Digital Marketing Week 3: Micro-Environment

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What describes digital marketing intermediaries?

Companies that assist with promoting, selling, and distributing products. (correct)

Websites that act as storage for digital products.

Entities that solely focus on market research.

Firms that directly sell products to consumers.

Which of the following best describes online intermediary sites?

Platforms that exclusively sell their own proprietary goods.

Retail websites that provide customer service and support.

Websites that enable exchanges between consumers and business suppliers. (correct)

Sites that focus on affiliate marketing strategies.

In the context of Boo.com's failure, which factor significantly differed from successful competitors?

Aggressive pricing strategies that attracted more customers.

Investment in technological advancements for improved user experience.

Focus on traditional retail methods without digital adaptation. (correct)

Effective utilization of social media for brand awareness.

Which aspect of Boo.com's marketing strategy was considered ahead of its time?

Implementation of sophisticated data analytics for personalized marketing. Signup and view all the answers

What is an essential characteristic of destination sites?

They provide product information from merchants or retailers. Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of a situation analysis in digital marketing?

Collection and review of information about the internal processes Signup and view all the answers

Which component is NOT considered part of the microenvironment in digital marketing?

Economic factors Signup and view all the answers

What should marketers evaluate to understand the impact of the microenvironment on their digital marketing strategy?

Stakeholder behavior Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following reflects a key question marketers should consider regarding customer needs in digital markets?

What are the implications of changing customer needs on digital platforms? Signup and view all the answers

How is the digital marketing environment differentiated from traditional marketing?

Emphasis on real-time data analytics Signup and view all the answers

What change do digital markets facilitate regarding business models?

Integration of direct supplier-consumer relationships Signup and view all the answers

In what way does understanding customer characteristics affect digital marketing strategies?

It supports the identification of market segments Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect is most likely to be impacted by changes in digital platforms?

Customers' purchasing behaviors Signup and view all the answers

What are the primary characteristics used to segment customers in digital markets?

Demographic, psychographic, and behavioral variables Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of benchmarking in competitor analysis?

To identify threats and opportunities in web services Signup and view all the answers

Which of these factors does NOT fall under Porter's five forces model?

Socio-economic trends Signup and view all the answers

How does digital media typically influence the buying process?

Through enhanced customer engagement and information access Signup and view all the answers

What role do social media and emotions play in the consumer journey?

They contribute to shaping brand perception and decisions Signup and view all the answers

What is depicted in an online marketplace map?

The connections and relationships between different digital market participants Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect is essential for understanding customer experiences online?

The framework for analyzing both pre and post-purchase interactions Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'consumer personas' refer to in digital marketing?

Detailed representations of segment characteristics and behaviors Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Digital Marketing: Online Marketplace Analysis - Micro-Environment

Week 3 of a digital marketing course
Professor: Gülsüm Vezir Oğuz
Course covers online marketplace analysis, focusing on the micro-environment
Chapter 2: Online marketplace analysis: micro-environment
- Main topics: situation analysis for digital marketing, digital marketing environment, understanding customers in digital markets, consumer choice and digital influence, customer characteristics, competitors, suppliers, new channel structures, and digital business models for e-commerce
  - Identify elements of an organization's online marketplace impacting digital marketing strategy
  - Evaluate techniques to understand the importance of customers, intermediaries, suppliers, and competitors in digital marketing strategy development
  - Review changes to business and revenue models enabled by digital markets
Questions for marketers:
- Capabilities for understanding the online marketplace
- Relevance of actors in the micro-environment to future business
- Marketplace analysis and its role in digital marketing planning
- Customer needs changes with digital platforms and implications
- Comparison of online marketing with competitors
- Finding suitable intermediaries in digital marketing strategy
Situation analysis for digital marketing:
- Collection and review of information about an organization's external environment and internal processes to inform strategies
- Macro-environment: broader forces affecting all organizations (social, technological, economic, political, legal) -Includes international, economic, legal, and cultural factors
- Micro-environment: specific forces on an organization from stakeholders -Includes technology trends, innovation, suppliers, competitors, intermediaries, and customers
Understanding customer in digital markets:
- Customer segments
- Search intermediaries
- Intermediaries, influencers, and media/publisher sites
- Destination sites and platforms
Consumer choice and digital influence:
- Customer characteristics (demographic, psychographic, behavioral)
- Social media and emotions
- Consumer personas
- The buying process
Figure 2.9 (Framework for understanding online customer experiences):
- Antecedents (information processing, perceived ease-of-use, usefulness, benefits, control, skill, trust propensity, perceived risk, enjoyment)
- Experience (cognitive state, affective state)
- Consequence (customer satisfaction and re-purchase intention)
Figure 2.10 (Summary of how digital media impact buying process):
- Shows conversion between digital and traditional channels during the buying process, including awareness, product information, supplier search, evaluations, purchase, post-purchase processes
Competitors: The shape and nature of online competitive markets, including competitor analysis, and benchmarking
Porter's five forces: (Bargaining power of customers, power of suppliers, rivalry between competitors, threat of new entrants, threat of substitutes)
Competitor analysis & benchmarking: Review of internet marketing services from existing and new competitors; structured comparison of e-commerce practices
Suppliers: Digital marketing intermediaries, online intermediary sites
Digital marketing intermediaries: Firms promoting, selling, distributing products or services by marketing, destination sites, sites owned by merchants/retailers providing details, Online intermediary sites facilitating exchanges.
New channel structures: Types of direct (Producer-Retailer-Consumer) and indirect (Producer-Wholesaler-Retailer-Consumer) transactions
Digital business model for e-commerce: KPIs, Key Activities, Key Resources, Value Proposition, Customer Relationships, Channels, Cost Structure, and Revenue Stream.
Alternative perspectives on business models (Figure 2.15 examples):
- Marketplace position
- Revenue model
- Commercial model (e.g., price, fixed-price, subscription)
Case study: Boo.com - Learning from failure:
- Strategic assumptions & decisions leading to failure
- Boo.com marketing strategy vs. competitor successes
- Evaluating Boo.com's marketing mix
- E-retail techniques adopted by Boo.com now commonplace

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This quiz focuses on Chapter 2 of the Digital Marketing course, specifically addressing the analysis of the micro-environment in online marketplaces. Key topics include understanding customer behavior, competitor analysis, and the influence of digital market conditions on marketing strategies. Perfect for students looking to deepen their grasp of digital marketing fundamentals.