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Intangibility
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7 Ps Of Service Marketing
Product
Price
Place
Promotion
People
Physical evidence
Process
OTHER PEOPLE ARE OFTEN PART OF THE PRODUCT: people who serve the
customers, audience in sports stadium etc.
CLASSIFICATION OF SERVICES
PEOPLE PROCESSING: here the presence of people for availing
services are very important. They should be prepared to spend time
interacting and actively cooperating with the service provider.
POSSESSION PROCESSING: often, customers ask a service
organizations to provide treatment to a physical possessions which
could be anything from a house to a computer or even a dog.
MENTAL STIMULUS PROCESSING: services that interact with peoples
mind including education, news and information, professional advice,
psychotherapy, entertainment and certain religious practices. Anything
touching peoples mind has the power to shape attitudes and influence
behavior.
INFORMATION PROCESSING: information is the most intangible form
of service output but may be transferred into more enduring and
tangible forms like books, tapes or disks