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7Ps of Marketing
Bernard Booms and Mary Jo Bitner's 1981 extension of the 4Ps for services, adding People, Process and Physical Evidence.
By Brandon Mina·CEO, BrandPilot AI·Updated November 2026
Short answer
The 7Ps of marketing is a framework that extends the original 4Ps of product, price, place, and promotion with people, process, and physical evidence. Proposed by Bernard Booms and Mary Jo Bitner in 1981 for services marketing, it reflects that service quality depends on staff, delivery systems, and tangible cues customers use to judge intangible offerings.