Market Identification & Analysis Flashcards
In order to grow, there must be ______ who have yet to be reached.
potential customer
_______ companies may use firmographic segmentation to divide up the businesses in a
market.
Business to business
You may be able to obtain demographic data from customers directly by looking at their
___.
Social media
Enables brands to develop strategies for various types of consumers based on how they
perceive the overall value of specific products and services.
Segmentation
Benefits of finding a target market.
More effective marketing mix
Helps you choose the right marketing channel
Use limited time, money, and resources efficiently
Maximizes sales and profit
Enumerate the Types of Market
Auction
Black
Financial
Market for intermediate goods
Physical
Virtual
Key success factors is also known as __________________.
Competitive emphasis/strategic posture
_______________ state the important elements required for a company to compete in its
target markets.
Key success factors
____________________ are a significant part of the marketing analysis.
Market trend
When a middleman or intermediary is involved in the distribution process, it means the
organization is using ____________________ of Distribution.
Indirect
It is a distribution level through which an organization directly sells its products to the
customers without the involvement of any intermediary.
Direct channel/ zero level
A set of middlemen or intermediaries who help an organization in the flow of goods and
services from the manufacturers to the consumers.
Distribution channel
These are a company’s support systems, and the functions that allow it to maintain daily operations.
Infrastructure
These activities relate to managing and processing information, as well as protecting a
company’s knowledge base.
Technological development
This is how well a company recruits, hires, trains, motivates, rewards, and retains its
workers.
Human resource management
This is what the organization does to get the resources it needs to operate. This includes finding vendors and negotiating the best prices.
Procurement
These activities support the primary functions.
Supporting activities
These are the activities related to maintaining the value of your product or service to your
customers, once it’s been purchased.
Service
These are the processes you use to persuade clients to purchase from you instead of your
competitors.
Marketing and sales
These activities deliver your product or service to your customer. These are things like
collection, storage, and distribution systems, and they may be internal or external to your
organization.
Outbound logistics
These are the transformation activities that change inputs into outputs that are sold to customers.
Operations
These are all the processes related to receiving, storing, and distributing inputs internally.
Inbound logistics
What are the two elements in Porter’s Value Chain?
Primary activities
Supporting activities
It is a set of activities that an organization carries out to create value for its customers.
Value chain
He introduced the concept of value chain.
Michael Porter
This model is useful for determining where value is added and for isolating the costs.
Porter’s value chain model
It is a significant factor while running a business. It basically sees how much cost is required to get your products for sale.
Industry cost structure
______________ is the profit earned after reducing operational costs, depreciation, and dividend from gross profit.
Net profit margin
The percentage of earnings to sales before interest expense and income taxes.
Operation profit margin