week 5 Flashcards
(42 cards)
- Consumer behavior understand 3 main questions
what do we buy, why do we buy, how make use of product we buying
what is ocnsumer behaviour
Is the processes involved when individuals or group select, purchase, use, or dispose of products, service, ideas, or experience to satisfy needs and desires and to define and express their identities
intersect pyschology and marketing
consumer decesion process
needs recognition, info search, alternative eval, purchase decision, post purchase
what is need recognition
unsatified need like thirst usually basic
types of need
Could be functional like performance
* Basic needs
Pyscological needs: gratification
* Luxury brands
what do good marketers do in need recgonition stage
Remind cutomers of need or create one in this stage
in the info search stage look where
Internal sources: into my past experience
external sources: go to outside sources like family member or reviews online
what factor determine how long search
risk, importance of product, beenfit vs cost, locus of control-high control = search more, percieved benefit vs percieved cost of search,
what different risk are there in products affect search time
o performance risk: risk assoc with how product or service perform
o financial loss: minimize risk may buy warranty, risk is in initial cost and usage
o social risk: worry about what other people will think
o physiological: safety fear of harm if not proper
o psychological: If not convey the right image
alternative eval are forgone when
habitual convience products
2 attribute sets
- Retrieval- remember those brands easily from ads or word of mouth, in our mind but not necessarily buy
- Evoke- consider to buy bc has what is wanted
what are some short cuts to decesions
detrminant attriburtes, compensatory and non compensatroy and decesion heaurtics
what is compensatory rulke
- Compensatory are a set of attribute that important and evaluate on, set weight for attribute and score
o Trade off one charecterisitc for another
o Assign weigh to score
detrimant attributes are
: feat important to buyers which competing brands differ
- Consumer decision rule
- Consumer decision rule: criteria customer use to sleect among choices: decision heurisitics and compensatory
- Non compensatory
- Non compensatory: select one or more nonnegotiable key characteristics and eliminate all the alternatives that don’t have them
Decision heuristics:
Decision heuristics: mental shortcuts like price brand and product presentation
* May just choose price that lower or brand recognition
taticts to convert eval to sales
easier purchase, alerts, reminders
* Situational factors like merch in stock, multi pmt method, convienence help
3 different outcomes post purchase
satisfaction and loyalty positive and post purchase dissonance
how to ensure satisfaction post purchase
High expectations unrealistic = higher intial sales but eventually dissatisfied
But too low customer not enter
Ensure post purchase satisfasction: realistic expectations and deliver, demo proper use, thank customer
what is customer loyaty
repeat purchases
Build loyaty initially and each subsequent purchase
how to manage dissatisfaction
o Sometimes bad reviews not bad for brand rep, what must do is respond bad reviews in a way that help customer relations
o Complaints to the bus advantages for stronger relationships
- Three types of consumer decision process
social situational– external
pyschologial- internal
pyscologial decesion process includes
maslow, attitudes, perception, learning, lifestyle