or services that consumers seek. "(Kotler, Marketing an introduction, Ch.7, Pg.200)
Products, Services, and Experiences
Product is a key element in the overall market offering. Marketing-mix planning begins with building an offering that brings value to target customers. This offering becomes athe basis upon which the company builds profitable customer relationships. "(Kotler, Marketing an introduction, Ch.7, Pg.199)
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Selecting target market segments
After evaluating different segments, the company must now decide which and how many segments it will target. A target market consists of a set of buyers who share common needs of characteristics that the company decides to serve. Market targeting can be carried out at several different levels. Companies can target very broadly (undiffereniated marketing), very narrowly (micromarketing), or somewhere in between (differenteated or concentrated marketing). "(Kotler, Marketing an introduction, Ch.6, Pg.177)
Friday, December 12, 2008
Segmenting Consumer Markets
There is no single way to segment a market. A marketer must try different segmentation variables, alone and in combination, to find the best way to view athe market structure. Here we look at the major giographic, demographic, psychographic, and behavioral variables. "(Kotler, Marketing an introduction, Ch.6, Pg.168)
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