Marketing Chap 1-2 Flashcards
What are the five steps of the marketing process?
- Understand the marketplace and customer wants and needs
- Design a customer value-driven marketing strategy
- Create a marketing program that delivers superior values
- Engage customers and build profitable relationships
- Capture value from customers to create profit
What are market offerings?
The combination of products, services, information, and experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want
What is marketing myopia? Why is it bad?
When a company is short-sighted or has a tunnel vision view where the company is too focused on profit rather than improving profits. This is bad because the company looses focus on adding customer value
What is marketing management?
choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them
What is Market Segmentation?
Dividing the market into different segments based on different criteria (race, gender, age, income)
What is target marketing?
Selecting a market segment and choosing them as a target audience for products/services
____________ help customers differentiate one brand from another
Value propositions
What is the production concept of marketing? What should management focus on?
consumers favor products that are available and affordable. Management should focus on improving production and distribution efficiency in order to make products more affordable
What is the product concept of marketing? What should management focus on?
consumers favor products that have the best quality, performance, and innovative features. Management should focus on making continuous product improvements.
What is the selling concept of marketing? What should management focus on?
consumers want companies to undertake a large scale selling and promotion effort. Management should focus on selling what the company makes rather than what the market wants
What is the marketing concept of marketing? What should management focus on?
achieving a company’s goals depends on knowing how to be better than competitors. Management should find the right products for customers
What is the societal marketing concept of marketing? What should management focus on?
marketing strategy should deliver value to customers in a way that improves both the consumer’s and society’s well-being. Management should be sustainable and environmentally friendly
Which of the five marketing concepts can lead to marketing myopia?
Product concept because it is important to adhere to customer wants and not just change the product just for the sake of it
What is the difference between the marketing and selling concept?
The selling concept starts in the factory and focuses on selling and promoting existing products.
The marketing concept starts with addressing customer needs in the market and using that to create new products
What three things should companies balance?
- company profits 2. customer wants 3. society’s interests
What are the Four P’s of the marketing mix?
- Product 2. Place 3. Promotion 4. Price
What is customer relationship management?
building and maintaining profitable customer relationships
What is customer-perceived value?
the customer’s perception of the value of a product in comparison to similar products
What is customer engagement marketing?
including customers in conversations about the brand, experiences, and the brand community