Cluster Vocab Flashcards
Sampling plans
A course of action that obtains data or observations from a group
Marketing strategies
Identifies a target market and coordinated marketing mix selections to create sales.
Marketing plan
A formal document that specifies a company’s activities for a determined amount of time
Buying signals
Actions that a consumer does to indicate that they are ready to purchase
Signature
Name of the advertiser and/or logo that is the identification for a business in a promotional message
Market identification
The process of a marketer in identifying the most profitable areas to offer a new product or service
Product life cycle
The stages that a product goes through in its life: Introduction, Growth, Maturity and Decline
Semantic differential scale
A method used to measure satisfaction on a scale and the responent is asked to circle a number where 0 is neutral and one moves outwards from it towards the extremes of goodness and badness
Professional development
Specialized training, formal education or other sources of gaining skills necessary for on-the-job success and/or advancement
Slogan
A catchy phrase or words that identify a product or business
External audience
Individuals or groups outside of an organization at whom its communications and promotional efforts are aimed
Personal selling
Any form of direct contact between a salesperson and customer to fulfill their wants and needs
Emotional motive
A feeling expressed by a consumer through association with a product
Product knowledge
Information about a good or service that can include its application, function, features, and use.
Bias
Inaccuracy in data due to the characteristics of the process employed in the creation, collection, manipulation, and presentation of data, or due to faulty sample design
Error
A wrong action that can not be attributed to a lack of knowledge.
Selling policy
Decisions of a business regarding forms of payment, returns and exchanges, sales quotas, sales commission and legal and ethical issues
Casual research study
A study into an issue or topic that looks at the effect of one thing or variable on another
Headline
A phrase in an advertisement that grabs the consumer’s attention, creates interest and encourages them to read a promotional message
Word-of-mouth channels
Oral or written recommendation by a satisfies customer to the prospective customers of a good or service
Pricing
The value placed on a good or service
Feature benefit selling
Selling technique in which the seller matches a feature with an advantage or benefit that the customer wants or thinks is desirable
Product mix
All of the different products and/or services a company makes or sells
Product life cycle
The stages that a product goes through in its life: Introduction, Growth, Maturity and Decline
Objections
A concern or doubt that a consumer has for not making a purchase.
Clientele
All of the clients of a business
Non-response error
Occurs when selected subjects fail to respond to a questionnaire. This can happen due to defective questionnaire wording and format, interviewer errors and/or inputting errors.
Open-ended questions
A question that encourages the consumer to respond with more than a “Yes” or “No” answer
Exploratory research study
A study into a problem that provides details where a small amount of information exists. It may use a variety of methods such as trial studies, interviews, group discussions, experiments, or other tactics for the purpose of gaining information
Trial close
An initial effort by a salesperson to close a sale.
Channel-member relationships
Refers to the interconnectedness of members within a channel of distribution
Suggestion selling
Selling additional goods or services to a customer
Promotional plan
An outline of the marketing tools, strategies and resources that a company intends to use to promote product or service
Internal audience
Individuals or groups within an organization.
Data collection instrument
To gather information, marketers can use surveys, interviews, observations, federal and state government agencies, research companies, business publications and trade association publications
Merchandise approach
When a salesperson first interacts with a consumer by making a comment or asks a question about a product that a consumer is showing interest in
Selling process
The step-by-step process in which a salesperson advises a customer about products that suit his/her needs, leading through the decision to make a purchase
Distribution
The function of moving a selling goods from producer to consumer
Marketing information management
The process and methods that generates, stores, analyzes and distributes information to promote good decision making for a business
Product bundling
Technique of offering two or more complementary goods or services together as a package deal. Bundled items are sold at a price attractively lower than the total of their individual selling prices