Marketing Exam 2 Flashcards
5 Reasons that Firms Create New Products
- ) Changing Customer Needs
- ) Market Saturation
- ) Managing Risk Through Diversity
- ) Fashion Cycles
- ) Improving Business Relationships
What are the 5 Groups in Diffusion of Innovation?
- ) Innovators
- ) Early Adopters
- ) Early Majority
- ) Late Majority
- ) Laggards
What are the 1st 2.5% of People to Purchase a New Product called?
Innovators
What are the 2nd 13.5% of People to Purchase a New Product?
Early Adopters
What are the 3rd 34% of People to Purchase a New Product?
Early Majority
What are the 4th 34% of People to Purchase a New Product?
Late Majority
What are the 5th 16% of People to Purchase a New Product?
Laggards
The first year they were offered, John wanted a tablet computer, but he did not know which one to choose. He waited until there were more choices, lower prices, and improved quality. John is part of the _____________ diffusion of innovation group.
Early Majority
Tiffany always asks Samantha about beauty supply products. She considers her a well-informed friend who always knows the latest trends. For Tiffany, Samantha is a(n) ______________ in the diffusion of innovation curve.
Innovators
Denise and Janet attend a large university in Texas. Denise asked for Janet’s e-mail address, but Janet said she didn’t have one. Janet would probably be considered a(n) ____________ in the diffusion of innovation process.
Laggards
Breakthroughs
Products that are new to the world and establish a completely new market or change the rules of completion
On Average, what percentage of new consumer products fail?
95%
What are the 4 Stages of the Product Life Cycle?
- ) Introduction
- ) Growth
- ) Maturity
- ) Decline
What are the 6 Ways that Firms Develop New Products?
- ) Idea Generation
- ) Concept Testing
- ) Product Development
- ) Market Testing
- ) Product Launch
- ) Evaluation of Results
What happens in Idea Generation While Firms are Developing New Products?
Development of viable new product ideas
What Happens in Concept Testing While Firms are Developing New Products?
Testing the new product idea among a set of potential customer
What Happens in Product Development While Firms are Developing New Products?
Development of prototypes and/or the product
What Happens in Market Testing While Firms are Developing New Products?
Testing the actual products in a few test markets
What Happens in Product Launch While Firms are Developing New Products?
Full-scale commercialization of the product
What Happens in Evaluation of Results While Firms are Developing New Products?
Analysis of the performance of the new product and making appropriate modifications
What are 2 Benefits of Internal R&D?
- ) Often the source of technological products
2. ) Often the source of breakthrough products
What is a negative aspect of Internal R&D?
High product development costs
What are the 4 Benefits of R&D Consortia?
- ) Lower Costs and Risks
- ) Firms Join Together
- ) Form Research Consortiums
- ) Benefits Spread to All Firms
What is Licensing?
Firms purchase the rights to technology or ideas from other research-intensive firms
What is Brainstorming?
Groups working together to generate ideas
What is Outsourcing?
Hiring an Outside Firm conduct research or develop a new product
What is Reverse Engineering?
Analyzing another product and changing it slightly and calling it your own
What percentage of new business or new products come from customers?
85%
What is a Concept?
A brief written description of the product
What Role do Customers Play in Concept Testing?
Customer reactions determine whether or not it goes forward
What are the 4 Parts of the Basic Concept Format?
- ) Concept Name
- ) Accepted Consumer Belief (ACB)
- ) Consumer Benefit
- ) Product Description
What is a Concept Name?
A short and descriptive handle for the idea
What is an Accepted Consumer Belief (ACB)?
It expresses the consumer relationship with the brand, category, or product. It also answers “how will this idea fir into my life?”
What is a Consumer Benefit?
The promise of the “job” the product will perform for the consumers. It identifies emotional dimensions of the benefit and answers “what’s in it for me?”
What is a Product Description?
Relevant product features that support the benefit. Includes sizing and pricing and answers “what is it?”
If You are Going to Fail, How Should You Go About It?
Fail Fast, Fail Small
What are the 3 Stages of Product Development?
- ) Prototype
- ) Alpha Testing
- ) Beta Testing
What are the Two Types of Market Testing?
- ) Premarket Tests
2. ) Test Marketing
What are the 3 Stages of Premarket Tests?
- ) Customers Exposed
- ) Customers Surveyed
- ) Firm Makes Decision
What are the 3 Stages of Test Marketing?
- ) Mini Product Launch
- ) More Expansive than Premarket Tests
- ) Market Demand is Estimated
What are the 3 Parts of the New Product Marketing Mix?
- ) Promotion
- ) Price
- ) Place
What are the 3 Stages of Evaluation of Results?
- ) Satisfaction of technical requirements
- ) Customer Acceptance
- ) Satisfaction of the firm’s financial requirements
What does AIDA stand for in the AIDA Model?
A - Awareness
I - Interest
D - Desire
A - Action
What is the Lagged Effect?
A delayed response to a marketing communication campaign.
What are the 7 Different Steps in the Communication Process?
- ) The Sender
- ) The Transmitter
- ) Encoding
- ) The Communication Channel
- ) The receiver
- ) Noise
- ) Feedback Loop
What is the most visible element of IMC?
Advertising
What does IMC Stand For?
Integrated Marketing Campaign
What is Advertising good at?
Creating Awareness and Generating Interest
What is “free” Media Attention?
Public Relations (PR)
What are 3 Benefits of Sales Promotions?
- ) Can be aimed at both end user consumers or channel members
- ) Used in conjunction with other forms of IMC
- ) Can be used for both short-term and long-term objectives
What is a negative aspect of Personal Selling?
It is more expensive than other forms of promotion
What is a positive aspect of Personal Selling?
Salespeople can add significant value, which makes the expense worth it
What are 3 Benefits of Direct Marketing?
- ) It is growing
- ) Good for multicultural groups
- ) Database technology improves
What are 3 Types of Online Marketing?
- ) Websites
- ) Blogs
- ) Social Media
What are the Different Elements of an IMC Program?
- ) Advertising
- ) Sales Promotion
- ) Public Relations (PR)
- ) Personal Selling
- ) Electronic Media
- ) Direct Marketing
What Are the 3 Steps for Planning for and Measuring IMC Success?
- ) Understand the outcome they hope to achieve
- ) Short-term or long-term
- ) Should be explicitly defined and measured
What are 2 Methods for Setting and Allocating the IMC Budget?
- ) Objective-and-task method
2. ) Rule-of-thumb methods
What are the 4 Methods for Measuring Success Using Marketing Metrics?
- ) Frequency
- ) Reach
- ) Gross Rating Points
- ) Web Tracking
Why is the Objective-and-task method of setting an IMC budget better than the rule-of-thumb methods?
The objective-and-task method determines the budget required to undertake specific tasks to accomplish communication objectives
How do Firms use GRP to evaluate the effectiveness of traditional media?
When measuring IMC success, the firm should examine when and how often consumers have been exposed to various marketing communications.
How would a firm evaluate the effectiveness of its Google advertising?
Using Google AdWords, a firm can assess the effectiveness of his advertising expenditures by measuring the reach, relevance and return on investment for each of the keywords that were used
What are used to assess the effectiveness of advertising expenditures?
Mouse Clicks
What is Click Through Rate (CTR)?
The number of clicks divided by the number of impressions
What is Frequency?
How often the audience is exposed to a communication within a specified period of time
What represents reach multiplied by frequency?
GRP - Gross Rating Points
What are Impressions?
The number of times an ad appears in front of a user
What does the Objective-and-Task Method determine?
The budget required to undertake specific tasks to accomplish communication objectives
What is Online Couponing?
A promotional Web technique in which consumers print a coupon directly from a site and then redeem the coupon in a store
What is Online Referring?
When consumers fill out an interest or order form and are referred to an offline dealer or firm that offers the product or service of interest
What is Reach?
The percentage of the target population exposed to a specific marketing communication at least once