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What is marketing?

  • The process by which companies engage customers (correct)
  • The process of selling products
  • A method of customer relationship building
  • None of the above
  • What is the first step in the marketing process?

    Understand the marketplace and customer needs and wants

    What is the second step in the marketing process?

    Design a customer value-driven marketing strategy

    What is the third step in the marketing process?

    <p>Construct an integrated marketing program that delivers superior value</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fourth step in the marketing process?

    <p>Engage customers, build profitable relationships, and create customer delight</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fifth step in the marketing process?

    <p>Capture value from customers to create profits and customer equity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are needs?

    <p>State of felt deprivation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are wants?

    <p>The form human needs take as they are shaped by culture and individual personality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are demands?

    <p>Wants backed by buying power</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a market offer?

    <p>Some combination of products, services, information, or experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is marketing myopia?

    <p>The mistake of paying more attention to the specific products a company offers than to the benefits and experiences produced by these products</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is marketing management?

    <p>The art and science of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the production concept?

    <p>The idea that consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the product concept?

    <p>The idea that consumers will favor products that offer the most quality, performance, and features</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the selling concept?

    <p>The idea that consumers will not buy enough of the firm's products unless the firm undertakes a large-scale selling and promotion effort</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the marketing concept?

    <p>The idea that achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of the target markets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the societal marketing concept?

    <p>The idea that the marketing strategy should deliver value to the consumer in a way that maintains or improves both the consumer and society's well-being</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the 4 P's of the marketing mix?

    <p>Product, Price, Place, Promotion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is customer relationship management (CRM)?

    <p>Process of building and maintaining profitable customer relationships by delivering superior customer value and satisfaction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is customer-perceived value?

    <p>The customer's evaluation of the difference between all the benefits and all the costs of a marketing offer relative to those of competing offers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is customer satisfaction?

    <p>The product's perceived value relative to the buyer's expectations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is customer-engagement marketing?

    <p>Fostering direct and continuous customer involvement in shaping brand conversations, brand experiences, and brand community</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is consumer-generated marketing?

    <p>When customers themselves play a role in shaping their own brand experiences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is partner relationship management?

    <p>Working closely with partners in other company departments and outside the company to jointly bring greater value to customers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is share of customer?

    <p>The portion of the customer's purchasing that a company gets in its product categories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is customer equity?

    <p>The total combined customer lifetime values of all of the company's customers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is sustainable marketing?

    <p>Socially and environmentally responsible marketing that meets the present needs of consumers and businesses while also preserving future generation's needs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is consumerism?

    <p>An organized movement to improve the rights and powers of buyers in relation to sellers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is environmentalism?

    <p>An organized movement designed to protect and improve people's current and future living environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is environmental sustainability?

    <p>Generating profits while helping protect the environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the 5 sustainable marketing principles?

    <ol> <li>Consumer-oriented marketing 2. Customer value marketing 3. Innovative marketing 4. Sense-of-mission marketing 5. Societal marketing</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

    What is customer-oriented marketing?

    <p>A company should view and organize its marketing activities through the consumer's point of view</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is customer-value marketing?

    <p>A company should put most of its resources into customer value-building marketing investments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is innovative marketing?

    <p>Requires a company to seek real product and marketing improvements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is sense-of-mission marketing?

    <p>A company should define its mission in broad social terms rather than narrow product terms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is societal marketing?

    <p>A company should make marketing decisions by considering consumers' wants, the company's requirements, and society's long-run interests</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are deficient products?

    <p>Neither immediate appeal nor long-run benefits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are pleasing products?

    <p>Products that give high immediate satisfaction but may hurt consumers in the long run</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are salutary products?

    <p>Products that have low immediate appeal but may benefit consumers in the long run</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are desirable products?

    <p>Products that give both high immediate satisfaction and high long-run benefits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the 6 social criticisms of marketing?

    <p>High prices, deceptive practices, high-pressure selling, unsafe practices, planned obsolescence, poor service to disadvantaged consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the 3 ways marketing harms society?

    <p>False wants/too much consumerism, too few social goods, cultural pollution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is strategic planning?

    <p>The process of developing and maintaining a strategic fit between the organization's goals and capabilities and the changing market opportunities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the first step of strategic planning?

    <p>Defining the company mission</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a mission statement?

    <p>A statement of the organization's purpose - what it wants to accomplish in the larger environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the second step of strategic planning?

    <p>Setting company objectives and goals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the third step of strategic planning?

    <p>Designing the business portfolio</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a business portfolio?

    <p>The collection of businesses and products that make up the company</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are stars in strategic planning?

    <p>SBUs that are high-growth, high-share businesses or products</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are cash cows in strategic planning?

    <p>SBUs that are low growth, high-share businesses or products</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are question marks in strategic planning?

    <p>SBUs with low market shares in fast-growth markets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are dogs in strategic planning?

    <p>SBUs with a small share of a slow-growth market</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is market penetration?

    <p>Making more sales in its current product lines and markets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is market development?

    <p>Company growth by identifying and developing new market segments for current company products</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is product development?

    <p>Company growth by offering modified or new products to current market segments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is diversification?

    <p>A strategy of increasing sales by introducing new products into new markets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the value chain?

    <p>The series of internal departments that carry out value-creating activities to design, produce, market, deliver, and support a firm's products</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the value delivering network?

    <p>The network made up of the company, its suppliers, its distributors, and customers who partner to improve performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is marketing strategy?

    <p>The marketing logic by which the company hopes to create customer value and achieve profitable customer relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is market segmentation?

    <p>The process of dividing a market into distinct groups of buyers who have different needs, characteristics, or behaviors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is positioning?

    <p>Arranging for a product to occupy a clear, distinctive, and desirable place relative to competing products</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the 4 A's?

    <p>Acceptability, Affordability, Accessibility, Awareness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is marketing implementation?

    <p>Turning marketing strategies and plans into marketing actions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is marketing control?

    <p>Evaluating results and taking corrective action to ensure that marketing objectives are attained</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is marketing ROI?

    <p>The net return from a marketing investment divided by the costs of the marketing investment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fourth step of strategic planning?

    <p>Planning marketing and other functional strategies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the marketing environment?

    <p>The actors and forces outside marketing that affect marketing management's ability to build and maintain successful relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the microenvironment?

    <p>The actors close to the company that affect its ability to serve its customers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the macroenvironment?

    <p>The larger societal forces that affect the microenvironment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are baby boomers?

    <p>People born between 1946 and 1964; wealthiest generation, a marketer's dream</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Generation X?

    <p>49 million people born between 1965 and 1976; more skeptical, prefer quality over quantity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who are millennials?

    <p>Born between 1977 and 2000; higher unemployment, more debt, accept technology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Generation Z?

    <p>People born after 2000; the future of markets, got digital in their DNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the economic environment?

    <p>Economic factors that affect consumer purchasing power and spending patterns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the natural environment?

    <p>The physical environment and the natural resources needed as inputs by marketers or affected by marketing activities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the technological environment?

    <p>Forces that create new technologies, creating new product and market opportunities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the political environment?

    <p>Consists of laws, government agencies, and pressure groups that influence or limit various organizations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the cultural environment?

    <p>Institutions and other forces that affect society's basic values, perceptions, preferences, and behaviors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are customer insights?

    <p>Fresh understandings of customers and the marketplace derived from marketing information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a Marketing Information System (MIS)?

    <p>People and procedures dedicated to assessing information needs and helping decision makers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an internal database?

    <p>Collections of consumer and market information obtained from data sources within the company</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is competitive marketing intelligence?

    <p>The systematic monitoring, collection, and analysis of publicly available information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is marketing research?

    <p>The systematic design, collection, analysis, and reporting of data relevant to a specific marketing situation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the first step of the marketing research process?

    <p>Defining the problem and research objectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the second step of the marketing research process?

    <p>Developing the research plan for collecting information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the third step of the marketing research process?

    <p>Implementing the research plan- collecting and analyzing the data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fourth step of the marketing research process?

    <p>Interpreting and reporting the findings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is exploratory research?

    <p>Marketing research to gather preliminary information to help define problems and suggest hypotheses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is descriptive research?

    <p>Describes things, such as the market potential for a product or demographics of consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is casual research?

    <p>Tests hypotheses about cause-and-effect relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is observational research?

    <p>Involves gathering primary data by observing relevant people, actions, and situations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is ethnographic research?

    <p>A form of observational research involving sending trained observers to watch and interact with consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is experimental research?

    <p>Gathering primary data by selecting matched groups, giving them different treatments, and checking for differences in responses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is customer relationship management (CRM)?

    <p>Manage detailed information about individual customers to maximize loyalty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is marketing analytics?

    <p>Analysis tools and processes that help marketers discover meaningful patterns in data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is consumer buyer behavior?

    <p>The buying behavior of final consumers - individuals and households that buy goods and services for personal consumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a consumer market?

    <p>All the individuals and households that buy or acquire goods and services for personal consumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is culture?

    <p>The most basic cause of human needs or wants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Marketing Basics

    • Marketing: Engaging customers and creating value to capture customer returns.
    • 5 Steps in Marketing Process:
      • Understand marketplace needs and wants.
      • Design a customer value-driven strategy.
      • Construct an integrated program for value delivery.
      • Engage customers and build profitable relationships.
      • Capture value for profits and customer equity.

    Concepts and Definitions

    • Needs: State of felt deprivation.
    • Wants: Shaped human needs influenced by culture and personality.
    • Demands: Wants backed by buyer capacity.
    • Market Offer: Combination of products and services offered to satisfy needs.
    • Marketing Myopia: Focus on products rather than the benefits they deliver.

    Marketing Management

    • Market: Actual and potential buyers of a product/service.
    • Marketing Management: Art and science of choosing target markets and building relationships.
    • Production Concept: Focus on production efficiency for affordable products.
    • Product Concept: Emphasizes quality and continuous improvement.
    • Selling Concept: Relies on high-pressure selling to boost product sales.
    • Marketing Concept: Success hinges on understanding and meeting target market needs better than competitors.
    • Societal Marketing Concept: Values consumer and societal well-being along with organizational goals.

    Tools and Strategies

    • Marketing Mix: The 4 P's - Product, Price, Place, Promotion.
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM): Building and maintaining profitable customer relationships.
    • Customer-Perceived Value: Evaluation of benefits vs. costs relative to competition.
    • Customer Satisfaction: The product's perceived value meets or exceeds buyer expectations.
    • Customer-Engagement Marketing: Direct customer involvement in brand interactions.

    Product Types

    • Deficient Products: Lack appeal or long-term benefits.
    • Pleasing Products: Immediate satisfaction but potential long-term harm.
    • Salutary Products: Low immediate appeal but beneficial in the long run.
    • Desirable Products: High immediate and long-term benefits.

    Social Perspectives and Criticisms

    • Consumerism: Movement to enhance consumer rights and power.
    • Environmentalism: Protecting and improving living conditions through sustainable practices.
    • Marketing Critiques: High prices, deceptive practices, and cultural pollution.

    Strategic Planning

    • Strategic Fit: Aligning company goals with market opportunities.
    • Mission Statement: Defines the organization’s purpose and aspirations.
    • Business Portfolio: The collection of a company's products and businesses.

    Market Growth Strategies

    • Market Penetration: Increasing sales in existing markets with current products.
    • Market Development: Identifying and reaching new market segments for existing products.
    • Product Development: Offering modified or new products to current market segments.
    • Diversification: Introducing new products into new markets.

    Market Segment Focus

    • Market Segmentation: Dividing the market into distinct buyer groups.
    • Positioning: Creating a distinct image for a product relative to competitors.

    Marketing Environments

    • Microenvironment: Close actors affecting marketing abilities (e.g., suppliers, competitors).
    • Macroenvironment: Larger societal forces (demographics, economy, technology).

    Generational Insights

    • Baby Boomers: Born 1946-1964; affluent demographic.
    • Generation X: Born 1965-1976; value skepticism and quality.
    • Millennials: Born 1977-2000; face economic constraints, tech-savvy.
    • Generation Z: Post-2000; completely digital natives.

    Research and Data Analysis

    • Marketing Research: Systematic collection and analysis to address marketing issues.
    • Types:
      • Exploratory Research: Preliminary information gathering to define problems.
      • Descriptive Research: Describes market potential and consumer demographics.
      • Casual Research: Tests hypotheses about cause-effect relationships.
    • Marketing Analytics: Tools and processes for analyzing patterns in big data for insights.

    Organizational and Consumer Insights

    • Customer Insights: Fresh understandings derived from market information to deliver value.
    • Marketing Information System (MIS): System for assessing and utilizing marketing information effectively.
    • Consumer Buyer Behavior: Individual and household buying behaviors for personal consumption.

    This framework provides a comprehensive understanding of marketing principles, strategies, and the environmental context within which companies operate.

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