3rd Six Weeks Flashcards

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1st step in product development: generate an idea for the product.

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Product Idea Brainstorming

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2nd step in product development: make a list of product ideas and share it with the appropriate decision-makers in the company, such as the management team.

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Evaluate the Ideas

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3rd step in product development: seek feedback from customers, employees and partners on which idea is most appealing.

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Market Evaluation

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4th step in product development: analyze the remaining product idea from a business perspective. Determine how much, if any, competition exists for similar products.

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Analyze the Competitive Situation

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5th step in product development: develop a prototype of the product, then share it with a handful of good customers and key partners. Ask them to try it out and provide feedback.

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Prototype and Marketing

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6th step in product development: make adjustments to the prototype or develop a new version, if necessary. Develop additional prototypes for market testing.

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Market Testing

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7th step in product development: begin production for the first round of the product launch. Evaluate how many products to produce based on your market testing and demand for the product. Advertise.

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Prepare for Launch

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1st characteristic of product mix: the number of product lines the company sells.

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Width of Product Mix

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2nd characteristic of product mix: the total number of products or items in your company’s product mix.

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Length of Product Mix

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3rd characteristic of product mix: the total number of variations for each product. Variations can include size, flavor and any other distinguishing characteristic.

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Depth of Product Mix

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4th characteristic of product mix: how closely related product lines are to one another–in terms of use, production and distribution.

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Consistency of Product Mix

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5th characteristic of product mix: usually starting out with a product mix limited in width, depth and length; and have a high level of consistency.

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Strategy of Product Mix

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1st step in product life cycle: where new product ideas are generated, operationalized, and tested.

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Product Development Stage

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2nd step in product life cycle: costs are very high, slow sales volumes to start, and little or no competition.

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Market Introduction Stage

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3rd step in product life cycle: costs reduced due to economies of scale, sales volume increases significantly, and profitability begins to rise.

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Growth Stage

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4th step in product life cycle: costs are lowered as a result of increasing production volumes and experience curve effects, sales volume peaks and market saturation is reached, and new competitors enter the market.

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Maturity Stage

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5th step in product life cycle: costs increase due to some loss of economies of scale, sales volume declines, and prices and profitability diminish.

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Decline Stage

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1st element of promotion mix: non-personal or mass communication. Personal contact is not possible.

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Advertising

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2nd element of promotion mix: covers those marketing activities other than advertising, publicity, and personal selling that stimulate consumer purchasing and dealer effectiveness.

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Sales Promotion

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3rd element of promotion mix: includes face-to-face personal communication and presentation with prospects (potential and actual customers) for the purpose of selling the products.

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Personal Selling

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4th element of promotion mix: is a way of mass communication. It is not a paid form of mass communication that involves getting favourable response of buyers by placing commercially significant news in mass media.

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Publicity

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5th element of promotion mix: a comprehensive term that includes maintaining constructive relations not only with customers, suppliers, and middlemen, but also with a large set of interested publics.

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Public Relations

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A key component of a marketing plan: identifying consumer buying habits in the industry, market size, market growth or decline, and any current trends.

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Market Research

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A key component of a marketing plan: Identifying your most likely buyers with at least two or three levels of segmentation.

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Define Target Market

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A key component of a marketing plan: developing compelling branding and marketing messages that clearly communicate how you want to be perceived.

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Positioning

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A key component of a marketing plan: knowing the ins and outs of your competitors to help you better position your business and stand out from the competition.

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Competitive Analysis

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A key component of a marketing plan: looking at the entire marketplace and breaking down specific tactics such as events, email, social media, and couponing that will help you gain access to customers.

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Market Strategy

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A key component of a marketing plan: a month-by-month schedule of what you plan to spend on marketing, including a metric that tells you to stop if it’s not generating sufficient return on investment (ROI).

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Budget

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A key component of a marketing plan: tracking your marketing success and website conversions to compare your budget against the actual ROI, repeating successful programs and stopping ineffective ones.

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Metrics

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The process of dividing a market of potential customers into groups, or segments, based on different characteristics.

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Segmentation

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A strategy that touts the integration of paid, earned, shared, and owned media to deliver integrated marketing programs, extend reach, and establish brands as leaders within their industry.

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PESO Model

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PESO Model component: where exchanging money for distribution, whether an ad or content.

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Paid

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PESO Model component: where trading valuable content for an established authority’s audience.

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Earned

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PESO Model component: where amplifying content through your own audience.

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Shared

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PESO Model component: where aggregating an audience that seeks you out for content and then distributing your content to that audience.

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Owned