MKTG 2201 Flashcards
What is marketing?
marketers figure out what customers want,
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness and love, esteem needs, self-actualization
physiological needs
food, water, warmth, rest
Safety needs
security, safety
Belongingness and Love
intimate relationships, friends
esteem needs
prestige and feeling of accomplishment
self-actualization
achieiving ones full potential, including creative activities
wants are..
needs shaped by culture, individual personality and preference
demands are..
wants backed by buying power (financial resources)— if a customer demands a product it means they are ready to buy it
Equation for value…
Value/utility= benefit- price
value is
differnce between the price you are willing to pay and the price you actually pay (Value/surplus= WTP-price)
market offering
combination of products, services, information, and experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or a want
utlitarian product
purely functional, necessary, and practical (ex plain bar of soap)
hedonic products
for pleasure, fun, excitement (ex. perfum/sports cars)
misson statment
statement of the organizations purpose
product-oriented missions
in terms of product or technology
market oriented missions
satisfying basic customer needs (ex. amazon)
strategic planning steps
defining mission–> setting company objectives/goals–> desiging the business portfolio–>planning marketing and other functional strategies
business portfolio
collection of busineses and products that make up the company
market
abstractly refers to a group of customers who may potentially pay for your product/offering
total market
maximum prodcut demand in a given market
available/served market
customers with interest and access to the product
target market
customers the company intends to pursue
penetrated market
companies current customers
4 ps of marketing
product, price, promotion, place
4Ps w/ 4 As
product=acceptability, price=affordability, place= accessibility, promotion= awareness
microenvironment
consists of the actors close to the company that affect its ability to serve its customers (company, suppliers, marketing intermediaries, customers, competitors, and publics)
public (microenvironment)
any group with a actual or potential interest in the company or an actual or potential impact on it (general, local, internal, government, citizen action)
Marketing intermediaries (Microenvironment)
help the company to promote, sell, and distribute its products to final buyers (financial intermediaries, resellers, physical distribution)
Competitors
gain strategic advantage by positioning products strongly against competitors
value delivery network (Microenvironment)
the company, its suppliers, its distributors, and its customers
Macroenvironment
forces that a company cannot control, companies must anticipate and adapt to changes, larger societal forces that affect the macroenvironment
Political Environment (Macroenvironment)
legal and regulatory forces that influence or limit various organizations and individuals in a society