Marketing Year 10 Flashcards

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What are the 4Ps?

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Product, Price, Place, Promotion

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What is qualitative market research?

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Research that gathers people’s opinions and attitude

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3
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What is quantitative market research?

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Research that gathers numerical data for analysis

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What is primary research?

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First hand research that gathers direct answers to the research question

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What is secondary market research?

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Research that was gathered for a different purpose, it indirectly helps with the research question

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Give 4 examples of primary research methods

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questionnaires, interviews, trialling, focus groups

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7
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Give 4 examples of secondary research methods

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MINTEL reports, news items, competitor information, internal sales data

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8
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Give 5 pricing methods

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price skimming, cost-plus, penetration, competitor, promotional

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9
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What is the pricing strategy called when businesses charge a high price to target customers who will pay most

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price skimming

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10
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What is the promotional strategy called when a business makes no profit on a sale but expects customers to buy other products?

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loss leader

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Explain the cost-plus pricing method

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A business works out the cost of a product and then adds a desired percentage on to each product

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Give 5 examples of how to segment the market

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age, gender, lifestyle/interests, income, location

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13
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When doing market research, give 3 ways of selecting your sample population

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Random, quota, stratified

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How does random sampling work?

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Everyone in the population has an equal chance of being included in the survey

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How does quota sampling work?

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quota sampling requires that representative individuals are chosen out of 1 specific subgroup

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How does stratified sampling work?

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The population is divided (“stratified”) by the most important variables such as income, age and location. The required number is then drawn from each stratum.

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17
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Give 5 methods of Promotion for a business

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Advertising, Public Relations, Direct marketing, personal selling, sales promotions

18
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Give 3 methods of advertising and comment on the price and reach

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Bus stops - cheaper and local
TV - expensive and mass reach
Newspapers - quite expensive and targeted reach

19
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Give 2 examples of sales promotions

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Buy One Get One Free (BOGOF) and loyalty cards

20
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Give 2 examples of direct marketing

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Cookies on computers, email adverts

21
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What is Public Relations?

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Indirect promotion when a business raises its company profile by supporting causes eg local events and campaigns McDonalds litter picks

22
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Give examples of companies that use personal selling

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car company 1-to-1 sales staff or double glazing calling up

23
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What are the 4 stages of the product life cycle in order?

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Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Decline

24
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In the product life cycle, what does the curve up from the maturity stage show?

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Extension strategies

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How would the product life cycle of a technology product differ from a breakfast cereal?
The shape is the same curve but the time it takes to move through the stages in technology is rapid
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What will influence the promotional methods chosen by a business?
finance available to the business, what competitors are doing
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What is the marketing mix?
The blend of the 4Ps decided upon by the business and all 4Ps have to work consistently together
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Give an example of consistent marketing mix
A BMW car has a high price, quality product, well-informed sales staff and a showroom in a smart post code
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Give an example of a direct sales channel (place)
Manufacturer direct to customer via internet
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What is a wholesaler?
Retailer that buys in bulk and sells to smaller retailers and takes profit by adding to the price of the product
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What is an agent?
A sales method where the retailer does not buy the product and sell it on but sells for someone else and takes a % of each sale eg an estate agent
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What is the purpose of marketing in a business?
To understand and identify the customer needs To tell customers about your product/service To increase your sales
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What is the difference between a product and service?
a product is a physical item that a customer owns eg a games console or a pack of crisps a service is a non-physical benefit that the customer pays for eg a hair cut or broadband
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What is meant by Point of Sale?
The promotion that takes place in the shop
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Give examples of Point of Sale promotion
Price reductions, competitions, loss leader, free samples
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What marketing decisions does a business take with its product?
The design of the product and packaging | How to innovate/adapt the product
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What is the advantage of using a digital distribution channel ie online?
Wider customer reach leading to increase in revenue | Reduce bricks and mortar costs like rent
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What is the disadvantage of digital distribution?
Increased shipping costs | Customers can't try the product first
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What is the advantage of physical/bricks and mortar distribution?
Customers can try the product | Face to face selling/advice
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What is the disadvantage of physical/bricks and mortar distribution?
Higher bricks and mortar costs like rent | Limited reach to the area around the shop