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Marketing
Unit 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Marketing | Identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer needs in a profitable way. |
| Marketing Strategy | A plan to satisfy the needs of the customer. Done through research, positioning, segmenting and making a market mix. |
| Market Segmentation | Divides the consumers into different categories. E.g. young females |
| Demographic Segmentation | Analyses consumers in terms of age, income, social class, etc. |
| Psychological Segmentation | Analyses consumers on the basis of their attitudes and tastes. E.g. hippies or impulsive shoppers. |
| Niche Market | A specific gap in the market for a new product or service. |
| Product Positioning | Creating an image for a product in the mind of consumers in the target market. |
| Marketing Mix | Consists of four elements used to turn the marketing strategy and product positioning into reality- Product, Price, Place and Promotion. |
| Product | The good or service produced to meet a customer need. Focuses on- Design, Quality, Branding, Packaging and Product life cycle. |
| Product Portfolio/ Range | Describes the range of products produced by a business. |
| Branding | Creating an identity for a product that clearly distinguishes it from competitors. Brand name and logo |
| Brand Leader | The brand with the highest percentage share of a particular market. |
| Own-brand Products | Products sold by retailers under their own brand name. |
| Product Packaging | Provides protection, looks good and provides information. |
| Patent | Provides legal protection for an invention or a design of a product to the inventor or designer. |
| Trademark | A logo that is legally registered by a business to distinguish them and their products from competitors. |
| Product Lifecycle | Refers to the theory that most products pass through distinct life stages: product development, launch, growth, maturity, saturation and decline. |
| Price | Allows the business to earn a profit, influences the level of sales, affects the image and positioning. |
| Pricing Strategies | Aim to set a price that will help the firm to achieve it long term marketing objectives. |