Exam 1 Flashcards

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Marketing

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The process by which companies engage customers, build strong customer relationships, and create customer value in order to capture value from customers in return.

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Demands

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Human wants that are backed by buying power

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Wants

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The form human needs take as they are shaped by culture and individual personality.

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Products

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Anything that can be offered to a market for attention, ­acquisition, use, or consumption that might satisfy a want or need.

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Exchange Process

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The act of obtaining a desired object from someone by offering something in return.

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Transfer

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Charity, giving stuff for nothing in return.

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Strategic Planning

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The process of developing and maintaining a strategic fit between the organization’s goals and capabilities and its changing marketing opportunities.

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Long Range Planning

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a process that involves creating a vision for the future of an organization and aligning that vision with action plans

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Annual Plan

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a roadmap that outlines how a business will achieve its marketing goals

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Marketing Penetration

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a measure of how much a product or service is being used by target customers compared to the total estimated market for that product or service.

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Market Development

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Company growth by identifying and ­developing new market segments for current company products.

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Product Development

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Company growth by offering modified or new products to current market segments.

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Disversification

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Company growth through starting up or acquiring businesses outside the company’s current products and markets.

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Target Market

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A set of buyers who share common needs or ­characteristics that a company decides to serve.

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Market Segmentation

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Dividing a market into distinct groups of buyers who have different needs, characteristics, or behaviors and who might require separate marketing strategies or mixes.

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Market Segment

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A group of consumers who respond in a similar way to a given set of marketing efforts

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Market Targeting

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Evaluating each market segment’s attractiveness and selecting one or more segments to serve.

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Market Positioning

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a strategy that aims to establish a brand or product’s identity in the minds of consumers.

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Marketing Mix

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The set of tactical marketing tools—product, price, place, and promotion—that the firm blends to produce the response it wants in the target market.

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Benefits of Formal Planning

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a written document that outlines a company’s marketing strategies and efforts for a set period of time- better for planning

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Star

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Products with high market growth and a high market share.

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Cash Cow

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Products with low market growth but a high market share.

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Question Mark

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product or business unit with a high growth rate but a low market share.

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Dog

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Products with low market growth and a low market share.

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Mission Statement
A statement of the organization’s purpose—what it wants to accomplish in the larger environment.
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Market Research
the process of gathering and analyzing data about a market, product, or service to understand a target market and make informed business decisions.
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Survey
Gathering primary data by asking people ­questions about their knowledge, attitudes, preferences, and buying behavior
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Primary Research
the process of collecting original data directly from a target market, such as customers or potential customers, through methods like surveys, interviews, focus groups, or observations
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Questionaire
a list of questions or items used to gather data from respondents about their attitudes, experiences, or opinions.
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Interviewing
a method of gathering information from consumers or clients to gain insights into a business and its customers.
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Sample
a subset of people or things that represent a larger population.
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Microenvironment
The actors close to the company that affect its ability to serve its customers—the company, suppliers, marketing ­intermediaries, customer markets, competitors, and publics.
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Macroenvironment
The larger societal forces that affect the ­microenvironment—demographic, economic, natural, technological, political, and cultural forces.
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Marketing Intermediaries
organizations, companies, or individuals that help manufacturers distribute their products to consumers.
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Middlemen
individuals or organizations that facilitate the buying and selling of goods between producers and consumers.
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Demographics
statistical characteristics of a population that marketers use to segment their market and create targeted campaigns
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Economic Environment
the collection of economic factors that affect a company's performance and consumer buying habits.
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Natural Environment
The physical environment and the natural ­resources that are needed as inputs by marketers or that are affected by marketing activities.
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Political Environment
Laws, government agencies, and pressure groups that influence and limit various organizations and individuals in a given society.
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Cultural Environment
Institutions and other forces that affect s­ociety’s basic values, perceptions, preferences, and behaviors.
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Consumer Decision Making
the process that customers go through to identify needs, research solutions, and make a purchase.
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Routinized Response Behavior
occurs after a sufficient number of “trials” or purchases of a particular brand
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Limited Problem Solving
You want a change in a product, so look briefly for a different product
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Extensive Problem Solving
You are looking for a new product or change for a bigger product, such as a car.
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Influences Regarding Purchasing Decision
The cost, quality, social aspect, brand of the product.
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New Product
A good, service, or idea that is perceived by some ­potential customers as new.
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Adoption Process
The mental process through which an individual passes from first hearing about an innovation to final adoption. Interest, research, try, adopt.
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Industrial Buying Situation
Buying in bulk, Merrimack college buying the most computers for their money.
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New Task Buying
Have to buy something for the first time, so you look into the product.
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Modified Rebuy
A business buying situation in which the buyer wants to modify product specifications, prices, terms, or suppliers.
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Straight Rebuy
A business buying situation in which the buyer ­routinely reorders something without modifications.
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5 Basic Segmentation Forms
demographic, psychographic, benefit, geographic, and volume
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How to segment a market
Based off of who you are targeting.