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Author:   R. David Whitby (Pathmaster Marketing Ltd., England)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032331461

ISBN 10:   1032331461
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   21 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction. 2. Fundamentals of Marketing and Selling. 3. Lubricant Marketing and Sales Channels. 4. Understanding Markets: Market Research. 5. Forecasting Lubricant Demand. 6. Retail Lubricants: Consumer Buying Behaviour. 7. Industrial Lubricants: Company Buying Behaviour. 8. Use of PR and Advertising Agencies for Effective Marketing. 9. Lubricant Market Communications. 10. Detailed Market Segmentation Methods. 11. Influence of Automotive Lubricant Packaging on Sales. 12. Marketing Inputs to New Lubricant Development. 13. Customer Support Services as a Marketing Aid for Lubricants. 14. Devising Lubricant Marketing and Selling Strategies. 15. Organisation for Effective Marketing and Selling. 16. Lubricant Pricing Policies. 17. Key Account Management. 18. Supply Chain Management. 19. Practical Sales Tactics for Lubricants. 20. “One-Stop-Shop” Solutions for Marketing Lubricants.

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David Whitby is Chief Executive of Pathmaster Marketing Ltd, a business development consultancy for the international downstream oil, gas and energy industries, which he founded in 1992. Pathmaster Marketing has advised clients in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, Russia, the US, Canada, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran, South Africa, Brazil, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia on business planning, business strategy, market development and technology commercialisation. Specialist sectors include lubricants, fuels, new energies and speciality chemicals. An Australian by birth, David began his career with British Petroleum, as a process chemist in a refinery in Western Australia. He worked for BP for 22 years in a number of management positions, including Marketing and Business Development Manager at Kalsep (an advanced separations company), Business Manager at BP Ventures, Project Leader for Industrial Lubricants at BP Research and Marketing Services Officer at Duckhams Oils. David was Programme Director for Lubricants Courses at the Oxford Princeton Programme and he ran the Advanced Lubrication Training Programme for the UK Lubricants Association. He has written numerous papers and articles on lubricants, has chaired and lectured to international conferences and directed over 120 training lubricants courses in more than 30 countries. He writes the bimonthly ""Worldwide"" column for Tribology and Lubrication Tribology, published by the US Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. In addition to running Pathmaster Marketing, David was Non-Executive Chairman of Microbial Solutions Ltd., a start-up from the University of Oxford, from 2007 to 2015, and a Non-Executive Director of the Sonic Development Company Ltd., from 1998 to 2003. His books ""Lubricant Blending and Quality Assurance"" and ""Lubricant Analysis and Condition Monitoring"" are published by CRC Press. David has lived in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom, for more than 38 years and is married with two daughters and four grandchildren.

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