1 - Marketing Flashcards

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definition of marketing

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process by which companies:

  • create value for customers
  • build strong customer relationships

in order to capture value from customers in return

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two fold marketing goal

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attract new customers by promising superior value

grow current customers by providing satisfaction

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marketing process

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1 - understand the marketplace and customer’s wants and needs

2 - design customer value-driven marketing strategy

3 -prepare an integrated marketing plan that delivers superior value

4 - build profitable relationships

5 - company reaps the rewards of strong customer relationships

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why is creating value for customers important?

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by creating value for customers, they in return capture value from consumers in the form of:

  • sales
  • profits
  • long-term customer equity
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market offerings

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combinations of products, services, information, or experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want

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marketing myopia

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focusing only on existing wants and losing sight of underlying consumer needs

  • not looking into the future
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marketing myopia examples of failure and success

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failure = Kodak film company
- didn’t see Sony as a potential competitor

success = Coca Cola
- diversification into the bottled water market

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customer expectations

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formed according to satisfaction obtained from market offerings

  • customers will buy accordingly
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market segmentation (+ approaches)

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dividing the markets into segments of customers w/ different needs and behaviours

approaches:

  • geographical
  • demographic
  • behavioural
  • psychographic
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market targeting

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process of evaluating each market segment and selecting one or more segments to enter

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market positioning

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arranging for a product to occupy a distinctive place relative to competing products in the minds of customers

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value proposition

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set of benefits/values it promises to deliver to customers to satisfy their needs

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13
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marketing management orientations (5)

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production concept
product concept
selling concept 
marketing concept
social marketing concept
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production concept

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consumers will favor products that are available and affordable (eg. Primark)

  • management will lean towards economies of scale
  • can lead to marketing myopia.
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product concept

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consumers favor products that offer the most quality & performance (eg. apple, microsoft)

  • focus is on continuous product improvements
  • can lead to marketing myopia
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selling concept

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consumers will only buy if the firm undertakes a large-scale selling and promotion effort (eg. Avon)

  • focus is on making transactions, not customer relationships
  • usual with unsought goods.
17
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marketing concept

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know the needs and wants of the target markets and deliver the desired satisfactions better than competitors (eg. Nike, Samsung)

  • customer-centered
18
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social marketing concept

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marketing decisions consider consumers’ wants, company requirements, consumers’/society’s long run interests (eg. Google, Tesla)

  • calls for sustainable marketing
  • realising societal needs are shaping markets
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inside-out perspective

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used by selling concept

  • aim is to sell what the company makes rather than what the customer wants
  • cost determines price
  • converts product into cash
  • fragmented selling approach
  • buyer beware principle
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outside-out perspective

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used by marketing concept

  • focuses on satisfying customer’s needs as a path to profits
  • customers determine price -> price determines cost
  • converts customer’s needs into products
  • integrated marketing approach
  • seller beware principle
21
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marketing mix

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set of tools the firm uses to implement its marketing strategy

tools: 4 Ps
- price
- place
- promotion
- product

22
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integrated marketing program

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communicates + delivers the intended value to chosen customer

23
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customer relationship management

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process of building and maintaining profitable customer relationships

  • aims to manage customer touchpoint to maximize customers’ loyalty
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customer’s satisfaction

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extent to which perceived performance matches a buyer’s expectations

25
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customer relationship levels

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basic relationship - a company with many low-margin customers may seek to develop basic relationships with them

full partnership - in markets with few customers and high margins, sellers want to create full partnerships with key customers

frequency (club) marketing programs - reward customers

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consumer-generated marketing

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brand exchanges created by consumers themselves (both invited and uninvited)

27
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partner relationship management

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involves working closely with partners in other company departments and outside the company

  • as important as CSR
28
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customer lifetime value

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value of purchases that the customer would make over a lifetime of patronage

29
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Share of customers

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portion of customer’s spending that a company gets in its product categories

30
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how can companies increase share of customers?

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  • offer greater variety to current customers

- create programs to cross-sell + up-sell products/services

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customer equity

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total customer lifetime values of all of the company’s customers

  • measure of future value
  • might be a better way to measure performance than current sales or market share. Whereas sales reflect the past, customer equity suggests future
32
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customer relationship groups (grid)

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Strangers – low potential profitability and little projected loyalty

Butterflies – potentially profitable but not loyal

Barnacles – highly loyal but not very profitable

True friends – both profitable and loyal

33
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changing marketing landscape

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non-profit organizations

rapid globalization - global competition

sustainable marketing

34
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core marketplace concepts (5)

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  • needs + wants + demands
  • market offerings
  • customer value and satisfaction
  • exchange and relationships
  • markets