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Unit 3 Flashcards

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What are the aims of marketing?

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to satisfy customers so they want to come back and buy again

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What is marketing about?

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building a relationship with customers so they become loyal to the business and will return

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What is relationship marketing?

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attempts to build a long term partnership with customers, it aims to retain customers

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What are the products which a bank wants you to purchase?

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  • savings account
  • borrowing
  • insuring your house and possessions
  • changing currency
  • buying shares
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What did Philip Kotler define marketing as?

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the art and science of choosing target markets and getting, keeping and growing customers through creating, delivering and communicating superior customer value

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What is the marketing process?

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set marketing objectives 
analyse marketing data 
make marketing decisions
implement decisions
review
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How will marketing decisions improve performance?

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ensure that the business continues to meet customers wants and needs

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Why would a business want a high market share?

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high sales and therefore more profit
high outputs - power over supplier
high prominence in the market - raise profile and strengthen

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What are the internal influences on market objectives?

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finance 
human resources
operations
existing position
overall strategy and business objectives
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what are the external influences on market objectives?

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political
economic 
social 
technological 
competitive
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What is the marketing mix?

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is the combination of marketing decisions that influences a customer’s decision to buy

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What are the 7 P’s?

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price
product
place
people
physical environment
promotion 
process
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What is the price of the product?

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which includes the price charged for different versions of the product and payment terms

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What is the product?

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the physical features and specifications of the products e.g what it does, looks like, reliability

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What is the place (distribution of the product) ?

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the distribution channel, how the product gets to the consumer

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What is the promotion of product?

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how the business communicates about the product

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What is the people?

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people who are involved in the transaction e.g who serves you

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What is the process?

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how you actually buy the product

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What is the physical environment?

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the physical premises of the business

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What are the internal influences of the marketing mix?

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changes to the financial position
changes to staff
changes to operation
changes to objectives

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What are the external influences of the marketing mix?

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political and legal factors - new legislations
economic factors - growing economy
social factors - greater environmental concerns
technological factors - online promotion
competition

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What are the 3 subcategories that consumer products can be split into?

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convenience items
shopping goods
specialty products

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What convenience items?

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e.g milk and bread, widely distributed, customers will not usually travel very far to get these and will buy an alternative brand if their usual is unavailable.

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What are shopping goods?

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products where customers compare features and price between different options and may take time before deciding to buy

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What are speciality products?

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such as a sports car or Rolex, may have thought about purchasing for a period of time and would be willing to travel great lengths to buy

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What does the product lifecycle show?

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shows the different stages a product goes through

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What is an extension strategy?

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when a business attempts to prevent sales falling and avoid or delay the decline stage of a products lifecycle.

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What are 2 examples of extension strategies?

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revamp the product e.g packaging
find new target market
find new usage

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What does the Boston Matrix do?

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portfolio analysis - which plots the position of each product in terms of its market share and growth of market

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Explain the dog section in the Boston Matrix

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  • low market share and slow growth of market

- managers must invest to revalitise product or let them decline and eventually remove it.

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Explain the cash cows section in the Boston Matrix

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  • well established
  • high market share but slow market (perhaps because the product is more mature, therefore not growing as fast)
  • do not need promoting heavily because they are well known
32
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Explain the question mark (problem children) section in the Boston Matrix

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  • in fast growth markets
  • not established so small market share
  • called problem children as they might do well or equally not
  • managers want to invest and protect these products
33
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Explain the stars in the Boston Matrix

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  • in fast growth markets and good market share
  • managers will want to keep investing in, promoting and gaining more distribution for these products to keep it as a star
34
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What are the 6 factors which affect pricing decisions?

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stage of the product's life 
costs 
price elasticity of demand
positioning
other elements of the market mix
competitiveness of the environment
35
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What are promotional methods?

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are the different ways an organisation promotes it products

36
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Give 5 different types of promotional methods?

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advertising
displays
loyalty cards
merchandise
sponsorship
37
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What is meant by brand?

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a promise to deliver certain benefits and services

38
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What does a strong band mean?

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  • demand is more likely to price inelastic
  • customers become brand ambassadors, telling others
  • customers more open about new products
  • difficulty for other brands to enter same market
39
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What is e-commerce?

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buying and selling products online

40
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What is market research?

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gathering and analysing data relevant to the marketing process

41
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How can market research be used by managers?

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  • analyse the existing position of the business
  • decide on possible objectives
  • identify possible actions that could be taken
  • decide what the best action will be and how to implement it
42
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What does the market research process look like?

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1 - define problem/ objectives
2 - develop research plan
3 - implement plan ; collect and analyse data
4 - interpret data and report findings

43
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What’s the calculation for price elasticity ?

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% change in QD / % change in P

44
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What is the number correlation for elastic demand PED?

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> 1

45
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What is the number correlation for inelastic demand PED?

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<1

46
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What affects price elasticity of demand?

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  • time
  • how expensive it currently is
  • branding of product
  • USP
  • amount of available substitutes
47
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What is the formula for income elasticity of demand?

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% change in QD / % change in income

48
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What influence does sales forecast have on other areas of the business?

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HR - what are the staffing requirements
Finance - estimate future inflows and profits
Operations - expected levels of sales and produce to match

49
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How can market research go wrong?

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  • there changes in the market
  • the way information is gathered
  • lack of information from not spending enough
50
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What is segmentation?

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the process of identifying different groups of similar needs

51
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What are market segments?

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different groups of needs and wants

52
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What are some common ways of categorising by segmentations?

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demographic segmentation
geographic segmentation
income segmentation
socioeconomic segmentation
behavioural segmentation
53
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What is demographic segmentation?

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characteristics of the people in the

54
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What influence does sales forecast have on other areas of the business?

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HR - what are the staffing requirements
Finance - estimate future inflows and profits
Operations - expected levels of sales and produce to match

55
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How can market research go wrong?

A
  • there changes in the market
  • the way information is gathered
  • lack of information from not spending enough
56
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What is socioeconomic segmentation?

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segmentation on income and professions and can be split into catergories

57
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What are market segments?

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different groups of needs and wants

58
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What are some common ways of categorising by segmentations?

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demographic segmentation
geographic segmentation
income segmentation
socioeconomic segmentation
behavioural segmentation
59
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What is demographic segmentation?

A

characteristics of the people in the target population

60
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What is geographic segmentation ?

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areas where the customers are based, differing tastes and preferences

61
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What is income segmentation ?

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split into high and low income, high income may be more interested in saving and investing whereas low income borrowing

62
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What is socioeconomic segmentation?

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segmentation on income and professions and can be split into catergories

63
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What are the categories for socioeconomic segmentation?

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A: Higher managerial, administrative or professionals
B: Intermediate managerial administrative or professional
C1: Supervisors, clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional
C2: Skilled manual workers
D: Semi and unskilled manual workers
E: Casual labour

64
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What is behavioural segmentation?

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focuses on what customers actual do e.g when the buy, how much they buy

65
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Why is segmentation useful?

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  • understand what different groups want rather than treat them all the same
  • more focused and efficient marketing
  • adapting the process
66
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What are the benefits of selecting target segments?

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business can focus on the needs and wants of customers in these segments, which will mean they will meet needs and wants more effectively and precisely

67
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What is a niche market?

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is a smaller specific segment of the market with clearly identifiable needs and wants

68
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What is a mass market?

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  • whole of a market, where a business doesn’t try and match the needs of a specific segment
  • aims to provide products that will meet some of the needs and wants of most people
69
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What is good about a niche market?

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  • can compete in a bigger market, without directly challenging bigger businesses
  • not perceived as a threat by larger competitors
  • gap in the market with limited competition
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What is bad about a niche market?

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  • small market might be vulnerable to losing a few customers
  • profits might be relatively low
  • if the business grows it will attract the attention of larger businesses
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What is good about mass markets?

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  • more customers and potential revenue and returns
72
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What is bad about mass markets?

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  • large amount of investment needed
  • competition
  • can lose demand to niche markets
73
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What is needed to be successful in a mass market?

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  • large volumes to fulfill order (therefore investment and capacity)
  • promotional techniques to reach more customers
  • positioning in market
74
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What is positioning?

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how their products are perceived relative to their competitors

75
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How is the positioning of a business showed?

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market map

76
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What are the 4 axis of a market map?

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expensive - value

modern - classic

77
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What influences the positioning of a product?

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  • the strengths of the business ( a efficient business may aim to be a low price provider)
  • innovative business (providing greater benefits than rivals)
  • competitors (what are other firms offering)
  • market conditions (PEST-C factors)

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