Chapter 1 Flashcards
Marketing
The process by which companies engage customers, build strong customer relationships, and create value in order to capture value from customers in return
Goals of marketing:
Attract new customers (promising better value)
To keep and grow current customers (delivering value and satisfaction)
Needs
States of felt deprivation
Human needs are inherent and not created by marketers
Wants
The form human needs take as they are shaped by culture and individual personality
Demands
Human wants backed by buying power
Market offerings
Some combination of products, services, information offered to a market satisfy a need or a want
Marketing myopia
The mistake of paying more attention to the specific products offered by a company rather than the benefits and experiences produced by these products
A market
Brand experience
Smart marketers combine several services and products to create a ‘brand experience’, such as Disneyland, it offers not only rides but characters and a ‘magical environment’
Marketers need to set the right level of expectations:
Too low: Will satisfy but not attract enough customers
Too high: Risk disappointing and losing current/potential customers
Exchange
The act of obtaining a desired object from someone by
offering something in return
Market
The set of actual and potential buyers of a product or service.
These buyers share a particular need or want that can be satisfied
through exchange relationships
Marketing management
The art and science of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them
Aim of marketing management
To engage, keep, and grow target customers
Market segmentation
Dividing a market into segments of customers
Target marketing
Selecting a market segment to market to
It is not realistic to try and attract the entire market, so companies
target specific segments and focus on them
Value proposition
The set of benefits and values a brand promises
to deliver to customers to satisfy their needs
Value propositions differentiates different brands
Five concepts of marketing strategy:
Production concept
Product concept
Selling concept
Marketing concept
Societal marketing concept
Production Concept
Consumers prefer products that are available and highly affordable
Management ought to focus on improving production and distribution
efficiency
May lead to marketing myopia
Issue with production concept
May lead to marketing myopia
Product concept
Consumers prefer products that offer the most in quality, performance, and innovative features
Management ought to focus on making continuous product improvements
Issue of product concept
May lead to marketing myopia