Exam 1 Flashcards
Marketing’s Role
Create value for the firm’s chose customer, meet customer’s functional and emotional needs.
Marketing Mix, 4 P’s
Product, Price, Place, Promotion
Corporate Strategy
What business should we be in?
Cash Cow
Market leader, slow growth, generates more cash than it needs.
Dog
Low market share, slow growth
Star
Market leader, fast growth
Question Mark
Low market share, fast growth
SWOT Analysis
Strengths, weaknesses (internal)
Opportunities, threats (external)
Market Penetration
Increase market share among existing customers
Product Development
Creating new products for existing customers
Market Development
Attracting new customers to existing products
Diversification
Introduce new products into new markets
Marketing Strategy
Addresses a specific target market with a cohesive marketing mix of product, price, promotion and place
Production Orientation
If you build it, they will come
Sales Orientation
Sell, sell, sell!
Market Orientation
Deliver superior customer value
Societal Orientation
Preserve and enhance society
Value
Benefits - costs
Customer Acquisition
Acquire customers profitably, less upfront investment, higher-value customers, eliminate unprofitable acquisition activities
Sales per customer
Increase share of customer, generate add-on sales, partner with other firms
Margin
Increase price, shift mix toward higher margin, terminate unprofitable customers
Customer retention
Eliminate root causes, recover customers, develop loyalty initiatives
Demographics
Characteristics of a population: age, gender, ethnicity, income, occupation
Gen Y Cohort
60 million people, $200 billion/year purchasing power
Gen X Cohort
40 million people, $1 trillion purchasing power
Uncontrollable variables
Social, economic, technological, competitive, regulatory factors
Social change with the greatest effect on Marketing
The phenomenon of working women
Gross Income
Total amount in one year