Final (2 of 2) Flashcards
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Marketing
An organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders.
Marketing Plan
a written document that specifies the activities to be performed to implement and control the organizations marketing strategies.
Marketing Concept
the philosophy that firms should analyze the needs of their customers and then make decisions to satisfy those needs, better than the competition.
Marketing Audit
is a comprehensive, system- atic, independent, and periodic examination of a company’s—or business unit’s—marketing envi- ronment, objectives, strategies, and activities with a view to determining problem areas and oppor- tunities and recommending a plan of action
Marketing Strategy
The activitiesof selecting and describing one ormore target markets and developingand maintaining a market mix thatwill produce mutually satisfyingexchanges with target markets.
SWOT Analysis
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Marketing Mix
A unique blend of product, distribution, promotion, and pricing strategies designed to produce mutually satisfying exchanges with a target market.
Product
A good, a service or an idea
Promotion
Role is to bring exchanges with markets by: Informing, Educating, Persuading, and Reminding with integration of Personal selling, Advertising, Sales promotion and Public RelationsA good promotion strategy can increase sales, but does not guarantee success.
Purchasing Power
A comparison of the relative cost of a standard set of goods and services in different geographic areasIncome – cost of living = purchasing power
Recession
A period of economic activity characterized by negative growth which reduces demand for goods and services.
Media planning
A plan for action for identifying and analyzing a target market and developing a marketing mix to meet the needs of the market.
Mission statement
A long-term view or vision, of what the organization wants to become.
New product strategy
A seven-phase process for introducing products: idea generation, screening, concept testing, business analysis, product development, test-marketing and commercialization.
Noise
Anything that reduces a communication’s clarity and accuracy
Opinon Leader
A member of an informal group provides information about a specific topic to other group members
Perception
The process of selecting, organizing and interpreting information inputs to produce meaning
Perishability
The inability of unused service capacity to be stored for future use.
Personal selling
Paid personal communication that attempts to inform customers and persuade them to buy products in an exchange situation
Product category
Product line focus to specific product group
Product development
Determining if producing a product is technically feasible and cost effective.
Product differentiation
Creating and designing products so that customers perceive them as as different from competing companies
Product life cycle
The progression of a product through four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline.
Product line
a group of closely related product items viewed as a unit because of marketing, technological, or end-use considerations.