marketing Flashcards
market research
carrying out research to find out what customers want
why carry out market research
- discover the needs of customers
- understand structure of market
- discover whether or not market demand is increasing
- establish what stage the product is in its life cycle
-monitor competition
primary research
- field research from a new source especially collected, this info can provide exact and up to date info but it can be expensive and time consuming
primary research - survey examples
personal surveys
postal surveys
telephone surveys
internet surveys
primary research examples
surveys
interviews
focus groups
focus groups
a small, carefully chosen group of people who discuss products
consumer panels
tend to be more product orientated, to test a new product
secondary research
- desk research
- this is info which is already available , this way is the easiest, quickest and cheapest way but it could be out of date
examples of secondary research
- documents
-letters
-diaries
-official statistics
-internet sites
-historical data and info
quantitative data
is statistical information that includes numbers and values that are measurable
qualitative data
is information about opinions and views it cannot be expressed numerically
market segmentation
practice of dividing your target market into approachable groups
customer
the person buying the product/service from the organisation
consumer
the person using the product
marketing department need to understand 3 things
- the size of the market
- the value of the sales
- the growth of the market
target market
the market segmentation at which a business aims its products
businesses use targetable market segments like?
- age
- income
- geographical location
-lifestyle
socio- economic group
socio- economic groups
A
B
C1
C2
D
E
advantages of market segmentation
- can adapt our products to different segments and make more sales
- can predict social media so we can target advertise better
-set price appropriately
4ps
- product
- price
- promotion
- place
product portfolio
a collection of such products sold by one business is knows as a ‘product group’ or ‘product range’
why should businesses have product range
- so they can spread the risk
- a single product may not generate enough returns for a business
-a range can be sold to different segments
product life cycle
represents the stages that a product goes through from the initial development
product life style stages
- development
- introduction
- growth
- maturity
- decline
development
product been designed and created, no sales yet
introduction
product is released to the market sales begin and grow slowly
revenue is low at this stage
high costs on materials, promotion and publicity
growth
rapid sales
maturity
everyones already purchased product, revenue is high growth slowly decreasing, making profit
decline
sales growth rapidly slow down , cost may rise in attempt to increase sales
extension strategy
this is a way to try and increase sales by either e branding or other things like this
extension strategy examples
reducing price of product
rebranding product
increasing marketing activity
repositioning product
cost plus price
in cost plus pricing the business calculates all the costs and adds a margin on top