Marketing Mix Flashcards
Marketing Mix
The combination of four areas of marketing activities (price, product, promotion and place) to make sure that customers’ needs and wants are met while generating optimum revenue.
Price
Money charged for a product/service
Product
A good or service produced by a business or organisation and made available to customers for consumption
Promotion
Communication between the business and customer.
Place
The way in which a product is distributed – how it gets from the producer to the consumer
FOMO
Fear Of Missing Out
Target Market
The particular group of customers to which a business aims to sell its product; a particular market segment.
Brand
Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that distinguishes an organisation or product from its rivals in the eyes of the customers
USP
The key benefit of a good/service; it differentiates the product from others and will be the focus of advertising and promotion.
Differentiation
Developing the features that set a product apart from others in the market (such as benefits, style, price) and using that as part of advertising and promotion.
Product Portfolio
The range of products offered by one producer.
BOSTON MATRIX
A tool for analysing the contribution made by each product in a business’ product portfolio. It plots each product’s position according to its market share and the rate of growth of the market.
Market Share
The proportion of the whole market for a product that is held by the business.
Product Life Cycle
The stages through which a product travels during its journey from being an idea to being old and dated: research and development, introduction, growth, maturity, decline.
Extension Strategies
Methods that can be used to prolong the life of a product; could include price reductions, modifications to the product or relaunch.
Price Skimming
Setting a very high price when a product (often technology item) is first introduced to the market in relatively small numbers; only those who can afford to pay high prices to own the latest models will be able to purchase the product. The price is later reduced so that others can afford to buy.
Penetration Pricing
Fixing a low price when a new product is first introduced (into an established market) so that the product gains market share quickly. Once the product is established, the price is then raised so that profit is increased.
Competitive pricing
Setting the price of a product so that it is in line with competitors’ prices.
Loss Leader
A good or service sold at below cost price to bring customers into the shop with the intention that, once there, they may purchase full-priced items too.
Cost-plus pricing
Setting the price of a good or service at an amount higher than the cost of producing it so that a profit is made.
Advertising
Communicating to customers
Sales Promotion
Short term activities to attract consumer attention to a product or service in order to increase sales
Public relations
A business organises an event that will undoubtedly get free media coverage for its product or service
Personal Selling
Having a sales force to promoted their products and services
Distribution Channel
The route the ownership of the product transfers from the seller to the buyer; it may be a single transaction or pass through others such as wholesalers, distributors, agents and retailers.
The combination of four areas of marketing activities (price, product, promotion and place) to make sure that customers’ needs and wants are met while generating optimum revenue.
Marketing Mix
Money charged for a product/service
Price
A good or service produced by a business or organisation and made available to customers for consumption
Product