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Secondary data




vs.




Primary data

Review secondary data, see what's already been done




--internal corporate, government agencies, trade, news




Primary


--know what you want to know, collect data

Purpose of a brand!

A brand is the name, term, image, symbol, or any other feature associated with company




Brands help you be distinguished from ALL other products

Disposable income

Money available after taxes

discretionary income

Money available after taxes and needs

gross income

Total amount of money received during a period of time

Net income

profit

Conjoint analysis

Looks at attributes of product's components


Estimates value




Used for product development and pricing choices.

regression

How changing a variable will effect outcome

Discriminant

Highly correlated variables to generate perception maps.

Cross-tabulation

Frequency count.




Specific attitudes or behaviors occurring more





factor analysis

Groups together highly correlated variables

MaxDiff

Traits that consumers rank from most/least appealing




most/least important

Marketing's role in firm

1-Corporate strategy=Corporate what type of business is in..ex) do we do salty snacks and dips?




2-SBU=competition, what strengths do we play to?






3-Marketing strategy=promotion, price, product, place

Path to profitability

Foundation:




Marketing environment-customers, company, competitors




Creating Value-Marketing Mix. Segmentation & Target.




Capture Value-customer acquisition, retention. sales per customer, retention.

Marketing Environment dangers & risks

Social forces: demographics & culture




Economic forces: changes in economy affect spending




Technological forces: advances in technology could leave a product need as obsolete




Competitive forces: rivals, entrants, substitutes, buyers, suppliers




regulatory forces: forces in government

How to disrupt routine purchases

Technology (come up with something better)


Product sampling (trying the product out)


Advertising

Ethics triangle

Triangle that would get someone to do something unethical:




-Opportunity=option is available


-Motivation=pressure, need


-Rationalization=reconciliation, justification

Consumer behavior process & problem solving

Low-involvement: routine, habitual.




High-involvement: Expensive, important




Process is:




1) Problem recognition-discrepency between current and desired state


2) Information search-search info to solve problem


3) evaluation of alternatives-some eliminated


4) purchase-positive or negative thoughts


5) post-purchase evaluation-how you feel about what was done

What marketers control in consumer behavior process

Can tap into factors affecting situation:




Cultural-tap into cultural values


Social-Use opinion leaders


pyschological-change beliefs about brand performance, change importance of beliefs, add new belief


Situational-pay attention to what situations people would use it


Individual-appeal to what matters to individual

Market penetration

Increase market share among existing customers

Market development

Attract new customers to existing products

Product development


Diversification

Create new products for existing customers




New products into new markets

Standard vs. glocal vs. Customization/Local

Standardization: Uses same approach in foreign market as in home market




Cost effective, may not meet cultural needs




Customization: adapt to meet local standards


Costs more




Glocalization: Going global but acting local, standard platform with some modifications

SWOT

Strengths- company's core abilities


Weakness-product limitations


Opportunities-trends/circumstances in ebvironment


Threats-negative conditions in external environment

Consumer behavior influences

Stimuli--environment: health, economy, etc. marketing stimuli--varying price, product




Black Box: personal motivations, desires, intent

Multivariable Attitude Attribute Model

Summation




Take value *rating + others= overall

Generational Cohorts

People born in same period with similiar beliefs




Baby Boomers-40s to 60s, retiring, lots of money to spend




Gen X-higher buying power, approaching 40s




Millennials-growing larger, not big spenders




Tweens

Franchise

Instead of building chains, someone franchises

Exporting

Shipping products from distributor to foreign country




Message can be changed to fit target market

Licensing

Write a contract to let someone use skills, values, products




get a percentage of royalties




burden is on licensee




May lose control of quality of product

Joint Venture

Combine with a company in foreign market

Direct Investment

Invest into companies outside country




Problems could be a lack of cultural understanding

Analysis of variance

Looks for averages and variability around average

Selective distribution

Few intermediaries carry the product

exclusive distribution

Very few intermediaries carry the product

intensive distribution

stocked in majority of outlets

Geographic segmentation

grouped based on differences in geographical regions--population density, size, climate.

demographic segmentation

Differences in age, gender, income level, education, social class, etc.

pyschographic segmentation

based on personality, lifestyle, or motives

behavioral segmentation

based on benefits customers seek :


Brand loyal


Deal shoppers


Price shoppers


Convenience shoppers

Types of Channel intermediaries

Direct=NO intermediaries


Indirect=through intermediaries, distributors, wholesalers, OEMs


Mixed=direct and indirect channel

push vs pull strategies

pull--draws attention from consumers, mainstream advertising




push--to channel members, possibly price oriented

Breakeven equation

BEV=Fixed cost/price-unit variable cost

Types of promotions

Value-added promotion: adds value to product like more of the product, or sweepstakes




Price-off promotion: coupons or rebates




Cause-related promotions: invites consumers to help out a good cause




Trade promotions: buying incentives to RETAILERS, might to trade allowances

Salesperson performance attributes

5 Attributes:




1) Reliability- done accurately and dependably




2) Assurance-competence, courtesy, credibility, security




3) tangibles-appearance of physical faculty, equipment, personnel




4) Empathy-listening




5) Responsiveness-help customers promptly

4 Methods to set product prices

1. Golden goose-knows own costs, customer value, no understanding of competitors




2. Cost-plus-knows cost, not much about competitors or customers




3. Value-own cost, competitors, and customers




4-Competitive-knows own costs, competitors, not customers

Pricing incentives and fairness of transaction

Timeliness needs to be right for incentives like coupons --runs value ahead of price

Reasons to believe vs need to believe

Reason to believe: How effective is the demonstration of the product's problem solving benefits in capturing imagination of target market?




Need to believe: Which pain point is being addressed?

Product development stages/ Post stages

Life Cycle:




Introduction-product is introduced into marketplace




Growth stage-emphasize distinctions




Maturity stage-maximize profits




decline stage-rejuvenaute or die?




Stages for New product:




1) Idea generation-consider problems people are trying to solve.




2) Idea screening-Do ideas fit in company goals or do they miss the boat?




3) Concept testing-Test the concept with consumers




4) Marketing strategy-Figure out target market and marketing mix




5) Price projection, try to project sales of product




6) Product development-create a prototype




7) Test marketing-try out in realistic markets




8) Commercialization-spread the word on the goods.

Cost plus pricing strategy

where you calculate the cost and add the profit you want to have

Penetration

Low entry price to capture market quickly


Leads to capture of market share

Bundling

Putting a group of costs together in bundle--Wendy's meal

Competitive

Knows competitors and own costs, tries to compete

Skimming

High price set knowing that only few will buy


Captures consumer surplus

Why Marketers segment

Way to identify new marketing opportunities


Can't target everyone at once

Social Media Marketing: CPM, GRP, TRP

CPM stands for cost per thousand




GRP=reach*frequency--TRP is synonym

Brand loyalty vs equity

loyalty-continued use of the product


equity-buy the product from THAT company

Causes of conflict in a channel

Conflicts arise when one channel member prevents another from reaching its goals




Cause of conflict is distribution of profits

Economic demands/supply curve

Negative relationship between price and quantity demands

Objective of an ad: Cognitive, Affective, Behavioral

Cognitive=build awareness


Affective=build liking


Behavioral=stimulate action

What goes into a good print ad: Recall and objective

Product-larger, bigger than life shots of product




Advertiser obvious-very distinct look and feel




benefit obvious- low involvement, love group emotion


high involvement features and benefits

Points of parity vs. points of difference

Parity: qualifiers of product


Difference: set product apart

Bottom Up marketing

1. Look at a pain-point perceived by consumer and then address with a differentiating tactic--new to the world competitive angle




2. Marshall all resources around it




A bottom-up mindset (1) focuses on making the most of what the company has, (2) goes where the money is, that is attacks an existing market where customers are already spending lots of dollars, (3) quickly adjusts the competitive angle in a way that makes competitors irrelevant, and (4) transforms a winning marketing tactic into a long-term successful business strategy.

creative, low cost tactics

Different


Solves a problem


Sparks a personal connection






STRATEGY must be built on differentiating tactic

What is creativity?

Using old things in new places, ways, and combinations

Startup Marketing: 5 Best practices

1. Bottom up mindset


2. Finding good ideas


3. Leveraging leverage


4. Think big/act big


5. Launching tactics

Big business NOT shoestring entreprenuers

Don't try to be a big business. Don't spend crazy amounts--be smart.

Four Step Ideation Process

1-Select problem area--should be in area that deeply interests you, specific is better than deep


2-Explore specific problem--probing deep ended questions


3-Propose and test alternative product ideas--Use WOW focus group, don't get invested in a pet idea


4-Perfect the top product idea--Pitch to anyone and everyone and see what they suggest for improvement

White Hat

FACTS about product, service, or people that use

Red hat

EMOTIONS--gut reaction to product

Yellow Hat

POSITIVE JUDGEMENT--perceived benefits or positive

Black Hat

Critical judgement--perceived shortcomings or objections

Green Hat

Creativity--ideas for improvement

Blue Hat

Summary--takeaways

Qualifiers for Doing Things Right on Your Own

1. Only if you can do it well


2. Only if you have bandwidth and energy

Hate-Swing-Love

NOT everyone has a Hat-Swing-Love




If so, prospect for a love group. Do research to see WHO your product really appeals to.

Five Best Practices for leveraging the skills and resources of others

Unleash the power of horses--product advocates Empower early-adopter customers Land an anchor customer Work with benefactors Build an advisory board

Horses

People w/ influence over market. Ability to introduce, highlight, and promote new opportunities




LOVE group.

Early Adopters

Discover the reasons these customers love the company's products. Leverage the info.




KNOW your love group to get the fence sitters.




Other adopters:


Innovators-2.5%, 1st to try new things


Early


Early majority-people consider buying after proof of success


Late majority-skeptical


Laggards-resist change

Anchor Customers

Provide instant credibility for startup, attract customers, accelerate development




Anchors are those that come again and again




Big anchors can be dangerous for startups. Does it foster or flounder?

Benefactors

Think, "WHO benefits when I succeed?" --chain benefactors




Who wins when I win?




Does it increase a need for certain benefactors?




Benefactors can provide something other than funding--hardware, or technology

Advisory board

Leverage experience and connections to create your network




board made up of passionate and fun professionals




Advantages are they don't have to be paid and can't be sued




can offer shares and perks

Earning vs. buying success

Earn media=generates interest, something cool attracts news, people, etc.




Buy=paid for advertising

Social Media for startups

Build a look a feel for a website that makes it seem professional




Highlight awards, interesting stories, customer experiences




Social media: should address hot topic, friendly and natural

Connectors, Mavens, salespeople

Connectors-people with a lot of friends


Mavens-people with a lot of knowledge


Salespeople-people who know how to persuade

Why it pays to have confidence/swagger

Showing confidence in your product=do things that would go unnoticed or raise eyebrows if big companies did




-do crazy things


-send out to big names

Value of touch points

Interaction, transaction, engagement




Important because every time you touch you influence





BE a tradeshow giant.

Concentrate marketing dollars AT trade shows


Generate a big buzz through a creative idea

7 Ways to Think and Act BIG

1. Technology


2. People


3. Ideas


4. The press/publicity


5. Trade shows


6. Niche market domination


7. Swagger

Specialist vs. Generalist

Specialist ALWAYS beats generalist

Connector

People specialists.. make friends and have a lot of aquantinces

Mavens

Information specialist, collects data and knowledge

Salespeople

Natural persuaders

Five Rules of Marketing Events

1. Make sure the product takes center stage


2. Make the event gorgeous, event quality reflects product quality


3. Connect the event with local cause


4. Target event to fit specific audience/marketing objective


5. Send home a personalized souvenir

What does it mean to have a love fest

Customers help launch product with them...




Create opportunities for best customers to share the LOVE




Get out of the way and let the customers sell.




Summits, events, blogs, clubs, community classes.




Creates a group of people in love with the product

Different Event options

Activities


Exhibitions


Happenings


Gatherings


Tournaments


Competitions


Matches


Races


Games

Make the demonstration compelling

Shows functionality in super fun way!


Tessla-showed electricity running through his body




Active--people participate




Can't demonstrate then emphasize ( lights, sirens, flashing, fireworks, etc.)

Create a catch phrase/jingle

Jingles burn in your brain


The catch phrase stick



Select the channel

Know where to best sell your products

Close the sale

Learning to sell is a crucial skill


Don't give NO a chance




List needs and describe how product expresses needs

Don't be so focused on the product that you forget to sell it

Do it yourself


OR outsource selling to others

3 Big challenges to Selling Along w/ Solutions

1-Entreprenuers lack credibility


-solution


2. Power is with the buyers


3. Ego