Identification of the importance of both external and internal marketing factors

International marketing is a crucial for an organization which is planning to expand its business across the world. In this era of globalization, every business organization is working on enhancing its business in the international market. Expansion of business in the international market not only results in increment of the amount of consumers in an organization but also enhances the revenue of the company eventually. However, before an company decides to go international and offer its products to a completely new market, every organization should perform adequate research to understand the potentiality of the chosen foreign market. An organization must conduct research to analyze the political, legal, economic and environmental structure of the market. Apart from that, a company needs to understand the potentiality and popularity of the existing competitors in that particular market (Solomon et al. 2014). Analyzing all the above mentioned factor will help the company to decide if the company has the potentiality to expand in the chosen global market. Besides conducting external analysis, a company needs to conduct internal analysis to understand its strengths weaknesses and potential threats that will impose impact on the company while expanding its business in the international market. Conduction of internal analysis also helps an organization to understand the opportunities that will help the organization to overcome its weakness and expand in the international market.

In order to conduct external and internal market analysis, it is very crucial to perform market auditing (Czinkota and Ronkainen 2013). The Marketing audit may be defined as the comprehensive, systematic, evaluation, analysis and interpretation of the international market environment. It includes analysis of external and internal market, evolution of goals, strategies, principles in order to access the problematic areas, opportunities along with recommendation of an action plan in order to enhance the company’s marketing performance. International marketing audits chiefly involves the following internal and external parameters:

Internal Parameters

 The Internal parameters of International Market Auditing involve Marketing mix, labors, marketing team, machines and investment. In order to conduct internal auditing, an organization needs to inspect its current operations and processes like profits, costs, sales and others. This helps the company to know about the existing loopholes which in turn helps the company to develop strategies to close it (Armstrong 2015). Therefore internal parameters of Market auditing help an organization to identify and overcome its shortcomings.

In order to conduct internal market analysis, the SWOT analysis model can be used. SWOT Model is basically a marketing tool which is used to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an organization (Srdjevic, Bajcetic and Srdjevic 2012). While strengths and weaknesses are the internal factors of the company which can be controlled by the company itself, opportunities of a particular organization in the international market are determined by certain external factors.

Evaluation and justification of the factors in context of the Burger makers

The second marketing tool that can be used for internal analysis is the Marketing Mix Model. The Marketing mix is a crucial tool that helps the management of an organization to understand what the service or product can offer to the consumer of the international market. It also helps to management to plan for a successful product offering. The above mentioned tool is commonly executed with the help of 4P’s of marketing namely, Price, Product, Promotion and Place.

External Parameter

 The external marketing audit includes positioning, segmentation, buying behavior, consumer believes of the chosen international market. In external audit the above mentioned factors are being assessed and detailed reports are generated. Apart from this factors, the competitive environment a well as the economic environment of the specific market are also analyzed.  In order to access these external factors, a common marketing tool known as the PESTLE model can be used. Besides that, in order to access the degree of competition in the market, Porter’s five forces model can be used (Yüksel 2012). While PESTLE Analysis is comprised of analysis of the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Economic factors of the chosen international market, Porter’s 5 forces Model majorly access threats from the substitution products, power of the suppliers, power of the buyers and threats from the new entrances in the chosen international market.

Singapore is considered to be one of the most developed food market in Asia. The fast food market of Singapore is continuously growing. According to marketing statistics, the fast food market value of Singapore in 2017 is approximately 1.16 billion U.S. dollar which is a huge amount compared to the other fast food  markets of Asia (Gordon 2012). Therefore it can be clearly understood that the decision of Burger Makers to expand its business to Singapore is justified. Considering the fact that Burger Makers is approaching the fast food market of Singapore it is crucial for the company to conduct the above mentioned external and internal analysis to understand the fast food market of Singapore and develop marketing strategies to ensure prosperity in the chosen fast food market.

External market analysis of Burger Makers

In order to understand the political, economic, social, technological, legal and economic factors of the chosen international market, the management of Burger Makers should conduct PESTLE Analysis of the fast food industry of Singapore.

Political Analysis

Political analysis involves governmental policies, laws and regulations of the country which imposes an effect on the business organizations of that specific country. Considering the fact that Singapore is a bureaucratic as well as a democratic nation, the political condition of the country is highly stable. In order to expand its business in the Singapore, Burger Makers must abide by the tax, food safety and health related regulations of Singapore.

External market analysis of Burger Makers

Economic Analysis

Being a highly developed country, the economic condition of the fast food consumers in Singapore is stable. Besides that, being a famous tourist spot, Singapore can be considered as a potential market for fast food industry.

Social Analysis

Considering the fact that citizens of Singapore are getting more and more inclined towards healthy life style, Burger Maker should incorporate fast food products consisting of healthy ingredients in its menu list. Besides that, as fast food business is highly affected by the local taste and preferences, the mentioned company should incorporate local preferences in its menu list. Since the life style of the Singaporean citizens is fast, fast food products are preferred in Singapore due to its quick and easy deliverance (Baker and Saren 2016).

Technological Analysis

Being a technologically advanced country, Singapore remains up-to-date with the latest technologies. This will help the Burger Makers to maintain the quality and service of their product equal in every outlets along with fast deliverance of the products. It also ensure both online and offline advertisement of the Company.

Legal Analysis

Singapore has strict health laws that affect the fast food industries of Singapore. Besides that, the country has several labor laws which must be abided by the burger makers to establish a successful business in the country.

Being a developed country, Singapore imposes several laws to maintain the cleanliness and environmental safety of the country. Therefore in addition to the above mentioned laws, the Burger Makers must abide by the environmental law to establish its business in Singapore.

In order to understand the degree of competition in the Singaporean industry, Porter five forces analysis have been conducted bellow:

Bargaining power of the Buyers	Since a lot of fast food brands are present in the Singaporean market, the power of the consumers is pretty high in Singapore (Dobbs  2014).
Bargaining power of the suppliers	Considering the fact that the chief ingredients of the fast food industry are readily available in the Singaporean market, the power of the supplier is pretty low there
Threat of substitute products	Considering the fact that consumers are inclined towards healthy foods, the threat of substitute products is high for Singaporean fast food industry.
Competitive rivalry	Since a huge number of fast food companies are present in Singapore, a high amount of rivalry is present between the existing fast-food brands.
Threat from new entrance	Due to high amount of entry cost in the fast food industry and the high competition, the threat of new entrants is low in Singaporean market.

Table 1: Porters Five forces Analysis of Burger Makers

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Internal analysis of Burger Makers

In order to understand and solve the loopholes of its management and develop strategies to expand in business in the fast food market of Singapore, 4P marketing mix and SWOT analysis of Burger Makers has been performed bellow:

4P Marketing Mix of Burger makers

Product	Place	Price	Promotion
Considering the fact that Burger Makers is going to establish business in a country where the consumers are inclined towards a healthy lifestyle, the company should incorporate healthy products like brown rice and spinaches in its fast food products.	The Burger makers should take the advantage of both online as well as the offline marketing in Singapore.	Being a new entry in the highly competitive market of Singapore, the company should set its price range cheaper than its existing competitors without affecting the quality of the product to attract consumers.	Considering the fact that the country is technologically advanced, Burger Makers should promote its product through social media, television, hoardings and magazines.

Table 2: 4P Marketing Mix of Burger makers

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SWOT Analysis of Burger Makers

Strengths	Weaknesses	Opportunities	Threats
· The quality of the burgers and French fries of the Company really good. · The company provides a good number of variations of burgers to choose from. · The prices of the products are much cheaper with respect to its quality.	· Being a local company of Jordan, the company doesn’t have brand equity (Whitton et al.  2014). · Being a new entry in the fast food market of Singapore, the company will have low consumer loyalty. · The company needs to bring new items in the menu list to cope up with its consumers in the international market.	· Burger Makers can increase its menu list by incorporating healthy products in its menu list along with adding more fast-food products in its menu list. · The company can enhance consumer loyalty and brand equity by selling quality food product in a much cheaper rate.	· The competitive pressure in the fast food industry in Singapore is high. Some of the major competitors of the company are Burger King, KFC and McDonalds. · Another major threat for the company is the inclination of the citizens towards healthy lifestyle.

Table 3: SWOT Analysis of Burger Makers

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Strategic planning of International Marketing Communications campaigns

International Marketing communication campaigns, also known as advertising campaigns can be defined as  actions and activities which are performed by the management of a certain in order to promote a particular product or service in the international market. The mentioned campaign is done by spreading a particular massage through various promotional media that include print media, television, internet and others (Same and Larimo 2012). The strategic plan for marketing communication campaigns are designed in a step by step order. Internal marketing Campaigns are not just about advertising the product or the company butt it includes tactics, exhibitions and various other techniques to make the consumers of the chosen international market aware of the product or the organization.

Political Analysis

In order to plan an effective strategy of marketing communication in International market factors like cultural issues of the chosen international market, media choice for promotion of the business should be considered. Other factors that required to be considered while conduction a international marketing communication includes the following factors:

• Level of literacy of the consumers of the chosen market
• The diversity or similarity of religion, morality, beliefs, values and mortality of the targeted International market
• The economical status of the consumers in the chosen market.
• The work ethics of the employees of the chosen international market.
• Finally the role of the family members of the consumers should be taken to account.

An effective international communication model that can be used by an organization to develop International market communication strategies is the Marketing communication mix model. It is a specific mix of personal selling, advertising, sales promotion, public relation and direct marketing that an organisation uses to pursue its marketing and advertising objectives. While advertising can be conducted through any paid form of presentation, promotion of ideas, services or goods by a specific sponsor, personal selling refers to personal presentation by the organization’s sales force in order to serve the purpose of selling products and building effective company-consumer relationship. Sales promotion refers to a short term incentive that encourages the sell or purchase of any product or services (Berthon et al. 2012). Building good relationship with the consumers helps an organisation to build a good corporate image that eventually results in increment in consumer loyalty. Finally, by direct marketing, an organisation targets specific consumers to cultivate consumer-company relationship and obtain immediate consumer response.

Considering the fact that Burger Makers Company is approaching the Singaporean fast food market, it is really crucial for the company to plan an effective prelaunch campaign to successfully attract the attention of the fast food consumers of Singapore (Catherine Henderson 2014). Considering the fact that Singapore is highly advanced technologically, the mentioned company will be able to conduct both online and offline campaigns.

The first step of conducting a pre-launch campaign by Burger Maker Company should involve creation of an effective landing page with special offers like free appetizer or a bye one get one free deal. Such offers will not only attract the consumers but will also ensure the promotion of the company. The landing page of the company should also contain an official video featuring the special range of fast foods items offered by the company. Apart from offering traditional fast food like McDonalds and Subway, Burger Makers should also feature conventional Jordanian fast foods like Shawarma in order to offer the fast food consumers of Singapore unique taste of Arab. Besides that, the landing page of the company should have detailed information about the nutrition values of the ingredients used in manufacturing the fast food items. This strategy will attract the health conscious consumers of Singapore. When it comes to promote the company through its launching page, visual appeal is something which shall not be compromised with. According to researchers, it is very crucial for organizations to create a visually attractive landing page since consumers will not spent more than 50 milliseconds to decide whether they are interested in the offerings made by the company or not (Kirby 2012). Therefore Burger Makers shall include catchy headlines, attractive image, fun and attractive videos along with prominent call-to-actions to engage the visitors of the official page.

Economic Analysis

The next step of international pre-launch campaign of the Burger Makers Company should involve promotion of its products by conducting a social media campaign in popular social media cites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Starting an online campaign through social media will not only help the management of the company to understand the requirements of the Singaporean consumers, it will also ensure formation and maintenance of a good consumer-company relationship. This strategy shall impose both short term and long term positive aspects on the company. While the short term benefits will involve promotion of the fast food items of the company through social media along with enhancement of the sales of the company, the long term benefits will involves enhancement of the brand equity and consumer loyalty of Berger Maker in the fast food industry of Singapore.

Considering the fact that the chief target consumers of the company are individual of age ranging from 10 to 50 years, it can be clearly understood that the only way to understand the interest and attract this huge range of consumer are to create powerful content and stir interesting conversation, According to statistics, businesses which are able to develop effective content marketing tactics, enjoys approximately 7.5 times more traffic compared to businesses which are not availing this facility (Rekhy and McConchie 2014). Therefore, Burger Makers Company should engage professionals to create interesting contents and communicate effectively with the consumers to develop effective consumer-company relationship.

The third step of the pre-launch campaign will involve offline promotion campaigning by the Burger Makers Company. This promotional strategy shall involve surveys and competition which will be conducted among the fast food consumers of Singapore. In order to encourage Singaporean citizens to participate in the campaign, Burger Makers can offer gift coupons and free restaurant passes to the participants. This strategy will not only let the Singaporean consumer know about the existence of the company, it will also ensure immediate promotion of the Burger Makers company (Kapferer 2012).

In addition to this, the company needs to make funny and attractive advertisement videos since these types of videos goes viral in social media in very less amount of time. One of the chief strategies of Burger Makers Company while composing a video shall be to redirect the consumers to its landing page. In order to promote its products and encourage consumers to visit the landing page of the Burgers Makers, the company can follow the pre launch campaign strategy of McDonalds. McDonald’s landing page went viral since it offered its visitors in exchange of referring to friends and family. The Burger Makers can also implement this strategy since these types of reward-based tactics are highly common in all successful pre launch campaigns. The major advantage of this reward-based tactic is that these tactics are financially feasible and are capable of fetching immediate popularity.

Social Analysis

The next step of pre-launch campaign shall involve advertisement of the company with the help of hoardings and posters throughout the country (Rice and Atkin 2012). The advertisement slogan ‘Health with Taste’ shall put emphasis on the cheap price and high quality fast food items offered by the Burger Makers Company. The advertisement should also highlight the healthy meals offered by the company. This strategy will not only create awareness about the company among the fast food consumers of Singapore, it will also attract health conscious individuals since the one of the chief mottos of the company is to offer health with taste.

Conclusion

From the above report, it can be concluded that, Singapore is a highly potential market to establish fast food business by the burger maker company. In order to gain success in the Singaporean fast food industry, Burger Makers should implement the above mentioned strategies to analyze the Singaporean market in detail. Finally by implementing the pre-launch Campaigning strategy, the company will be able to attract the Singaporean consumers and gain prosperity.

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