Marketing Vocab - Sheet1 Flashcards

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4Ps

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Also known as the “Marketing Mix,” the 4 Ps was introduced in 1960 as a marketing framework comprising product, price, place, and promotion (Chapter 5)

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ABLE Framework

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Designed to help companies create effective marketing communications while simplifying the evaluation and creation process; there are four components in the ABLE Framework: attention, benefit, linkage, and equity (Chapter 9)

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Activation

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The execution of marketing after the planning process (Chapter 8)

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Agile

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A methodology to more efficiently and effectively develop software products (Chapter 7)

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Augmented Product

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Part of Philip Kotler’s “5 Product Levels,” a version of the product with additional features that differentiates it from the competition (Chapter 7)

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Average Order Value

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A metric companies strive to increase by increasing the amount of customer spent, resulting in increased revenue and profits (Chapter 2)

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Awareness Stage

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The first stage in the Buyer’s Journey and confirms that you have a need, problem, or opportunity(Chapter 8)

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Bargaining Power of Customers

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Part of Michael Porter’s“Five Forces,” companies are always concerned with customers’ ability and desire to purchase, price sensitivity, and changing preferences, among others (Chapter 7)

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Bargaining Power of Suppliers

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Part of Michael Porter’s“Five Forces,” companies are typically reliant on other businesses in their supply chain who control inputs and outputs potentially affecting results (Chapter 7)

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Big Idea

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An overarching concept that unifies a marketing campaign and connects with the intended audience(Chapter 9)

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Brand

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An identifiable and differentiated product, service, person, movement, idea, etc. that is represented by associations including thoughts and identity, among many others (Chapter 2)

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Brand Advocate

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A loyal customer who support and promotes a brand – sometimes referred to as a brand “ambassador”, or brand “champion”(Chapter 9)

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Brand Architecture

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A brand that is held in high esteem by a prospect or customer (Chapter 4)

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Brand Affinity

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A brand that is held in high esteem by a prospect or customer (Chapter 4)

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Brand Awareness

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Being aware of the existence of a brand (Chapter 2)

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Brand Elements

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Sensory manifestations of brand identity including brand name; see chapter for specific examples(Chapter 2)

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Brand Equity

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The “ownership” a brand has in the marketplace as measured by the value of the brand and the collective perception of the brand; example, Apple and Nike have significant brand equity (Chapter 3)

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Brand Experience

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The experience the customer has in interacting with a brand (Chapter 2)

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Brand Extension

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When a brand moves into a new category;example: Apple moving from computers (Macintosh) into music listening devices (iPod) and then into smartphones(iPhone) (Chapter 3)

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Brand Identity

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The way a brand looks and feels as exemplified through a logo, website, brochures, etc. (Chapter 2)

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Branding

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The process of applying concepts, designs and techniques to a brand to differentiate it from other brands (Chapter 2)

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Brand Loyalty

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Purchasing or using one brand over another even if there are cheaper alternatives (Chapter 2)

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Brand Perception

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What one thinks about a brand, which is usually characterized as the intersection between the brand promise (what a brand promises to deliver) and the actual brand experience (Chapter 2)

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Brand Personality

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A discernible type, trait, or characteristic attributable to a brand much like a person that helps brands differentiate from the competition and create relatability for prospects and customers (Chapter 2)

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Brand Positioning

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Creating a unique place to occupy in the minds of prospects and customers when they think of a brand (Chapter 2)

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Brand Preference

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Choosing one brand over another(Chapter 2)

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Brand Promise

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What a brand promises to deliver to a customer (Chapter 2)

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Brand Purpose

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Often refers to the mission or reason a brand exists and goes beyond just selling a product – often associated with a cause, social responsibility or simply a deeper meaning; an example o this is TOMS shoes or Patagonia (chapter 2)

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Brand Relevance

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Ultimate display of brand loyalty; there is only one relevant choice thereby rendering all other brands irrelevant in the eyes of the customer (Chapter 2)

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Brand Storytelling

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Expressing the mission, vision, values,and passion of a brand through a narrative that draws in the audience (Chapter 2)

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Brand Value

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The real and perceived value that a brand brings to the organization (Chapter 3)

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Buyer’s Journey

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The Awareness, Consideration, and Decision stages that a consumer goes through from becoming aware of a need, problem, or opportunity to considering alternatives, and finally making a purchase decision (Chapter 8)

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Call-to-Action (CTA)

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A prompt designed to elicit a response or sale, e.g., a phone number or specific URL (UniformResource Locator or more commonly referred to as a “web address” or “domain.”) (Chapter 8)

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Categories

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Classification of products and services; example is the “soda” category (Chapter 2)

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Category Leader

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Brand that is the identifiable leader in its respective category; examples are Nike in athletic shoes and Starbucks in coffee (Chapter 2)

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Channel

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Where a company sells its products; e.g., through a website, retail stores, or through sales representatives who sell directly (Chapter 1)

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Churn

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Customers who drop off and no longer use the service (Chapter 5)

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Competitors

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Two or more businesses competing by selling the same or similar products (Chapter 4)

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Consumer Decision-Making Process

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The generally recognized steps that consumers go through to make a purchase

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Awareness

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Recognition of a need, problem, or opportunity

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Research

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Information search regarding the need, problem, or opportunity

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Consideration

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Evaluation of alternatives, solutions

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Decision

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The decision to purchase a specific product, service, or brand

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Evaluation

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Post-purchase evaluation if the solutions meets the need, etc. (chapter 2)

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Co-Branding

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Also called “cooperative branding” or “collabs” where two or more brands benefit by serving a common or similar customer (Chapter 3)

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Consideration Set

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The brands or products one is seriously considering with regard to making a purchase (Chapter 4)

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Consideration Stage

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The second stage in the Buyer’sJourney and signifies that you are now actively considering a new product or service (Chapter 8)

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Content Marketing

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Area of marketing concerned with developing and deploying content to engage prospects and customers with the ultimate goals of lead generation and customer acquisition; content might be considered the“fuel” for inbound marketing (Chapter 8)

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Core Benefit

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Part of Philip Kotler’s “5 Product Levels;”the fundamental need or want consumers have that a product addresses (Chapter 7)

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Creative Brief

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An internal document used to keep stake holders on the same page regarding the strategy, goals, and objectives of a campaign as well as the deliverables to execute on the campaign (Chapter 9)

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Current Competition

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Part of Michael Porter’s ‘Five Forces”; companies that recurrent competitors are always vying for position amongst themselves (Chapter 7)

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Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)

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An equation that determines how much companies should spend on acquiring new customers through sales and marketing costs (Chapter 5)

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Customer Experience

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The totality and quality of the interactions and engagements a customer has with a company thereby informing their perception and opinion of the brand (Chapter 5)

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Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)

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A metric that determine show much a customer is worth to an organization over their lifetime of doing business with a company (Chapter 3)

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Customer Perceived Value (CPV)

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The belief of a customer(or not) that a product or service is going to satisfy their wants or needs (Chapter 6)

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Customer Relationship Management System (CRM)

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A data system that allows departments to store and share common customer data (Chapter 9)

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Customer Retention

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The ability of a company to keep customers they already have (Chapter 5)

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Customer Segmentation

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Grouping prospects and customers by demographics, geographics, pyschographics and behavior (Chapter 9)

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Data Driven

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Refers to using data to drive the business —including decision-making, processes, the customer experience, and even the revenue model (Chapter 11)

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Data-Driven Communications

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The use of data to better understand target markets to deliver more relevant, contextual, or personalized messages (Chapter 8)

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Decision Stage

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The third and final stage in the Buyer’sJourney, which finds you making the purchase decision based on the products that meet your specific needs including features and price (Chapter 8)

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Differentiation

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The essence of a brand is differentiating it from other brands; distinguishing one brand from another(Chapter 3)

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Disruption

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Reimagining an industry through new business models, products, distribution, and pricing, among others; Dollar Shave Club and Tesla are two prime examples of disruptors (Chapter 6)\

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Diversification

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One of Ansoff’s four growth strategies for businesses; considered the riskiest as a company seeks to enter new markets with new products (Chapter 7)

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Down Market

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Creating a product that appeals to a different audience at a lower price point (Chapter 3)

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Down Market Product Line Stretch

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When a brand currently serves a middle or upper market and wants to serve a lower-level market (Chapter 7)

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Earned Media

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Public relations, social media, and organic traffic to a company website through SEO characterize media that is earned versus bought through ads or promotion (Chapter 8)

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Economic Benefit

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The consumer determines other things related to price like service, durability, reliability, and value, which consciously and subconsciously affect the purchase decision (Chapter 6)

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Emotional Reasoning

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Refers to purchasing a product based on the way it makes you feel — how it looks or feels elicits an emotional response (Chapter 6)

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Expected Product

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Part of Philip Kotler’s “5 Product Levels;” a more enhanced version of the product with features that most buyers expect when they make a purchase (Chapter 7)

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First-Party Data

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Research conducted by a company versus data procured from another source, company, or industry organization (Chapter 9)

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Flanker Brand

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A new brand introduced by a company that already has a primary brand in a product category (Chapter 3)

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Functional Benefit

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What a product or service does for the customer (Chapter 6)

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Generic Product

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Part of Philip Kotler’s “5 Product Levels;” a simplified version of the product with only features necessary for basic functionality; this is analogous to Minimum Viable Product (MVP), which will be explored later in this chapter (Chapter 7)

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Growth Strategies

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There are four recognized growth strategies, as introduced by H. Igor Ansoff in the Harvard Business Review in 1957: Market Penetration and Product Development in existing markets and Market Developmentand Diversification in new markets (Chapter 7)

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Impressions

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The potential number of times an advertisement is seen by an audience (Chapter 8)

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Inbound Marketing

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Is about pulling consumers to your brand through value-added content that is relevant, contextual, or personalized versus only pushing messages to them (Chapter 8)

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Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)

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Often referred to as the new “promotion” of the 4 Ps; IMC includes advertising, public relations, digital marketing, direct marketing, events, and experiences, sales promotion, and personal selling (Chapter 8)

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Internal Customer

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Someone who depends on someone else or needs assistance of some kind within the organization(Chapter 4)

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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

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KPIs are the mostimportant indicators to how the business is performing andevaluate the success of a company’s overall performanceand can be used to compare one company to another competitor to gage success (Chapter 9)

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Line Extension

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When a new product is introduced to expand an existing product line; example: Mountain Dew introducing new variants like Mountain Dew Code Red or Mountain DewBaja Blast (Chapter 3)

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Market Development

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One of Ansoff’s four growth strategies for businesses; considered even more risky as a company seeks to develop new markets with its existing products(Chapter 7)

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Marketing Automation Systems

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Systems that enable marketers to leverage CRM data and automate marketing through scheduled email campaigns, social media posts, and a variety of reports including website activity and engagement and marketing campaign results, among many others (Chapter 9)

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Marketing Communications

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How a company reaches and interacts with both prospective and existing customers to educate, inform, and entertain; primary objectives of marketing communications are to create awareness, elicit a response and stimulate demand leading to a purchase (Chapter 9)

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Marketing Concepts

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Concepts that illustrate how companies engage to compete, win customers, generate revenue and profit, and ultimately build a successful business (Chapter 1)

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Market Penetration

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One of Ansoff’s four growth strategies for businesses; generally considered the least risky growth strategy because existing products are used to increase market share (Chapter 7)

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Market Segmentation

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Used to narrow or define a group of people; standard marketing segmentation includes demographics (age, income), geographics (city, state), psychographics (beliefs, attitudes), and behavior(purchases, product usage) (Chapter 4)

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Market Segments

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Group customers by specific characteristics or criteria (Chapter 1)

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Marketing Communications Tactics

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What’s used to execute the marketing strategy; examples include advertising, social media, SEO, etc. (Chapter 2)

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Metric

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Something that can be measured but may not be a KPI; e.g. website visits might be a metric but a KPI might be customer conversions (sales) from organic web traffic (Chapter 9)

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Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

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Fulfills the basic needs of customers with the intent of building a more useful fnal product based on real user feedback; particularly useful in software development where iterating a product is easierand more realistic than with physical products (Chapter 7)

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New Entrants

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Part of Michael Porter’s “Five Forces;” there isalways a threat of new competitors entering the market(Chapter 7)

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Objective

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Usually a shorter term, specific goal that leads toa larger goal (Chapter 8)

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Omnichannel

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A variety of mediums both online and ofine in which consumer shopping behaviors, personal interactions,and communications take place (Chapter 4)

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Onboarding

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Can refer to employee training, getting new hires up to speed; or can apply to new customers and referto onboarding initiatives that include welcome and training efforts, incentives, customer-only websites, and other reinforcement of a customer’s purchase decision (Chapter5)

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One-to-many

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When a company uses a communications vehicles like advertising to reach many people (Chapter 8)

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Organic Content

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Content developed by a company that is featured on its website, social media, and its communications; organic content is different from paid advertisements (Chapter 8)

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Owned Media

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Includes the company website, the website domain name, and all of the content created for its website and social media channels; data has also become an important asset, which helps drive traffic and informsbrands on who to target, how to reach them, and what messages will resonate with a particular audience (Chapter8)

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Paid Media

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Any advertisement including broadcast,streaming, or digital as well as paid sales promotions, etc.(Chapter 8)

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Personas

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A semi-fictional representation of an idealcustomer based on market segmentation and other detailed insights, usually related to online activity and behavior(Chapter 4)

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Point of Purchase (POP)

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A visual display representing a product or service usually in a retail store (Chapter 8)

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Positioning Statement

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A company-facing communication that describes the target market, explains brand benefits, and differentiates the brand from its competitors (Chapter 3)

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Potential Product

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Part of Philip Kotler’s “5 Product Levels;”this is the product in the future with additional features and benefits that will delight customers fostering greater loyalty(Chapter 7)

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Price Inelasticity or Inelastic Demand

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Demand stays the same or goes down very little even when prices go up significantly (Chapter 3)

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Product Bundle

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An offering that includes both the product and a service (Chapter 6)

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Product Category

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Where a product exists in terms of classification (Chapter 7)

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Product Development

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One of Ansoff’s four growth strategies for businesses; considered riskier as the company develops new products for its existing market(Chapter 7)

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Product Focus

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Companies that are product-focused ratherthan customer-focused are often exemplified by the belief that building a better product will result in sales andsatisfied or loyal customers (Chapter 5)

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Product Management

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A product manager is tasked withbringing a product idea from ideation to creation and the organization to make this happen (CHapter 6)

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Product Marketing

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A product marketer is responsible for promoting the product before it launches, when it launches,and then stimulating awareness and usage of the productpost launch (Chapter 6)

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Product Line Stretch

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When a company pursues additional market share by selling more of its products or developing new products or brands to address different segments ofthe market (Chapter 7)

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Psychological Benefit

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A product purchase that satisfies more intangible needs of the consumer beyond thefunctionality of the product — safety, prestige, belonging,etc. (Chapter 6)

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Pull Promotional Strategy

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Sales promotions are designed to“pull” customers to the product, e.g., sales, coupons, andtrials, among others (Chapter 8)

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Push Promotional Strategy

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Designed to “push” products toconsumers through tactics like direct selling, point of purchase (POP), and packaging, among others (Chapter 8)

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Rational Reasoning

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Refers to justifying a product purchase with a logical or “legitimate” reason that supports rational thinking (Chapter 6)

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Reach

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The number of unique people who are exposed to a specific ad (Chapter 8)

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Retargeting Ads

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Ads that show information from websites you visited or a search you performed (Chapter 4)

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Scarcity Marketing

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Leveraging the actual or perceived shortage of a product to stimulate demand (Chapter 6)

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Search Engine Results Page (SERP)

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After entering a keyword, Google and other search engines return a SERP that shows the results, which are comprised of organic content and paid advertisements (Chapter 8)

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Software as a Service (SaaS)

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Users pay a subscription fee, usually by the month or year for use of the software (Chapter 11)

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Subcategories

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Classification of products and services within a category; example is colas, diet sodas, and citrus-flavored sodas, etc. (Chapter 2)

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Subscribed Audiences

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Prospects and customers who have“subscribed” to a company’s email list, YouTube channel,etc. indicating they want to hear from the company (Chapter8)

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Substitute Products or Services

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Part of Michael Porter’s“Five Forces;” there is always a threat of new products or services that rende existing offerings obsolete or less desirable (Chapter 7)

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Substitutes

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A close but not-exactly-the-same product oroffering (Chapter 4)

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Switching Opportunity

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Brands try to create opportunities forcustomers to switch brands through incentives like trialsand coupons, among others, with the hope ofestablishing brand preference (Chapter 2)

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Target Audiences

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A group of prospective customers based on a variety of criteria who are perceived to be likely to makea purchase (Chapter 4)

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Tech Stack

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A combination of programs, solutions, and services to build or run an application or project; in this case,for enabling digital marketing (Chapter 11)

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Trial

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Trying the product or service before purchasing it (Chapter 5)

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Two-way Market Product Line Stretch

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When a brand wants to cover the majority of the market including the lower leveland higher end (Chapter 7)

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Up Market

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Creating a product that appeals to a different audience at a higher price point (Chapter 3)

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Up Market Product Line Stretch

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When a brand currently serves a lower market and wants to serve a higher level or premium market (Chapter 7)

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Value Equation

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Customers receive value from a product and in return companies receive value from the customer interms of money (Chapter 4)

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Value Exchange

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Companies provide value to customers byproviding a product or service and customers provide value to companies by paying for those products and services(Chapter 7)