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Marketing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Marketing | Identifying the customer needs and then Designing, Pricing, Packaging, Promoting, and Distributing of a product/service |
| Marketing Strategy | A plan setting out how a business will identify and satisfy the customer needs identified by market research |
| Market Segmentation | Divides consumers into different categories. e.g young females, high-incoming males, sports enthusiasts, etc. |
| Market Niche | Is a specific gap in the market for a new product/service |
| Product Positioning | Means creating an image for a product in the mind of consumers in the target market |
| Target Market | Is a precise description of the consumers to whom a product will be aimed |
| Marketing Mix | Consists of Four elements ( the 4 P's ) used to turn the marketing strategy and product positioning into reality - Product, Price, Place, Promotion. |
| Product Branding | Means creating an identity for a product that clearly distinguishes it from competitors. |
| Patent | Provides legal protection of an invention or a design of a product to the inventor or designer. |
| Product Packaging | Should adress the following: Provide protection, look good and provide information |
| Product Life Cycle | Theory that most products pass through distinct life stages: Product Development, Intro, Growth, Maturity, Saturation and decline |
| Pricing strategies | To set a price that will help the firm to achieve its long-term marketing objectives. |
| Channels of Distribution | The various paths that goods may follow from producer to consumer |
| Promotion | All the efforts made by the seller to communicate and influence the target market to buy a product |
| Advertising | Consists of messages designed to inform, persuade, or remind people to buy a product or service |
| Public Relations ( PR ) | Communicating with the media using news stories to create good publicity for a firm or its products or to respond to negative publicity. |
| Sponsorship | A type of PR where a company pays money towards the cost of a sporting or other charitable cause. |