Summative Exam (Part 2) Flashcards
fundamental concepts and guidelines that serve as the foundation for effective marketing strategies and practices.
These principles are essential for businesses and organizations to understand and apply when planning, executing, and evaluating their marketing efforts.
Marketing principles
Here are some key marketing principles:
Customer-Centricity
Value Proposition
Segmentation
Targeting
Positioning
Marketing Mix (4Ps)
Place the customer at the center of all marketing activities.
Understand their needs, preferences, and behaviors to create products and campaigns that resonate with them.
Customer-Centricity
Clearly communicate the unique value that your product or service offers to customer
Explain how it solves their problems or fulfills their desires better than alternatives.
Value Proposition
Divide your target market into distinct segments based on factors like demographics, psychographics, behavior, and needs.
Tailor your marketing efforts to each segment for better effectiveness.
Segmentation
Focus your marketing resources on the most promising segments that are most likely to respond positively to your offerings.
Targeting
Establish a clear and differentiated position in the minds of your target audience.
Communicate what sets your brand apart from competitors.
Positioning
Develop and offer products or services that meet customer needs and are designed to create value. (Customer Needs and Wants)
Product
Determine pricing strategies that align with customer perceptions of value while covering costs and generating profits. (Cost to the Customer)
Price
Ensure products are available to customers through effective distribution channels and locations. (Convenience)
Place
Create and execute marketing communication strategies to raise awareness, educate, and persuade target audiences. (Communication)
Promotion
customer-oriented framework that evolved as a response to the traditional 4 P’s (Product, Price, Place, and Promotion) of marketing.
The 4 C’s of marketing
Coordinate and align marketing efforts across various channels and tactics to ensure consistency in messaging and a seamless customer experience.
Integrated Marketing
Conduct research to gather data and insights about customer behavior, market trends, and competitive landscapes.
Use this information to make informed decisions.
Marketing Research
Utilize data and analytics to measure the performance of marketing campaigns, optimize strategies, and make data-based decisions.
Data-Driven Decision-Making
Adhere to ethical standards and social responsibility in marketing practices. Avoid deceptive or harmful tactics.
Ethical and Responsible Marketing
Aim for long-term success rather than short-term gains. Build and maintain customer relationships for sustained growth.
Long-Term Focus
Embrace innovation and adapt to changing market dynamics, technologies, and consumer trends
Innovation
Collect feedback from customers and stakeholders to identify areas for improvement and refine marketing strategies.
Feedback and Continuous Improvement
Assess the effectiveness and efficiency of marketing efforts by measuring ROI
Return on Investment (ROI)
Identify and leverage your strengths and _____________ in the marketplace.
Competitive Advantage
Invest in brand development to create a strong and recognizable brand identity that resonates with customers.
Brand Building:
involves the systematic gathering, processing, and interpretation of data related to the market, customers, competitors, and internal factors.
It helps in understanding the current market conditions and identifying opportunities and threats.
Serves as the foundation for the entire marketing process. It provides insights and data that inform marketing planning decisions.
It helps identify target audiences, market trends, and competitive
Marketing Analysis
the process of setting marketing objectives, developing strategies, and creating a detailed action plan to achieve those objectives.
It involves making decisions about product/service offerings, pricing, promotion, and distribution.
relies heavily on the insights gained from marketing analysis
Marketing Planning
the phase where the marketing plan is put into action. It involves executing marketing activities, such as advertising campaigns, product launches, and sales promotions, as per the plan
Marketing Implementation
the practical application of the marketing plan.
Implementation
requires clear planning to ensure that the right activities are carried out at the right time and in the right manner.
Effective implementation
the process of monitoring and measuring the results of marketing activities to ensure they are in line with the marketing plan and organizational goals.
It involves comparing actual performance to planned performance and making adjustments as needed.
Marketing Control
feedback mechanism that helps identify whether the marketing plan is achieving its objectives.
It relies on data and metrics to assess the effectiveness of marketing efforts
Control