This book provides guidelines on what should constitute marketing in an engineering environment and how its various aspects can be tackled from a practical standpoint. It is particularly relevant to those aspiring to positions in general management and fills an important gap in the training of professional engineers.

Engineers face the constant challenge of informing the public and their potential users of their capabilities and the benefits that may be achieved from their services. Marketing Strategies for Engineers, another volume in the ASCE Engineering Management series, presents the process of affirmative marketing that will enable them to do this. It offers guidelines and methods for developing effective marketing strategies specifically for consulting engineers. The book also explains that the development of a successful marketing strategy takes a great deal of planning, while stressing the importance of dedicated client service and ethical conduct. Using examples, Marketing Strategies for Engineers explains that when a well designed marketing plan is executed properly, the results will be beneficial to the engineering firm, as well as the general public. Topics covered also include: marketing objectives, strategic planning and implementation of a plan, direct and indirect strategies, management and quality control, and engineering fees. References are also included.

With Gladden and Olitt's Marketing and Selling A/E and Other Engineering Services, architects/engineers, project managers, and consultants in small-, medium-, or large-size firms will be able to develop a marketing plan to fit their company's needs.

The 21st century business environment demands more analysis and rigor in marketing decision making. Increasingly, marketing decision making resembles design engineering-putting together concepts, data, analyses, and simulations to learn about the marketplace and to design effective marketing plans. While many view traditional marketing as art and some view it as science, the new marketing increasingly looks like engineering (that is, combining art and science to solve specific problems). Marketing Engineering is the systematic approach to harness data and knowledge to drive effective marketing decision making and implementation through a technology-enabled and model-supported decision process. (For more information on Excel-based models that support these concepts, visit DecisionPro.biz.) We have designed this book primarily for the business school student or marketing manager, who, with minimal background and technical training, must understand and employ the basic tools and models associated with Marketing Engineering. We offer an accessible overview of the most widely used marketing engineering concepts and tools and show how they drive the collection of the right data and information to perform the right analyses to make better marketing plans, better product designs, and better marketing decisions. What's New In the 2nd Edition While much has changed in the nearly five years since the first edition of Principles of Marketing Engineering was published, much has remained the same. Hence, we have not changed the basic structure or contents of the book. We have, however Updated the examples and references. Added new content on customer lifetime value and customer valuation methods. Added several new pricing models. Added new material on "reverse perceptual mapping" to describe some exciting enhancements to our Marketing Engineering for Excel software. Provided some new perspectives on the future of Marketing Engineering. Provided better alignment between the content of the text and both the software and cases available with Marketing Engineering for Excel 2.0.

Construction Business Development is the first book to provide an insight into business development strategies, tools and techniques in construction. This edited text combines academic research with the broad industrial experience of construction business development professionals and marketing consultants. It uses illustrations and case studies in addressing current and future challenges and opportunities in a highly competitive business environment. This practical book will help construction managers learn how to turn clients into loyal customers. * Practical help for client/contractor co-operation * Based on international case studies * Builds up into a Business Development Plan for construction companies

A complete guide to construction and engineering marketing that covers the whole field from establishing a marketing plan to pricing to product development. The authors offer many insiders' tips as well as sample forms, contracts, proposals, prequalification questionnaires, and brochures actually used in successful marketing programs. Includes excercise, problems, and assignments.