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1
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Marketing

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The management process of identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements

2
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Market

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A place where buyers and sellers come together

3
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Market size

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The total number of potential buyers of a product or service within a given market and the total revenue these sales may generate

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Market growth

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The increase or decrease in the size of the market of a product or service over time

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Product orientation

Advantages and disadvantages

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When companies prioritize research and development over market research. ( sole traders do this)

Advantages

  • products are innovative and can apply for patents
  • it’s a USP
  • better quality product
  • economies of scale
  • investment in technology

Disadvantages

  • branding is narrow
  • expensive
  • opportunities misses you
  • little threat for competition
6
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Market orientation

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Companies adopt a market orientated approach and the needs of customers are put above everything else

Advantages
- repeat custom is likely

Disadvantages

  • products are less unique
  • more competition
7
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Types of marketing

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  1. Commercial marketing - seek to influence purchasing decisions
  2. Social marketing - seeks to influence behavior for the good of the community ( dumb ways to die reduced railways in Australia)
8
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Market share

Calculation

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The % of total sales revenue that a business had in a specific market

Formula:

Items sold / Items in market x 100

Product sales / maker share x 100

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Market leader

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A company with the largest market share in an industry

Advantages:

  • brand and product recognition
  • price leadership
  • economies of scale
  • easy access to channels of distribution
10
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Marketing objectives

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Is a goal that is set for part or the whole business, they should be SMART

Specific 
Measurable 
Agreed 
Realistic 
Time focused
11
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Marketing objective for a profit organization

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  • custom loyalty
  • growth targets
  • market share
  • sale targets
  • brand recognition
  • customer satisfaction
  • product development
12
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Objectives of nonprofit organizations

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  • political action
  • fund raising
  • improve awareness
  • reduction in harmful products
13
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The evolution of marketing

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  • innovation
- ethical considerations 
. Selling green products 
. Treating workers fairly 
. Ethical treatment of suppliers 
. Sourcing from ethical suppliers 
  • cultural differences
14
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Marketing plan

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A plan of action that details a company’s marketing strategies

  • allows companies to develop a focused marketing strategy
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Elements of a marketing plan

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  • market objective
  • marketing budget
  • segmentation of the target market
  • market research
  • market strategies
  • control tools
16
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Marketing cycle

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An ongoing process by which plans are continuous IMG set and met in a marketing plan

17
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The 4 P’s of the marketing mix

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1) place
2) product
3) price
4) promotion

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Segmentation

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Invokes splitting population groups with similar needs / characteristics

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Types of segmentation

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  1. Geographical segmentation - diving customers based on their location
  2. Demographic segmentation - involves diving consumers according to characteristics (age, family)
  3. Psychographic segmentation - divides to population according to lifestyle and personal j treats
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Target markets

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Strategy where you segment the market and then chose the appropriate segments which the products will be offered to

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Customer profile

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A description of a consumer based on things they have in common

22
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Technology adoption life cycles

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  • innovators
  • early adopters
  • early majority
  • late majority
  • laggards
23
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Types of promotions

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  1. Below the line promotion
    - smaller, highly targeted campaigns
  • personal selling
  • direct mail
  • sales promotion
  • discount
  • coupons
  1. Above the line promotion - larger, teachers large markets
  • television
  • radio
  • internet
24
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Niche marketing

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A specific subsection of the market focused on providing a specific and specialized product or service

25
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Mass marketing

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Mass market products are undifferentiated. High quality of sales and have larger markets. Large competition can lead to price competition.

  • Coca Cola
  • dove soap
  • toothpaste
26
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Product positioning map / perception map

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A visual representation of how the various competitors attempt to position their brands in the eyes of the consumer

27
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Strategic group

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Companies that are very similar and have the same customers

28
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Unique selling point (USP)

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Is a feature of a product that makes the products stand out from its competitors

29
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Ways to differentiate a product so it has a USP

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  1. Differentiation by product
  2. Differentiation by price
  3. Differentiation by promotion
  4. Differentiation by place
30
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Time series

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Statistics recorded over time

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Trend

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A pattern that’s happening over time

32
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Calculating a 3 year moving average

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“Calculate the tree year moving average for 2008”

Take the sales for 2008, the pervious one 2007 and the one next year 2009 and calculate the mean

33
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Variation calculation

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Variation = sales - 3 part moving average

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3 types of variations:

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1) seasonal variation - products that experience higher sales volume at certain parts of the year (Christmas toys)
2) Cyclical variation - sales affected by the economic cycle, such as the product life cycle.
3) random variation - these may occur at any time for any reason (natural disasters, sporting events)

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Quarterly report

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Report over a three month period

36
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Calculate the 4 year moving average

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If u want to find it for 2014, you take 2014 sales and the three previous years. Since it’s the total you just add them

37
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Market research

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Allows companies to get up to date information and relevant information on customers, competitors and other external stakeholders

38
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Primary / field research

Examples

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Leads to the creation of new information, focusing on a specific research question

  • surveys
  • interviews
  • Focus groups
  • observations
39
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Focus groups

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An interview conducted with a group on individuals, usually with similar characteristics

40
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Secondary research

Examples

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Uses information that is already available, also known as desk research

Examples

  • market analysis
  • academic journals
  • Government publications
  • media articles
41
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Ethical considerations of market research

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  1. leading questions - don’t influence sometimes answer
  2. Voluntary involvement - respondents don’t have to do it
  3. Venerable groups - extra careful
  4. Purpose of use - only used for what it’s said to be used for
  5. Reporting results - reported accurately
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Quantitative

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  • details with numbers and statistics
  • small amount of info from a lot of respondents
  • multiple choice
43
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Qualitative

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  • deals with words and meanings
  • key question is why
  • lengthy answers
44
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Sampling

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A sub group of the population that can be used to conduct research on rather than researching the entire population

45
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Sampling methods

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  1. Convenience sampling - using people that are easiest to obtain
  2. Random sampling - anyone had a chance of being selected
  3. Cluster sampling - population is broken into clusters
  4. Quota sampling - population is broken down then convenience sampling is used
  5. Stratified sampling - population broken into smaller groups then is selected randomly
  6. Snowballing - research involves interviewing people with specialized knowledge and skills
46
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Results of data collection

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  • bar graph
  • histogram
  • line graph
  • pictogram
  • pie chart
  • table
  • scatter plot
47
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Product life cycle

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A model designed to help managers make strategic decisions concerning products marketing mix

1- research and development (flat)

2- introduction (slight rise)

3- growth (most rise)

4- maturity (curves off)

5- decline

48
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Fad

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Is a product tat is sold in high volumes for short period of time then quickly loses popularity

  • angry birds
49
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Extension strategies

Examples

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A cost effective way of ensuring long term sales for a company

  • new product
  • product update
  • new market
50
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The Boston consulting group

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A tool to help companies with multiple product decide their marketing strategies. The table is based on market share and market growth being low or high

  • stars
  • cash cows
  • problem child
  • dogs
51
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Stars

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  • high market share, high market growth

Market leaders in a rapidly growing market l. Requires investment to maintain growth, focuses on attracting new customers.

52
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Cash cow

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  • high market share, low market growth

Successful products in mature markets, high sales and established customer bases. High customer loyalty and less money needed for marketing

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Problem child

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  • low market share and high market growth

- products launched in response to rapidly growing competitors

54
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Dog

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  • low market share and low market growth

Product at the end of its life cycle

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Brand

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A name, symbol or design that is used to identify a product or company

56
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Aspects of branding

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  • awareness
  • development
  • loyalty
  • value
57
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Packaging importance

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  • protect the product
  • communicate information
  • make product easy to use
  • promote the product
58
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Pricing strategies

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1) skimming - initially high price than gradually lowers it
2) Penetration - offering a low price to attract new customers
3) cost plus (mark up) - selling price is determined by adding a specific mark up cost to it
4) Psychological - setting prices just lower than the whole number
5) Loss leader - a product sold at low prices so it’s at a loss to attract new customers
6) Price discrimination - When businesses change the price for different consumers for the same product
7) a dominant company sets prices which is followed by others
8) predatory pricing - low prices at set that competitors cannot compete and are force to leave the market

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Promotional mix

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A combination of different kinds of promotional tools used by a firm to advertise and sell its products

60
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Guerrilla marketing

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Unconventional methods used in order to boost sales or attract new customers for the brand

  • sushi tire over on a suchi delivery van
61
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The impact of technology on promotional strategies

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  • loyalty cards
  • advertising online
  • direct marketing
  • virtual marketing
  • social media marketing
  • social networking
62
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Virtual marketing

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Occurs when a advertising message is self replicated like a virus

63
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Distribution

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How products travel from producers to consumers

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Wholesalers

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A company who have large stock of producer goods, storing it in large quantities and sell them to resalers at low prices

65
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Retailers

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Purchase good from wholesalers and producers and sells them to final consumers

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Distribution channels

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The oath the product takes when it travels from product to final customer

67
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Forms of distributions

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1) Direct distribution ( producer to consumer)
- no intermediates
- no commission
- control their prices

  1. Indirect distribution ( producer - retailer - consumer)
  2. Indirect distributions ( producer - retailer - retailer - consumer)
  3. Agents are added after producer
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Agents

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May be used to aid any distribution channels above. Agent promotes product but doe not own it

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Broker

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Similar to agents and usually use their expertise to find suitable customers for various products

70
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The extended marketing mix

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  • people
  • process
  • physical evidence
  • place
  • promotion
  • product
  • price
71
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Methods of entry into international markets

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  • exporting
  • agents
  • franchising
  • strategic alliances
  • joint ventures
  • direct investment

-> in order of easy to hard

72
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Advantages and disadvantages of international markets

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Advantages:

  • larger target market
  • economies of scale
  • access to global markets
  • spreading risk
  • brand reputation increases
  • rapid growth

Disadvantages

  • economic differences
  • social and cultural differences
73
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International marketing strategies

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  1. Pan global strategy - a single brand image is represented like luxury brands. Products are not tailored to meet customers
  2. Global localization - goods and services are used to need local demands (fast food)
74
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E commerce

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Is the buying and selling goods online

75
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The difference between the following types of e-commerce

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1) Business to Business
2) Business to consumer
3) Consumer to Consumer