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As an MBA Marketing candidate doing Project in a software company is one of the grand and
glorious opportunities in this wosrld of information technology where information technology is
spreading its wings by the nooks and corner not only in our country but also in the whole world
which makes the daily life of man and machine more efficient, accurate, easy and highly
productive.
Stepping in an IT Industry with a software company Microlucid Technology Pvt Ltd. Pune, and
dealing software and website and web application directly to the corporate world was a great
opportunity for me, where I learned the actual working of a software company. Which provided
me a beautiful biennial experience which ultimately going to help me in my future professional
career
I was located for the Pune region with the entire business responsibility as a Marketing
Relationship Officer dealing with the product from Two Thousand to Five Lakes Products range
after the training and under the guidance of company Manager. I was responsible from initiating
any business call and making follow up till the end to closing the deal and till the product and
services are to be delivered to the customer.
This project was totally based on customer oriented job which enabled me to make a direct call
and generate leads, some time to do telecalling for taking appointment and to meet with customer
and pitching them the product as per their requirement and persuade them at the level to buy the
same.
In this summer project I had to study customers decisions for the particular deal and their
response for the product. How to convince the customer, how they react when they come to
know about how they can increase their business by using MEGAKHOJ WEBSITE and
SOFTWARE. What they feel when they heard price and how they negotiate for that particular
deal.
REASON FOR SELECTING THE TOPIC
"Selling of Web Site server space and customized software to customers”. Understanding the
sales system of an organization helps in taking further steps in terms of market orientation and
objection handling. These issues help us adapt our strategies by taking the consumer into
consideration. For example, by understanding that a number of different messages compete for
our potential customers’ attention, we learn that to be effective, advertisements must usually be
repeated extensively. We also learn that consumers will sometimes be persuaded more by logical
arguments, but at other times will be persuaded more by emotional or symbolic appeals. By
understanding the consumer, we will be able to make a more informed decision as to which
strategy to employ.
While doing my training in MICROLUCID TEC. PVT. LTD. I found that it’s not only the
Quality and Price but there are various other aspects also which affect customer purchasing
decision. Such as marketing segmentation, targeted customers, provision for services etc.
OBJECTIVE
To increase customer awareness and promote Microlucid Tech. Pvt. Ltd. software and website to
prospect customers in Pune. Also to take orders of software and website designing from these
customers.
SUB- OBJECTIVES
To find out the factors that affect the buyers decision for adopting software
enlarging the Microlucid Technology Pvt.Ltd. Widening the its product and service in the Indian
Society:By direct marketing we had to create the prospects customers. We would be broadening
the scope of Microlucid Technology Pvt.Ltd. and also creating a need of website and software
solution among the people as a medium of service in office as well as business sector.
2. As DST of the company we had to sell the website on megakhoj and customzies software
solution for different businesss unit. Microlucid Technology Pvt. Ltd. and also to make
the survey in Business area to find out the prospect customer though there is cutthroats
important strategy that company has actively adopted. Therefore, we had to visit office to
office and approach the prospect customers who needs solution and want to come on
internet.
3. We had to understand the prospect’s need and persuade him to buy internet service from
different plans of service that suits according to his interest and requirement.
4. Keep in touch to ensure that changing plans are reflected in the city relating to tariff and
connection rents.
COMPANY PROFILE
website design & development, software re-engineering, IT consulting, Quality & Testing,
product development and worldwide offshore software outsourcing services. Microlucid team of
developers and consultants have many years of experience in delivering full "end to end"
solutions to meet client's requirements. There business model provides a comprehensive and very
At Microlucid, clients interest always come first then employees and finally stakeholders.
MISSION
Mission is to be most respected and successful IT solutions provider by maintaining the highest
VISION
Vision is to achieve highest level of customer satisfaction by having the industry’s most
There are many reasons why our service is reliable and superior compare with other companies
in the industry:
• Integrity: Highest ethical standards, honesty and fairness in every action that we take.
• Innovation: Innovation is the only key for ultimate success for us and our clients.
• Excellence: Passion to do our best in each moment to respond to our client’s needs.
• Leadership: It is the capacity to translate vision into reality and we believe in our
capacity.
• Endurance: Whatever
As part of the software development service, we can take full control of planning, design,
development methodology and tools based on full analysis of performance ratio for every critical
component of your business and suited for your specific needs in order to accomplish the project
Software development
As part of the software development service, they can take full control of planning, design,
They provide the solutions to their worldwide customers. They understand their business with
integrity and try to absorb depth of business by their requirements. Technical experts build a
peerless System architecture for your business and then whole team implements the best product
IT consulting services brings a wide variety of knowledge and skills combined with functional
and industry experience to serve the high-demanding consulting and strategy planning needs of
We help companies increase their overall performance by evaluating and managing your current
• System Administration
• Staffing Support
• Security Audits
• Data Modeling
• IT Planning
Quality testing
They are highly determined and committed to provide a comprehensive and cost-effective
software testing solutions. We offer robust software application and quality testing tools that help
IT outsourcing
They help companies to understand the benefits of outsourcing and guide how they too can start
reaping the benefits of outsourcing. We can help you get real benefits from IT outsourcing.
They evaluate your existing outsourcing management processes, standards and control
mechanism that helps you to develop robust procedures and quality standards for successful
outsourcing relationship.
• Database administration
• Desktop support
• Help desk
PRODUCTS
1) MEGAKHOJ
A city based advanced search engine designed for rich client experience and usage, to provide
Megakhoj will help you finding the information across the businesses, services, activities, events,
products etc in different mediums as text, image, video, flash etc.
All the businesses can be benefited by providing information on "megakhoj" and advertising
• Inform the world with all your activities, events and happenings.
2) BUILD PRO
An application specially designed for builders for managing their complete day to day
activities, transactions, queries, issues and all the other business activities
3) LIBRARY TECH
A desktop as well as web-based application for monitoring and managing all the functionality
related to a library. The web-based application also provides rich user interface and digital
library facilities by storing and publishing lecture videos and taps, video topic presentation and
4) PLACE ME
A Web-based placement cell application specially designed for colleges and institute for
managing placement activities with multi-faced interface for college/institute, students and
6) SMART ERP
A completely customizable solution in Client-Server based model for Enterprise
Resources Planning to full fill all the businesses requirement of small to large scale
7) INACT
applications.
8) SOLUTION
“Every problem has a solution; there is a need of Pathfinder”
enable our clients to make their businesses more responsive to market opportunities and
Microlucid manages all the business processes that improve the entire customer
termrevenues.
Microlucid solutions enable our clients to operate a real-time enterprise that dynamically
adapts changing business processes and the systems that support them to the changing
Education:
We provide the integrated software solution especially designed for education sector
which includes Admission System, Administrative system, Library Management System,
for total solution and compatibility with Surveillance as well as Biometrics Reports.
Manufacturing:
new products, and speed time-to-market and order-to-cash cycles – all while reducing
inventory and cost. We have the domain experience and the technological depth to
E-Commerce:
We provide the solutions to our worldwide customers. We understand their business with
integrity and try to absorb depth of business by their requirements. Our technical experts
build a peerless System architecture for your business and then whole team implements
Legal:
We have especially designed all the modules of LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing) and
two modules are already developed. Our Experienced system Architect has done research
in all the legal aspects for providing solution to the booming legal industry.
Healthcare:
Microlucid team is passionate about improving healthcare through the strategic use of
technology. By taking an integrated view of the healthcare industry, we help our clients
quickly address the demands of today's regulatory, rules, laws and competitive
environment.
Transportation:
Though the transportation and distribution world is a rapidly changing landscape marked
global trade makes logistics supply chains even longer and more dynamic, and customer
Utilities
The utilities industry, whether it s electric, gas or water, faces a new set of challenges.
Content. What a challenge! What a new way to connect with your audience! In today's
competitive landscape, you're challenged with finding ways to implement new business
models, create new customer relationships, and get more mileage out of your content.
Insurance
The insurance industry faces the battle for customers and the challenge togrowth
profitability in the ever changing and highly competitive insurance market. Microlucid
can provide solutions to different Insurers to track their customers and emphasize more
We have extensive experience in banking and finance domain and understand in and out
BEST PRACTICE
hand because all other activities are derived from the process. Each of the available
organizational, project and team considerations. Microlucid always consider each of the
technical environments.
Understanding fully what a project will deliver is critical to its success. This may sound
like common sense but surprisingly it's an area that is often given far too little attention.
requirements are broken up into two kinds: functional and non-functional. A good way to
document functional requirements is using Use Cases. Note that Use Cases are used for
characteristics of the application. It is important to gather them because they have a major
team handling high volumes of digital assets and activity requests coming from multiple
stakeholders.
easily expanded across all phases of the application development lifecycle, including IT
analysis and design, and testing and ASQ. The result is better visibility, increased
Choosing the appropriate architecture for your application is key. Mostly all the troubled
projects have incorporated bad designs and the development team did not apply well-known
industry architecture best practices. A good way to avoid this type of problem is to use
patterns and they range from the classic Gang of Four patterns, Java patterns, to EJB design
patterns. Sun's equivalent is the Core J2EE Patterns catalog. Many projects fail as discussed
in the introduction. The study of these failures has given rise to the concept of ant patterns.
They are valuable because they provide useful knowledge of what does not work, and why.
Even with a good architecture it is still possible to have a bad design. Many applications
are either over-designed or under-designed. The two basic principles here are "Keep it
Simple" and information hiding. For many projects, it is important to perform Object-
Oriented Analysis and Design using UML. There are many books on UML, but we
recommend UML User Guide and Applying UML and Patterns. Reuse is one of the great
promises of OO, but it is often unrealized because of the additional effort required to
create reusable assets. Code reuse is but one form of reuse and there are other kinds of
maintenance, and transfer of data within the system and between various systems within
This requires ensuring that data elements, reflecting the enterprises' functional and
accommodates the breadth of business activities performed. The team evaluates the type
provides an assessment that lays the foundation for an enterprise data architecture, which
supports the application development efforts and streamlines the design process.
Ensure quality from the start. Quality is not something that can be easily added later.
Problems that are too complex, too obscure, or are discovered too late in the product
cycle are usually not fixed. The following topics describe principles and procedures for
(often as peer review) of computer source code intended to find and fix mistakes
overlooked in the initial development phase, improving both the overall quality of
software and the developers' skills. Experience has shown that problems are eliminated
earlier this way and reviews are even more effective than testing. Any artifact from the
development process is reviewed, including plans, requirements, architecture, design,
code, and test cases. Peer reviews are helpful in trying to produce software quality at top
speed.
Most applications are enhancements of existing applications and migration of data has
lots of complexity involved. Data migration is necessary when a company upgrades its
database or system software, either from one version to another or from one program to
an entirely different program. Data migration from the existing data sources is usually a
major project by itself. Data migration has lots complexity and it always require a set of
in-depth experience to perform migration. The migration becomes complex as the new
application has better business rules and expects higher quality data. Improving of data
quality becomes challenging without compromising the actual contents. Data migration
typically has four phases: analysis of source data, extraction and transformation of data,
validation and repair of data, and use of data in the new program.
Testing is not an afterthought or cutback when the schedule gets tight. It is an integral
part of software development that needs to be planned. It is also important that testing is
done proactively; meaning that test cases are planned before coding starts, and test cases
are developed while the application is being designed and coded. There are also a number
Software defects are expensive. Moreover, the cost of finding and correcting defects
represents one of the most expensive software development activities. For the foreseeable
future, it will not be possible to eliminate defects. While defects may be inevitable, we
can minimize their number and impact on our projects. To do this development teams
catching defects as early in the process as possible, and minimizing the impact of defects.
that describes an enterprise's computer systems and networks, including all hardware and
software components. Such information typically includes the versions and updates that
have been applied to installed software packages and the locations and network addresses
system needs hardware or software upgrade, a computer technician can accesses the
configuration management program and database to see what is currently installed. The
technician can then make a more informed decision about the upgrade needed.
systems can be reviewed to make sure any changes made to one system do not adversely
21) Deployment
between them. Installing, setting up, testing and running are the steps of deployment.
Application Maintenance and Support has become the backbone of the business as any
problem into running application directly affect the revenue and divert the business to the
competitor. For a successful business, you must give importance to proper maintenance
about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. Project
management is a carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a specific set of
tasks. Project management includes developing a project plan, which includes defining
and confirming the project goals and objectives, identifying tasks and how goals will be
achieved, quantifying the resources needed, and determining budgets and timelines for
completion.
Project Evaluation is a step-by-step process for objectively assessing the success of the
A project evaluation checklist helps you evaluate your planned IT project objectively and
emphasis is put upon the project's alignment to business direction and priorities,
accountability, joint work with other departments, sharing resources, working according
4) Develo
5) Code Review
7) Testing (Beta)
9) Customer Support.
- Unit Testing
- System Testing
- Integration Testing
- Regression testing
- Acceptance Testing
In my OJT I had to improve myself by doing the responsible job in the well reputed company i.e.
Microlucid Technology Pvt. Ltd. as DST for the specified area viz Pune, under the valuable guidance
of company guide and faculty guide. I also went through a special training program in the company
about the product, industrial profile, company profile, present market Scenario and competitors market.
Therefore, as a salesperson I had to act for the company by performing one or more of the following
Objectives: The main aim of the on the job training is to accomplish the following objectives
To do market survey in residential area allotted by the company for creating awareness.
area.
4. Telecalling of 20 people every week for the selling of the megakhoj and customize software.
METHODOLOGY
To perform the above tasks I had to adopt and implement various marketing strategies. The objective of
the present job has been accomplished by conducting a systematic market survey. Market Survey is
based on the systematic design, collection, analysis, reporting of data and findings that are revolving to
Developing the survey plan: The present project is based on pure database information which can help
Collection and sources of data: Data gathering involves usage of both primary data and secondary data.
Analyze the collected information: This involves converting raw data into useful information. It
involves tabulation of data, using statistical measures on them for developing frequency distribution
Report research findings: This phase will mark the culmination of the marketing research effort
findings and experience will be used to propose recommendations to develop the sales plan for
Tataindicom Broadband.
Following methods were applied by me to achieve the targets and to complete my OJT:
Direct marketing has acquired an immense importance for today’s organizations. The project which I
have done, ‘Direct Marketing Programs at Microlucid Technology Pvt. Ltd. is a project, which explores
some of the Direct Marketing methods. As a management trainee worked in the company as DSTs, we
have to look for the prospective customer through programs such as:
SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths
Since the company is based in India & US its competitive advantage is enhanced. The Indian economy,
despite weak economic indicators such as relatively high rates of inflation, has low labor costs. The
workforce has relatively high skills levels in Information Technology. Couple these two elements
together and you have an operational basis that offers low-cost based highly skilled competitive
advantage.
Weaknesses
Despite being a huge IT company in relation to its Indian competitors, MICROLUCID is much smaller
Opportunities
There is a new emerging market for the customers of bottom of Pyramid in India.
Threats
India is not the only country that is undergoing rapid industrial expansion. Competitors may come from
countries such as China or Korea where there are large pools of low-cost labor, and developing
Customers may switch to other offshore service companies in other countries such as China or
Korea.Other global and big local players have realized that India has the benefit of low-cost, highly-
skilled labor that often speaks English and is culturally sensitive to Western practices.
METHODOLOGY USED
This research involved a study, which was descriptive as well as explorative in nature it basically aims
at gathering data about how the software company sale there product.
SOURCES OF DATA
Data Sources:
In my project, both primary and secondary data were equally important. Primary data are the data
freshly gathered for a specific purpose or for a specific research project. Secondary data are the data,
which already exist, and available from secondary sources, indirect sources. Collecting secondary data
is not a difficult affair where as collecting primary data is difficult, everything needs to be taken out
from source by applying different ways and means… While collecting data, I was very careful to be
There are few ways to collect primary data i.e. through observations, focusing on the group, through
surveys, behavioral data and questionnaires. I had mainly collected primary data through
SECONDARY DATA:
H.R Representatives.
But here, only field research method of data collection is preferred which is very suitable to
A. Personal interview:
required information.
SAMPLING METHOD\SIZE
II. Sampling product: Megakhoj (integrated web site) & customize software.
DATA ANALYSIS
The questionnaire is prepared keeping in mind all the areas of group dynamics, interpersonal relations
Design of questioner
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2) Which mode of advertisement are you used for your product/services?
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RECOMMENDATIONS
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CONCLUSION
After completing this research we come to know that marketing of software products are quite same as
marketing of other products. Marketing involves two dimensional picture, where marketing personnel
needs to relate with the customers and their needs. It also helped me to understand how to do marketing
of computer software and also the required needs of customers in the current software market. I also got
LEARNING
During my summer internship in Microlucid Technology Pvt Ltd. I learnt a lot from this project. This
project helped me to know how IT Company functions in the corporate world. I gained practical
knowledge like how to arrange customer data for making calls, how to segregate the data and also how
to make cold calls and how to speak and what to speak, I also learned how to close a deal.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
From Internet:
www.microlucid.com
www.justdial.com