Unit 8 - Positioning, Buying Behaviors, Product Development Flashcards
Positioning and Differentiation
- Understanding customer’s view
- Evaluating segment preferences
- Positioning techniques
- Differentiating the marketing mix
Customer Perception
Customer perceived benefit - Customer perceived cost
Intangible Customer Values
Time, convenience, benevolence
Positioning
How customers think about proposed or present brands in a market; the image your product/service has in the minds of your target customers
Positioning Statement
Provides marketing managers with a strategic direction
Positioning Studies
Identify important attributes of the product offerings in a market
Differentiation
Utilitizing the marketing mix in a distinct way such that customers see it as different from the competition
Examples of Differentiation Strategies
- Owning a product attribute in the mind of the customer
- Being perceived as an innovator
- Effectively maximizing user experience
- Being the first to enter a market
- Having the lowest price
Customers are…
the focal point for all things marketing related
Adoption Process
- Awareness
- Interest
- Evaluation
- Trial
- Decision
- Confirmation
(Dissonance (second guessing) may set in after the decision)
Routinzed Response Behavior
- Low Involvement
- Frequently purchased
- Inexpensive
- Little Risk
- Little information needed
Extensive Problem Solving
- High Involvement
- Infrequently purchased
- Expensive
- High Risk
- Much information needed
Learning
Change in a person’s thought processes caused by prior experience
Learning Process Steps
- Drive
- Cues
- Response
Drive
Unsatisfied need exists
Cues
Stimuli that trigger a drive or response
Response
An effort to satisfy a drive
Reinforcement
Occurs when the response is followed with satisfaction