Segundo Parcial 4 Semestre Flashcards
Any good or service that serves to satisfy the needs or wants of customers
Product
Are those purchased by private individuals for their own personal use
Consumer products
Goods purchased for commercial use, rather than for private
Producer products
Shows the different stages that a product is likely to go through its initial design and launch to its decline. Allows managers to identify any necessary changes and to take appropriate action as part of an improved marketing strategy.
Product life cycle (PLC)
Stage of a product’s life cycle that involves designing and testing the product. A prototype is produced and test marketing takes place.
Research and development stage
Stage of PLC that requires careful marketing planning. Sales will be low as customers are not fully aware of the product’s existence.
Launch stage
Stage of a PLC in which sales revenue increase and grow.
Growth stage
Stage of a PLC in which sales revenues continue to rise but at a much slower rate.
Maturity stage
Final stage of a PLC in which sales and profit of the product fall and cash flow is less favorable.
Decline stage
Are any means of lengthening the product’s life cycle and delaying its decline.
Extension strategies
Price reductions, redesigning, repackaging, new markets, brand extension and product differentiation are…
Types of extension strategies
Marketing planning tool that helps managers to plan for a balanced product portfolio. Looks at two dimensions: market share and market growth rate
Boston Consulting Group Matrix
Products that operate in a high market growth sector, but have low market share
Question marks
Products that operate in high growth market and have high market share
Stars
Products with high market share operating in a low-growth market
Cash cows
Products with low market share operating in a low growth market
Dogs
Form of differentiating a firm’s products from those of its competitors
Branding
Refers to a name that is identifiable with a product of a particular business
Brand
Creates a legal identity for a product, risk reducer, better chance of survival, prolong PLC, image enhancer, revenue earner, brand loyalty and earn more profits are…
Advantages of branding
Business have to invest money in promoting and sustaining the brand’s loyalty and it is time consuming are…
Disadvantages of branding
Measures the extent to which potential customers or the general public recognize a particular brand
Brand awareness
Refers to the marketing process of improving and enlarging the brand name in order to boost sales revenue and market share
Brand development
Occurs when the customers but the same brand of a product time and time again.
Brand loyalty
Occurs when customers turn to alternative brands mainly because the original brand has lost some of its former appeal
Brand switching
Refers to the premium that customers are willing to pay for the brand name over and above the value of the product itself. Customers are willing to pay more for a reputable brand than for the product itself
Brand value
Refers to the ways in which a product is present to the consumer.
Packaging
Refers to the amount paid by a customer to purchase a good or service
Price
Involves adding a percentage or predetermined amount of profit to the cost per unit of output to determine the selling price.
Cost-plus (mark-up) pricing
Sets a relatively low price to help establish a new product in the industry to gain brand recognition and market share
Penetration pricing
A high price is initially set to recover the costs of research and development and then the price is lowered.
Price skimming
Involves rounding down the numbers, such as $9.99 or $14.99, to make prices seem lower
Psychological pricing
Involves selling a product below its cost value.
Loss leader pricing
Occurs when the same product, usually a service, is sold at different prices to different customers. EXAMPLE: children and adults pay different for Disney.
Price discrimination
Strategy often used for the best-selling products or brands in a particular market. Competitors put their prices based on the leader of the market.
Price leadership
Involves temporarily reducing price in an attempt to force rivals out of the industry as they cannot compete profitably
Predatory pricing
Businesses competing by a series of intensive price cuts to threaten the competitiveness of rival firms
Price wars
Refers to the methods of communicating messages to the market, usually with the intention of selling a firm’s products
Promotion
Inform, persuade and/or remind about a product are…
The objectives of promotion
Any form of paid-for promotional method through independent mass media sources to promote a business, its brands or its products
Above the line promotion
Method of ATL promotion that exploits the power of combining sound and moving images to convey very powerful messages to viewers
Television advertising