Marketing Flashcards

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Marketing

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the activities a company undertakes to promote the buying or selling of its goods or services

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Tangible Resources

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are resources that are physical substances that a company utilises

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Intangible Resources

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are resources that a company utilizes that have no physical existence

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Asset

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a useful or valuable thing, person, or quality

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Resources

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a source or supply from which a benefit is produced and has some utility

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Tangible asset

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are assets that are physical substances that are valuable to the company

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Intangible asset

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are assets that are valuable to the company that have no physical existence

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Product orientation

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a business approach where companies focus on their products (through R&D)

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Market orientation

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a business approach where companies prioritize the needs and desires of their customers above everything else (sellable products) - [gathered from market research]

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Advantages of product orientation

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  • focuses on creating and offering higher quality goods or services
  • focusing on R&D, reduced risk with competitive advantages
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Disadvantages of product orientation

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  • requires highly skilled staff (and costly) to create new ideas
  • no guarantee that customers will like it even with lots of capital invested
  • neglects customer wants and needs
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Market share

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refers to the sales revenue that a business accounts for within a given market or industry

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Market share %

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= (firm’s sales/total sales in the world) x100

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Market leader

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refers to the business with the largest market share in a given industry

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Marketing mix

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focuses on {product, price, promotion, place,} people, processes, and physical evidence

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Product

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Goods or services sold to make a profit

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Price

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the cost of the product that the customer pays

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People

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the individuals who are directly or indirectly involved in the marketing of goods or services

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Promotion

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specific advertising that reaches the target market for the product

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Place

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where the customers buy your product, or where they discover it

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Processess

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the process of delivering the product and the behaviour of those who deliver it

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Physical evidence

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everything your customers see when interacting with your business

21
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Product life cycle

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X-axis: Time, Y-axis: Sales revenue
1. Research & Development
2. Launch
3. Growth
4. Maturity
5. Decline

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Extension strategies

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are marketing approaches used to lengthen the product life cycle

23
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Examples: extension strategies

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  1. Product enhancement or modification
  2. targeting new markets
  3. company diversification
  4. licensed partnerships
24
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Boston Consulting Group Matrix

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(Market Share x Market Growth)
stars, question marks, cash cows, dogs

24
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Market growth %

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= [{market size in period 2 — market size in period 1}/market size in period 1] x100

25
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Question marks

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low market share, high growth (growing)

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Stars

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high market share, high growth (growing)

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Cash cows

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high market share, low growth (mature)

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Dogs

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low market share, low growth (mature)

28
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Packaging

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refers to the art of presenting a product in a advantageous way to the consumer

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Branding

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is a marketing technique used to give a product or business a unique name or identity

29
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First mover advantage

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is a product that gains a competitive advantage by being the first to market with a product or service

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Market research

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are a variety of marketing activities that determine the opinions, beliefs and feelings of existing and potential customers

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Primary market research

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involves the gathering of new data and information, because these do not currently exist.

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Secondary market research

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involves the collection of data and information that have already been collected by another source