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What is Consumer Behavior?
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The process involved when individuals or groups select, purchase, use, and dispose of goods services, ideas or experiences.
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What is the difference between High and Low Involvement when purchasing something?
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Low: Make purchase, then make brand evaluation
High: Research, and think about your purchase before hand |
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What are some External influences on consumer behavior?
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Culture
Subculture Family Reference Groups Social Class |
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What are some Internal influences on consumer behavior?
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Motivation
Perception Attitudes Personality |
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What is motivation?
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an internal force that directs behavior towards the fulfillment of needs
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What are the 3 types of Needs?
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Biological Needs: Food, Water, Shelter
Functional Needs: needs based on the reality of ones environment (transportation, cell phones) Psychological Needs: needs that arise from socialization (friendship, fun, achievement) |
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What are the 3 approaches to motivational conflict?
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Approach-Approach: want both outcomes, one can have one (sport-wagon)
Approach-Avoidance: Want one positive outcome, but it comes with a negative outcome (digital camera-computer) Avoidance-Avoidance: Don't want either outcome (life insurance) |
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What is perception?
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The process of recognizing, selecting, organizing, and interpreting stimuli in order to make sense of the world.
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What is Selective Exposure?
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Tendency to seek out or avoid info
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What is selective Attention?
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Tendency to tune-out or tune-in certain info
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What is selective comprehension?
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Tendency to interpret info with bias
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What is selective Retention?
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Tendency to remember or forget info
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What are the 3 types of Attitudes?
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Cognitive: knowledge-driven beliefs
Affective: emotion-driven beliefs Behavioral: tendencies to act |
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What is a Sub-Culture?
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A subset of people with shared values within a culture
Racial / Ethnic (Hispanic, Italian American) Geographic (Northeast vs. Deep South) |
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What is a reference group?
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A sub-set of people with shared norms and interests
Associative: a group you want to identify with Disassociative: a group you do not want to identify with |
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How do B2B markets differ from Consumer Markets?
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Fewer Customers in B2B
But larger purchases With longer, stronger relationships Involving trained purchasers With more purchase influences (vs. CB) |
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What are the 3 types of Business Demand?
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Derived: Sales of A are dependent on sales of B
Inelastic: Business demand tends to be price inelastic Fluctuating: demand depending on the business's environment, or economic environment |
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What are the 3 types of Business Purchases?
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Capital Equipment: Ex. stamping machine, building
Service Users: Ex. outsourcing functions like accounting MRO: Ex. Anything from critical repair parts to toilet paper |
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What is an OEM Producer?
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OEM*/Producers– Incorporate purchase into product being manufactured. (*Original Equipment Manufacturer)
headlamps bought and put into car that is sold to consumers. |
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What is a Reseller?
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Sell that product, basically unchanged, to another business or a consumer.
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What do OEM producer care about?
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Since large orders are purchased, price is key, but also logistical capabilities of the vendor. Purchase regularly, Risk is high
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What do Resellers care about?
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They care most about how customers rate their product. The risk is "getting stuck" with an unsold product
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What is the difference between in and out suppliers?
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In: You are the established customer
Out: Trying to break in with a supplier |
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What is the difference between Modified Rebuy, and a Straight Rebuy
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Modified: Company might switch between suppliers frequently
Straight: Same purchase over and over again |
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What is a Buying Center?
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Informal, cross-functional group of people involved in a purchase decision.
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Why are Buying Centers used?
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Many decisions too risky and complex for just one person.
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Who are the Gatekeepers in a Buying Center?
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Administrative or purchasing dept staff who control access to the decision making process and players
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What is "Risk Adverse"
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Losses feared most
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What are some risk control strategies?
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Collect more information
Develop loyalty Spread the risk |
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When are using salespeople a good idea?
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High cost or high risk purchases
Complex products High service demands |
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What are the 3 fundamentals of Modern Selling?
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Adaptive- adapt to the needs of the buyer
Relationship focused: selling to loyal customers SMART Persistance: utilizing their energy and efforts to push interactions forward in a mutually beneficial way |
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What is the pre-approach before a meeting
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Research company, industry and plan the sales call
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What are the 6 steps to a sales call?
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Position
Understand Connect Resolve Ask Conclude |
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What model should you use before going into a meeting?
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CLAP Model
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What is the CLAP Model?
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Connect with Rapport: (Connect with the other person)
Logistics: (Time contract and people involved) Agenda: (Meeting goal & meeting process) Permission to Transition to Business |
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What are the important steps in connecting your product in a meeting?
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Use Your Notes
Start Big Have a Point (MOTS) Address Numbers Be Visual & Bring to Life Confirm Early & Often |
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What is the difference between a feature and a benefit?
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FEATURE: a characteristic of the product
BENEFIT: how product will help the buyer |
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How should experience sales people handle objections
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Welcome them. Seek, clarify, respond, and confirm.
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What are the steps to closing a deal?
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Earn it
Ask Directly SHUT UP Be Assertive & Enthusiastic Circle Back |
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What is product positioning?
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Determine what image you want your product to have in the consumers mind – and develop plan to achieve this.
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What is a Market Segment?
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A homogeneous group with similar needs, wants, values and buying behavior.
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What are the 3 ways to split a Market?
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Demographic: (age, zip code, & gender)
Psychographic: (adventurous vs. conservative) Behavioristic: (heavy users versus occasional users) |
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What is "time of use" positioning?
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Associate product with a time or event
"Back-to-School" |