Marketing Flashcards
Define marketing:
The management process which is responsible for identifying, anticipating, and satisfying consumer requirements profitably.
Five steps of the marketing process?
Identify the product/brand to be marketed
Identify the target market
Setting the objectives of the marketing strategy
Devising the marketing strategy/mix
Implementing and monitoring the marketing strategy
What is the strategic fit?
Various factors and how they relate to an organizations ability to achieve an objective
What is the purpose of a SWOT analysis?
Determine if an objective is reasonably achievable
If not, can it be changed, or do we pursue a different objective?
What determines a marketing objective?
An educated/uneducated guess that an opportunity exists
A personal dream/aspiration
An idea generated from market research
What type of research can help establish a marketing objective?
Value-curve analysis
Takes multiple factors into account
What are the primary items that make up strengths/weaknesses?
Capabilities and resources
Examples of resources?
Established reputation Reliable supply-chain relationships Vineyard location Quality facilities Access to support and staff Strong financials Expertise
Examples of capabilities?
Building strong new brands Growing new brands Scale production up/down based on supply/demand Experiment/innovate Lobby political organizations
Factors to consider for opportunities/threats?
PESTEL Political Economic Sociological Technological Environmental Legal
Example of economic factors?
Changes in currency value, local or global
Recession
Examples of social factors?
Generational change in habits
Cultural views on alcoholic consumption
Availability of labor
Cultural views on trade, chemicals, etc.
Examples of environmental factors?
Climate change and resulting styles
Pressure for alternative land use
Environmental change such as waste management, energy use, and synthetic chemicals
Examples of legal factors?
Production regulation
Trade regulation
Product life cycle?
Introduction
Growth
Mature
Decline
Aspects of branding:
Substance Consumer trust Consumer engagement Brand story Price premium Longevity Brand name Brand position
Advantages of Ladder branding?
Steers high involvement consumers to trade up to a higher priced/higher quality expression
The highest tier benefits the lower tiers with its reputation
Disadvantages of Ladder branding?
Low involvement consumers are not aware of higher tiers
Can confuse consumers with pricing
Define the rungs of ladder brands:
Accessible - least expensive, widely distributed, most often purchased
Stretch - affordable, but special occasion only
Aspiration - most prestigious, rarely purchased by those that know it; casts identity on the rest of the ladder
Define soft brand:
A cue used by a consumer when choosing one product over another
Can be region, varietal, or style