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Marketing |
Makes sure right goods and services are being produced |
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Production |
Small segment of marketing that makes the goods and performs the services |
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Why is marketing important? |
1. You make choices everyday based on marketing; you decide how you want to spend your money 2. It will be important to your job 3. Approach to get your next job 4. Affects innovation and standard of living- stimulates new ideas |
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In marketing innovation what are most products? |
Evolutionary |
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Give some examples of product evolution |
Waterproof phones, pedigree zip lock bags for dog food, |
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Give some examples of product revolution |
ipod, smart phones, electric car, virtual space gaming, car(back in the day) |
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What is the micro view of marketing? |
A set of activities performed by organizations |
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What is the macro view of marketing? |
A social process and whole production-distribution system |
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What are the components of the marketing concept? |
Customer Satisfaction Profit as an objective Total Company Effort |
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What does economies of scale mean? |
AS a company produces larger numbers of a particular product, the cost of each unit goes down. |
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Production Era |
Industrial Revolution-1920's *When a company focuses on the production of a few specific products |
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Sales Era |
1930-1950's *A time when a company emphasizes selling because of increased competition -Beat the competition and win customers |
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Marketing Department Era |
1950-X *A time when all marketing activities are brought under the control of one department to improve short-run policy planning and try to integrate the firms activities |
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Marketing Company Era |
1960-Now *In addition to short-run marketing planning, marketing people develop long range plans- can be 5 or more years ahead- and the whole company effort is guided by the marketing concept |
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What does the marketing concept say? |
That an organization aims all of its efforts at satisfying its customers AT A PROFIT |
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Product Orientation |
Making whatever products are easy to produce and THEN trying to sell them |
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Marketing Orientation |
Means trying to carry out the marketing concept |
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Customer Value |
The difference between the benefits a customer sees from a market offering and the costs of obtaining those benefits. |
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How do you improve customer value? |
Find a way to satisfy the need of the customer that others havent thought about yet |
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Micro-Macro Dilemma |
What is "good" for some companies and consumers may not be good for the society as a whole |
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Marketing Ethics |
The moral standards that guide marketing decisions and actions |
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Customer lifetime value equation |
Relationships that develop satisfied customers + who purchase more over time= lifetime value of customers |
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Customer equity |
*The expected earnings stream (profitability) of a firm's current and prospective customers over some period of time. Long term focus of a lifetime customer |
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Why doesn't production mentality work? |
It does not focus on the actual needs of the customer, and sometimes unnecessarily drives up costs. |
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Examples of the micro-macro dilemma? |
1.Handgun laws but right to bear arms 2.Panera changing to healthy menu while DD moving to unhealthy snacks in light of obesity 3. using plastic bottles for soft drinks but that leads to pollution |
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When will a production mentality work? |
On an item that is constantly in need by the consumers |
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Strategic (Management) Planning |
The managerial process of developing and maintaining a match between an organizations resources and its market opportunities. |
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Marketing strategy |
Specifies a target market and a related marketing mix |
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Target Market |
A fairly homogeneous group of customers to whom a company wishes to appeal |
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Marketing mix |
The controllable variables the company puts together to satisfy this target group |
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Target marketing |
A marketing mix is tailored to fit some specific target customers |
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What are the marketing mix variables |
Place Price Product Promotion |
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What is the main form of mass selling? |
Advertising |
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Advertising vs publicity |
Advertising- paid presentation publicity- unpaid presentation |
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Marketing Plan |
A written statement of a marketing strategy AND the time-related details for carrying out the strategy. |
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What are some parts of the marketing plan |
1. What marketing mix will be offered, to whom and for how long 2. What company resources will be needed 3. What results are expected |
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Why is marketing planning essential? |
-Significantly increases the chances of success. -Matches opportunities to the firm's resources and its objectives -Narrows down opportunities and realistic outcomes |
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Market penetration |
Trying to increase sales through more frequent purchases |
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Market Development |
Trying to increase sales by selling present products in new markets |
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Product Development |
Offering new or improved products for present markets |
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Diversification |
New market new product |
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Examples of market penetration |
Starbucks frequent buyer program - getting them to buy more often |
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Examples market development |
Coca-Cola expanding and selling to difference countries |
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Examples product development |
Tide- laundry soap, tide stick, release packs
Pc company creating a printer |
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Examples of diversification |
Honda making cars and then moving into making generators. |
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Objectives must be _______? |
Measurable |
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SWOT is derived from what? |
The situation analysis |
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Rank the 4 P's in order of importance |
1. Product 2. Place 3. Promotion 4. Price |
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What 3 areas are in the direct (Internal) marketing environment? |
1.Company ( Resources and Objectives of the firm) 2. Customers 3. Competitors |
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What are the 4 areas involved in the indirect (External)marketing environment |
1.Cultural and Social 2.Political/Legal 3. Economic 4.Technological |
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Discretionary income |
Income-Taxes-Necessities= Discretionary income |
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What is the first thing you look at in a marketing environment? |
Your own company; your resources and objectives (Strengths and Weaknesses) |
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What are the 4 basic kinds of market situations? |
1. Monopoly 2. Monopolistic Competition 3. Oligopoly 4. Pure Competition |
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How would you describe a monopoly and give an example |
One firm controls a broad market. Ex. old days; Cable TV Monsanto; GMO company |
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How would you describe a monopolistic competition and give an example |
The main structure of the US; offers DIFFERENTIATION in marketing mixes and competition within the market. Ex. Restaurants and Hotels |
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Economic Environment |
Economic factors like national income, economic growth, inflation. Changes Rapidly.
Ex. Housing collapse in 2008 |
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Technology Environment
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Alway changing now. Ex. Future Robot cars driving us around and the implications that follow that change |
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Political/ Legal Environment |
FDA and the CPSC |
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Federal Trade Commission Act |
Battles unfair methods of competition and deceptive advertising |
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Robsinson-Patman Act |
Injures competition by prohibiting fake advertising and price discrimination |
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Magnuson-Moss Act |
Warranties coverage and that it has to be in writing |
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What are some subcultures in the cultural and social environment? |
Race Lifestyle Hobbies Age |
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Cultural and Social Environment |
Slower changing than other external environments Ex. Role of women changing over the decades, LOHAS, |
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Where has migration in the US occurred? |
From the Midwest and North East to the Sun Belt in the south due to AIR CONDITIONING (technological change) |
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How has migration in the US changed over time? |
Rural-->Urban--> Suburban-->Micropolitan |
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What are the 4 population age groups |
1. Baby boomers-control most of the wealth 2. Gen X-Less materialistic 3. Gen Y- Millennials, spending tons of money and the focus of marketers 4. Gen Z- Upcoming |
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What is the gray market? |
Segmented into age groups, martial status, health to determine the older people who still want to spend money or earn money. |
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define SMART goals |
S-Specific M-Measurable A-Attainable R-Relevant T-Timely |
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5 steps for marketing planning process |
1. Assess internal and external environments 2. SWOT 3. Narrow down opportunities 4. Define objectives 5. Develop a plan |
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Market Segmentation |
2 step process (1) NAMING broad product-markets (2) Segmenting these broad product-markets in order to select target markets and develop marketing mixes |
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How do you break down a target market |
1. Define the customers needs 2. Narrow down to generic market 3. Narrow down to one broad product-market 4. Narrow down to narrow product-markets 5. Select target marketing Approach |
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What are the 3 possible target marketing approaches |
1. Single target market 2. Multiple target markets 3. Combined target markets |
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Single Target Market approach |
Picking out one homogeneous segments as the firm's target market |
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Multiple Target Market Approach |
Choosing 2 or more segments and then treating each as a separate target market needing a different marketing mix |
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Combined Target Market Approach |
Combining 2 or more submarkets into one larger target market as a basis for ONE strategy |
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What are the 3 ways you can build a segment |
1. Geographic 2. Demographic 3. Behavioral/ Psychographic ---best one |
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Qualifying Dimensions |
Those dimensions relevant to including a customer type. Helps identify the core benefits |
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Determining Dimensions |
Those dimensions that actually affect the customer's purchase of a specific product or brand |
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Qualifying Dimensions example |
A new car buyer must actually need a new car or something to move the kids around in |
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Determining Dimensions Example |
If safety is a big deal for a car buyer, they may look at volvo that has side protection and great crash ratings |
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USP |
Unique selling proposition |
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Why might repositioning need to occur |
Brand is not being looked at as desired/ planned New products moving into their product space Differentiation needs to happen |
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What is an example of a company that needs to be re-positioned? |
Sears; who is their target market? Competitors are crushing them
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What are some social influences on consumer behaviors? |
1. reference groups 2. opinion leaders 3. Culture 4. Family 5. Social class 6. Other peoples perceptions |
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How do consumers decide to buy products? (4) |
1. Economic concerns 2. Psychological Influences 3. Social Influences 4. Purchase situation |
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What are some psychological influences? |
Lifestyle Motivation Learning Perception Attitudes |
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What are some psychographic influences? |
Activities Interests Opinions |
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What is a want? |
A want is a learned response to a need |
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Hierarchy of PSSP needs |
1.Physiological needs 2. Safety needs 3. social needs 4. Personal needs |
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What is the learning model from the hierarchy of needs |
Need>Want>Drive>Cue>Response>Reinforcement |
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Selective exposure |
Our eyes and brains only notice and pick up on things we want to focus on |
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Selective perception |
People hear or see what they want to see; we screen out things that contradict with our previous beliefs or attitudes |
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Selective retention |
we remember things we want to remember
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Selective generalization |
Can be positive or negative; tendency for stimuli similar to a conditioned stimulus to evoke unconditioned responses |
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Selective generalization example |
Nutella vs Other brand Coppertone vs Walgreens brand Coppertone brand and knowing all their products are great |
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Selective Discrimination example |
Coke bottle Nike swoosh |
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Selective Discrimination |
Shows the difference betweens brands and makes them recognizable |
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Selective generalization |
Recognition of the generalizations WITHIN the brand |
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What are some reasons to choose not to research |
Low risk (possible money loss isnt huge) short timeline |
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What are some key issues in data interpretation |
1. population 2. sample 3. Validity 4. Confidence intervals |
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What is the most important step in the scientific method? |
Defining the problem |
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Projectable measurements come from what type of data? |
Quantitative data Ex. Surveys |
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Softer opinions and ideas come from what type of data? |
Qualitative data Ex. Focus groups |