Chapter 1 Flashcards
marketing
activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large
marketing simple definition
delivering value to customers
marketing focuses on or seeks to
1) discover the needs and wants of prospective customers
2) satisfy them
exchange
trade of things of value between a buyer and a seller so that each is better off after the trade
4 factors for marketing to occur
- Two or more parties (individuals/ orgs) with unsatisfied needs
- Desire and ability satisfy these needs
- A way for the parties to communicate
- Something to exchange
- two or more parties with unsatisfied needs
student wants Domino’s after studying for the their exam but doesn’t know that there is a Domino’s near them or that Domino’s has a mix-and-match offer waiting to be ordered.
There are two parties with unmet needs :
1. student (desires the meal)
2. dominos owner (need someone to place an order)
- A way for the parties to communicate
Domino’s location, website, store phone number
- desire & ability to satisfy these needs
Student has time/money to place an order
Domino’s has desire to sell products & the ability to do so, since items are easily made/delivered to you
marketing objectives
- discover needs of prospective customers
- satisfy consumer needs
how to prevent product failure
- find out what consumers need and want
- produce what they need and want and dont produce things they dont need and want
showstoppers
factors that might doom the product
need
person feels deprived of basic necessities (food, clothing, and shelter)
want
need that is shaped by a persons knowledge, culture, and personality
What can an organization do to reconcile the different interests of various groups impacting the organization?
strike a balance between the varying interests of the different groups
effective marketing research
Listening to your customers in order to develop a better product
According to Robert M. McMath, what two items will help marketers have a successful product launch?
- focus on what the customer benefit is
- learn from past mistakes
marketing manager that plans new products to meet consumer needs should
focus on how the new product will benefit consumers
primary interest of marketers when focusing on a target market is
concentrating on the needs of some potential consumer
place element of the marketing mix involves
the activities a firm undertakes to get a product to the consumer
Which of the four Ps represents the activities necessary to get a product to the customer where the customer wants it?
place
- something to exchange
Student exchanges money for food & Domino’s exchanged food for money
Discovering the needs of prospective customers
Challenge: meeting consumer needs with new products
Key suggestions: focus on what the consumer benefit is & learn from past mistakes
According to Robert M. McMath, what two items will help marketers have a successful product launch?
market
people with both the desire and the ability to buy a specific offering
Satisfying consumer needs is accomplished by
designing a marketing program & focuses on target market