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What is the definition of the consumer market?
What is the definition of the consumer market?
In the context of buyer behaviour, what is the business market?
In the context of buyer behaviour, what is the business market?
What is the key difference between consumer market and business market?
What is the key difference between consumer market and business market?
Which of the following is a key focus area in understanding consumer buyer behaviour?
Which of the following is a key focus area in understanding consumer buyer behaviour?
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What does the consumer market consist of?
What does the consumer market consist of?
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In the business buying process, which stage involves someone in the company recognizing a problem or need that can be met by acquiring a good or a service?
In the business buying process, which stage involves someone in the company recognizing a problem or need that can be met by acquiring a good or a service?
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Which factor heavily influences business buyers by factors such as the economic environment, supply of key materials, and competitive developments?
Which factor heavily influences business buyers by factors such as the economic environment, supply of key materials, and competitive developments?
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What defines the group of individuals who influence each other and impact the business buying process?
What defines the group of individuals who influence each other and impact the business buying process?
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Which stage of the business buying process involves describing the general characteristics and quantity of a needed item?
Which stage of the business buying process involves describing the general characteristics and quantity of a needed item?
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What aspect of the buying organization includes its objectives, strategies, structure, systems, and procedures?
What aspect of the buying organization includes its objectives, strategies, structure, systems, and procedures?
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Who are the individuals in an organization's buying center who control the flow of information to others?
Who are the individuals in an organization's buying center who control the flow of information to others?
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What is the primary goal of a consumer in the evaluation of alternatives stage of the buyer decision process?
What is the primary goal of a consumer in the evaluation of alternatives stage of the buyer decision process?
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In the adoption process, what stage follows the interest stage?
In the adoption process, what stage follows the interest stage?
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What is the term for the degree to which an innovation appears superior to existing products?
What is the term for the degree to which an innovation appears superior to existing products?
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In the buyer decision process, what stage involves taking action after purchase?
In the buyer decision process, what stage involves taking action after purchase?
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What is the first stage of the adoption process?
What is the first stage of the adoption process?
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In the information search stage, what type of sources may consumers use?
In the information search stage, what type of sources may consumers use?
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Which stage of the business buying process involves deciding on the technical product characteristics for a needed item?
Which stage of the business buying process involves deciding on the technical product characteristics for a needed item?
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What is the main purpose of the supplier search stage?
What is the main purpose of the supplier search stage?
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What is e-procurement?
What is e-procurement?
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What happens in the order-routine specification stage?
What happens in the order-routine specification stage?
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What is the purpose of the performance review stage?
What is the purpose of the performance review stage?
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What is one of the benefits of e-procurement?
What is one of the benefits of e-procurement?
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What is buzz marketing?
What is buzz marketing?
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What is the most important consumer buying organization in society?
What is the most important consumer buying organization in society?
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What is a role in the context of consumer behavior?
What is a role in the context of consumer behavior?
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What is an example of a personal factor affecting consumer behaviour?
What is an example of a personal factor affecting consumer behaviour?
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What happens as a person's occupation affects the goods and services they buy?
What happens as a person's occupation affects the goods and services they buy?
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What is the impact of a person's economic situation on their buying behavior?
What is the impact of a person's economic situation on their buying behavior?
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Study Notes
Buzz Marketing and Consumer Behavior
- Buzz marketing involves enlisting opinion leaders to serve as "brand ambassadors" who spread the word about a company's products.
- Many companies create brand ambassador programs to turn influential customers into brand evangelists.
Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior
- Social Factors: Family is the most important consumer buying organization in society, and it has been researched extensively.
- Family strongly influences buying behavior, and changing roles in the family mean that marketers must now engage both men and women.
- Children may also have a strong influence on family buying decisions.
- Roles and status: A person's role and status in society affect their buying behavior.
Personal Factors
- Age and Life-cycle Stage: People change the goods and services they buy over their lifetimes, and marketers define their target markets in terms of life-cycle stage.
- Occupation: A person's occupation affects the goods and services they buy, and marketers identify occupational groups with an above-average interest in their products and services.
- Economic Situation: A person's economic situation will affect their store and product choices.
Consumer Buyer Behavior
- The buying behavior of final consumers, individuals, and households that buy goods and services for personal consumption.
- The consumer market consists of all individuals and households that buy or acquire goods and services for personal consumption.
Business Buyer Behavior
- Major Influences on Business Buyers:
- Environmental Factors: Business buyers are heavily influenced by factors in the current and expected economic environment, supply of key materials, technological, political, and competitive developments, culture, and customs.
- Organizational Factors: Each buying organization has its own objectives, strategies, structure, systems, and procedures.
- Interpersonal Factors: The buying center usually includes many participants who influence each other.
Stages of the Business Buying Process
- Problem recognition: The first stage of the business buying process, in which someone in the company recognizes a problem or need that can be met by acquiring a good or a service.
- General need description: The stage in which a buyer describes the general characteristics and quantity of a needed item.
- Information search: The stage in which the buyer searches for more information.
- Evaluation of Alternatives: The stage in which the buyer evaluates alternative brands in the choice set.
- Purchase decision: The buyer's decision about which brand to purchase.
- Post-purchase behavior: The stage in which consumers take further action after purchase based on their satisfaction or dissatisfaction.
Adoption and Diffusion Process for New Products
- Stages in the Adoption Process:
- Awareness: The consumer becomes aware of the new product but lacks information about it.
- Interest: The consumer seeks information about the new product.
- Evaluation: The consumer considers whether trying the new product makes sense.
- Trial: The consumer tries the new product on a small scale.
- Adoption: The consumer decides to make full and regular use of the new product.
Influence of Product Characteristics on Rate of Adoption
- Relative advantage: The degree to which the innovation appears superior to existing products.
- Compatibility: The degree to which the innovation fits the values and experiences of potential consumers.
E-Procurement
- E-procurement is purchasing through electronic connections between buyers and sellers, usually online.
- It gives buyers access to new suppliers, lowers purchasing costs, and hastens order processing and delivery.
- Business marketers can connect with customers online to share marketing information, sell products and services, provide customer support services, and maintain ongoing customer relationships.
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Description
This quiz covers the fundamentals of consumer and business buyer behaviour in marketing. Topics include the factors influencing consumer buyer behavior, stages in the buyer decision process, adoption process for new products, factors impacting business buyer behavior, and steps in the business buying decision process.