Chapter 10 Flashcards
Marketing plan
The marketing plan is a document that lists activities aimed at achieving particular marketing outcomes in relation to a good or service. The plan provides a template for future action aimed at reaching marketing objectives, such as establishing a customer base
Marketing concept
The marketing concept is that a customer’s needs and wants are met while achieving the business’s objectives
Market research
Is the process of systematically collecting, recording and analysing information concerning a specific marketing problem
Marketing data
Are the information - usually expressed as facts and figures - relevant to the defined marketing problem
Primary data
Are the facts and figures collected from original sources
Secondary data
Refers to information that some other person or organisation has already collected
Internal data
Refers to information that has already been collected from inside the business
External data
Refers to published data from outside the business
Statistical interpretation analysis
Is the process of focusing on the data that represents average, typical or deviations from typical patterns
Market segmentation
Occurs when the total market is subdivided into groups who share one or more common characteristics
Target market
Is a group of customers with similar characteristics who currently purchase the products or may do so in the future
Primary target market
Is the market segment at which most of the marketing resources are directed
Secondary target market
Is usually a smaller and less important market segment
Niche market
Is a narrowly selected target market segment
Consumer buying behaviour
Refers to the decisions and actions of consumers when they purchase goods and services for personal or household use
Psychological factors
Are influences within an individual that affect his/her biting behaviour
Motives
Are the reasons that individuals do something
Customer attitudes
Is a person’s overall feeling about an object or activity
Personality
An individual’s personality is the collection of all the behaviours and characteristics that make up that person
Sociocultural influences
Are forces exerted by other people that affect customer behaviour
Peer group
Is a group of people with whom a person closely identifies, adopting their attitudes, values and beliefs
Culture
Is all the learned values, beliefs, behaviours and radiations shared by a society