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What does the term 'inseparability' in service marketing refer to?

  • Services are only delivered in a single format.
  • Services cannot be produced without consumption occurring. (correct)
  • Services can be saved for later use.
  • Services always maintain a consistent quality level.

What is a major factor contributing to the high failure rates of new products?

  • Inadequate marketing strategies. (correct)
  • Overly competitive pricing strategies.
  • Insufficient research and development investments.
  • 80%-90% of new products fail due to lack of innovation.

During which stage of the New Product Development process is consumer feedback primarily obtained?

  • Idea Generation
  • Market Testing
  • Concept Development and Testing (correct)
  • Commercialization

Which characteristic is essential for successful new product development?

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What best describes the perishability of services?

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How does demographic information influence marketing decisions?

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What are three major factors in the economic environment that can influence consumer spending patterns?

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What is value marketing primarily focused on?

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Which of the following describes the natural environment in marketing?

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What does generational marketing emphasize when segmenting consumers?

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Which trend in the natural environment indicates a growing concern for sustainability?

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Which of the following environmental factors does NOT directly affect marketing strategies?

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Which factor does NOT represent a demographic trend?

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What challenge do firms face when competing in a saturated market?

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What are the main components of the marketing mix known as the 4 P's?

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What is the primary goal of customer relationship management?

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Which of the following best describes customer engagement marketing?

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How has the approach to marketing shifted in recent years?

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What role do consumers play in consumer-generated marketing?

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What does partner relationship management involve?

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Which of these statements reflects a complete understanding of marketing in an organization?

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What is the primary purpose of a positioning statement?

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Which type of product is characterized by frequent purchases with minimal effort?

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What effect does brand knowledge have on consumer responses?

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What key characteristic distinguishes services from products?

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When selecting a brand name, which of the following is important?

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Which of the following is NOT a classification of consumer products?

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What is one of the critical components of customer value-driven marketing?

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Which type of marketing strategy focuses on the beliefs and values associated with the brand?

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Which factor is essential for leveraging competitive advantages?

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What is the significance of understanding market dynamics in marketing?

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What is the first step in designing a customer-driven marketing strategy?

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Which of the following is NOT a requirement for effective market segmentation?

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What does behavioral segmentation focus on?

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Which targeting approach focuses on a large share of one or a few segments?

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What is the purpose of differentiation in marketing?

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Which segmentation strategy divides the market by characteristics such as age and income?

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What is a primary characteristic of undifferentiated marketing?

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What is included in psychographic segmentation?

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Which of the following best describes micromarketing?

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Which base for segmentation focuses on consumer interaction with products?

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Flashcards

Marketing Mix (4 Ps)

A set of marketing tools used to deliver a brand's value to customers. It includes: Product, Price, Promotion, Place, and Personal Sales.

Integrated Marketing Program

A comprehensive plan that combines all marketing efforts to communicate and deliver the desired value to customers. It should be a coherent approach.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

A process of building and maintaining valuable relationships with customers by consistently exceeding their expectations. It involves understanding their needs and delivering superior value.

Customer Engagement Marketing

A new approach that encourages direct and continuous customer involvement with a brand. It aims to shape brand conversations, experiences and community.

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Consumer-Generated Marketing

Brand experiences created by consumers themselves. This highlights the growing influence of customers in shaping brand perceptions.

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Partner Relationship Management

Collaborating closely with partners within and outside the company to jointly provide greater value to customers. It emphasizes a unified approach.

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Complete Value Chain Involvement

A complete focus on delivering value to customers throughout the entire value chain, from supply chain management to customer service.

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Inseparability

Services are produced and consumed at the same time, meaning they can't be inventoried or stored.

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Variability

The quality of a service varies depending on who provides it, leading to inconsistencies.

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Perishability

Services cannot be saved or stored for later use, making them perishable in nature.

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New Product Development

The process of bringing new products to the market, involving idea generation, development, testing, and launch.

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Characteristics of Successful Product Development

A systematic approach to product development that prioritizes customer needs, involves team collaboration, and fosters a culture of innovation.

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Market Segmentation

Dividing the market into smaller groups based on distinct needs or behaviors.

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Targeting

Choosing the specific segment(s) to focus your marketing efforts on.

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Strategic Advantage

Gaining a competitive advantage by positioning your offerings favorably against those of your rivals.

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Publics

Any group that can impact or be influenced by a company's goals.

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Differentiation

Highlighting how your product is different and better than the competition.

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Positioning

Establishing a clear and distinct image of your product in the minds of consumers.

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Demography

The study of human populations, including size, location, age, and other factors.

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Demographic Trends

Changes in a population's demographics, such as age, family structure, location, and diversity.

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Geographic Segmentation

Divides the market by location (e.g., country, region, city).

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Demographic Segmentation

Based on customer characteristics like age, gender, income, and education.

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Generational Marketing

Marketing strategies tailored to different generations based on their lifestyles and life stages.

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Economic Environment

Economic factors that influence a consumer's spending power and spending patterns.

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Psychographic Segmentation

Focuses on lifestyle, personality traits, and social class.

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Value Marketing

Marketing that focuses on offering high-quality products and services at a fair price for price-conscious customers.

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Behavioral Segmentation

Divides consumers into groups based on their interactions with the product, such as usage rate or benefits sought.

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Undifferentiated Marketing

One marketing strategy for the entire market, ignoring segment differences.

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Natural Environment

The physical environment and natural resources that are important to businesses.

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Environmental Sustainability

Strategies that focus on creating a long-term sustainable economy that the planet can support.

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Differentiated Marketing

Targets different segments with tailored marketing strategies.

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Positioning Statement

A statement explaining how a brand wants to be perceived by customers.

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Product

Any good or service offered in the market to satisfy needs or wants.

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Convenience Products

Products bought frequently with minimal effort, like groceries or newspapers.

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Shopping Products

Products that involve careful consideration and comparison, like furniture or cars.

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Specialty Products

Products with unique brands and strong customer loyalty, like designer clothes or luxury cars.

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Unsought Products

Products that aren't actively sought out, often purchased due to necessity, like insurance.

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Service

Activities or benefits offered that are intangible and don't involve ownership, like a haircut or advice.

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Brand Equity

The impact of brand knowledge on consumer behavior, representing the value associated with a brand.

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Key Branding Decisions

Decisions regarding positioning, name, sponsorship, etc., shaping a brand's image.

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Intangibility of Services

The ability of a service to be experienced without being physically seen or touched before purchase.

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Study Notes

Marketing Fundamentals

  • Marketing management is the art of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them.
  • Key questions in designing a customer-driven marketing strategy:
    • What customer groups will be served (target market)?
    • How can these customers be best served (value proposition)?
  • A brand's value proposition is the set of benefits or values it promises to deliver to customers to satisfy their needs.
  • Value proposition is not a slogan, catchphrase, or positioning statement.
  • Five alternative marketing strategies for an organization:
    • Production Concept: Consumers favor widely available, affordable products.
    • Product Concept: Consumers favor products that offer superior quality, performance, and features.
    • Selling Concept: Consumers will not adequately purchase products unless the company undertakes a large-scale selling effort.
    • Marketing Concept: Companies should find out what consumers want, then deliver that product or service better than competitors.
    • Societal Marketing Concept: Companies should balance desires of consumers, the needs of society, and their own profits.
  • Integrated Marketing Programs: Turning marketing strategies into action. This uses the marketing mix (the 4 Ps - Product, Price, Place, Promotion).
  • Customer relationship management (CRM): The overall process of building and maintaining customer relationships by delivering superior customer value and satisfaction.
  • Customer engagement marketing involves engaging customers in the brand experience, conversations, and communities.
  • Building customer loyalty and retention are important. Lifetime customer value is the sum total of the purchases a customer makes over a lifetime.
  • Businesses have different customer types. Segmenting these customers or prospects allows the creation of tailored strategies.
  • Market Share: percentage of a total market that is accounted for by a particular product or company.
  • Relative Market Share = (Company Sales / Total Market Sales)
  • Companies need to analyze and manage their overall environment; the market and its dynamics.
  • Involves people, including demographic trends, and the larger societal forces (macro-environment) that affect the company and its marketing strategies (including cultural, political, economic, technological, and natural conditions).
  • Developing strategies to understand and respond to environmental pressures is crucial.
  • Marketing strategy is the plan of action, logic, and methodology to create customer value and desirable customer relationships.
  • Marketing mix, also known as the 4 Ps, is a blend of controllable elements to produce customer value and desired reactions in the target market:
  • Product: Variety, quality, design, features, brand name, packaging, services
  • Price: List price, discounts, allowances, payment period, credit terms
  • Place: Channels, coverage, locations, inventory, transportation, logistics
  • Promotion: Advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, public relations, direct and digital marketing
  • Companies must strategically use market information to maintain market insights.
  • Marketing information systems (MIS) gather info relevant to a business to make marketing decisions more effectively and efficiently.
  • Marketers use data for better understanding of consumers or prospects, and their motivations and buying patterns.
  • Marketing research is the process of using systematic methods to define and solve a marketing problem (e.g. using secondary or primary data).
  • Key steps in the research process include defining the problem and objectives, developing the research plan, collecting data, analyzing data, interpreting findings, and reporting.
  • Consumer markets are made up of individuals and households buying/acquiring goods for personal consumption. Consumer buyer behavior focuses on the buying behaviors of final consumers and factors affecting such.
  • Characteristics affecting consumer behavior are cultural, social, personal, and psychological.
  • Consumers move through a decision-making process when deciding to buy a product: Need recognition, information search, evaluation of alternatives, purchase decision, and post-purchase behavior.
  • Stages in the adoption of a new product: Awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption.
  • Product life cycle (PLC) stages include introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Strategies associated with each stage of the PLC vary.
  • Pricing can involve different strategies including cost-plus, competition-based, customer value-based approaches (high-low, EDLP, value-added pricing).
  • Marketing channels are a system of intermediaries that move products from producers to consumers.
  • Distribution channels involve various intermediaries (wholesalers, retailers) and considerations including costs, direct or indirect sales, and strategies involving intensive, exclusive, or selective distribution.

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Test your knowledge on the key concepts of marketing fundamentals, including target markets and value propositions. This quiz covers various marketing strategies and their implications for building customer relationships. Assess your understanding of how companies can effectively serve their customers.

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