Chap 3 - Marketing Flashcards

1
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define marketing

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identifying customer wants and satisfying them profitably

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2
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how to identify customer wants

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-surveys

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3
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what is down side of marketing on wants

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wants are limited to how much money people have

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4
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rule for customers

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customer is always king/ queen

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5
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difference btw a customer & consumer

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-customer- buys products
-consumer- uses products

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6
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define customer

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person who buys products

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7
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define consumer

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person who uses products

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8
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note: company - customer - consumer

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9
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what does customer satisfaction cause

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-value for money
-customer loyalty
-repeated purchases

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10
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define anticipating changes

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making futuristic call on changes

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11
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define market

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-where buyers & seller come tgt to cater to demographic

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11
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4 market changes

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-technology- new products replace old ones
-taste & fashion - what people like/ trend
-income - people’s salary - affects sales on luxury items (wants)
-population - no. people & age - affects sales

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12
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what should businesses do if there are lots of competition

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-expand market
-globalisation - operate business worlwide

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13
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define market segment

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-sub groups of entire market

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14
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ways to segment a market

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-population - age & gender
-geographical factors
-life style
-religon
-social economic groups (classes of people)

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15
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2 types of market

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-niche market
-mass market

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16
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define mass market

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-market for general products for everyone
-more safe

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17
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define market research

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-process of gathering, analyzing & interpreting info. about the market (before selling)

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17
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define niche market

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-market for specialised products & people are willing to pay a high price for it
-short lived - based on trends
-more profits

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18
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define product orientated

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-making & selling a product without research
-less cost, time, effort

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19
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define market orientated

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-doing research before making product
-more success (but not guaranteed)

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19
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2 types of market research

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-primary research
-secondary research

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20
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define primary research

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-doing field research - using first hand info.
-new & specific info.
-more time, effort, expensive
-accurate & reliable

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21
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define secondary research

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-doing desk research - using second hand info.
-less time, effort, expensive
-old & not specific info.
-too much irrelevant info.
-unreliable
-have to pay sometimes

22
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eg of secondary research

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-newspaper
-gov. statistics
-online
-competitors website

23
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define focus groups

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-people who are paid to test products

23
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eg of primary research

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-interviews - direct, timely & costly, can lie, may forget
-questionnaires - Q are easy, no misleading Qs, more detailed info, may lie
-outline surveys - instant
-focus groups - costly

24
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define sampling

A

groups of selected people who respond to a market research
(only in primary research)

25
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ways to choose sampling

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-random - for general products - varied & biased responses - unreliable
-stratified - specific people - more meaningful responses
-quota - people are choose specifically - specific responses

26
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factors that influence accuracy of market research

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-sample
- wording of questions
-Primary / secondary research
-bias
-census - population count

27
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ways to present data

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-tbale
-graphs
-charts - pie, bar, pictogram

28
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define marketing mix

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-4 key activities that make your product successful
-Product
-Price
-Promotion
-Place

29
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types of output

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-goods
-service

30
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types of goods

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-consumer goods - goods bought by consumers for their own use
-producer goods - goods make for other businesses to use

31
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define consumer goods

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goods bought by consumers for their own use

32
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define producer goods

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goods make for other businesses to use

33
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types of service

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-consumer service - service used by consumers
-producer service - service for other business

34
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define consumer service

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service used by consumers

35
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define producer service

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service for other business

36
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note:
-products has to be value for money
-right product at right time

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37
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stages of product development

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-generating ides - brain storm/ brain still
-select ideas - for further research
-feasibility - decide if product is worth selling by considering the resources, profit and capacity to produce
-develop a prototype
-launch product in test market
-full launch of product

38
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define feasibility

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decide if product is worth selling by considering the resources, profit and capacity to produce

39
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Ways to brand

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-brand image
-logo
-colour
-music
-name
-font

39
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what do all products need (UPS)

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  • Unique, Selling, Point
    -what makes the product diff from other products
40
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uses of branding

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-creates a distinction
-gives product identity

41
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stages of a product life cycle

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-development - making product - no, sales, unprofitable, expensive
-introduction - informative ads, risky, low sales, unprofitable, expensive
-growth - product is accepted - more sales, expensive, competition
-maturity - max sales, lots of competition, no need for ads
-saturation - too much competition, low sales, ads again
-decline - low sales, think of replacing product, discontinue (remove stocks)

42
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ways to extend product life cycle

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-new variation - eg, flavours
-new packaging - eg, diff colour/ shapes
-find new uses for it
-find new markets - eg, export

43
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uses of packagings

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-protect goods - eg, export/ import
-attraction - eg, wow factor
-information - eg, nutrition value
-convenience - eg, easy to carry

44
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define crowd funding

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-people willing to invest even though they haven’t seen the product

45
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define price

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what customer pays for a product
-if brand loyalty, price don’t matter
-value of money = repeated purchases

46
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methods of pricing

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-skim pricing - high price for unique product, profit before competition start = recover cost (objective)
-penetration pricing - low price for product, more sales (objective), eg. necessary good
-promotional pricing - give discounts/ gifts with products, more sales/ remove goods (objective)
-competitive pricing - price as competitors price, +/- depending on quality
-cost plus pricing - find cost of product & add profit wanted

47
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define price elasticity of demand

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-how responsive the demand for a product is when it’s price changes

48
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define elastic demand

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small change in price causes big change in demand
-eg, luxury goods

49
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define Inelastic demand

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demand does not change much when price changes
-eg, necessary goods

50
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define promotion

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-communication with customer which lead to more sales

51
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ways to promote

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-above the line promotion
-below the line promotion

52
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what is above the line promotion

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-positive methods of promotion
-ads - sponsoring
-public relation - creating a positive image by doing good things

53
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what is below the line promotion

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-negative methods of promotion
-sales promotion - give offers to increase sales, eg, sample, buy 1 get 1 free
-direct marketing - sell to customer directly, eg, online shopping