OTHERS Flashcards
The start of a new business undertaking
• Venture
• Process
• Secure
• Share
borrow from banks/small amounts of Interest
lawns
who believe in your idea for share profits.
investors
securing funding
find a business partner, lawns, investors, grants for competition
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS:
• Mindset
• Market
• Message
- Entrepreneurs need to have an innovation mindset so they can stand out in the marketplace.
- Refers to the proactive process of identifying, evaluating, and quickly capitalizing on emerging opportunities in the market.
Opportunity Seizing
the process of communicating the value of a company’s products or services to potential customers. By using strategies such as advertising, businesses can effectively reach and sell to consumers, other businesses, and organizations.
marketing
all the things a company does to get people to buy their stuff
Marketing = Promotion & Sales
method of diving up a large consumer base into smaller, more focused groups that correspond to shared traits
market segmentation
aims to create a general or relevant message to a broad audience
mass market
aims to reach specifically defined and profiled audience in the market
target market
group of people that have been identified as the most likely potential customers for a product, because of their shared characteristics, such as age, income, and lifestyle.
target market
Uses factors like age, gender, income, education, and occupation. Most common type of target marketing
demographic
Uses customer location, such as city, region, or country, as well as considering local buying habits
geographic
Focuses on personality, interest, values and lifestyle
psychographic
Actions such as purchase history, website interactions, and engagement with marketing campaigns
behavioral
Very specific, well-defined market segment with unique needs
niche marketing
Process of arranging a product to occupy a clear, distinct and desirable place in relation to other competing products in the mindset of target customers
market positioning
act of occupying a certain place
positioning
process of determining the place of the business in the industry
business positioning
a two-dimensional perceptual map. Used when a brand uses two dimensions, such as price and quality to position their product against competitor products.
positioning or perceptual map
Two basic dimensions to be considered are:
Price and Quality
customer is very involved in a purchase, but has trouble distinguishing between brands.
Complex Buying Behavior
Draws upon social science disciplines of anthropology, psychology, sociology, and economics
Complex Buying Behavior