Week 1 - Introduction Flashcards
What is marketing?
Marketing involves creating, communicating, delivering & exchanging offerings that have value for customers, partners & society
What is customer value?
Customer value is the value perception of customers, based on what customers receive (benefits, quality, and reputation) vs what they give (price, effort)
What are the 4 types of utility (benefits)
The four types of utility are form, place, time, and possession
What is form utility
Form utility is transforming raw materials/knowledge into a usable product or service e.g. pre-cooked meals
What is place utility
Place utility is making offerings available and convenient for when customers need/want them e.g. shopping malls with various stores
What is time utility
Time utility ensures that a product or service is available when needed, e.g., express delivery. Additionally accounts for seasonal purchases such as ice-cream in summer.
What is possession utility
Possession utility is the amount of usefulness/value from owning a product and the ability to use it as soon as possible, e.g. car dealerships and leases, allowing cars to be financially accessible for consumers to use a vehicle even though that can’t pay it outright.
What is value?
Value is the total offering and is hard to measure or quantify. Value = Quality/Price
It can also change interpersonally or situationally
What is marketing exchange
Marketing exchange is a successful exchange between two parties with something valuable to each, mutual benefit and fulfilled expectations
Who is marketing for
Marketing is focused at meeting the needs and wants of various stakeholders
What is the marketing evolution
The marketing evolution is
- Trade Orientation
- Production Orientation
- Sales Orientation
- Market Orientation
-Social Market Orientation
Trade Orientation
Trading one product for another e.g. Farmers trading crops for stock/tools within the community
Production Orientation
Producing a lot of the product so there is high availability, e.g. Harry Ford’s Model T production line making cars more affordable and available
Sales Orientation
Selling a product through selling techniques and persuasion e.g. Door-to-door sales, heavy advertising campaigns
Market Orientation
Focusing on customers’ needs and preferences, e.g. Shoes for basketball, soccer, and running (need). Shoe customisation (preferences)
Social Market Orientation
Aiming to meet customer satisfaction and positive social impact, e.g. Incorporating social goals into products by using recycled materials in the product or packaging
What is the Triple bottom line
Corporate social responsibility: Businesses must act in the interest of societies that sustain them
Sustainability: Business philosophy that is needed to ensure our future
What is the marketing process?
Understand
Create
Communicate
Deliver
What is a market?
A market is a group of customers with different needs and wants e.g Geographic (Australian vs USA Market)
Product (Smartphone vs Tablet Market)
Demographic (University vs Highschool Market)