17. marketing Basics Flashcards
Consumers who want or need a product/service
Potential Market
Those in the potential market who can afford to buy the product/service
Available Market
Qualified Available Market
Those consumers in the available market who can legally obtain the desired product/service
Target market
Those in the qualified available market that the business wants to supply with its product/service
Penetrated Market
Those who have purchased the product/service
is the percentage of the entire market served by a single organization
Market share
The most elemental gauge of the competition—and often the first one considered— is that of __________
market share
→ the percentage of the entire market served by a single organization
Marketing efforts should be directed toward selling what the organization has to anyone likely to make the purchase; “this what we have”
Selling orientation philosophy
Marketing efforts should be directed toward creating new customers and retaining existing customers. What do the costumers want?
Market orientation
A business focuses on having or developing services to offer that meet the needs of the target market
Market Orientation Philosophy
Market Segmentation Examples
Pediatrics, sports, geriatrics specialized
PT clinics
is a very specific target market
A niche market
The market (customers) have unique needs
Marketing research to identify potential customers and their needs, the means to meet those needs, analysis of the competition and positioning and pricing a new service
Inbound Marketing
The promotion of a product or service through advertising, public relations and sales strategies:
- Branding
- Advertising, Publicity, Promotion, and Public Relations
Outbound Marketing
Reasons to Market
- to grow
- to retain
The marketing mix is the combination of ways businesses choose to present themselves and their offerings to customers. All businesses utilize 4 P’s to accomplish this:
- Product/service (benefit[s])
- Price (value[s])
- Place (delivery environment)
- Promotion (attract attention)
The marketing mix is the combination of ways businesses choose to present themselves and their offerings to customers. In healthcare, all businesses utilize 4 P’s (Product, price, place, promotion) and 3 extra P’s, to accomplish this:
- Physical evidence (a quality indicator)
- Processes (efficiency)
- People (quality/expertise)
the lifecycle of services and products

In this stage of the cycle, sales are low, expenses are high, and there are financial losses.
introduction stage
in this stage, profits and sales increase rapidly:
growth stage

In the _________ stage, there is high volume and profit with little additional investment in the promotion:
maturation
The _______ stage is characterized by decreasing popularity and market share:
decline