Marketing Plan Flashcards
they must search for buyers, identify their needs, design good market offerings, set prices for them, promote, store and deliver them
sellers
they search for products, interact with companies, obtain information and make their purchases
buyers
refers to the process of dividing prospective buyers into groups that have common needs and will respond similarly to a marketing action; it is a process in marketing of grouping a market (customers) into smaller subgroups
market segmentation
a market can be grouped according to these variables
geographic, demographic, psychographic, behavioral
region of the world or country, size of country, climate
geographic
population - age, gender, sexual orientation, income, occupation, education, etc.
demographic
personality, lifestyle, values, attitudes
psychographic
product, benefit sought, rate of usage, brand royalty, readiness-to-buy stage, etc.
behavioral
it is to select from among the big group of possible buyers or users, a specific grouo or type of buyers to cater to
targetting
the discipline in marketing is to ____________________
target one segment at a time
knowing what your competitor’s marketing is includes
- the competitor’s products/service
- how much they cost
- how thry are distributed
- how they are made known to the target market
the best way to know your market is to
go out there and see the competition yourself
an educated guess
estimation (market estimation)
generally concerns the presence or absence of buyers for your product or users of your service and how much income you can expect to derive from it
market assessment
examines your capability to be in the particular business
technical assessment
this measurs your familiarity with the type of business or how well you know the ins and outs; also concerns your ability to put together all the resources you will use in the business
organizational assessment
this gives you an idea of how much it sill cost to start the business and keep it going at least ungil the revenues start coming in
financial assessment
it will allow you to know more about the demand for your product or service, and the people who will likely buy or use them, and how many they are, and whether these buyers will likely affect the location of your business
market research