chapter 14 - Summary** Flashcards
What is marketing
marketing is the process of determining customer wants and need and the providing customers with products to meet or exceed these expectations
How has marketing changed over time ( 4 eras) (PDMC)
What marketers change in a given time depends on customers’ wants
has 4 eras:
1. production
2. selling
3. marketing concept
4. customer relationships
what new area of marketing is quickly emerging
mobile/ on-demand marketing
What are the 3 parts of the marketing concept? (orientations)(CSP)
- a costumer orientation
- a servierice orianention
- a profit orientation
What kinds of organizations are involved with marketing
ALL organizations are involved with marketing, both non-profit & profit
examples of non-profit origizations
- provinces and other gov agencies
- charities (churches)
- politicians
- school
the 4 P’s of marketing
- product
- price
- place
- promotion
(people)
what is required before marketers develop a product
after they research customers’ needs and find a target market, they implement the
- 4 P’s of marketing
starting with the development of the product
how do marketers implement the
4 P’s
product
–> Starting with the development of the product
price
–> competitively
place
–> Get it in a location where people will find it easily
Promotion
–> advertising, personal selling, public relations, direct marketing & sales promotion
–> so customers know it exists
What defines marketing research
the analysis of markets to determine opportunities and challenges to find info needed to make good decisions
steps in the marketing research process (4 steps)
- define the question, problem or opportunity and determine the present situation
- collect research data
- analyze the research data
- choose the best situation and implement it
What are the different methods used to gather research?
Research can be gathered through
—> Secondary data
1) data gathered by others
2) journals, newspapers, directories, databases, internal sources
–> primary data
1) data you gather
2) observations, surveys, interviews, focus groups
What is environmental scanning?
- The process of identifying the trends that can affect marketing success
- marketers pay attention to all environmental trends that create opportunities and threats
What are the 6 environmental trends marketers consider in environmental scanning?(GTSCEL)
- global
- technologies
- social
- competitive
- economic
- legal
What are the most important environmental trends in marketing
- global changes
- Technological changes
—> The growth of online and mobile marketing