Chapter 3 Flashcards
Kotler & Armstrong
Marketing environment
The actors and forces outside marketing that influence the marketing management’s ability to build and maintain successful relationships with target customers
Microenvironment
The actors close to the company that affect its ability to serve its customers
List microenvironment actors
The company Suppliers Marketing intermediaries Customer markets Competitors Public
Macroenvironment
The larger societal forces that affect the microenvironment
List the macroenvironment factors
Demographic Economic Natural Technological Political Cultural
What is the marketing management’s job?
Build positive relationships with customers
Marketing intermediaries
Help the company promote, sell and distribute its products to its final buyers
Who do marketing intermediaries include?
Resellers
Physical distribution firms
Marketing agencies
Financial intermediaries
Resellers
Distribution channel firms that help the company find customers or make sales to them
Physical distribution firms
Help to stock and move goods to their destinations
Marketing service agencies
Marketing research firms, advertising agencies, media firms and marketing consulting firms that help the company target and promote to the right markets
Financial intermediaries
Include banks, credit companies, insurances and other financial businesses used in the running of the company
What does the marketing concept state about its competitors?
A company must provide greater customer value and satisfaction than its competitors do
Public
Any group that has an actual or potential interest in or impact on an organization’s ability to achieve its objectives
Give examples of different types of publics
Financial Media Government Citizen-action Internal General Local
Financial publics
Influence the company’s ability to obtain funds