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Mktg Exam 1

TermDefinition
Environmental Scanning The process of collecting information about the external environment in order to identify and interpret potential trends
Environmental Management An effort to attain organizational objectives by predicting and influencing the firm’s external environment
Competitive Environment The interactive exchange in the marketplace influenced by actions of others
Time-Based Compensation A strategy of developing and distributing goods and services more quickly than competitors can achieve
Political-Legal Environment A component of the marketing environment defined by laws and their interpretations that require firms to operate under certain competitive conditions and to protect consumer rights
Economic Environment Economic forces that influence consumer buying power and marketing strategies
Technological Environment The application to marketing of discoveries in science, inventions, and innovations
Socio-Cultural Environment The component of the marketing environment defined by the relationship of marketers to society and its culture
Social Issues in Marketing Consumerism, Consumer Rights, Marketing Ethics, Social Responsibility, Green Marketing,
Consumerism Social forces within the environment that aim to protect buyers by exerting legal, moral, and economic pressures on businesses and government
Consumer Rights The consumer's right to choose freely, to be informed, to be heard, and to be safe
Marketing Ethics Marketers' standards of conduct and moral values
Social Responsibility The realization that marketing activities must be aimed at societal well-being as well as be profitable and satisfy customers' needs
Green Marketing Production, promotion, and reclamation of environmentally friendly products
Business purpose To create a customer
Marketing definition Process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, services, organizations, and events to create and maintain relationships that satisfy individual and organizational objectives
4 Eras in the History of Marketing 1. Production Orientation (before '20s), 2. Sales Orientation ('20s-'50s), 3. Consumer Orientation ('50s+), 4. Relationship Marketing ('90s+)
Production Orientation Stresses efficiency in a producing a quality product, "a good product will sell itself"
Sales Orientation Business assumption that consumers will resist purchasing nonessential goods and services - creative advertising and personal selling should be used
Consumer Orientation Emphasizes first determining unmet consumer needs and then designing a system for satisfying them
Relationship Marketing Development and maintenance of long-term, cost-effective exchange relationships with individual customers, suppliers, employees, and other partners for mutual benefit
Viral Marketing A web-enabled strategy that encourages individuals to forward marketing messages to others via e-mail and social networking websites
Person Marketing Marketing efforts designed to cultivate the attention, interest, and preference of a target market toward a person
Person Marketing example Political candidates during an election
Place Marketing Marketing efforts to attract people and organizations to a particular geographic area
Place Marketing example 1-800-Jamaica, "South Africa - A World in One Country"
Cause Marketing Identification and marketing of a social issue, cause, or idea to selected target markets
Cause Marketing example "Say No to Drugs" "Buckle Up for Safety"
Event Marketing The marketing of sporting, cultural, and charitable activities to selected target markets
Event Marketing example 2022 Winter Olympics Beijing
Organization Marketing Marketing by various types of organizations intended to influence others to accept their goals, receive their services, or contribute to them in some way
Organization Marketing example "United Way Brings Out the Best in All of Us"
Marketing Mix Variables Product, Price, Promotion, Distribution (Place)
Marketing's Environmental Framework Competitive, Socio-Cultural, Technological, Economic, Political-Legal
Target Market Group of people toward whom a firm markets its goods, services, or ideas with a strategy designed to satisfy their specific needs and preferences
Marketing Mix Blending the four strategy elements of marketing decision making -- Product, Price, Distribution, Promotion -- to satisfy chosen consumer segments
Product Strategy Developing the right good or service for the firm's customers, including package design, branding, trademarks, warranties, and new-product development
Pricing Strategy Methods of setting profitable and justifiable prices
Distribution Strategy Activities and marketing institutions that get the right good or service to the firm's customers
Promotion Strategy Involves appropriate blending of personal selling, advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing, and PR to communicate with and seek to persuade potential customers
4 Elements of Marketing Decision Making Product, Pricing, Promotion, Distribution
Importance of Quality Marketing in today's competitive environment must emphasize quality in order to accomplish long-term success
2 Exchange Functions (of the 8 universal marketing functions) Buying and Selling
2 Physical Distribution Functions (of the 8 universal marketing functions) Transporting and storing
4 Facilitating Functions (of the 8 universal marketing functions) Standardizing (quality control), financing, risk taking, securing information
International Marketing Involves finding and satisfying customer needs in more than one country better than the competition, both domestic and international, and of coordinating marketing activities within the constraints of the global environment
International marketing is becoming important because of... 1. Increasing foreign competition in domestic markets, 2. Global presence of major competitors, 3. Gradual opening up of markets; reducing trade barriers, 4. Opportunities in several emerging markets; first-mover advantages
Areas of Focus When Entering a Foreign Market Demand, Competition, Economic Environment, Social-Cultural Environment, Political-Legal Environment
Political-Legal Factors in International Marketing political systems and trade relations; laws and regulations; trade barriers such as tariffs, quotas, labeling and packaging regulations, etc.
Financial Factors in Int. Marketing Analyze commercial risk of doing business, availability of various sources of financing, roles of foreign exchange rates
Foreign Market Entry Strategies (Low to High Risk, less control to high control) Exporting --> Contractual Agreements (licensing/franchising, subcontracting) --> International Direct Investment (Acquisitions, joint-ventures, overseas divisions)
Exporting Marketing domestically produced goods and services in foreign countries
Importing Domestic purchase of goods, services, and raw materials produced in foreign countries
Foreign Licensing A contractual agreement that grants foreign marketers the right to use a firm's intellectual property in a specified geographic area for a specified time period
Franchising A contractual agreement in which a franchisor grants a separate entity (the franchisee) the right to do business in a prescribed manner in exchange for royalties
Foreign Direct Investment This option involves greater involvement and greater risk as compared to the other options; possibility of greater rewards; full ownership/joint ventures
Standardization Looks at similar segments across the world and tries to formulate a standardized marketing program for them
Adaptation Approach tries to tailor the firm's marketing program (including marketing mix variables) to individual markets taking into account differences between market characteristics
Marketing Mix Strategy Based upon the overall strategic orientation, the marketing mix elements on be standardized or adapted
Product Strategies Straight extension, product adaptation, product invention, global products
Distribution Strategy Distribution systems can vary widely across international environments, both in terms of type of outlets, popularity of outlets, and availability of outlets
Pricing Strategy standard worldwide pricing, dual-pricing, market-differentiated pricing
AHT Average Handled Time
PEC Personal Emotional Connection
Straight Extension Product remains the same when being taken to a new country
Product Adaptation adapt/change product based on situation/how it’s used, not huge modification (most used)
Product Invention Dramatically change product based on other’s preferences
Global Products start from scratch, designing from ground zero, take into consideration people’s preferences from around the world
Standard Worldwide Pricing translate price into currency where you want to sell product, not price-sensitive
Dual-pricing One price for home market, another for foreign markets
Market-Differentiated Pricing take every situation in consideration… creating prices based on consumers’ willingness to pay, purchasing power, consider cost structure, exchange rate
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