Marketing I Flashcards
What Is Marketing?
An organizational function and set of processes for creating, communicating and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders
What are the four steps of the Marketing Strategy Process?
- Research Market
- Segment & Choose Target Market
- Understand Targeted Customer Behavior
- Develop Marketing Strategy
Why is Customer Utility important?
Customers must perceive value in products
What is Utility?
The power of a good or service to satisfy a want or need.
What are three specific types of utilities which marketing addresses?
- time utility
- place utility
- ownership utility
How do marketers create time utility?
by making a good or service available when customers want to purchase it.
How do marketers create place utility?
by making a product available in a location convenient for customers.
How do marketers create ownership utility?
through an organized transfer of goods and services from the seller to the buyer
What are the two steps to Developing a Marketing Strategy?
- Study and analyze potential target markets and choose among them.
- Create a marketing mix to satisfy the chosen market (product, distribution, promotion, & pricing)
What is segmentation?
Identifying and describing market segments.
What is targeting?
Evaluating segments and deciding which to go after.
What is positioning?
Designing a product or service to meet a segment\s needs and develop a marketing mix that will create a competitive advantage in the minds of the selected target market.
What are the two types of markets?
- Consumer (B2C) product
- Business (B2B) product
What is a Consumer (B2C) product?
A good or service that is purchased by end users
What is a Business (B2B) product?
A good or service purchased to be used, either directly
or indirectly, in the production of other goods for resale
What is a target market?
A group of people that an organization markets its goods, services, or ideas toward, using a strategy designed to satisfy this group’s specific needs and preferences
What is Marketing research?
The process of collecting and evaluating information to support marketing decision-making
What are the 6 types of market research?
- Surveys
- Focus groups
- Interviews
- Libraries
- Government agencies
- Trade associations
Where does Internal data come from and what does it include?
Internal data is generated within the organization; includes financial records, inventory levels, sales, profitability
Where does external data come from and what does it include?
External data comes from outside sources; includes trade associations, advertising agencies, national marketing research firms
Where does secondary data come from and what are its advantages?
Secondary data is previously published data.
- Low-cost and easy to obtain.
- Government publications provide data sources (e.g., census statistics).
Where does primary data come from?
Primary data is collected through observation, surveys, and other forms of observational study.
What are focus groups what their advantages?
Focus groups gathers 8 to 12 people in a room or over the Internet to discuss a specific topic.
-Can lead to new ideas, address consumer needs, and point out flaws in existing products
What is Business intelligence?
A field of research that uses activities and technologies for gathering, storing, and analyzing data to make better competitive decisions
What is data mining?
The use of computer searches of customer data to detect patterns and relationships.
What is Market segmentation?
The process of dividing a total market into several relatively similar groups
What are the three Key criteria for picking dimension(s) for segmentation other than usefulness?
- A segment must be a measurable group
- A segment must be accessible for communication
- A segment must be large enough to offer profit potential
What are the four aspects of B2C market segmentation?
- Geographical
- Demographic
- Psychographic
- Product-related
What is included in Geographical B2C market segmentation?(4)
- Region
- Population
- Density
- Postal code
What is included in Demographic B2C market segmentation? (6)
- Age
- Gender
- Income
- Education
- Family size and life cycle
- Occupation
What is included in Psychographic B2C market segmentation? (8)
- Lifestyles
- Attitudes
- Opinions
- Behaviour
- Patterns
- Values
- Personality
- Self-image
What is included in Product-related B2C market segmentation? (8)
- Comfort
- Safety
- Luxury
- Economy
- Convenience
- Durability
- Brand loyalty
- Usage rates
What are the three aspects of B2B market segmentation?
- Geographical
- End-use
- Demographic
What is included in Geographical B2B market segmentation? (1)
Geographically concentrated industries
What is included in End-use B2B market segmentation? (3)
- Product design specifications for performance
- Design
- Price
What is included in Demographic B2B market segmentation? (3)
- Sales revenue
- Number of employees
- Number of buyers
What is Geographic segmentation?
Dividing an overall market into similar groups on the basis of their locations
What is Demographic segmentation?
Dividing markets on the basis of various demographic or socioeconomic characteristics, such as gender, age, income, occupation, household size, stage in family life-cycle, education, or ethnic group
What is Psychographic segmentation?
Dividing consumer markets into groups with similar attitudes, values, and lifestyles
-AIO (attitude, interests & opinion) statements are people’s verbal descriptions of various attitudes, interests, and opinions
What is Product-related segmentation?
Dividing consumer markets into groups that are based on benefits sought by buyers, usage rates, and loyalty levels
What is Geographic segmentation (B2B)?
Geographic segmentation targets geographically concentrated industries.
What is Demographic segmentation?
Demographic, or customer-based, segmentation designs a good or service intended for a specific organizational market (e.g., healthcare institutions).
What is End-use segmentation?
A marketing strategy that focuses on the precise way a
B2B purchaser will use a product
What is Consumer behaviour?
End consumers’ activities that are directly involved in obtaining, consuming, and disposing of products, and the decision processes before and after these activities.