{"id":2374,"date":"2026-04-14T15:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thrwa.org\/courses\/marketing-foundations-from-customer-insight-to-market-impact\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:05:27","slug":"marketing-foundations-from-customer-insight-to-market-impact","status":"publish","type":"courses","link":"https:\/\/thrwa.org\/en\/courses\/marketing-foundations-from-customer-insight-to-market-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Marketing Foundations: From Customer Insight to Market Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Course Introduction\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>This Training course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0equips professionals with the essential marketing foundation required to compete in modern, customer-driven markets.\u00a0<\/span><b>This Training course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is designed to help you move beyond \u201cideas\u201d and build a disciplined marketing approach grounded in customer insight, value creation, and measurable outcomes. You will learn how marketing works as an end-to-end management system\u2014linking market research, segmentation, targeting, and positioning to the marketing mix, brand building, and campaign execution. The programme is highly practical: participants will work with real-world examples to translate concepts into decisions, including selecting priority customer segments, designing a clear value proposition, setting pricing logic, choosing channels, and defining performance indicators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the end, you will be able to structure a marketing plan with confidence, align marketing activity with business goals, and communicate marketing decisions clearly to stakeholders across the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>This training course will highlight:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Customer insight and market research fundamentals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Segmentation, targeting, and positioning (STP) for clarity and focus<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The marketing mix (4Ps\/7Ps) and decision trade-offs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brand fundamentals and value proposition design<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Course Objectives\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of this training course, you will learn to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Analyse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0markets using core frameworks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Segment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0customers and select targets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Develop<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0positioning and value propositions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Apply<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0marketing mix decisions effectively<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Measure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0outcomes using key metrics\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Outline (5 Days)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Day One: Core Marketing Concepts and Market Orientation<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marketing\u2019s role in organizational strategy and value creation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The marketing process: insight \u2192 strategy \u2192 execution \u2192 measurement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Understanding customers: needs, jobs-to-be-done, decision journeys<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Market orientation vs. product orientation (implications and risks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduction to marketing research: qualitative vs. quantitative<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basics of competitor analysis and industry scanning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marketing ethics and responsible messaging<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mini-application: define a market problem statement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Day Two: Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning (STP)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why segmentation matters: focus, efficiency, and differentiation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Segmentation bases: demographic, psychographic, behavioral, B2B firmographic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Targeting strategies: niche, differentiated, concentrated, mass<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Positioning fundamentals: relevance, distinctiveness, credibility<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span 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