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Ch. 11: Marketing Processes and Consumer Behavior

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Marketing   activities, a set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering and exchanging offerings that have values for customers, clients, partners, and society at large  
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Value   relative comparison of a product's benefits versus its costs  
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Possession Utility   transferring product ownership to customers by setting selling prices, setting terms for customer credit payments, and providing ownership documents  
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Consumer Goods   physical products purchased by consumers for personal use  
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Industrial Goods   physical products purchased by companies to produce other products  
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Relationship Marketing   marketing strategy that emphasizes building lasting relationships with customers and suppliers  
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Data Warehousing   the compiling and storage of customers' data  
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Data Mining   the application of electronic technologies for searching, sifting, and reorganizing pools of data to uncover useful information  
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Substitute Product   product that is dissimilar from those of competitors, but that can fulfill the same need  
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Brand Competition   based on users' perceptions of the benefits offered by each product  
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International Competition   competitive marketing of domestic products against foreign products  
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Marketing Plan   detailed strategy for focusing marketing efforts on consumers' needs and wants  
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Marketing Objectives   the things marketing intends to accomplish in its marketing plan  
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Marketing Strategy   all the marketing programs and activities that will be used to achieve the marketing goals  
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Marketing Manager   the people responsible for planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the organization's marketing resources toward supporting and accomplishing the organization's overall mission  
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Marketing Mix   combination of product, pricing, promotion, and place (distribution) strategies used to market products  
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Product Differentiation   creation of a product feature or product image that differs enough from existing products to attract customers  
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Pricing   process of determining the best price at which to sell a product  
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Place (distribution)   refers to where and how customers get access to the products they buy  
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Promotion   aspect of the marketing mix concerned with the most effective techniques for communicating information about products  
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Advertising   any form of paid non-personal communication used by an identified sponsor to persuade or inform potential buyers about a product  
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Personal Selling   person-to-person sales  
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Sales Promotion   direct inducements such as premiums, coupons, package inserts to tempt consumers to buy products  
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Public Relations   communication efforts directed at building goodwill and favorable attitudes in the minds of the public toward the organization and its products  
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Integrated Marketing Strategy   strategy that blends together the Four Ps of marketing to ensure their compatibility with one another and with the company's nonmarketing activities as well  
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Target Market   the particular group of people or organizations on which a firm's marketing efforts are focused  
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Market Segmentation   process of dividing a market into categories of customer types, or "segments," having similar wants and needs and who can be expected to show interest in the same products  
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Product Positioning   process of fixing, adapting, and communicating the nature of a product  
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Geographic Variables   geographic units that may be considered in developing a segmentation strategy  
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Geographic Segmentation   geographic units, from countries to neighborhoods, that may be considered in identifying different market segments in a segmentation strategy  
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Demographic Variables   describe populations by identifying traits, such as age, income, gender, ethnic background, marital status, race, religion, and social class  
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Geo-Demographic Segmentation   using a combination of geographic and demographic traits for identifying different market segments in a segmentation strategy  
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Geo-Demographic Variables   combination of geographic and demographic traits used in developing a segmentation strategy  
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Psychographic Segmentation   segmentation strategy that uses psychographic characteristics to identify different market segmentations  
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Psychographic Variables   consumer characteristics, such as lifestyles, opinions, interests, and attitudes, that may be considered in developing a segmentation strategy  
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Behavioral Segmentation   a segmentation strategy that uses behavioral variables to identify different market segments  
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Behavioral Variables   behavioral patterns displayed by groups of consumers and that are used in developing a segmentation strategy  
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Marketing Research   the study of what customers need and want and how best to meet those need and wants  
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Observation   research method that obtains data by watching and recording consumer behavior  
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Survey   research method of collecting consumer data using questionnaires, telephone calls, and face-to-face interviews  
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Focus Group   research method using a group of people from a target population who are asked their attitudes, opinions, and beliefs about a product in an open discussion  
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Experimentation   research method using a sample of potential consumers to obtain reactions to test versions of new products or variations of existing products  
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Consumer Behavior   study of the decision process by which people buy and consume products  
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Psychological influences   include an individual's motivations, perceptions, ability to learn, and attitudes that marketers use to study buying behavior  
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Personal Influences   include lifestyle, personality, and economic status that marketers use to study buying behavior  
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Social Influences   include family, opinion leaders (people whose opinions are sought by others), and such reference groups as friends, coworkers, and professional associates that marketers use to study buying behavior  
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Cultural Influences   include culture, subculture, and social class influences that marketers use to study buying behavior  
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Brand Loyalty   pattern of repeated consumer purchasing based on satisfaction with a product's performance  
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Evoked Set (or consideration set)   group of products consumers will consider buying as a result of information search  
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Rational Motives   reasons for purchasing a product that are based on a logical evaluation of product attributes  
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Emotional Motives   reasons for purchasing a product that are based on nonobjective factors  
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Service Companies Market   firms engaged in the business of providing services to the purchasing public  
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Industrial Market   organizational market consisting of firms that buy goods that are either converted into products or used during production  
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Reseller Market   organizational market consisting of intermediaries that buy and resell finished goods  
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Institutional Market   organizational market consisting of such nongovernmental buyers of goods and services as hospitals, churches, museums, and charitable organizations  
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Viral Marketing   type of marketing that relies on the internet to spread information like a "virus," from person to person about products and ideas  
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Corporate Blogs   comments and opinions published on the Web by or for an organization to promote its activities  
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