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Marketing 300
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Marketing
Undergraduate 2
12/10/2011

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Term
Marketing
Definition
Activity, set of institutions and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large
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Exchange
Definition
People giving up something to receive something they would rather have
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The Marketing Concept
Definition
• Major quest of marketing is customer satisfaction of wants & needs while meeting organizational objectives
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The Societal Marketing Concept
Definition
• Not only satisfying customer wants but also preserve or enhance individual’s and society’s long term best interests
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Marketing Strategy
Definition
• Plan of action for identifying and analyzing a target market and developing a marketing mix to meet the needs of that market
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Target Market
Definition
• Group of customers on which marketing efforts are focused
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Marketing Mix
Definition
• PRODUCT
o Tangible goods, ideas and services
• PRICE
o Value paid for a product in a marketing exchange
• PROMOTION
o Communication to build and maintain relationships by informing and persuading one or more audiences
• DISTRIBUTION/PLACE
o Decisions and activities that make products available to customers when and where they want to purchase them
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Marketing Environment
Definition
• Competitive, economic, political, legal, regulatory, technological, and sociocultural forces that surround customers and affect marketing mix
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Competitive Advantage
Definition
Set of unique features of a company and its products that are perceived by the target market as significant and superior to the competition
-result of a company matching a core competency to opportunities it has discovered in a marketplace
Term
Moral Idealism
Definition
o Considers certain individual rights or duties as universal, regardless of the outcome
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Utilitarianism
Definition
o Focuses on the “greatest food for the greatest number”
o Assesses the costs and benefits of the consequences of ethical behavior
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Global Marketing
Definition
• Marketing that targets markets throughout the world
Term
Multinational Firm
-Global Market Standardization
Definition
Production of uniform products that can be sold the same way all over the world
-companies operate in 1 country and sell into another
-setup foreign subsidiaries to handle sales
-operate an entire line of business in another country
-virtual operation
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Environmental Factors of Global Marketing
Definition
Culture, Economic and Technological Development, Political Structure, Demographics, Natural Resources
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Competitive Advantage of Nations
Definition
-sustained through highly localized processes
-nations succeed b/c their home market is the most forward looking, dynamic, and challenging
-companies that achieve through acts of innovation
-innovations that yield competitive advantage anticipate foreign and domestic needs
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Entry Strategies of Global Marketing
Definition
Exporting
licensing
contract manufacturing
joint venture
direct investment
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Exporting
Definition
selling domestically produced products to buyers in other countries
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Licensing
Definition
legal process allowing use of manufacturing/patents/knowledge
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Contract manufacturing
Definition
private-label manufacturing by a foreign country
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joint venture
Definition
domestic firms buys/joins foreign company to create a new entity
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direct investment
Definition
active ownership of a foreign company/manufacturing facility
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Consumer Decision Making
Definition
• Processes that a customer uses to make purchase decisions, as well as to use and dispose of purchased goods and services; includes factors that influence purchase decisions and the product use
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Stages in the Buying Decision Process
Definition
-Need recognition
-information search
-alternative evaluation
-purchase decisions
-post-purchase behavior
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Evoked Set (alternative evaluation)
Definition
Group of brands, resulting from an information search, from which a buyer can choose
-analyze product attributes
-use cutoff criteria
-rank attributes by importance
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cognitive dissonance (post purchase behavior)
Definition
inner tension that a consumer experiences after recognizing an inconsistency b/w behavior and values or opinions
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Purchase Decisions (3)
Definition
who do we buy from?
when do we buy?
where do we buy?
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4 types of Decision-Making
Definition
Economic
Personal
Social Significance
problem solving
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Consumer Markets
Definition
o Purchasers and household members who intend to consume or benefit from the purchased products and do not buy products to make profit
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Business-to-Business Markets
Definition
o Individuals, organizations, or groups that purchase a specific kind of product for resale, direct use in producing other products, or use in general daily operations
Term
Influences on consumer buying decisions
Definition
-situational
-individual
-psychological
-social
-cultural
Term
Situational influences
Definition
purchase task, social surroundings, physical surroundings, temporal effects, antecedent states
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individual influences
Definition
gender, family life cycle
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psychological influences
Definition
personality, extraversion, self-concept, lifestyle, perception, motives
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social influences
Definition
reference group, opinion leaders, family members
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cultural influences
Definition
Values that shape human behavior and artifacts or products of that behavior as they are transmitted from one generation to another
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Market Segmentation
Definition
• Process of dividing a total market into groups with relatively similar product needs to design a marketing mix that matches those needs
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Consumer Bases
Definition
-geographic
-demographic (age, gender, income)
-psychographic (personality, motives, lifestyles, geo-demographics)
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Business-to-Business Bases
Definition
-types of organizations (producers, resellers, governments, institutions)
-size of organization
-geographic location
-product line
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Segmentation Strategies
Definition
-undifferentiated
-concentrated
-multi-segment
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Segmentation Bases
Definition
Consumer Bases
Business-to-Business Bases
Term
Marketing Research
Definition
• Systematic design, collection, interpretation, and reporting of information to help marketers solve specific marketing problems or take advantage of marketing opportunities
Term
3 types of marketing research
Definition
descriptive- gathering and presenting factual statements
diagnostic- explaining data
prescriptive- "what if?"
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Marketing Decision Support Systems
Definition
customized computer software that aids marketing managers in decision making
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5 Steps in the research process
Definition
1. locating problem
2. design research project
3. collect data
4. interpret research findings
5. reporting research findings
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Products
Definition
good, idea, or service
Term
convenience good
Definition
inexpensive items that merit little shopping effort

ex: toothpaste
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shopping good
Definition
requires comparison shopping, more expensive

ex: camera
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specialty good
Definition
search extensively for

ex: car
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unsought good
Definition
product unknown to potential buyer or doesn't actively seek

ex: insurance, thesaurus
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production goods
Definition
used in manufacturing process that becomes part of final product
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support goods
Definition
items used to assist producing other goods and services

- installations, accessory, supplies, or industrial services
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Product Mix
Definition
composite, or total, group of products that an organization makes available to customers
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product Item
Definition
specific version of a product that can be designated as a distinct offering among a firm's products
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product line
Definition
group of closely related product items viewed as a unit b/c of marketing, technical, or end-use considerations
Term
Categorizing New products
Definition
new to world
product line addition
new category
improvements or revisions
repositioned
lower-priced
Term
7 Stages in the New Product Development Process
Definition
1. idea generation
2. idea screening
3. concept testing
4. business analysis
5. development
6. test marketing
7. commercialization
Term
4 I's of Service
Definition
intangibility
inconsistency
inseparability
inventory
Term
Gap Analysis
Definition
Identifies difference between expectations about and or experience with service
o Consumer expectation & management perception of consumer expectations
o Management perception of consumer expectations & firm’s service quality specifications
o Service quality specs & actual service quality
o Actual service delivery & external communication about service
o Service quality received & service desired
Term
Marketing Channels
Definition
Group of individuals and organizations that direct the flow of products from producers to customers with supply chain
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Channel Intermediaries
Definition
-retailers
-merchant wholesaler
-agents or brokers
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Supply Chain
Definition
All activities associated with the flow and transformation of products from raw materials through to the end customer
Term
Retailing
Definition
All transactions in which buyer intends to consume the product through personal, family, or household use
Term
Types of Retail Stores
Definition
Merchandise Retailers:
Department (sears)
discount (wal-mart)
convenience (speedway)
supermarket (kroger)
Supercenter (wal-mart supercenter)
Specialty retailers:
traditional specialty (foot locker, radio shack)
category killers (home depot, staples)
off-price (T.J. Maxx)
Term
Non-Store retailing
Definition
automated vending
direct retailing- face to face (schwans)
direct marketing- telephone, internet, to introduce products to customers that can buy over phone, internet, etc.
electronic retailing - amazon.com
Term
Retail Strategy Considerations
Definition
location
positioning
store image
retailing mix
Term
the wheel of retailing
Definition
describes how new retailers work
Term
entry phase
Definition
outlet starts with low prices, margins, status
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trading up phase
Definition
as time passes, outlet adds services
Term
vulnerability phase
Definition
outlet now has higher prices, marins, status
Term
promotion
Definition
Communication by marketers that informs, persuades, and reminds potential buyers of a product in order to influence an opinion or elicit a response
Term
Promotion Mix
Definition
advertising
public relations
sales promotion
personal selling
Term
communication process
Definition
sender
encode message
message channel
decode message
receiver
noise in the process
Term
promotion during the product life cycle
Definition
intro: A, PR, SP
growth: A, PR, PS
maturity: SP, PS
decline: PS
Term
Advertising
Definition
Impersonal, one way mass communication about a product or organization that is paid for by a marketer
Term
Institutional Advertising
Definition
promotes organizational ideas, images and political issues
-enhance a company's image rather than promoting a particular product
Term
advocacy advertising
Definition
company focuses on public issues like abortion, gun violence, and international trade
Term
Product Pioneer Advertising
Definition
informing potential customers of product features, uses, and benefits
Term
Product Competitive Advertising
Definition
promote product through indirect or direct comparisons to competing brands
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Comparative Advertising
Definition
Comparing sponsored brand to one or more identified competing brands on one ore more product characteristics

tylenol pm vs. advil pm
Term
flighted scheduling
Definition
run heavily at certain intervals
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pulsing scheduling
Definition
combines continuous and flighted
Term
Billboard
Definition
repetition
moderate cost
flexibility
geographic selectivity
short message
lack of demographic selectivity
high "noise" level
Term
internet
Definition
fast growing
ability to reach narrow target audience
short lead time
moderate cost
difficult to measure ad effectiveness
ad exposure relies on "click through" from banner ads
Term
radio
Definition
low cost
immediacy of message
short notice scheduling
no seasonal audience change
highly portable
short term advertiser commitments
entertainment carryover
no visual treatment
short ad. life
high frequency to generate
background distractions
commercial clutter
Term
television
Definition
wide, diverse audience
low cost per thousand
immediacy of message
entertainment carryover
short life of message
high campaign cost
long term ad. commitments
Term
newspapers
Definition
geographic selectivity
short term ad. commitments
year round readership
high individual market coverage
short lead time
low pass along rate
expensive
Term
magazines
Definition
good reproduction
long ad. life
high pass along rate
long tern ad. commitment
slow audience build up
long lead time
Term
competitive advertising
Definition
influence demand for the brand during the growth phase of the product life cycle
-often use emotional appeal
Term
public relations
Definition
evaluates public attitudes
identifies issues of public concern
executes programs to gain public acceptance
Term
publicity
Definition
new story type of communication about an organization and/or its products transmitted through a mass medium at no charge
-news releases, press release, feature article, captioned photo, press conference
Term
Sales Promotion
Definition
activity and/or material intended to induce resellers to sell a product or consumers to buy it
Term
Personal Selling
Definition
planned presentation to one or more prospective buyers for purpose of making a sale
Term
7 steps in the selling process
Definition
lead generation
qualify leads
prepare and approach a customer
develop and propose solutions
handle objections
close sale
follow up
Term
profit oriented
Definition
identify price and cost levels that allow firm to maximize profits
Term
sales oriented
Definition
market share
sales maximization
-ignores profits, competition, and mark. environment
-may be used to sell off excess inventory
Term
status quo
Definition
maintain existing prices
meet competitors prices
Term
yield management pricing
Definition
overbooking, discount early purchases
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skimming
Definition
highest possible price customers will pay
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penetration
Definition
gain significant market share quantity
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predatory
Definition
drive competitors out of business
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price leader
Definition
product priced below usual markup, near cost, or below cost
Term
price bundling
Definition
2 or more complementary products
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