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What’s in it for them?  \nWhat are the benefits & features of your product?  \n Price: Set prices to strategically accomplish business goals, while remaining sensitive to customer motivations.  \n• Cost based: cover your expenses  \n• Going rate: follow the market leader  \n• Image pricing: your product is exclusive  \n• Service pricing: your product is convenient  \n• Slow entry: work toward building customer loyalty  \n• Loss leaders: work on generating traffic by setting pricing low  Place: Determine most effective way to get your product to customer  \n• Shipping, electronic transfer, personal delivery, retail, etc.  \n Promotion: Determine promotional tools based on what your target customers hear and see…radio, TV, print, etc…  \n• Publicity: news releases, success stories, organization memberships, community events  \n• Advertising: electronic media (radio, TV, Internet, Email) versus print media (newspaper, magazine, brochure, direct mail, newsletters, letterhead, business cards)  \n4. 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