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Marketing Chp.1
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Marketing | the activity, set of instructions, and processes for CREATING, COMMUNICATING, DELIVERING and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. |
| Exchange | the TRADE of things of value between a buyer and a seller so that each is better off after the trade. |
| market | PEOPLE with both the desire and the ability to buy a specific offering. |
| target market | consists of one or more SPECIFIC groups of POTENTIAL CONSUMERS toward which an organization directs its marketing program. |
| marketing mix | consists of the controllable factors—product, price, promotion, and place—that can be used by the marketing manager to solve a marketing problem. |
| Environmental forces | the UNCONTROLLABLE FORCES that affect a marketing decision and consist of social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory forces. |
| Customer value | the unique combination of BENIFITS received by targeted buyers that includes quality, convenience, on-time delivery, and both before-sale and after-sale service at a specific price. |
| Relationship marketing | LINKS the organization to its individual customers, employees, suppliers, and other partners for their mutual long-term benefit. |
| marketing program | is a plan that INTEGRATES the MARKETING MIX to provide a good, service, or idea to prospective buyers. |
| Market segments | the relatively homogeneous groups of prospective buyers that (1) have common needs and (2) will respond similarly to a marketing action. |
| marketing concept | is the idea that an organization should (1) strive to satisfy the needs of consumers (2) while also trying to achieve the organization’s goals. |
| Market orientation | when an organization focuses its efforts on (1) continuously collecting information about customers’ needs, (2) sharing this information across departments, and (3) using it to create customer value. |
| Customer relationship management (CRM) | process of identifying prospective buyers, understanding them intimately, and developing favorable long-term perceptions of the organization and its offerings so that buyers will choose them in the marketplace and become advocates after their purchase. |
| Customer experience | the internal response that customers have to all aspects of an organization and its offering. |
| Societal marketing concept | the view that organizations should SATISFY THE NEEDS of consumers in a way that provides for society’s well-being. |
| product | a good, service, or idea consisting of a bundle of tangible and intangible attributes that satisfies consumers’ needs and is received in exchange for money or something else of value. |
| Ultimate consumers | the people who USE the products and services purchased for a household. Also called consumers, buyers, or customers. |
| Organizational buyers | those manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, service companies, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies that buy products and services for their OWN USE OR FOR RESALE. |
| Utility | the benefits or customer value received by users of the product. |