KK2 Flashcards
marketing
process of implementing strategies to price, promote and distribute products to potential customers
market research
collecting info relating to cust needs and expectations
target market
specific group bus products aimed at
customer base
cust who purch g + s from bus
what does a business need to recognise when trying to building a cust base
need to recognise types of cust likely to purch products thru market research or cust profile eg.age,hobbies,income
building cust base
benefits
- ▼ cost bc won spend unnecessary $$
- ▲ profitability, efficiency and sales
marketing / customer base / business objective
- successful marketing more likely to achieve bus objective
- marketing that targets a bus cust base ☞ ▲ cust repeats ☞ ▲ sale and profits
- meeting needs of cust base = ▲ cust satisfaction ☞ achieving bus goals
market orientation
strategic focus on identifying cust needs to define new products to develop
cust profile
specific description of cust to help recognise their interests eg.age, income, hobbies
operating factors (little control)
bus have little control over but can effect how bus can maintain its cust base
eG cust, competitors, suppliers
operating factors little control
cust
cust needs = essential marketing Strat must be focused around them
operating factors little control
suppliers
provider of raw material, eg. qual, CSR,timeliness
operating factors little control
competitors
owner need to be aware of marketing Strat used by comp to create a P.O.D.
macro factors no control
beyond control of bus but still have impact on how bus deals w cust base
eg. legal factors, tech factors, economic fact, social fact
operating factors little control
legal factors
must be complaint to laws = seem more ethical ☞▲reputation ☞▲ cust base and sales
operating factors little control
tech factors
improvements to enhance marketing to reach target market and promote bus ☞▲cust base and sales
external factors no control
economic factors
strong economic growth can expand cust base due to ▲ consumer confidence
external factors no control
social factors
social trends and fashions is important in market plan as can ▲ cust satisfaction. ▲ sales and profits
summary of external macro and operating factors
many factors can affixer yr brand image and ability to form a cust base
Branding
a marketing concept to id a comp
macro factors economic factors
eg, unemployment or inflation rates (gen level of prices) or i.r.
macro suppler factors
eg. qual or CSR
quality = ▲cust loyalty + sat ☞▲cust repeats t/f ▲ cust base
CSR= in rep, bc adhering to Societal values t/f in cust loyalty and sat t/f in cust base
internal factors
- owners and managers
- employees
- corporate culture
corporate culture
internal factors
values and beliefs if people un org
Pos culture = ▲ productivity = ▲ success = ▲ cust base
types of corporate culture
CS/I/Q
cust service - better cust exp ☞▲loyalty + sat = ▲cb
innovation - resp cust needs and expectations ☞▲ cust sat t/f repeats = ▲cb
quality - good qual ☞▲cust sat +repeat = ▲cb
primary research
info collected 1st hand
+ up to date
+ more trustworthy
- room for bias
- time conusming
secondary research
info already collected
+ instantly available / cheaper
+ convenient
- may not be up To date
may not be reliable
market segmentation
splitting the market into 4 diff cat to id diff types of consumers and their needs.
eg.
- geographic
- demographic
3.income
4.behavioural