Marketing planning Details Flashcards

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Elements of a marketing plan

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-The marketing objective
-The marketing budget
-Segmentation and the target market
-Market research
-Market strategies
-Control tools

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Ways in which a marketing budget could be set

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-Objective based
-Sales based
-Incremental based

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Ways by which data for marketing strategies can be gathered

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-Sales revenue and profit data
-The number of repeat customers
-Surveys and focus groups

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Marketing should be viewed as an ongoing process and marketing plans should be continually updated(T/F)

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True

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Elements of the marketing cycle

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-Marketing objectives set(generally carried out first)
-Target market identified
-Market research carried out
-Marketing strategies developed and implemented
-Control tools used to assess the campaign’s success
-Adaptations made depending on success(cycle repeats)

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Types of segmentation

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-Geographic segmentation
-Demographic segmentation
-Psychographic segmentation

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In geographic segmentation, customers can be divided by…

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-Region and continent
-Country
-State and country region
-Urban and rural settings, etc.

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In demographic segmentation, customers can be divided by…

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-Age
-Gender
-Socio-economic group
-Occupation, etc.

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Advantages of segmentation

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-Identifies gaps and opportunities in markets
-Designs suitable products for specific groups(in order to increase sales and profits)
-Reduces the waste of resources
-Diversifies and spread risks targeting different consumer segments

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In product positioning maps, there are no set rules about how information is displayed(T/F)

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True

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Uses of product positioning maps

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-Identifying market segments whose needs/wants are not fulfilled
-Establishing gaps and opportunities in the market for launching new products
-Helping a business to understand who and what their closest competitors and threats are

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Types of promotion techniques

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-Above the line
-Below the line

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Type of promotion technique more likely to be used in niche markets

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Below the line techniques

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Examples of niche markets

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-Luxury clothing
-Niche sports(e.g. wake boarding, horse riding, etc.)
-Equipment designed for left-handed people, etc.

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Advantages of niche markets

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-Less competition(may lead to high profit margins)
-Suitable for small businesses
-Greater potential for customer loyalty

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Disadvantages of niche markets

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-High per unit cost
-Less reach
-Less growth potential

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Type of promotion technique more likely to be used in mass markets

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Above the line techniques

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Advantages of mass markets

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-Large markets(potentially higher revenues)
-Low per unit production and marketing costs
-Potentially higher reach

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Disadvantages of mass markets

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-High costs
-More competition

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Types of differentiation(via USPs)

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-Differentiation by product USPs
-Differentiation by price USPs
-Differentiation by promotion USPs
-Differentiation by place USPs(e.g. stores in convenient locations)
-Differentiation by people USPs(e.g. great customer service)
-Differentiation by physical evidence USPs
-Differentiation by process USPs(e.g. easy refund process)

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Elements of Porter’s Generic Strategies

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-Cost leadership
-Cost focus
-Differentiation
-DIfferentiation focus
-Stuck in the middle

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(In Porter’s Generic Strategies)Cost leadership and differentiation apply to…

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businesses that are selling their products to a broad target market

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(In Porter’s Generic Strategies)Cost focus and differentiation focus apply to…

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businesses that are sellling their products to niche markets

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Where are cost leadership strategies most suited to?

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Markets where the producs are standardised and there is less opportunity to differentiate through product quality, branding or promotion

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Features of differentiation strategies
Businesses will usually find their USP and aim to make the product the best in the industry on that point
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Features of cost-focus strategies
Businesses will usually produce a product that is relatively basic(perhaps a lower-cost copy of a popular and higher priced product)
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In a differentiation focus strategym the differentiation may be...
-High quality -Very exclusive -Provides a wanted special characteristic
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Features of businesses 'stuck in the middle'
-Not differentiated enough to convince customers to buy its products -Costs of production8and likely its prices) are too high relative to competitors -Earning low profits/experiencing losses