Test 2 Flashcards
Social Influences to decisions
Family members, opinion leaders, reference groups
Types Reference groups
Primary
Secondary
Aspirational reference group
nonaspirational reference group
Why are reference groups important to marketers?
Serves as information sources
influence perceptions
Affect individual’s aspiration levels
Opinion leaders
First to try new products and services out of pure curiosity.
Family Process Roles
Initiators Influences (children) Decision makers purchasers consumers
Individual Influences to decisions
gender age life cycle personality self concept lifestyle
Self-concept
Ideal self-image and real self-image
Psychological Influences to decisions
perception
motivation
learning
Beliefs and attitudes
Perception
Selective Exposure
Selective Distortion
Retention
Selective Exposure
Consumer notices certain stimuli and ignores others
Selective distortion
consumer changes or distorts info that conflicts with feelings/beliefs
Selective retention
conssumer remembers only info that supports personal beliefs
Marketing implications of perception
Important attributes Price Brand names quality and reliability subliminal perception
5 Trends in B2B internet Marketing
Content Marketing
Social Media
Online communities - show thought leadership and build brand image
Disintermediation - elimination of wholesalers or distributors
Reintermediation - new intermediaries being added (middle men)
Disintermediation
elimination of wholesalers or distributors
Reintermediation
new intermediaries being added (middle men)
Use of online communities
show thought leadership and build brand image
What is needed for success with alliances
commitment and trust
forms of strategic alliances
licensing or dist agreements
joint venture
partnerships
research and development consorita
4 major categories of business customers
producers
resellers
governments
insititutions
North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS)
Classifies North American businesses
Uses of NAICS
To determine consumer….
Experiential Learning
Experience that changes behavior
Conceptual Learning
Not learned through direct experience
Factors for level of consumer involvement
previous experience interest perceived risk of neg. consequences situation social visibility
Types of Demand
Derived
Inelastic
Joint
Fluctuating
Derived demand
demand for business products results from demand for consumer products
Inelastic Demand
a change in price will not affect change in demand
Joint Demand
Demand for one item will be affected since multiple items are used to make final product
Fluctuating demand
demand for business products is more unstable than consumer products.
Multiplier Effect (Accelerator
A small change in consumer demand will greatly affect need for business products.
Business buying behavior aspects
Buying centers
Buying centers
People in organization involved with purchasing
Buying center roles
Initiators Influencers Gatekeepers decider purchaser user
Gatekeepers
Control the flow of information
Buying center evaluating criteria
Quality
service
price
3 buying situations
new buy
modified rebuy
straight rebuy
Modified rebuy
purchaser wants some change to oirginal good
Straight rebuy
purchaser reorders the same good without looking for new information or info on other suppliers