MG1006 CHAPTERS 4,6,7 Flashcards
what is B2B marketing?
is concerned with the marketing of a huge range of products and services that are bought and sold between organisations
what are the key difference between B2C and B2B
- B2B marketing is fundamentally different from consumer goods or services marketing because organisational buyers do not consume the products or services themselves
- Decisions are made by organisations not individuals
- While organisations are often structurally and legally independent, they are also interdependent
- Fewer customers!
- B2B markets serve demand, which is driven by firms (intermediaries) across the value chain, whereas B2C markets serve demand at the end of the value chain
Types of B2B markets
-industrial market
- Reseller Markets
- Government and institutional markets
What are the dimensions in B2B marketing
The purchase dimension
The sales dimension
The communication dimension
The decision making unit of B2B have how many roles?
6
what are the 6 roles in DMU of B2B
initiator
user
decider
influencer
buyer
gatekeepers
what are the 3 ways sales and marketing strategy can affect a sale?
- Through influencing need recognition
- Through the design of production specifications
- By clearly presenting the advantages of the product or service over those of the competition
What are the stages in the Decision making process of B2B?
- recognition of a problem
- Determination of specification and quantity of needed item
- search for and qualification of potential sources
- Acquisition and analysis of proposals
- evaluation of proposals and selection of suppliers
- selection of an order routine
- Performance feedback and evaluation
B2B buying is characterised by? (choice criteria)
Economic
technical
social
personal
how many categories are there in segmenting B2B markets
2
What are the categories in segmenting B2B markets
Macrosegmentation
microsegmentation
The Characteristics of organisational buying
- The organizational purchase depends on:
- The risks and uncertainty
- Negotiations
- Complexity of buying
- Nature and size of customers
- Network technology and e-commerce
*Derived demand - Economical and technical choice criteria
- Buying to a specific requirements
what is the market research?
The process of gathering, interpreting and reporting information to help marketers solve specific problems or to take advantage of marketing opportunities
what are the benefits of market research?
- making important business decisions
- securing investments and funding
- determining new business opportunities
- avoiding business failures
how many stages are there in the market research process?
5
what are the stages in the market research process?
- Research Planning:
- Exploratory Research
- Main data collection considerations
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Report writing and presentation
what are the research approaches in the market research process?
Qualitative research
Quantitative research
Qualitative research
- Research where you analysis and understand consumers
- They are focus groups and in-depth interviews
- They gather verbal data
- small samples, rarely above 30
- content analysis of the data
Quantitative research
- Provide information that can be generalised to the population
- Gather numerical data
- large, representative samples
- surveys using a structured questionnaire
- statistical analysis of data
what do we find in research planning
Initial contact
research brief
research proposal
what is Initial contact (research planning)
Realisation of a problem, information to resolve
what is Research Brief (research planning)
Outline the research objectives
what is Research Proposal (research planning)
Statement of objectives
what do we find in initial contact?
Meetings with the Internal marketing research staff or outside agency
what do we find in Research Brief?
Background information, sources of information, scale of the project, timetable
what do we find in Research Proposal?
- Work to be completed, research design etc.,
- Timetable
- Costs
what are the types of research in the explanatory research?
primary research
secondary research