Services marketing is a form of marketing businesses that provide a service to their customers use to increase brand awareness and sales. Unlike product marketing, services marketing focuses on advertising intangible transactions that provide value to customers.The purpose of this study Material is to present an introduction to the subjects of ‘Marketing of Services’ for Management and Commerce students. The book contains the syllabus from basics of the subjects going into the intricacies of the subjects. All the concepts have been explained with relevant examples and diagrams to make it interesting for the readers.An attempt is made here by the authors to assist the students by way of providing Study Material as per the curriculum with non-commercial considerations. However, it is implicit that these are exam-oriented Study Material and students are advised to attend regular class room classes in the Institute and utilize reference books available in the library for In-depth knowledge.We owe to many websites and their free contents; we would like to specially acknowledge contents of website www.wikipedia.com and various authors whose writings formed the basis for this book. We acknowledge our thanks to them.At the end we would like to say that there is always a room for improvement in whatever we do. We would appreciate any suggestions regarding this study material from the readers so that the contents can be made more interesting and meaningful. Readers can email their queries and doubts to our authors on [email protected]. We shall be glad to help you immediately. Authors:Dr. Atul S. Charde I Dr. Mukul Burghate I Dr. Bharati Barapatre