MARKETING Flashcards
Strategic role of marketing
Plan, Price, Promote and Distribute products, services and ideas to customers → achieve business objectives
enhancing revenue + increasing market awareness
effective marketing = long term business success +profit
operations and marketing interdependence
produce the required quantities to match marketing promotions
Q affects marketing decisions by determining the capabilities and constraints in pricing, product design, promotion etc.
finance and marketing interdependence
finance to source funds for marketing to fund promotional campaigns.
Q marketing strategies are judged using financial criteria ie sales, market share and profitability analysis
HR and marketing interdependence
Depends on HR to attract, retain and train marketing workers
Q Developing job descriptions and designing training programs.
production approach
Customers prefer products they can afford →improving production methods and distribute goods and services efficiently and effectively
selling approach
designs goods they think consumers should want
use promotion to convince potential customers they they need the products
the marketing approach
Business focus on consumer needs and wants → customer = first priority
customer orientation
Business strives for customer satisfaction → development of marketing decisions based on customer’s changing needs
relationship marketing
Priority of customer retention → rewards programs, after sales services
resource market
Sale of raw material → agriculture, fishing mining etc.
Provide high quality at a cheap price → marketing is usually undertaken by the industry as a whole e.g. meat and livestock australia
intermediate markets
Goods for reselling or renting
Goods made by other businesses
Wholesalers and retailers e.g. myer
consumer markets
Products made for consumers (not for resale or further production)
individuals/households consume the products
Sellers use an array of marketing techniques to make a profit
mass markets
Large general marketing → promotes a large amount of one product → all consumers are the same
Fruit, food, cars etc (no vary in demand)
Businesses aim to sell as much as possible → requires strong branding
niche markets
Smaller markets for specialised goods → only few people interested/can afford
IKEA = niche → modern scandinavian design
situational analysis
gathering and studying aspects of the business
purpose of marketing
- increase customer awareness
- focus on target markets
- satisfy the needs and wants
market research
Gathering of information about a specific topic, group, product or social issue with a specific purpose in mind → assist decision making
data collection
primary - gathering its own information directly from - - Surveys, experimental research, observational research
secondary - gathering research from already existing sources.
- internal sources - accounting, sales reports - within the business
- external sources - media, government
undifferentiated marketing
business provides one product for the whole market and is taking a mass market approach.
differentiated marketing
group their customers according to different characteristics such as age, income level, family size etc.
concentrated marketing
some businesses select just one part of the total market ie ferrari
geographic segmentation
when the market is divided into different geographical units
demographic segmentation
when the market is divided into groups based on variables such as age, gender, family size, income, education etc.
psychographic segmentation
this is when buyers are grouped according to, socioeconomic status (occupation, income and education), lifestyle ( interests and hobbies) or personality
behavioural segmentation
when buyers are grouped based on their knowledge of the product, their attitudes towards it, the way they use it and their responses to it.
Qantas mainly uses behavioural segmentation to select its target market. Buyers are distinguished according to trip purpose eg business and leisure/ travellers.
product/service differentiation
Differentiation involves providing greater customer value and making the product stand out clearly from that of competitors.
positioning
how consumers perceive the product in terms of the relationship between product quality and price.
By positioning in relation to its competitors i.e. launching Jetstar has eroded some of the market share held by virgin
IKEA positions its products at the lower end of the furniture market as the products are cheap compared to their competitors
branding
A brand can be a name, term, symbol or special design that identifies a good or service of a seller.
generic branding strategy
this uses a non brand name and very plain packaging. Businesses usually use this strategy when they want to position their product as low cost, i.e. Woolies select