Test 2 Prep Flashcards
Three types of people…those who:
1) make it happen (create jobs, grow GDP)
2) watch things happen (voting intelligence)
3) unaware of anything (brain washable)
List the 4 factors for personality and self-concept
1) real self
2) self-image
3) looking-glass self
4) ideal self
How do marketers use age and life cycle to make decisions?
- people’s needs change throughout life
- children are important in deciding where families spend money
List reasons how people’s priorities change.
- grow older
- taste in food changes
- clothing/style
- travel
- sports activities
What is a connection between marketing and government spending?
- lifestyle of young couple varies from young working family versus older couple
reference groups
- have the same interests
- examples: fellow students, sports teams, hobby clubs
-influence by others can be strong, especially with younger people, like Apple and Nike are in the top 3 most-loved products for youth
social class
- division of people into groups by values, lifestyles, and social history
- for example: income, occupation, education, inherited wealth
-person’s place in society influences their purchasing power to buy houses, automobiles, clothing, travel, entertainment - marketers recognize that social class impacts what customers buy
culture
- behaviour learned from external sources (family, workplace, education)
- over time people’s values change
- current value system has been influenced by attitudes, opinions, and customs
- marketers need to consider who to put in commercials and have an awareness of who will buy the product/service
sub-culture
- subgroup of a culture that has distinctive mode of behaviour
- more evident in larger cities because of ethnic population
regional differences
- differences from province to province;
city to city;
French to English;
How are Quebecois are different?
1) joyful living
2) easy going
3) uncomplicated
4) all about me
5) live in the moment
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- Physiological Needs
- Safety Needs
- Social Needs
- Esteem Needs
- Self-Actualization Needs
Physiological Needs
food
water
sex
air
(basic survival needs)
Safety Needs
security
protection
comfort
Social Needs
sense of belonging
love from family and friends
Esteem Needs
recognition
achievement
status
need to excel
Self-actualization Needs
fulfillment
realization of potential (someone achieves what they believe they can do)
Market Segmentation
Mass Marketing
Niche Segmentation
Market Segmentation
Direct or One-to-one Segmentation
Mass Marketing
- appeals to broad range of customers without addressing distinct characteristics among them
- e.g., Walmart - power of pricing
Market Segmentation
- division of large market (mass market) into smaller group on basic needs
- e.g., car dealerships, beauty market
Niche Market
(sub-segmentation)
- target a product line to one particular sub-segment of a segment and use all marketing resources to satisfy these customers
e.g., Golf Town, Hat World - specific thing to specific people
Direct Segmentation and Behavioural Targeting
- marketing programs designed to meet needs
- preferences of individual cutomers
Target Market Profile
1) demographics
2) psychographics
3) geographics
4) behaviour response
In Canada marketers should think about:
1) Aging Population
2) Social Responsibility (e.g., environment)
3) New Household Formations
4) Ethic Diversity