Marketing Flashcards
______ reflects an organization’s philosophy in how it facilitates the exchange of the organization’s services and products with customers for money.
Marketing
Marketing is a process that includes what 3 things?
- Planning
- Design and development of services and products
- Sales
What are 2 marketing philosophies?
- selling orientation
- market orientation
According to the selling orientation philosophy what should marketing efforts be directed towards?
selling what the organization has to anyone likely to make the purchase
According to the market orientation philosophy what should marketing efforts be directed towards?
creating new customers and retaining existing customers
Market orientation is ______ specific
customer
What does operating under a market orientation philosophy require?
Identifying a target market
Because no service can meet everyone’s needs the segment most in need of the service is identified through what?
environmental scanning
What are 5 characteristics for segmenting the potential market for a specific service?
- Age
- Geography
- Lifestyle
- Purchasing habits
- Social class
What is an advantage of market segmentation?
Allows for the alignment of the organization’s efforts toward the meeting of unique needs and characteristics of the most favorable market segment(s)
What is a niche market?
A very specific target market with a limited number of potential customers
What does marketing positioning refer to?
The philosophical positions that an organization can pursue. Each involves decisions concerning how an organization wishes to be perceived by its qualified target markets
What are the 3 options for achieving a market position?
- market leader
- innovator
- customer-centric
Describe the market leader option for achieving a market position
reputation will allow the organization to be perceived as a resource for the most advanced and effective treatment techniques
Describe the innovator option for achieving a market position
orientation will allow the organization to develop both a quality and leadership reputation in the community
Describe the customer-centric option for achieving a market position
focuses the efforts of the organization on the humanistic and caring aspects of products rather than arrogant self-serving pushing products on customers