Chapter 5 Flashcards

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The foundation of marketing is …

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Exchange

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Marketing consists of all activities

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designed to generate or facilitate an exchange intended to satisfy need.

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Market definition

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Aggregate demand of potential buyers for a product/service

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The essence of marketing is…

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transaction/exchange

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Philip Kotler definition of marketing

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a social and managerial process by which an individual or group obtain what they need and want through creating, offering and exchanging of product

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Core concepts of marketing

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  • Needs, Wants and Demands
  • Products, Value, Cost and Satisfaction
  • Exchange and Transaction
  • R/ships and Networks
  • Market, Marketers and Prospects
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is a state of deprivation of some basic satisfaction

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Need

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are desires for specific satisfiers of needs

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Wants

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are wants for specific products that are backed by ability and willingness to buy them

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Demands

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anything that can be offered to satisfy a need or want

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Product

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is the consumer’s estimate of product to satisfy their need

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Value

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DeRose definition of Value

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the satisfaction of customer requirement at the lowest cost of acquisition, ownership and use.

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amount of money that are going to be expended or already incurred to acquire a product

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cost

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trade of values between parties

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transaction

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something that makes a product capable of satisfying a want

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utility

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Kinds of utility that marketing provides

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  1. Form utility
  2. Place Utility
  3. Time Utility
  4. Information Utility
  5. Possession Utility
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Form utility

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associated primarily with production- the physical or chemical changes that make a product more valuable.
Marketing research aides in making the product more appealing

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Place utility

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exists when a product is readily accessible to potential customers

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Time utility

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having a product available when you want it

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Information utility

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is created by informing prospective buyers that a product exists

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special type of information utility that describes the emotional/physical values a person attaches to a product based on its reputation

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Image utility

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Possession utility

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created when a customer buys the product-that is, ownership is transferred to the buyer.

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Marketing activities should be carried out under a well-thought out philosophy of

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  • Efficient
  • Effective
  • Socially Responsible
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5 main competing concepts of marketing activities

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  • Production
  • Product
  • Selling/Sales
  • Marketing
  • Societal/Relationship Marketing
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Production concept
holds that consumers will favor products that are widely available and low in cost
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Two places where the assumption that consumers are primarily interested in product availability and low price holds
1. Demand > Supply (developing countries for example 2. Product cost is high and has to decrease to expand the market
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Product concept
holds that consumers will favor those products that offer the most quality, performance or innovative features.
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Selling/Sales concept
holds that consumers, if left alone, will ordinarily not buy enough of the organization product. products must be promoted.
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Marketing concept
- challenges the above three concepts - holds that the key to achieving organizational goals consists of being more effective than competitors in integrating marketing activities toward determining and satisfying the needs and wants of target markets
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Difference of Selling and Marketing concepts
Selling starts at factory, marketing at market place. Selling focuses on exisiting product, marketing on the customers need. Selling uses selling and promotion, marketing uses integrated marketing Selling targets profit through volume, marketing targets profit through satisfaction
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Societal Marketing concept
holds that the organization should determine the needs, wants and interests of target markets. should deliver the satisfaction effectively and efficiently that competitors in a way that improves consumer's well being
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Relationship Marketing
practice of building long term satisfying relations with key parties-customers, suppliers, distributors- in order to retain their long term preferences and business.
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Marketing information system consists of...
People Equipment and Procedure to gather, sort, analyze, evaluate and distribute information to decision makers
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Marketing Research
systematic and objective identification, collection, analysis and dissemination of information for assisting in decision making
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Marketing research is subjective
False
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Three functional roles of marketing research
Descriptive function - presentation of facts Analytical function - explanation of data Predictive function - predict the result
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Marketing research components
Market size Market share Market penetration Brand equity research Buyer decision processes research
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Part of marketing research that is used to determine that motivates people to buy
Buyer decision processes research
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Marketing Research Process
Define the research purpose or objectives Research Design Formulation Gather Secondary Data Gather Primary Data Data processing and analysis Report preparation/presentation
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Marketing Intelligence
is the systematic process of gathering, analyzing, supplying and applying information (both qualitative and quantitative) about the external market environment
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Evaluated information is called...
Intelligence
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Importance of marketing intelligence
- Identification of new opportunities - Smart segmentation - Minimize investment risks...
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Ways to undertake marketing intelligence
1. Unfocused scanning - any info gathered with no purpose 2. Semi-focused scanning - no purposed but range is narrowed 3. Informal search - limited and unstructured attempt to obtain information for a specific purpose. 4. Formal search - this is a purposeful search for information in some systematic way.
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Refers to determining strength / weakness of competitors
Competitive analysis
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Defined as any business that provides similar service in the same market
Competition
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Steps in competitive analysis
1. Identify competitors 2. Gather info about competitors 3. Analyze competition 4. Develop pricing
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The 4P's of Marketing
Product - goods/service for sale Pricing - process of setting price Place - distribution Promotion - informing customers
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Marketing strategy
process that can allow an organization to concentrate its limited resources on the greatest opportunities to increase sales and achieve competitive advantation
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Pricing strategies
- Price skimming - charge a lot for premium users - Penetration pricing - similar products have their price reduced inorder to penetrate the market - Cost-plus pricing - any amount above unit cost - Mark-up pricing - % of selling price added to unit cost - Competition Oriented Pricing - consider competitors price - Odd-even pricing(49.99 instead of 50)
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Communication of the company and products to customerrs
Promotion
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Promotional Strategy
choosing a target market and formulating the most appropriate promotion mix to influence
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Promotional strategy may consist of
1. Advertising 2. Personal selling 3. Public relations 4. Sales promotion
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Form of comms that seeks to change perception
Public relations
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Promotion type that involves short-term incentives to arouse interest
Sales promotion
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Most important actors for effective and efficient distribution of products
Marketing channels
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Two types of marketing channels
Direct - produces and consumers directly interact Indirect - intermediaries exist between seller and buyer
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Factors to consider to select the best marketing channel
Company factors - capability of the company Market chx - market geography, size, density Product attirbutes - perishability, value Env't forces - competition, tech, culture
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Any activity undertaken to fulfill customers need
Service
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Distinctive features of servicce
Intangibility Inseparability Variability Perishability - Situational - Difficulty to measure - Subjective - Influenced by service provider
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Activities need for quality customer service
- Establishing a clear customer service strategy. - Ensuring that correct people are in place, with the correct skills to deliver outstanding personal service. - Establishing clear material service delivery processes. - Improving in terms of process improvement, quality monitoring and recovery continuously. - Participatory Management.