Chapter 7 Packet Notes Flashcards

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Business activities that direct the creation, development, and delivery of a bundle of satisfaction from the creator (producer) to the targeted user and that satisfy the targeted user or consumer.

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Small Business Marketing

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  • Identification of a target market
  • Determining a target market’s potential
  • Preparing, communicating, and delivering a bundle of satisfaction to the target market.
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Small Business Marketing Activities

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  • Core product/service
  • Actual prodcut/service
  • Augmented product/service
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The Levels of Product/Service

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  • Production-oriented
  • Sales-oriented
  • Consumer-oriented
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Marketing Philosophies

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Emphasizes development of the product and production effciencies over other activities.

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Production-Oriented

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Favors product sales over production efficiencies and customer preferences.

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Sales-Oriented

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  • The right choice
  • All marketing efforts begin and end with customers
  • The focus is on customers’ needs, which is most consistent with long-term success of the firm.
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Consumer-Oriented

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  • Market analysis
  • Developing the marketing mix
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Marketing Research Activities

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An evaluation process that encompasses market segmentation, marketing research, and sales forcasting.

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Market Analysis

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The combination of product, pricing, promotion, and distribution activities.

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Developing the Marketing Mix

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  • Market Analysis
  • The competition
  • Marketing Strategy
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The Formal Marketing Plan

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  • State of the competition
  • Production focus
  • Focus on the present
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Reasons for not adopting a consumer orientation

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With no competition or high demand, firms focus on production.

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State of Competition

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Entrepreneurs may have strong production skills and weak marketing skills.

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Production Focus

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Entrepreneurs tend to focus on current success which is the result of an overemphasis on selling.

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Focus on the Present

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  • Marketing research
  • Outside sources
  • Steps in the marketing research process
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The Nature of Marketing Research

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The gathering, processing, reporting and interpreting of market information.

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Marketing Research

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  • Hiring professional marketing researchers
  • Using the Internet for web-based surveys and online focus groups.
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Outside Sources

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  1. Identifying the informational need- Why do we need to know this?
  2. Searching for secondary data- Who has researched this topic already?
  3. Collecting primary data- Who do we ask and what do we ask them?
  4. Interpreting the data- Got the information, now what does it mean?
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Steps in the Marketing Research Process

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  • Observational methods
  • Questioning methods
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Methods for Collecting Primary Data

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  • Human
  • Mechanical
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Observational Methods

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  • Surveys
    • Mail
    • Telephone
  • Personal interviews
  • Experiments
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Questioning Methods

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  • Market Ingredients
  • Market Segmentation
  • Focus Strategy
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Understanding Potential Target Markets

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A group of:

  1. Customers or potential customers who have:
  2. Purchasing power
  3. Unsatisfied needs
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Market Ingredients

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The division of ar market into several smaller customer groups with similar needs.
Market Segmentation
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A type of competitive strategy which cost and differentiation-based advantages are achieved within narrow market segments.
Focus Strategy
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* Segmentation variables * Benefit variables * Dempgraphic variables
Market Segmentation and its Variables
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The parameters used to distinguish one form of market behavior from another for the purpose of market segmentation.
Segmentation Variables
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Specific characteristics that distinguish market segments according to the benefit sought.
Benefit Variables
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Specific characteristics that describe customers and their purchasing power.
Demographic Variables
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* Unsegmented Strategy (Mass Marketing) * Multisegment Strategy * Single-Segment Strategy
Types of Market Segmentation Strategies
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A strategy that defines the total market as the target market.
Unsegmented Strategy (Mass Marketing)
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A strategy that recognizes different preferences of individual market segments and develops a unique marketing mix for each. (Taylors to each group).
Multisegment Strategy
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A strategy that recognizes the existence of several distinct segments but focuses on only the most profitable segment.
Single-Segment Strategy
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A prediction of how much (in units and/or dollars) of a product or service can be sold within a market in a defined period of time. * Assesses the new venture's feasibility * Assists in planning for product scheduling, setting inventory levels, and personnel decisions.
The Sales Forecast
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* Unique new business circumstances * Lack of familiarity with quantitative methods * Lack of familiarity with the forecasting process.
Limitations to Forecasting (for Entrepreneurs)
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* Breakdown process (chain-ratio method) * Buildup process
Two Dimensions of Forecasting
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Forecasting begins with a macro-level variable and works down to the sales forecast (top-down)
Breakdown Process (Chain-Ratio Method)
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All potential buyers in various submarkets are identified and then the estimated demand is added up (bottom down).
Buildup Process
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* Direct forecasting * Indirect forecasting
Forecasting and Predicting Variables
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Use of sales as the predicting variable.
Direct Forecasting
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Use of variables related to sales as proxies to project future sales.
Indirect Forecasting