Products, Services, and Brands Flashcards
What is a product? Starbucks
Starbucks is one of the planets best known brands, they sell premium coffee products, it sells the “Starbucks experience”.
What is a product?
Anything that can be offered to a market for attention, acquisition, use, or consumption that might satisfy a want or need.
Products include:
Tangible objects, services, events, persons, places, organizations, ideas.
What is a Service?
Given special attention as they are very important to the world economy. A form of product that consists of activities, benefits, or satisfaction offered sale that are essentially intangible.
Examples:
Banking, hotel stays, Arline travel, wireless communication, home repair
What is the key element in Market Offering
Products are a key element
Where does marketing mix begin?
Planning begins with building an offering that brings value to target customers
How are companies moving to a new level of creating value for their customers?
They are creating and managing “customer experiences” with their brands, they are differentiating themselves by going beyond just the product and service.
Example of Buffalo Wild Wings
Doesn’t just serve up wings and beer they give customer the ultimate “Wings.Beer.Sports.” fan experience. (social, dining, sports experience) now the NUMBER ONE seller of chicken wings and the largest pourer of draft beer
Three levels of products
Customer Value(core), Actual Product, Augmented Product (outer level)
Customer Value Circle
Addresses “what is the buyer really buying” and define the problem solving benefits, service or experiences that customers seek
Actual Product Circle
Turning benefits into a product. Develop product. = features, design, quality level, brand name and packaging.
Augmented Product Circle
built around the core benefits and actual product by offering additional customer services and benefits. = delivery and credit, warranty
Harley Davidson Appeals
Freedom, Independence, Power, Authenticity. “its all about the experience”
Product and Service Classifications
Fall into two broad classes based on the types of consumers who use them.
1. Consumer Products 2. Industrial Product
Consumer Products
Products and services bought by final customers for personal consumption. Convenience products, shopping, specialty, unsought.
Industrial Products
purchased for further processing or for use in conducting a business. Materials and parts, capital items, supplies and services