Marketing management Flashcards
Value proposition
Defines the value that an offering aims to create for the relevant participants in the market
Four key entitiees
Customers, the company, its collaborators, and its competitors
The optimal value porposition consists of
Company value, customer value, collaborator value
Seven tactics defining the marketing mix
Product, service, Brand, price, incentives, communication, distribution
Bottum up business model generation
- stems from a deliberate research and development process which leads to improvement of a particular product or product feature
- Can also stem from advancement in technology that are not company specific and are available to all companies
Targeting
The process of identifying customers from whom the company will optimize its offering
One for each strategy
Developing something different for both clients
Customers vary in two main aspects
- their needs and resources
2. Their readily observable characteristic
Strategic targeting
Identifying which customers to serve and which to ignore
Customer revenues
Involve money received from customers for the right to own and/or use a companys offering
Costs of serving target customers
Involve expenses necessary to tailor the offerings benefits to fit target customer
Product line value
Reflects the synergies between the focal offering and the offerings in the companys product line
Scale value
Refers to the benefits received from the scale of the companys operation
Communication value
Reflects customers potential to influence other buyers
Information value
Reflects the worth of the information provideed by customers
Target compatibility
Reflects the companys ability to fulfill the needs of target customers better than the competitors
Synergistic offerings
Are a strategic asset to the degree that they facilitate customer acceptance of related company offerings
Access to capital
Provides the company with resources to carry out different aspects of its strategy and tactics
Tactical targeting
Is similar to strategic targeting in that it also involvess identifying target customers. However, unlike strategic targeting, which aims to determine which customers are target and which to ignore, tactical targeting aims to identify an effective selected target customers. The key aspects of tactical targeting are discussed in more detail below
Key segmentation principles
Relevance, similarity, exclusivity and comprehension
Developing a value proposition
The value that an offering aims to create for its target customers
Customer value as a marketing concept
Understanding the essence of customer value and identifying its key domains is essential for the development of a viable marketing strategy
An offering can create value across three domains
Functional, psychological, and monetary
Functional value
The benefits and costs directly related to an offerings performance
Psychological value
The psychological benefits and costs associated with the offering
Monetary value
The monetary benefits and costs associated with the offering
An offerings ability to create value is determined by three key factors
- the attributes defining the companys offering
- the relative importance of these attributes for target customers
- the offerings performance on these attributes
Reference point dependence
Reflects the fact that consumers often do not have well articulated preferences and that their evaluations of market offerings depend on the decision context
Diminishing marginal value
The utility from improving an offerings performance on the same dimension doees not increase in a monotonic fashion
Strategies for creating superior customer value
- improve the offerings performance on a given attribute
- add a new attribute on which the offering has an advantage
- Increase the perceived importance of an attribute on which the offering has an advantage
Need based framing
Directly links the benefit of the offering to a particular customer need
User based framing
Defines the offering by associating it to a particular type of buyer
Category based framing
Defines the offering by relating it to an already established product category
Competitive framing
Defines the offering by explicity contrasting it to competitors offerings and typically highlighting those aspects of the offering that differentiate it from the competition
Product line framing
Defines the offering by comparing it to other offerings in the companys product line
Positioning on functional benefits
Aims to create functional value by emphasizing a particular aspect of an offerings performance
Positioning on psychological benefits
Emphasizes the psychological value associated with the offering
positioning on monetary benefits
Emphasizes the monetary value associated with the offering
Single beneift positioning
Involves emphasizing the value delivered by the one (primary) attribute the company bleievs will most likely provied customers with a compelling reason to choose its offering
Multi benefit positioning
Emphasizes the benefits delivered by the offering on two or more attributes
Holistic positioning
Emphasizes the overall performance without highlighting individual benefits, enticing custoemrs to hcoose the offering based on its performance as a whole rather than on particular benefits
Search attributes
Products and services are associated with the least amount of uncertainty are typically identifiable through inspection before purcahse
Experience
Products and services carry greater uncertainty and are revealed only through consumption
Credence
Proudcts and services have the greates amount of uncertainty and their quality is not truly revealed even after consumption
Performance
Products vary in their performance on different attributes
Consistency
Ensuring that in kind products and services are identical and consistent with specifications
Compatibility
Refers to the degree to which an offering is consisten with certain already existing standards and complementary products
Brand identity
Includes the identifying characteristics of the brand, such as brand name, logo, symbol, character, slogan, jingle, product design, and packaging. Should be unique, memorable, likeable and consistent with other brand elements
Brand meaning
Reflects the brand related perceptions and beliefs held by the buyers: it reflects buyers understanding of the value proposition associated with a particular brand
The five C’s
Customer, company, collaborators, competitors, and context
Brand Hierarchy
Should different offings in a companys product line be positioned as individual brands or should share the same brand name
Individual branding
Involves creaing separate brands for each product or product line
Umbrella branding
involves using a single brand for all fo a companys products
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Brand repositioning
Reasons: respond to a change in target customers, reach a new target market, counteract a change in competitors branding strategy or to respond to legal challenges
Brand extension
Using the same brand name in a different context such as a different producta category or different price tier
Vertical brand extension
Stretch the brand to a product or service in a different price tier
Horizontal brand extension
Applying the brand to a different products category
Brand equity
is the differential effect that knowing the brand name has on the customer response to
the product and its marketing.
Brand equity and brand power
A key driver of brand equity is the brands power. Brand power reflects the brands ability to differentiate the offering from the competition and create customer value through meaningful associations. Unlike brand equity, which reflects the value of the brand to the company, brand power reflects the value a brand creates in the minds of customers