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Marketing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Marketing | Marketing is all the tasks involved in getting a product or service from the manufactorer to the consumer. |
| Target market | A target market is a group of people who are most likely to want to buy a particular product or service. |
| Niche market | A niche market is a small group of people with specific needs. |
| Market research | Market research involves asking potential customers for information that can then be used to make busniess decisions. |
| desk research | Desk research is collecting market infromation from existing sources like reports, articles, online document, libraries and government data. |
| field research | field research involves going out and asking members of the public questions about a product or sservice in order to find out the information that is needed. |
| Market segmentation | Market segmentagtion is the process of dividng the total consumer market into smaller groups, called segments based on somefthing they have in common. |
| Sample | A sample is a smalll representitive section of a market that you carry out market research on. Sample are used becauses it is too costly and time consuming to survey everyone. |
| Marketing mix | The marleting mix is all of the elements that form part of marketing are referred to as the marketing mix- The marketingm mix for a product or service can be broken down into four main areas known as the four Ps: Product, Price, Place and promotion. |
| Channels of distributuion | Channels of dristribution are different ways of getting finished products or services from the producer to the consu7mer are called channels of drisutbution. |
| Advertising | Advertising is the communication of information about a product or service to the consumer- on television, on radia, in magazines, one the internet, on social media platforms, in the newspaper and on billboards around cities and towns. |
| Sponsership | Sponsership is where a firm or individual pays money to have their name or products associated with a majpor event, a famous person or a particualr place. |
| Product life cycle | A product life shows how the demand for a product changes over time. |
| USP- Unique Selling Point | A unique selling point is what sets a firms product apart from those of its competitors, this could be a lower price, unique features or a better after-sales or customer care element. |