Chapter Ten Flashcards
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Marketing
The process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organisational objectives
Marketing Concept
A customers needs and wants are met while achieving the businesses objectives
Market Research
The process of systematically collecting, recording and analysing information concerning a specific marketing problem
Marketing Data
The information, usually expressed as facts and figures, relevant to the defined marketing problem
Primary Data
The facts and figures collected from original sources
Survey
Gathers data by asking questions or interviewing people
Secondary Data
Refers to information that some other person or organisation has already collected
Internal Data
Refers to information that has already been collected from inside the business
External Data
Refers to published data from outside the business
Statistical Interpretation Analysis
Is the process of focusing on the data that represent average, typical or deviations from typical patterns
Market Segmentation
Occurs when the total market is subdivided into groups who share one or more common characteristics
Target Market
A group of customers with similar characteristics who currently purchase the product or may do so in the future
Primary Target Market
The market segment at which most of the marketing resources are directed
Secondary Target Market
Usually a smaller and less important market segment
Niche Market
A narrowly selected target market segment
Consumer Buying Behaviour
Refers to the decisions and actions of consumers when they purchase goods and services for personal or household use
Psychological Factors
Are influences within an individual that affect his/her behaviour when buying
Motives
The reasons that people do something
Customer Attitudes
Is a persons overall feeling about an object or activity
Personality
The collection of all the behaviours and characteristics that make up a person
Sociocultural Influences
Forces exerted by other people that affect customer behaviour
Peer Group
A group of people with whom a person closely identifies, adopting their values, attitudes and beliefs
Culture
Is all the learned values, beliefs, behaviours and traditions shared by a society
Market Share
The businesses share of the total industry sales for a particular market