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Marketing Influences
HSC Marketing - Influences on marketing
Term | Definition |
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Customer choice | Buyer behaviour - refers to decisions of customers |
Psychological factors | Influences within an individual that affect buying behaviour |
Perception | process through which people select, organise, interpret information to create meaning |
Motive | Reason that makes an individual do something |
Attitude | Person's overall feeling about something |
Personality | Collection of all behaviours and characteristics that make up a person |
Self Image | How a person views themselves |
Learning | Refers to changes in individual's behaviour caused by information and experiences |
Brand loyalty | Occurs when a favourable attitude towards a single brand results in repeat sales |
Sociocultural influences | forces exerted by other people and groups that affect a person's buying behaviour |
Socioeconomic status | Refers to a person's rank in society based on education, income or occupation |
Reference group | Peer group - group with whom a person closely identifies |
Economic influences | Forces of boom and bust (recession) affect buying behaviour |
Government Influences | Policies, laws, regulations enforced by Government can affect buying behaviour |
Australian Consumer Law | A single national law applying to all consumers around Australia. |
CCA | Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Most important piece legislation affecting marketing and business practices in Australia |
Unconscionable conduct | Any practice by a business that is just not reasonable and often illegal |
Deceptive and misleading advertising | Illegal under CCA - false information leads to faulty decisions by consumers |
Bait and switch advertising | Advertising a few products at reduced price but leading customers to more expensive items once they are in store |
Dishonest advertising | Claims that are untrue or intentionally vague. |
Price discrimination | Setting of different prices for a product in separate markets. |
Greenwashing | making misleading or deceptive claims about the environmental benefits of a product |
consumer guarantees | Set of rights and remedies for defective goods and services |
Implied conditions | Unspoken and unwritten terms of a contract |
Acceptable quality | Fit for purpose |
Warranties | Obligation or promise to fix or replace something if it is defective |
Materialism | Also called consumerism - person's desire to constantly acquire possessions |
Product placement | Inclusion of advertising in entertainment |
Stereotypical images | Images that place people into certain categories often negative. eg. all teenagers are lazy! |
Advertising | paid non-personal message communicated through a mass medium |
Puffery | Exaggerated praise or flattery used to sell products |
Sugging | Selling under the guise of research (unethical) |
Unethical marketing | Using words and images that are morally wrong to sell products |
Advertising Standards Bureau | Board that deals with consumer complaints about advertising |
Self regulation | System where industry controls its own activities |
Viral marketing | method of promotion that involves spreading of messages from person to person without involvement of the originator |
Consumer exploitation | Occurs when rights of consumers are ignored |