Book Notes Flashcards
Marketing mix
4 Ps Product Price Promotion Place - distribution
Product is at center of mix
Strategic planning
Vision and mission of firm; defines existence and purpose
Marketing planning
Ongoing process- involves devising the strategy for carrying out he business goals
The marketing planning process is comprised of important activities with documented outcomes: Situation analysis Target markets Objectives and goals Strategies and action plans Budgeting
Helps answer: Where are we now? Where do we want to go? How are we going to get there? How will we know when we arrived, What will we invest when we get there?
Marketing
4 key elements Multi dimensional Involves creating value Focuses on tangible goods, service, or even an idea Relies on relationships
Marketing plan
Is the output of the planning process for a particular period- it’s a document,
marketing plan describes the specific tactics and timeframes for strategies
Prerequisites for the marketing planning process
Senior management support and involvement
Cooperation at all levels of the bank
Willingness of management to conduct the required research
Designated responsibility form implementing the plan
Assigned accountabilities for communications
Recognition that the plan will not be perfect and unchanging
4 essential marketing planning questions
Where are we now?
Where do we want to go?
How are we going to get there?
How will we know when we have arrived?
Answering these 4 questions constitutes the process of planning and assist in leveraging resources and ensuring that goals are: quantifiable, attainable, and directed toward benefiting the organization
Situational analysis
Answers “Where are we now?”
It involves gathering historical trends data on the bank and its competition; reviewing the markets and market segments in which the bank operates or would like to operate; and evaluating the external factors influencing the bank’s markets (macro and microenvironmental factors), internal factors (internal capabilities, balance sheet, departmental strengths). And finally understanding the perceptions of the customer and the markets have concerning the bank and its operation are necessary.
Although it is critical to the planning process, the information generated need not be included in the plan itself.
Must be based on research.
The end product of situation analysis is a summary of the banks SWOT.
4 categories of customers
New
Existing
Exiting
Exited
Family life cycle and banking needs
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Situation analysis
Situation analysis it the first phase in marketing planning.
- The bank must conduct a self assessment by evaluating internal secondary data and by amassing feedback from customers and non customers through primary research. The bank should evaluate it’s current marketing strategies (4 Ps) as well as it current market share.
- The second step is an analysis of the macro environmental factors relevant to the topic covered by the marketing plan. Bank must understand the economic and demographic environment in which it competes.
- The third is an analysis of the micro environmental factors. This includes info on bank’s customers-much of which can be obtained from survey research.
- The final step of situation analysis is SWOT.
ROE
Return on Equity = net income / shareholder equity
Anything greater than 10% is considered stong
ROA
Return on Assets = net income / total assets
Anything over 1% is considered strong
Asset sensitive
Bank that is asset sensitive, the assets will reprice faster than liabilities
Being asset sensitive is good in a rising rate environment
Liability sensitive
If a bank is liability sensitive their liabilities will reprice faster than assets
This is good in a declining rate environment.
MCIF
Can be used to examine current product usage, patterns, account performance, and profitability. can study the differences from branch to branch.
Is a more universal tool for banks of all sizes and complexities
CRM
customer relationship manager
Software systems that compile info concerning customer’s info with the bank
Is for a more customer focused organization that wants to assign customer accountability to individual bankers
Macro environment
Banking in the market place
Micro environment
Marketer’s own bank
In developing a marketing research plan, the marketer must
Search secondary sources of data to refine research and as well as answer there research questions
Select the right research technique (methodology) for the job
Design an appropriate sample
Understand the timetable needed for results
Internal secondary data
Are reports gathered from other departments - accounting , admin, branch management, info gather at account account opening
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - SOX
Requires public companies to establish internal controls to ensure that material information relating to the company and it consolidated subsidiaries is made known to the bank’s senior officers. Also required bank to hire external auditors to assess and report on these internal controls. The bank’s PR department is heavily involved in communicating the efforts of the board of directs to meet their corporate responsibility to shareholders. PR reports information abut the bank’s compliance efforts, the transparency of its actions, and other important information related to SOX
Data warehouse
Is an analytical software tool that gathers enormous amounts of info, typically transaction details and data on usage of bank products and services, provides ‘search’ features to identify key trends and opportunities for new products and services, monitor govt relation reporting, integrated demographic and geographic data and so forth.
Is for the larger bank seeking to understand its customer base across multiple analysis points
Object of market segmentation
To id customer groups and the peruse with a tailored producer supported by appropriate pricing, promotion and distribution strategies