Marketing strategy and the consumer Flashcards
What is marketing?
It is engaging customers and managing
profitable customer relationships
What are the goals of marketing?
- Identify and attract new customers by offering superior value
- Maintain and grow existing customers by delivering satisfaction and fostering loyalty
- Create value for and capture value from customers
What is the marketing concept?
It is the philosophy that a company should deliver on desired customer satisfaction in order to create loyalty, which will in turn create profit
What is the customer lifetime value (CIV)?
It is the value of the entire stream of purchases a customer makes over a lifetime of patronage
Why does a company want to keep customers satisfied and loyal?
- Can lose that customer’s lifetime value
- May cause other customers to defect
What is a ‘need’?
Something a customer is deprived of/lacks
What is a ‘want’?
Something a customer is looking for
What is a ‘demand’?
Wants which are backed up by financial power
What is marketing myopia?
Paying too much attention to market offering that customers already buy within an existing product category rather than focusing on the needs/wants
What is the value proposition?
What value does this company propose to provide its customers?
The reason to purchase your product
Who is the target customer?
The people the company wants to sell their products to
Why does a company need a value proposition?
it allows to compete effectively by focusing on the USP and the core competencies
What is positioning?
How does your product compare to the competition?
What is differentiation?
Does the product provide greater value and can the customers tell?
What is the perception map?
A simplified way to visually represent the relationships between the company and the competitors from the customer’s perspective
What is the positioning statement?
Value proposition and target customer in linked with the positioning statement
What are the 4Ps?
Product
Price
Promotion
Place
What is product?
Value creation - benefits
What is price?
Value capture - revenue
What is place?
Value delivery/access - distribution
What is promotion?
Value communication - messaging and media
4As in the customer’s perception:
Acceptability
Affordability
Accessibility
Awareness
What is the ansoff matrix?
Growth strategy
What is market penetration?
Focus on sales to current target customers without changing the original products
What is market development?
Identify and develop new markets for current products
What is product development?
Offer new products for a current customer
What is diversification?
Start or acquire new products/businesses