Chapter 1 Flashcards
is the art and science of finding, retaining, and growing profitable customers.
Marketing
A state of felt deprivation in a person.
Needs
The form that a human need takes when shaped by culture and individual personality
Wants
Human wants that are backed by buying power
Demand
Combination of tangible products, services, information, or
experiences offered to the market
Market Offerings
Customer Value, Customer Expectations, Satisfaction
Value, Expectation, & Satisfaction
What are the 3 Market Offerings?
Tangible Products
Services
Experiences
Consumer needs and wants are fulfilled through a ______: a product that is combination of tangible,
services, information, or experiential product components.
Market Offering
is the difference between the benefits that the customer gains from owning and/or using
a product and the costs of obtaining the product.
Customer Value
are based on past buying experiences, the opinions of friends, and market
informations
Customer Expectation
is determined by how well the product meets the customer’s expectations for
that product.
Satisfaction
To design a winning marketing strategy, the marketing manager must answer two important
questions:
- what customers will we serve?
- how can we serve these customers best?
Once it fully understands consumers and the marketplace, marketing management can design a customer-drive
marketing strategy.
Designing Customer Value-Driven Marketing Strategy
The company must decide who it will serve. It does this by dividing the market into segments of customers and selecting which segments it will go after. Some people think of marketing management as finding as many
customers as possible and increasing demand. However, marketing managers know they cannot serve all
customers.
Selecting Customers to Serve
The company must also decide how it will serve targeted customers – how it will differentiate and position itself
in the marketplace. A company’s _____ is the set of benefits or values it promises to deliver to consumers to satisfy their needs.
Choosing a Value Proposition
Marketing management design strategies that will build profitable relationships with target consumers. But what philosophy should guide these marketing strategies? What weight should be given to the interest of customers
and the organization? There are alternative concepts under which organizations design and carry out their marketing strategies: production, selling, and marketing.
Marketing Management Orientations
The production concept holds that
consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable and therefore management should focus on production and distribution efficiency
Production Concepts
is one of the oldest philosophies guiding sellers.
Production Concepts
The product concepts holds that
consumers will favor products that offer the most in quality, performance, and innovative features.
Under this
concept, marketing strategy focuses on making continuous product improvements.
Product Concept
holds that consumers will not buy enough of the products unless the company assumes a large selling and promotion effort.
The aim of a selling focus is to get every possible sale, and not to worry about satisfaction after the sale or the revenue contribution of the sales.
Selling Concept