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Marketing T1

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is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. Marketing
the key function of a “marketer” is to? Facilitate exchange
Activity in which two or more parties give something of value to each other to satisfy perceived need Exchange process
Eight Universal marketing functions Buying, Selling, Standardizing and Grading, Financing, Transporting, Storing, Risk Taking, Securing Marketing Information
Ensuring that product offerings are available in sufficient quantities to meet customer demands Buying
Using advertising, personal selling, and sales promotion to match products to customer needs Selling
Ensuring that product offerings meet quality and quantity controls of size, weight, and other variables Standardizing and Grading
Providing credit for channel members (wholesalers and retailers) and consumers Financing
Moving products from their point of production to locations convenient for purchasers Transporting
Warehousing products until needed for sale Storing
Dealing with uncertainty about future customer purchases Risk Taking
Collecting information about consumers, competitors, and channel members for use in making marketing decisions Securing Marketing Information
Who performs the functions of marketing? Manufacturers, retailers and other wholesalers
the want-satisfying power of a good or service Utility
Four types of utility Form, Time, Place, Ownership
Conversion of raw materials and components into finished goods and services (Ex: Dinner at a restaurant) Form
Availability of goods and services when consumers want them (Ex: UPS overnight) Time
Availability of goods and services at convenient locations (Ex: on-site day care) Place
Ability to transfer title to goods or services from marketer to buyers (Ex: Retail Sales) Ownership (Possession)
Five Era's of Marketing History Production, Sales, Marketing, Relationship, Social
Prior to 1920s, "A good product will sell itself" Production Era
Prior to 1950s, "Creative advertising and selling will overcome consumers' resistance and persuade them to buy Sales Era
Since 1950s "The consumer rules! Find a need and fill it" Marketing Era
1990s "Long-term relationships with customers and other partners lead to success" Relationship Era
2000s, "Connecting to consumers via internet and social media sites is an effective tool" Social Era
Stressing efficiency in producing a quality product, with the attitude toward marketing that “a good product will sell itself” Production orientation
Customers will resist purchasing nonessential items Sales Orientation
A companywide consumer orientation to achieve long-run success Marketing Concept
Management’s failure to recognize the scope of its business Marketing myopia
Developing long-term, value-added relationships over time with customers and suppliers Relationship marketing
The use of online social media as a communications channel for marketing messages Social marketing
Marketing messages transmitted via wireless technology Mobile marketing
Buyer–seller communications in which the customer controls the amount and type of information received from a marketer Interactive marketing
The word-of-mouth messages that bridge the gap between a company and its products Buzz marketing
Categories of non-traditional marketing Person, Place, Cause, Event, Organization
Efforts to cultivate the attention, interest, and preferences of a target market toward a person (Ex: Celebrity endorsements) Person Marketing
Efforts to attract people and organizations to a particular geographic area( Ex: Tourism enhancements) Place marketing
Marketing of sporting, cultural, and charitable activities to selected target markets Event Marketing
ntended to persuade others to: Accept the organization’s goals Receive its services Contribute to the organization in some way Organization Marketing
Identification and marketing of a social issue, cause or idea to selected target markets Cause Marketing
Moral standards of behavior expected in a society Ethics
Marketing philosophies, policies, procedures, and actions that have the enhancement of society’s welfare as a primary objective Social responsibility
Products that can be produced, used, and disposed of with minimal impact on the environment Sustainable products
A business requires a society to function, so sometimes we need to make decisions that aren’t the most beneficial for us, but for society. Societal Marketing Orientation
Anticipating future events and conditions and determining the best way to achieve organizational objectives Planning
Implementing planning activities devoted to achieving marketing objectives Marketing Planning
Determining an organization’s primary objectives Strategic Planning
Guides the implementation of activities specified in the strategic plan Tactical Planning
STEPS IN THE MARKETING PLANNING PROCESS 1. Defining the organization’s mission and objectives 2. Determine Organizational objectives 3. Assess organizational resources and evaluate environmental risks and opportunities 4, 5, and 6: Formulate, implement, and monitor a marketing strategy
Regularly referred to as the 4 P’s Price, Product, Promotion, and Distribution
The company first to offer a product in a marketplace will often be the long-term market winner First mover strategy
Observing the innovations of first movers and then improving on them to gain advantage in the marketplace Second mover strategy
Limited periods when key requirements of a market and a firm’s particular competencies best fit together THE STRATEGIC WINDOW
The group of people toward whom the firm directs its marketing efforts and merchandise The target market
- Blending four strategy elements to fit the needs and preferences of a specific target market Marketing mix
Deciding what goods or services the firm should offer to a group of consumers Product Strategy
Consumers find their products in the proper quantities at the right times and places DISTRIBUTION (PLACE) STRATEGY
Communication link between sellers and buyers Promotion Strategy
Deals with methods of setting profitable and justifiable prices Pricing Strategy
In any industry, the three strongest, most efficient companies dominate 70 and 90 percent of a market Rule of three
A market share/market growth matrix that plots market share against market growth potential The BCG Matrix (Boston Consulting Group)
Collecting external marketing environment information to identify and interpret potential trends ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING
Attainment of organizational objectives by predicting and influencing the competitive, political-legal, economic, technological, and socio-cultural environments ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Market structure in which a single seller dominates trade in a good or service for which buyers can find no close substitutes Monopoly
Designed to prevent restraints on trade such as business monopolies Antitrust laws
Few number of sellers in an industry with high start-up costs which keep out new competitors Oligopoly
Interactive process that occurs in the marketplace among: Marketers of directly competitive products Marketers of products that can be substituted for one another Marketers competing for the consumer’s purchasing power THE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT
Types of Competition Direct/Indirect
Among marketers of similar products (Ex: Verizon vs At&T vs Sprint) Direct Competition
Involves products that are easily substituted (KFC vs Dominos) Indirect Competition
Methods through which a firm deals with its competitive environment Competitive Strategy
Strategy of developing and distributing goods more quickly than competitors (Ex: Fast Fashion) Time-based competition
Consists of laws and their interpretations that require firms to operate under competitive conditions and to protect consumer rights THE POLITICAL-LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
Factors that influence consumer buying power and marketing strategies Economic environment
um of all goods and services produced by a nation in a year… Y = C + I + G + NX Gross domestic product (GDP)
Pattern of stages in the level of economic activity Business cycle
STAGES IN THE BUSINESS CYCLE Prosperity - Consumer spending is brisk; growth in services sector Recession - Consumers focus on basic, functional products Depression - Consumer spending sinks to its lowest level Recovery - Consumer purchasing power increases
devalues money by reducing the products it can buy through persistent price increases. Generally considered a good thing as long as it’s relatively low. Inflation
can cause: A freefall in business profits Lower returns on most investments Widespread job layoffs Deflation
Proportion of people in the economy actively seeking work but do not have jobs Unemployment
Influences consumer buying power Income
the amount of money people have to spend after buying necessities discretionary income,
Reducing consumer demand for a good or service to a level that the firm can supply Demarketing
Represents application of knowledge based on discoveries in science, inventions, and innovations to marketing THE TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
Social change is exceedingly difficult to remain on top of, as it’s one of the most dynamic elements of the Marketing Environment. THE SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
Bundle of physical, service, and symbolic attributes designed to satisfy a customer’s wants and needs Product
Intangible tasks that satisfy the needs of consumer and business users Services
Tangible products that customers can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch Goods
Spectrum along which goods and services fall according to their attributes, from pure good to pure service Goods–services continuum
goods and services consumers want to purchase frequently, immediately, and with minimal effort. Convenience products
Convenience product categories Impulse, Staples, Emergency
goods and services with unique characteristics that cause buyers to prize those particular brands. Specialty products
Products marketed to consumers who may not yet recognize a need for them. Unsought products
Major capital investments in the B2B market “the specialty products” of the business market Installations
Intangible products firms buy to facilitate their production and operating processes Business services
Regular expenses a firm incurs in its daily operations The “convenience products” of the business market MRO: Maintenance, Repairs, and Operations Supplies
Natural resources that become part of the final product Raw materials
Finished business products of one producer that becomes part of the final products of another producer. COMPONENT PARTS & MATERIAL
Capital items that typically cost less and last for shorter periods of time than installations ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT
Measuring quality by comparing performance against industry leaders BENCHMARKING
Series of related products Product lines
Assortment of product lines and individual product offerings Product Mix
Number of product lines a firm offers/carries Width
Number of different products or brands within a product line a firm sells Length
Variations/versions in each product that the firm markets Depth
Adding individual offerings that appeal to different market segments while remaining closely related to the existing product line Line extension
Stages in the Product Lifecycle Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Decline
first 2.5% of all who adopt a new technology Innovators
next 13.5% to adopt the product Early Adopter
next 34% to adopt the product Early Majority
next 34% to adopt the product Late Majority
final 16% to adopt. Laggards
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