Chapter Ten-Managing the Marketing Function Flashcards

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Marketing Plan

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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.

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Marketing

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‘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’

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Marketing Concept

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That a customer’s needs and wants are met while achieving the business’s objectives

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Market Research

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The process of systematically collecting, recording and analysing info concerning a specific marketing problem

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Marketing Data

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The info, usually expressed as facts and figures, relevant to the defined marketing problem

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Primary Data

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The facts and figures collected from original sources

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Survey

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A survey gathers data by asking questions or interviewing people

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Secondary Data

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Refers to info that some other person or organisation has already collected

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Internal data

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Refers to info that has already been collected from inside the business

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External data

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Refers to published data from outside the business

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Statistical Interpretation Analysis

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The process of focussing on the data that represents average, typical or deviations from typical patterns

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Market Segmentation

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Occurs when the total market is subdivided into groups who share one or more common characteristic

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Target Market

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A group of customers with similar characteristics who currently purchase the product or may do so in the future

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Primary Target Market

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The market segment at which most of the marketing resources are directed

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Secondary Target Market

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Usually a smaller and less important market segment

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Niche Market

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A narrowly selected target market segment

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Consumer Buying Behaviour

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Refers to the decisions and actions of consumers when they purchase goods and services for personal or household use

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Psychological Factors

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Influences within an individual that effect his/her buying behaviour

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Motives

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The reasons that individuals do something

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Customer Attitude

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A person’s overall feeling about an object or activity

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Personality

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The collection of all the behaviours and characteristics that make up that person

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Sociocultural Influences

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Forces exerted by other people that affect customer behaviour

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Peer Group

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A group of people with whom a person closely identifies, adopting their attitudes, values and beliefs

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Culture

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All the learned values, beliefs, behaviours and traditions shared by a society

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Market Share

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Refers to the business’s share of the total industry sales for a particular market

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Product Mix

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The total range of products offered by a business

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Customer Service

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Responding to the needs and problems of a customer. Central to this response is making sure the desired product is delivered at the appropriate place at the right time

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Market

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The number of all actual and potential buyers of a product

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Marketing Mix

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The combination of four elements – product, price, promotion and place (the four Ps) – that make up the marketing strategy

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Product

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A good or service that can be offered in an exchange for the purpose of satisfying a need or want

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Product Positioning

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The development of a product image compared with the image of competing products

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Brand

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A name, item, symbol, design or any combination of these that identifies a specific product and distinguishes it from its competition

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Brand Name

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That part of the brand that can be spoken

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Brand Symbol/Logo

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A graphic representation that identifies a business or product

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Packaging

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Involves the development of a container and the graphic design for a product

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Distribution Channels

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The routes taken to get the product from the factory to the customer

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Non-store Retailing

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Retailing activity conducted away from the traditional store

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e-marketing

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The practice of using the internet to perform marketing objectives

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Market Coverage

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Refers to the number of outlets a business chooses for its product

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Promotion

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Describes the methods used by a business to inform, persuade and remind a target market about its products

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Promotion Mix

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The promotion methods a business uses in its promotional campaign. Methods include personal selling, advertising, and publicity and public relations.

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Personal Selling

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Involves the activities of a sales rep directed to a customer in an attempt to make a sale

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Publicity

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Any free news story about a business’s products

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Public Relations

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Those activities aimed at creating and maintaining favourable relations between a business and its customers

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Advertising

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A paid, non-personal message communicated through a mass medium

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Advertising Media

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Advertising media refers to the
many forms of electronic and print
communication used to reach an
audience

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Product Life Cycle

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A product’s life cycle consists of the
stages a product passes through:
innovation, introduction, growth,
maturity and decline

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Exports

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Exports are goods or services sold by
one country to individuals, businesses
or governments in another country
with the aim of extending sales and
market penetration.
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Diversification

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Diversification occurs when
businesses vary their range
of products or their field of
operations.

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Sales Analysis

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Sales analysis uses sales data
to evaluate the business’s current
performance and the effectiveness of
the marketing mix

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Marketing Profitability Analysis

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Marketing profitability analysis is a
method used by the business to break
down its total marketing costs into
specific marketing activities

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Social Media Advertising

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Social media advertising is a form
of online advertising that uses social
media channels to deliver targeted
commercial messages to potential
customers.
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Reach

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The reach of an advertisement
measures the number of people
exposed to the message

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Frequency

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The frequency of an advertisement
measures the average number of times
someone is exposed to the message

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Globalisation

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Globalisation is the effect of ever
more sophisticated communications
technology, lower transport costs, and
unrestricted trade and financial flows
turning the whole world into a single
market, producing a more integrated
global economic system.
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Materialism

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Materialism is an individual’s desire to

acquire more possessions.

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Product Placement

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Product placement is the inclusion of

product advertising in entertainment.

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Unconscionable Conduct

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Unconscionable conduct is any
practice by a business that is not
reasonable and often illegal.