Marketing

Question 1

Marketing

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is the management process involved in identifying , anticipating and satisfying customer needs , profitably

Question 2

The marketing mix

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often referred to as the 4Ps ,
includes Product , Price,
Place and promotion. These elements are used to meet the needs of the target
market and achieve organizational goals.

Question 3

Market size :

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total sales value or volume of a specific product or service within a market.

Question 4

Market potential

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the growth rate of a market > It is an indicator to
continuous growth and competitors

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Market share (in volume/value) :

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the proportion of the whole market covered by a
company’s products/services .

Question 6

A marketing objective

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is a goal set by the marketing team to be reached
within a specific time frame + which is measurable

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A marketing strategy

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is the way used to reach the objective -> the 4P

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What has to be done to qualitative objectives

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All qualitative objectives must be made measurable to ensure that the
marketing department can verify if the objective is met

Question 9

SWOT def

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SWOT analysis is a form of strategic analysis that identifies and analyses the main internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats that will influence the future direction and success of a business

Question 10

Swot purpose

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SWOT’s purpose is provide information that can be helpful inmatching the firm’s resources and strengths to the competetive environment it operates in

Question 11

How are the results of the Swot analysis how used by the management?

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• assess the company’s position within a market -
  focus on opportunities or decrease threats
• assess the company itself + focus on increasing strengths
  or decreasing weaknesses
  -main aim : create a strategy to develop the business towards its
  main goals e.g : increase , profit, improve its Image for

Question 12

Market research

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is organized effort to collect data about consumers/markets

Question 13

Primary research

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first-hand data , collected for a specific purpose ↳ used to fill in the missing data

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Secondary research

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Secondary research : second-hand , already existing data e.g. statistics ↳ used to get some background information

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primary research PROS

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-its specific to your needs &topic
-more insights than secondary data

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Primary research CONS

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expensive
takes time
needs trained ( skilled) people

Question 17

Secondary research PROS

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less time
cheaper

Question 18

Secondary research CONS

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• may not be relevant
• biased
• not timely

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Secondary research examples

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different markets
different year

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Primary research examples

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think about questions
analyze data

Question 21

Sample size

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informs about the total number of people who were interviewed

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Return rate

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the percentage of invited participants to the survey

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Confidence level

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is a measure of the reliability of the findings of primary research ↳) larger samples lead to more accurate and reliable results because it provides a broader representation of the population being studied.

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Bias

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Bias is a factor that causes research findings to be unrepresentative of the whole population , e.g. misleading survey questions. burdened with prejudice - not true

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Types of Bias

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-Selection bias : when the participants are not representative of the target Population.

-Response bias : When participants do not respond truthfully.

-Measurement bias : When data collection method do not accurately capture the desired data

Question 26

Types of questions and their PROS/CONS

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Open-ended questions provide qualitative insights ,
as the can be very different from
interviewe to interviewee .
+ insightful , detailed
-difficult and time consuming to analyse.

Closed-ended questions provide quantitative , easy to analyse data
↑ fast , simple, easy
to analyse
- limited depth of response

Question 27

P=product

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A product can be an item or a service , physical or virtual and comprises all actual and psychological features and qualities offered to a target group at a certain price

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brand

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is a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name

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Product portfolio

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includes all the (types off products a company offers to their customers

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Product portfolio management :

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controlling the innovation +1 launch of a new product
within a portfolio to ensure positive cash flow at all times

Question 31

unique selling point (USP)

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is the specific benefit the consumer perceives

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Market Segmentation

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is the process of slicing the market ,
for a particular product or service , into a numbers of different segment > customers with similar needs = based on geographics ,demographics and behavioral factors

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Product Differentiation

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is the extent to which consumers perceive your brand as being different from others.

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Product policy

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policy is concerned with defining the type , volume and timing of products a company offers for sale. The product policies are general rules set by the management itself in making product decisions.

Question 35

Product innovation and variation

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Product innovation - A new product is invented: something that has not existed before, e.g from keypad=) touchpad, from cornflakes to smacks - horizontal diversification
Product variation - an existing product is developed = equipped with small alterations/changes, such as the taste/size/colour =) the product name often remains unchanged and the core product is the same, e.g pop tarts come in strawberry/lemon/cholcolate flavor now = vertical diversification

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Packaging practical aspects

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-The form of packaging helps to store the product more easily e.g round container in square box +protect it/
-a surface for the information about the product ( its use +contents/ ingredients etc.)
-protects the consumer/environment from aharmful effects ( gas etc.)

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Packaging marketing aspects aspects

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• to advertise the brand
• to point out the product features
  -to highlight its benefits, print slogans+ imagets etc
  -helps to differentiate the product from competitors.