'Chap 10' Managing the Marketing Function Flashcards
Market Plan
The marketing plan is a document the lists activities aimed at achieving particular marketing outcomes in relation to a good service. The plan provides a template for future action aimed at reaching marketing objectives such as establishing a customer base
Marketing
Marketing is ‘the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organisational objectives’ (American Marketing Association).
Marketing Concept
The marketing concept is that a customer’s needs and wants are met while achieving the business’s objectives
Market Research
Market research is the process of analysing information concerning a specific marketing problem
Marketing Data
Marketing data are the information - usually expressed as facts and figures - relevant to the defined marketing problem
Primary Data
Primary data are the facts and figures collected from original sources
Survey
A survey gathers data by asking questions or interviewing people
Secondary Data
Secondary Data refers to information that some other person or organisation has already collected
Internal Data
Internal data refers to information that has already been collected from inside the business
External Data
External data refers to published data from outside the business
Statistical Interpretation Analysis
Statistical Interpretation analysis is the process of focusing on the data that represent average, typical or deviations from typical patterns
Market Segmantation
Market segmentation occurs when the total market is subdivided into groups who share one or more common characteristic.
Target Market
A target market is a group of customers with similar characteristics who currently purhase the product or may do so in the future
Primary Target Market
The primary target market is the market segment at which most of the marketing resources are directed
Secondary Target Market
A secondary target market is usually smaller and less important market segment
Niche Market
A niche market is a narrowly selected target market segment
Consumer Buying Behaviour
Consumer buying behaviour refers to the decisions and actions of consumers when they purchase goods and services for personal or household use
Psychological Factors
Psychological factors are influences within an individual that affect his/her buying behaviour
Motives
Motives are the reasons that individuals do something
Customer Attitude
Customer attitude is a person’s overall feeling about an object or activity
Personality
An individual’s personality is the collection of all the behaviours an characteristics that make up that person
Sociocultural Influences
Sociocultural Influences are forces exerted by other people that affect customer behaviour
Peer Group
A peer group of people with whom a person closely identifies, adopting their attitudes, values and beliefs