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What philosophy emerged in the 1950s to emphasize responsiveness to consumers?

  • Product Development Concept
  • Sales Management Concept
  • Service Quality Concept
  • Marketing Concept (correct)

Which of the following is NOT one of the three parts of the marketing concept?

  • Profit orientation
  • Customer orientation
  • Quality orientation (correct)
  • Service orientation

What is a critical benefit of Customer Relationship Management (CRM)?

  • Limiting customer feedback
  • Reducing the need for marketing
  • Enhancing customer satisfaction (correct)
  • Increasing product prices

According to the discussed steps for keeping customers happy, which is the first step?

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How much more expensive is acquiring a new customer compared to retaining an existing one?

<p>5 times (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of contemporary marketing?

<p>Helping the buyer make informed purchasing decisions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following summarizes the marketing process?

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What era of marketing focused on mass production techniques?

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How did the focus of marketing change from the Production Era to the Selling Era?

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four P’s of marketing?

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What role does environmental scanning play in marketing?

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What was a significant philosophical shift during the Marketing Concept Era?

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In terms of market segmentation, which statement is true?

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Which of the following is NOT a tactic used in nonprofit marketing?

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Which strategy is essential for long-term success in nonprofit marketing?

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Which of the following is considered a part of the promotional strategy?

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What is a crucial factor to consider when pricing a product?

<p>Competitors' prices (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What defines a product in marketing terms?

<p>A good, service, or idea that satisfies a consumer’s want or need (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a common misconception about nonprofit marketing?

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Which pricing strategy involves setting a low price to attract a large number of consumers?

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What is one objective of nonprofit marketing related to organizational growth?

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Flashcards

What is Marketing?

The set of activities, processes, and institutions involved in creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging value-driven offerings to customers, clients, partners, and society.

Marketing Concept Era

While the production era focused on making goods, and the selling era focused on selling them, the marketing concept era emphasizes meeting customer needs as the central focus.

Customer Relationship Era

The most recent marketing era emphasizes building long-term relationships with customers to retain loyalty and maximize lifetime value.

What are the Four P's of Marketing?

The set of controllable marketing variables that the firm uses to achieve its marketing objectives.

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Product (P1 of 4P's)

The goods and services that a company offers to its target market.

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Price (P2 of 4P's)

The amount customers pay for a product.

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Place (P3 of 4P's)

Getting your product into the hands of customers through distribution channels.

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Promotion (P4 of 4P's)

The communication strategies used to build awareness, inform, and persuade target customers.

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Three core elements of the marketing concept

A customer orientation, a service orientation, and a profit orientation.

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What is a CRM?

A customer relationship management system (CRM) is software that helps businesses manage interactions with customers and track customer data to understand their needs and preferences.

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Cost of new customer vs existing customer

The cost of acquiring a new customer is significantly higher than the cost of retaining an existing customer.

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Marketing Strategies for Nonprofits

Marketing strategies designed for nonprofits, including defining goals, focusing on long-term impact, building a strong board, prioritizing strategic planning, training volunteers, and carefully targeting the right audience.

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Nonprofit Marketing Tactics

The practice of using various tactics to promote a nonprofit organization, such as fundraising, public relations, targeted campaigns, environmental awareness, and influencing public opinions.

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What is a Product?

A product can be a physical good, a service, or even an idea that fulfills a consumer's needs or wants.

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What is Test Marketing?

A crucial step in product development where the product concept is tested with potential users before full-scale launch.

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What is a Brand Name?

A unique name, word, or symbol that helps distinguish a company's product from competitors.

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How Do You Price a Product?

The process of determining the price of a product, considering factors like competition, production costs, distribution, and desired pricing strategies.

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What is Product Placement?

The strategies used to distribute products to consumers, often involving intermediaries like wholesalers or retailers to make products easily accessible.

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What is Promotion?

All the techniques used to communicate with customers and persuade them to buy a product. It includes methods like advertising, personal selling, public relations, word-of-mouth marketing, and sales promotions.

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Study Notes

Marketing: Helping Buyers Buy

  • Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings with value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.

Contemporary Marketing Focus

  • Modern marketing involves helping buyers buy through websites that help find best prices, identify product features, and question sellers
  • Blogs and social networking sites cultivate consumer relationships

Eras of U.S. Marketing

  • Production Era: (pre-1900s) Focus was simply producing as much as possible because the market was perceived as limitless.
  • Selling Era: (1920s onward) Businesses used mass production techniques, often exceeding market demand, shifting from production to persuasion through selling and advertising.
  • Marketing Concept Era:(Post-World War II) Businesses recognized the need for customer responsiveness and a philosophy known as “marketing concept” emerged in the 1950s, including customer orientation, service orientation, and profit orientation.
  • Customer Relationship Era: (Present) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) focuses on learning about and satisfying customer needs and expectations to build long-term relationships

Nonprofit Marketing

  • Nonprofit marketing tactics often include fundraising, public relations, special campaigns, ecological practices, changing public opinions, and increasing organizational memberships.
  • Key strategies for Nonprofits include determining the firm's goals and objectives, focusing on long-term marketing, building a competent board of directors, exercising strategic planning, training volunteers, and segment the target market.

The Four Ps of Marketing

  • Product: A good, service, or idea that satisfies consumer wants or needs. Implements through product concept testing among potential users
  • Price: Determined by many factors: competitors' prices, production costs, distribution, and high/low-price strategies.
  • Place: Middlemen are crucial in place strategies because getting the product to the consumer is critical
  • Promotion: Techniques used to inform people about products and motivate them to buy. Includes advertising, personal selling, public relations, word-of-mouth, and sales promotions

Developing Products and Services

  • Products include goods, services, and ideas.
  • Test marketing involves testing products with potential users.
  • Brand names differentiate products from competitors.

Pricing & Placing

  • Pricing decisions depend on many factors, including competitors’ prices, production costs, and distribution costs. Strategies vary from high to low prices.
  • Middlemen play a vital role in placing products to consumers.

Promoting the Product

  • Promotion encompasses all methods used to inform people about products and encourage purchases.
  • Techniques include advertising, personal selling, public relations, word-of-mouth, and sales promotions.

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