Sem 1 lecture definitions Flashcards
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Define marketing:
The process by which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships in order to capture value from customers in return.
>Is about creating human happiness out of nothing.
>About creating marketing transactions.
What type of philosophy is marketing?
An ‘outside-in’ philosophy: start with the market, understand customers and apply that to your company
What is a transaction?
Exchanging things of value
Name 4 Marketing transactions
Buyer/Seller
Charity/Donor
Employee/Employer
Candidate/Voter
What is the departmental/functional view of marketing?
Tools, techniques and models - what you DO
What is the philosophical view of marketing?
Focuses on how you THINK
“we must make what we can sell, not sell what we can make”
What is the main aim of marketing?
Identifying customer needs and satisfying them profitably and ethically.
What are the 4 philosophies of business?
- Production
- Sales
- Product
- Marketing
o Production philosophy:
way to be a successful business is to become a low cost manufacturer of something you can supply in high volumes. (supply large amounts cheaply), but if there are more suppliers than consumers then doesn’t work. Its an inside out philosophy, focuses on the company.
o Sales philosophy:
produce what you want to produce and then if the customers don’t want it you push it hard
o Product philosophy:
more of a tact than philosophy, make successful business by continuously making the product better. However many managers don’t bother to analyse their customers wants and just use their own reference for what is a better product.
What are the benefits of free markets over state-control or socialism?
- Consistent with individual freedom and human rights
- More efficient at allocating resources, setting prices and production levels
- Encourages growth and innovation
- Minimises the waste of natural resources, minimises climate change
Criticisms of free markets and capitalism?
- Equality of opportunity leads to inequality of rewards
- Capitalist economies have booms and recessions (argued this is a necessity for growth)
- Benefits can be destroyed by monopolies and cartels.
- Needs strong laws
What is the societal marketing philosophy?
Needs, Wants and Demands
need
Basic physical and psychological needs (food, water, heat…)
Want
Something you want but won’t necessarily get, e.g. steak, beer, new house. More than a need as its influenced by cultural/personal forces.
demand
A want, but with willingness and ability to pay.
What are the 3 types of demand?
Existing, Latent, Incipient
Whats an existing demand?
Exist and are being served
Whats a latent demand?
Known to exist but cannot be served for some reason, e.g. technological/legal constraints
Whats an incipient demand?
Exist, but undiscovered.
Define a market:
A group of consumers with a demand.
What is the first stage of marketing?
Defining the market in terms of the consumer demand you’re trying to satisfy.
Fully understand consumers and the marketplace in which it operates
What is undifferentiated/mass marketing?
One product for the whole market. E.g. T-model Ford, original Coca Cola.