Marketing Exam Review Flashcards
define marketing
Promoting a product to get more people to want and know about the product
Why is marketing dynamic
Peoples preferences and trends change constantly
Why should marketing focus on the customer
Marketing is about making sure the what customer wants and needs are met
In what ways is marketing international.
People can buy products from anywhere in the world
explain in your own words
Explain what are the 4 P in Marketing
The elements involved in marketing a product/ service, they interact significantly with each other
what is price (4 Ps)
○ Price of the product or service
○ Determining the price based on the demand and materials
what is place (4 Ps)
○ Where the consumers buy the product
○ Online, retail, through a professional
what is product (4 Ps)
○ The product/ service that the company is selling
what is promotion (4 Ps)
○ Advertising that reaches the target market
○ Instagram campaign, public relations campaign
what is a good
Tangible/ physical products
what is a service
Intangible products that offer their expertise or labor
what is an idea
○ Intangible concept that can be used for financial gain.
○ concept, cause, image, issue, or philosophy
what is an example of a good
literally anything you can touch
what is an example of a service
hairstylest, cleaner
what is an example of an idea
a campaign promoting recycling to encourage environmental responsibility
why is the target market part of a marketing strategy
Different people of age group, genders, income want/ need different things
what are the 4 qualities that a target market should have
demographic, geographic, psycographic, behavioral
what is the demographic of a target market
examples
Specific age group, income level, gender, occupation, and education level
what is the geographic of a target market
Regional preferences need to be taken into account
what is the psychographic of a target market
give examples aswell
○ More into depth then demographic
○ Consider lifestyle, attitudes, interests, and values
what is the behavioral of a target market
Relies on research into the decisions of a company’s current customers
What is the difference between mass marketing and target marketing?
→ Mass marketing targets all people
→ Target marketing targets a specific group
what is segmenting a market
divide your market into groups based on characteristics like age, gender, income level
what is target marketing
focus your marketing efforts on a specific group of people that you think are likely to buy your product or service
what are 2 problems with target marketing
- Focusing too much on a group can reduce adaptability to broader market trends
- exclude potential customers outside the chosen segments
What do you call the process of dividing a large marketing into smaller parts
Market segmentation
List 3 geographic variables
Region, Climate, Population density
List 5 demographic variables
Age, Gender, Income, Education level, Family size
Why do marketers use generation to segment a market?
People of different generations use and are used to different things
what is the product life cycle
The stage in the life cycle of a product is based on industry sales
what is the introduction stage in the product life cycle
customers get introduced to the product, little to no competition
what is the growth stage in the product life cycle
the product becomes more recongnized, Marketing will likely be towards differentiating its product from others
what is the maturity stage in the product life cycle
market becomes saturated, higher competition
what is the decline stage in the product life cycle
will lose market share, can chose to continue or discontinue the product.
continue - revamp the product or new generation
discontinue - company will stop generating support to the product
what are the 5 major modes of transportation
truck, ship, train, plane, pipline
what are the advantages and disadvantages of a plane (mode of transportation)
Advantages: speed
Disadvantages: requires another mode of transportation
what are the advantages and disadvantages of a pipleline (mode of transportation)
Advantages: products safe from damage/ theft
Disadvantages: potential enviromental damage
what are the advantages and disadvantages of a truck (mode of transportation)
Advantages: flexible delivery times
Disadvantages: delay from traffic, weather
what are the advantages and disadvantages of a ship (mode of transportation)
Advantages: Can move large quantities farther at a lower cost
Disadvantages: requires another mode of transportation