Marketing Activities Flashcards
Define marketing
Include all the activities required to get the product from the producer to the consumer
List the auxiliary services of marketing
- market research
-  finance
3 insurance - transports
- Storage
6 collection and distribution
7 grading and standardised
8 selling
name the purpose of market research
•  identify target market – age, income, gender
• investigate size of market
• determine if potential customers need and want/willing to buy
• and basically price is willing to pay
• effective method and pace of distribution
• different methods of communication
Name the method of market research
• telephonic – snake that random and asked questions
• questionnaires – mailed
• personal interviews
• social media – Facebook Twitter Instagram
Define consumerism
The ability of consumers to influence the actions of business when they put pressure on organisations to do what is considered ethical
What do you members of society have the responsibility of?
Reduce our pollution by recycling and put pressure on business
How can individuals put pressure on businesses in consumerism?
Only support businesses that make products or delivery services in an ethical manner
What is considered ethical in consumerism?
Alex inviting nature, people or animals
What can consumers join in consumerism?
Join auto support organisations that act as watchdog over large corporations 
When was the consumer protection act (68 of 2008) sign?
24th of April 2009
List the aims of the consumer protection act (68 of 2008)
• protect consumers from an ethical market
• follow the lead of first world countries and align with the United Nations and European community guidelines – consumer protection
• Promotion advance the social and economical welfare
• assist historically disadvantage persons – fulfilling rights
How can the aims of the consumer protection act be achieved?
• defining consumer and marketing related terminology
• protecting the economic interest of cons
• improving access and quality of information – make informed choices
• protect consumers from hazards
• developed effective means of redress
• promote consumer education
• enter freedom of consumers to form groups – promote common interest
• promote consumer participation – decision-making
Define marketing management
Or decisions regarding marketing activities that are aimed at achieving the goals of the enterprise
Name the variables in the marketing system
- Manageable variables
- Semi-manageable variables
- Non-manageable variables
What are manageable variables?
Direct control of marketing manager
What are semi manageable variables?
Influenced by marketing manager
What are non-manageable variables?
Exist in external environment
Define consumer good
A product market with the aim of satisfying the need of the final consumer
Name the different types of consumer goods
- Convenience goods
- Select good/shopping goods
- Speciality goods
What are convenient good?
Purchase with little difficulty as possible and don’t spend a lot of money and time. It is not very valuable and brand seldom differ in price. Not brand loyal
What are selected/shopping goods?
Purchase after careful consideration of price, quality and brand-name
What are speciality goods?
A lot of time and energy is spent before final decision. Once in a lifetime purchase. Brand loyal. For example cars, iPhones and other technical products
Define industrial goods
Used in manufacturing other goofs
What are services?
Economic activities which are performed for a fee. Skills, knowledge and the use of assets are sold for specific purpose at a certain period of time
How do services differ from products?
Not tangible and difficult to see
What do services often require?
Products
Name the two types of services
- Personal and professional services
- Auxiliary services
What what are personal and professional services?
Aimed at the final consumer
What are auxiliary services?
How business improve the marketing process
What are auxiliary services also known as?
Commercial services
Name the characteristics of services
• intangible service – have consumers find physical evidence of quality
• service provider can’t be separated from service itself – interactive marketing
• a service is perishable. Increase in demand requires increase in supply. Decrease in demand is wasted capacity
• quality of service overtime and between people. Create service plan and train employees to meet requirements
Name the marketing of services
• Work on wording, descriptions and promises of benefits – can’t give visual representation
• Cost of services depends on inputs cost, materials and level of expertise. Important to work out balance between product and service
• Find a way to represent quality – affiliation or endorsement by celebrities
• keep the reception friendly and welcoming. Reception is well informed
• hello peter.com – rate business.
Why is continuous product design essential?
- Succeeded, compete, grow and achieve objective. Keep designing and developing new products – meet requirement of target market
- Better products are available – growth and profit
- Financial and marketing planning begins with product
- First technological development and resulting in increase of living
- Pay attention to design – avoid high risk and cost of product failure
Name the six steps involved in the product design
- Design and development of product ideas
- Sifting and selecting product ideas
- Designing and tasting product concept
- Analyse the profitability of concept
- Designing and tasting of actual product
- Test marketing
What does design and development of product and using include?
• Identify needs not satisfied
• get ideas about new product
What does sifting and selecting product ideas include?
• Consider all ideas and choose most suitable
• fit the objective, infrastructure and abilities – marketable product
• choose best ideas – expensive to launch new
What does designing and tasting the products concept include?
- Idea must be dividend. Find out the consumers concept of ideal product
What does analyse the profitability of the product concept include?
- Keep in mind how much capital invested
- How much profit will be made
- Potential sales, selling price, cost, net profit and use of assets
- Ask help of production manager and financial manager
Define profitability
Ability of a business to make a profit
What does designing and testing the actual product include?
- Marketed profitably – should be transformed into concrete formed
- Packaging, labelling and trademarks
- Produced on limited scale
What does taste marketing include?
- Test the reaction of consumers
- Small scale – problems will be illuminated
- Successful – mass produced and marketed on large scale
What the marketing life-cycle referred to?
The product being introduced onto the market, with low sales and lots of initial advertising
What happens in the beginning of the marketing life cycle during growth?
Rapid sales prices may be reduced
When does a product reach a level of maturity?
Sales increase slowly – stabilise
Why is maturity reached?
Market saturation, alternative products or no longer satisfies ones need
What will happen if the problem is not addressed during maturity?
Sales decline rapidly
What does the difference strategies used by the business depend on?
This stage in the product life cycle
What is the purpose of packaging?
• protect the product
• reused
• inform about ingredients/displays trademark
• different sizes and colours – different market segments
What are the requirements of good packaging?
• catch the eye
• suit the product
• appropriately designed – tiger market in mind
• promote the image of the business
• display purposes
• strong, well-designed and easy to carry
What is speciality packaging? Different forms
Type of product in mind
What is packaging for use? Different forms
It can be used more than once
What is combination packaging? Different forms
Related products back together
What is kaleidoscopic or continually changing packaging? Different forms
Changes to reflect a theme
What is packaging for immediate consumption? Different forms
Unit packaging – small quantities and can use without breaking
What is rearrangement packaging? Different forms
Break the bulk packaging
What is IP?
The product of a persons mind and intellect
What is intellectual property a result of?
Creativity which includes art, music, written words, images, designs and trademarks
How do you protect your property in intellectual property?
The owner has to register it – no one else can use it
What is the intellectual property registered with?
Companies and intellectual properties commission (CIPC)
What is plagiarism?
Stealing of any intellectual property
List the significance of a trademark
• indicates quality – protects consumer (reputation)
• registered with the Registrar of Trade Marks (CIPC) – against imitations
• helps to advertise
• control over definite market share
• easier to add new product to range
Define trademark
Spatial sign on goods that indicates to the public that a specific manufacturer produce the goods
Name the three different trademarks
- Common trade mark
- Individual trade mark
- Dealers trademark
What is a comment trademark question?
Manufacturer uses one trademark markets all products
What is individual trademarks?
Each product has owned trademark. For example Nestle
What is dealers trademarks?
Pick ‘n Pay
We are trademarks registered?
Registrar of Trade Marks at CIPC
How long is the legal protection for a trademark?
10 years – can be extended
What is the importance of branding to a consumer?
- Identify product
- Feel safer – well-known brand
- Consumer status
What is the importance of branding to the market division?
1 easier to sell
2. High price – successful brand
3. Market segmentation
4. Reduces marketing cost – well-known
What is the brand?
Name of the product
Name these stages of brand acceptance
- Brand recognition
- Brand preference
- Brand insistence
What is brand recognition?
Consumer able to identify from trademark
What is brand preference?
Consumer ask for specific brand – not available find another brand
What is brand insistence?
Consumer will not buy another brand
What is the importance of the price policy?
• regulates demand
• establishes target market
• decisive influence on profit
• establishes position in relation to competitors
Define price
The monetary value of a product that a consumer is prepared to pay
What does the manufacturer have to have in mind when determining prices?
• maintain market share
• increase market share
• eliminate competition
• maximise profits
• benefits of mass production
Name the different forms of markets
- Perfect competition
- Monopolistic competition
- Ogliopoly
- Monopoly
What is perfect competition?
Large number of buyers and sellers – price determined by supply and demand. For example Jae SE
What is monopolistic competition?
One child who dominates. Consumer is loyal to brand. For example coke
What is oligopoly?
Few salads and each insist own price. For example ETN and Vodacom