3.5 Marketing - Simle Defintions Flashcards
Marketing
A scientific process that focuses on meeting the needs and wants of the customer profitably.
4 marketing processes
Research
Segmentation
Development of a product or service
Devising a marketing mix
Market research
The process of gathering, analysing and processing data to find out the needs and wants of potential customers
Primary research
Defintion
Business collects original first-hand information. Involves creating new information.
(Field)
Primary research methods
Test marketing
Observations
Surveys/questionnaires
Consumer panels/Focus groups
Secondary research
Definition
Business uses data that already exists.
Secondary research methods
Past sales data
Written word (internet, books, magazines, newspapers)
Government statistics
Market intelligence reports
Qualitative
Descriptive opinions
Open questions
Quantitative
Numerical data
Closed questions
Survey types of questions
- Closed questions
- Multiple choice
- Semantic differential - Express a degree of opinion
- Open ended
Segmentation
Grouping customers into subsections of the market with similar characteristics.
Segmentation methods
Gender
Age
Location
Income
Market size
Total size of the market (All the businesses/sales in a market)
Market size
Calculation
Total number of units sold X Price per unit
Market share
The percentage of sales that any one business controls in the market.
Market share
Calculation
Sales of one company / total sales X 100