Objetivo: Establecer el grado de conocimiento de las enfermeras(os) saltillenses sobre la mercadotecnia sanitaria y determinar los niveles de aplicabilidad en su ejercicio profesional. Materiales y métodos: Estudio exploratorio cuantitativo transversal, aplicando un instrumento a 100 enfermeras(os). Se utiliza un instrumento usado por Priego-Álvarez en un estudio similar en Tabasco, México. Se realiza un análisis comparativo en porcentajes de las respuestas con el programa de IBM SPSS y análisis de Ji cuadrada de Pearson. Resultados: Un porcentaje importante de las enfermeras(os) entrevistadas conoce y aplica los conceptos de mercadotecnia en la práctica de su profesión. Conclusiones: La aplicación de la mercadotecnia en el ejercicio profesional de la enfermería tiende a ser limitado pues la mayoría se considera otorgadora de cuidados.

Brand management is a relatively new topic in marketing literature and it is considered by several researchers, academics and professionals, as one of the most important business strategies that allow not only a significant growth of the business performance of small enterprises, but also their continuity in the market where they participate. Similarly, brand management has also been analyzed and discussed at the core of enterprises and there are relatively few investigations that focus on small enterprises, and there are even less researches carried out in developing countries. For these reasons, the main goal of this empirical research is the analysis and discussion of the effects of brand management on the level of business performance in small enterprises, by using a sample of 300 small firms and by implementing a model of structural equations of second order, that can provide a deeper understanding of the current relation between brand management and business performance. The results obtained show that brand management has a positive and significant in the level of business performance in small enterprises.