ABSTRACT
Marketing strategies have been the effective tool available for organization in achieving the marketing goals and objectives. It serves as a determinant for a product movement along the product life cycle curve (Product Life Cycle ). Telecommunication industries is not left out, an attempts is made to evaluate the extend to which the effect of marketing strategies on a product life cycle is applied by MTN Nigeria Kaduna mobile phone service providers. The method used for data collection was structured questionnaire. The randomly selected size of (20) out of a estimated population of twenty five (25) management staff and eighty out of a population of one hundred customer/distributors were used for the research work. The data collected were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted using simple percentage method for easy comprehension. Hypothesis was developed and put into test, thus: Ho: Application of marketing strategies of MTN Nigeria does not have any significant effect on the product life cycle. H1: Application of marketing strategies of MTN Nigeria have a significant effect on the product life cycle. After the proof of the above hypothesis, the alternate hypothesis was accepted, while the null hypothesis was rejected. The study conclusively found that MTN Nigeria (Kaduna) applies marketing strategies in its marketing operation while it observe its product life cycle curve, even though the effectiveness of the marketing strategies have not been fully maximized due largely to some constraint that come from both the internal and the external factors. It is thus recommended that for the company to improve on its current marketing share through the application of marketing strategies it has to urgently improve the quality of its service to the subscribers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of Study
1.2 Statement of Problems
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Research Question
1.5 Research Hypothesis
1.6 Scope of Study
1.7 Significance of study
1.8 Limitation of study
1.9 Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature Review
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Research methodology
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Population of study
3.3 Sampling Design and Procedure
3.4 Data Collection Instrument
3.5 Administration of Data Collection Instrument
3.6 Methods of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Data Presentation and Analysis
4.1 Data Presentation
4.2 Test of Hypothesis
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
5.1 Summary
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendation
References
Questionnaire