Marketing Flashcards

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Marketing

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Management task that links the business to the customer, identifying and meeting the needs of the customers profitably

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Marketing objectives

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Goals for marketing department to help the business achieve its overall objectives

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Marketing strategy

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Long-term plan established for achieving marketing objectives

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Market orientation

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An outward looking approach basing product decisions on customer demands, as established by market research

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Product orientation

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An inward looking approach that focuses on making products that can be made or have been made for a long time and then trying to sell them

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Asset led marketin

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Approach to Marketing the basis strategy on the firms existing strengths and assets instead of purely on what the customer wants

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Societal marketing

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This approach considers not only the demand of customers but the effects on all members of society involved in some ways when the firm meets these demands

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Demand

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Quantity of a product that consumers are willing And able to buy at a given price in a time period

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Supply

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Quantity of a product that firms are prepared to supply at a given price in a time period

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Equilibrium price

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The market price that equal supply and demand for a product

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Market size

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Total level of sales of all producers in a market

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Market growth

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The percentage change in the total size of a market over a period of time

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Market share

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Percentage change of sales in the total market sold by one business

Firms sales in a period
Total market sales in a period. X100

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Direct competitor

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Business that provides the same or very similar goods or service

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Unique selling point – USP

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Special feature of a product that differentiated from competitors products

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Product differentiation

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Making a product distinctive so that it stands out from competitors product in a consumers perception

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Niche marketing

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Identifying and exploiting a small segment of a large market or developing products to suit it

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Mass marketing

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Selling the same product to the whole market with no attempt to target groups within it

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Market segment

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A segment of a whole market in which consumers have similar characteristics

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Market segmentation

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Identifying different segments with in the market and targeting different products or services to them

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Consumer profile

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Qualified picture of consumers of a firms products, surely proportions of age groups, income levels, location, gender, social class

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Market research

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Process of collecting, recording, analysing data about consumers, competitors and the market

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Primary research

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Collecting First hand data that is directly related to references

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Secondary research

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Collection of data from secondhand sources

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Qualitative research

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Research into the in-depth motivation behind consumers Buying, behaviour/opinions

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Quantitative research

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Research that leads to numerical results that can be statistically analysed

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Focus group

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A group of people who ask about their attitude towards a product, service, advertisement, style of packaging

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Sample

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Group of people taking part in a market research survey selected to be representative of the overall target market

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Random sampling

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Every member of the total population has an equal chance of being selected

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Systemic sampling

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Every nth item in the target population is selected

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Stratified sampling

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Draws a sample From a specific subgroup what is segment of the population; uses random sampling to select appropriate number from each stratum

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Quota sampling

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When population has been stratified and the interviewer select an appropriate number of respondents

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Cluster sampling

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Using one number of a specific group to draw samples from not the whole population

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Open Question

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Invite a wide range of imaginative responses

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Closed question

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A limited number of preset answers are offered

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Marketing mix

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Four key decisions that must be taken in the effective marketing of a product

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Customer relationship management

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Using marketing Activities to establish a successful customer relations, So that existing customer loyalty can be maintained

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Brand

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And identifying symbol, name, image, trademark what distinguishes a product from its competitors

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Intangible attributes of a product

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Subjective opinions of customers about a product that cannot be measured or compared easily

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Tangible attributes of a product

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Measurable features of a product that can easily be compared with other products

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Product

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End result of the production process sold on the market to satisfy customer needs

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Product positioning

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Customers perception of a product/service as compared to its competitors

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Product portfolio analysis

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Analysing the range of existing products of a business to help allocate resources effectively between them

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Product life cycle

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Pattern of sales recorded by a product from launch to withdraw from the market -Main form of product portfolio analysis

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Customer durable

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Manufacture products that can be reused and is expected to have a reasonably long life

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Extension strategy

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Marketing plans to extend the maturity stage of the product before a brand-new one Is needed

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Price elasticity of demand – PED

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Measures the responsiveness of demand following a change in price

0 = perfectly inelastic: same amount is demanded no matter price change
1–0 = inelastic: percentage change in demand is less than percentage change in price
Unitary = unit elasticity: percentage change in demand equals percentage change in price
One – infinity = elastic demand: percentage change in demand is more than percentage change in price

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Markup pricing

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How do you fixed mark up for profit to the unit price of a product

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Target pricing

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Setting a new price that will give a required rate of return at a certain level of output/sales

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Full cost pricing

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Setting a price by calculating a unit cost for the product then adding a fixed profit margin

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Contribution cost pricing

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Setting price based on the variable cost of making a product in order to contribute towards fix costs and profits

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Competition based pricing

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Basing its price upon the process by its competitors

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Dynamic pricing

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Offering good at a certain price the changes according to the level of demand and customers ability to pay

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Penetration pricing

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Setting relatively low price often supported by strong promotion in order to achieve higher volume sales

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Market skimming

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Setting a high price for new products in firms - have a unique or highly differentiated product with low price elasticity of demand

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Promotion

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Use of advertising, sales promotion, personal selling, direct mail, et cetera inform consumers and persuade them to buy

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Promotion mix

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Combination of promotional techniques that a firm uses to sell a product

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Above the line marketing

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Form of promotion that is undertaken by a business By paying for communication with the consumers

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Advertising

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Paid for communication with consumers to inform and persuade

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Below the line promotion

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Promotion that is not directly paid for means of communication, but based on short-term incentives to purchase

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Sales promotion

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Incentives such a special offers/deals directed at consumers or retailers to achieve short-term sales and increase repeat purchases by consumers

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Personal selling

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A member of sales staff communicates with one consumer with the aim of selling the product and establishing a long-term relationship between company and consumer

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Sponsorship

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Payment by a company to the organisers of an event/team/individuals so that company name becomes associated with event/team/individual

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Public relation

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Delivered use of free publicity provided by newspapers TV and other media to communicate with and achieve understanding by the public

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Branding

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Strategy of differentiating products from those of competitors by creating an identifiable image into expectations about a product

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Marketing/promotion budget

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Financial amount allocated by a business for spending on marketing/promotion during a certain time period

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Channel of distribution

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Chain of intermediaries a product passes through from producer to final consumer

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Online marketing

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Advertising/marketing activities that use the Internet email and mobile communications to encourage direct sales via electronic commerce

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E commerce

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Find selling of goods/services by businesses and consumers through an electronic medium

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Viral marketing

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Use of social media sites or text messages to increase brand awareness/selling products

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Integration marketing mix

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Key marketing decisions compliment each other and work together to give consumers a consistent message about the product

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Nonprice competition

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Firms use fierce and competitive promotional campaigns to establish brand identity and dominance