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Intro to Marketing: Midterm Exam
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Undergraduate 1
05/17/2011

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Term
Marketing
Definition
The process by which companies create value for customers and build strong relationships to capture value from customers in return.

In short: Developing and maintaining relationships
Long term relationship = Brand Loyalty
Term
Anthropomorphism
Definition
Humans have a tendency to give inanimate objects human characteristics. (personification)
Breeds the idea, concept that you don't just buy the product, you communicate with the product, you get a service as well.

The brand, product becomes the other half of a relationship, If the relationship is long term, the profits for the company will be good
Term
New Customer Concept
Definition
It is 10x's more expensive to get a new customer than to retain an existing one.
Term
The Marketing Process
(First Four Stages)
Definition
Under one's control:Purpose: To create value FOR customers and build customer relationships

1. Understand the customer marketplace, needs, and wants
2. Design a customer driven market strategy
3. Construct a marketing program that delivers superior value
4. Build profitable relationships and build customer delight
Term
The marketing Process
(Final Step)
Definition
Out of marketers' control
Purpose: Capture Value FROM customers
5. Capture value from Customers to create profits and customer quality.

Reap what you sow.
Term
Needs
Definition
State of "felt" Deprivation

Why felt?
You can feel deprivation when it isn't really there,
iphone example, in a consumer culture a want often becomes a need

Physical: Food, shelter
Social: Belonging, acceptance
Individual: Knowledge, self expression
Term
Wants
Definition
The form needs take as they shaped by culture and individual personality
Term
Demands
Definition
Wants backed by buying power
Term
Market Offerings
Definition
Some combination of a product, experience, service, or information offered to a market to satisfy a need or want.
Term
Marketing Myopia
Definition
Focusing on only existing wants, and losing sight of underlying consumer needs
The customer is the victim here:
Example: Buying a car, the need is some sort of transportation, end up with a car that was bought for the image

The image the product projects explains a consumer's buying behavior more than the product itself.

A cigar is rarely a cigar, original quote: "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"
Term
Utilitarian function vs. Hedonic Function
Definition
Marketing Myopia
Term
Markets
Definition
The set of actual and potential buyers of a product
Term
Marketing System
Definition
Marketing system is an open system and every change in society matters

Consists of all the parties, (suppliers, company, competitors, intermediaries and end users) involved in the system Which is affected by enviornmental factors
Term
parties of a marketing system
Definition
Suppliers
Companies
Competitors
Intermediaries
End Users
Term
Environmental factors which affect a market system.
Definition
Marketing system is an open system and every change in society matters

Demographic
Economic
Physical
Technological
Political-legal
Socio-Cultural
Term
Marketing Management
Definition
"What customers will we serve, and how will be best serve these customers?"

The art and the science of choosing target markets, and building profitable relationships with them

Marketing is a creative driven industry:
How do we make people want to buy things, how do we make people believe it is in their best interest
Marketing Research the statistics, analysis, not reinventing the wheel and analyzing what works and does is the science.
Nothing in marketing is an accident
Term
Market Segmentation
Definition
Refers to dividing the markets into segments of customers

Example: Bananna Republic, Gap, and Old Navy, all the same company but each segment targets a different market.
Term
Target Marketing
Definition
Choosing which segments to go after
Term
Demarketing
Definition
Is marketing to reduce demand temporarily or permanently, the aim is not to destroy the demand but to shift it.

Example: Cruise ships are are trying to target a younger audience in order to build brand loyalty sooner.
They are taking the emphasis off of easy relaxing vacation for Senior Citizens and shifting it to "Party on the seas!"

The concept is very commonly used in the tourism industry
Term
The Value Proposition
Definition
The set of benefits or values a company promises to deliver to customers to satisfy their needs.
Term
Marketing Management Orientation
(5 parts)
Definition
Production concept
Product Concept
Selling Concept
Marketing Concept
Societal Concept
Term
Production Concept
Definition
The idea that customers will favor products that are available or highly affordable

Example: Lenovo risk of myopia due to internal forcus?
Term
Product Concept
Definition
The idea that customers will favor products that offer the most quality, performance, and features

Problem: Sometimes customers need new products/ideas
Term
Selling Concept
Definition
The idea that consumers will not buy enough of the firm's products unless it undertakes a large scale selling and promotional effort

Example:
Buy one get one free, allows the company to gain short term sales (looks great on a quarterly report)
Focus is on promotion and general price reduction, and the belief that consumers are driven by price

Opposite Example:
Tiffanys, never has sales, never has promotions. It would destroy their brand.
Term
Marketing Concept
Definition
The idea that achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of the target markets and delivering the desired satisfaction better than the competitors.
Term
Market Management Orientation
Definition
selling concept vs marketing concept
Triangle?
Term
Societal marketing Concept
Definition
The idea that the company should make good marketing decisions by considering consumer wants the company's requirements and consumer's long term interests and society long term interests.

All companies want to show how environmentally friendly and socially responsible they are.
Going green and charities.
Term
Customer Lifetime Value
Definition
Summarizes the value of the entire stream of purchases that the customer would make over a lifetime of patronage.
Developed by a UConn Prof.
Term
Customer Equity
Definition
The total combined customer lifetime values of all the company's customers
Term
What is marketing, pulling it all together, summarize flow chart
Definition
Term
Strategic Planning
Definition
Part of Step 2 in the marketing process (design a strategic market plan)

The process of developing a strategic fit between the organization's goals and capabilities and its changing market opportunities

Purpose: Find ways in which the company can best use its strength to take advantage of attractive opportunities in the environment, specifically in the marketplace.
Term
Steps in the strategic planning process, at the corporate level
Definition
1. Defining the company mission
2. Setting company objectives and goals
3. Discussing the business portfolio
Term
Steps in strategic planning process at the business unit, product and market level
Definition
Planning marketing and other functional strategies.
Term
Mission statement
Definition
Describes the company's purpose

Example:
Amazon.com: We sell books, Cd's toys, consumer electronics, hardware and housewares and other products
Term
Market-oriented mission statement
Definition
Defines the business in terms of satisfying basic customer needs.

Example: Amazon.com: We make the internet experience fast, easy, and enjoyable -we're the place where you can find and discover anything you want to buy online.
Term
Business portfolio
Definition
Collection of businesses and products that make up the company

Needs to reflect the real thing
Works of the pasts
Strengths, weaknesses
Products
Tasks
Lessons learned
Term
Business portfolio
Definition
Collection of businesses and products that make up the company

Needs to reflect the real thing
Works of the pasts
Strengths, weaknesses
Products
Tasks
Lessons learned
Term
Portfolio analysis
Definition
The process by which management evaluates the products, and businesses making up the company

Always up to date on your portfolio, set your goals and objectives with portfolio analysis
Term
Example of a company with a large, complex portfolio
Definition
Disney
Term
An "okay" example of a company without a portfolio because they only sell one thing
Definition
Airlines. (kinda), regional is a better example.
Term
Analyzing the current business portfolio
Definition
1. Identify key businesses (strategic business units, or "sbus") that make up the company
2. Assess the attractiveness of each SBU
3. Decide how much support each SBU deserves
Term
Examples of a strategic Business unit (SBU)
Definition
Can be a company division, a product line within a division or a single product or brand.
Term
BCG Growth matrix
Definition
Matrix that compares market growth and market share of products by labeling them a
1. Cash cow
2. Star,
3. dog
4. question mark

The point is where they fall on the matrix
This will determine how heavily the product is marketed.
A cash cow is heavily marketed, where a dog is not.
Term
Cash Cow Example:
Definition
Market growth is low, market share is high. You are a leader in the industry and do not have to do much to fight the competition.

(sony televisions)
You market it, so you can keep milking your cow
Term
Star Example
Definition
Market growth is high, but market share is low, you have to keep marketing and investing to fight off the competition, play station 3, the gamer industry continues to develop
Term
Dog:
Definition
Low growth rate, low market share: You are not the lead seller of a product, and the market as a whole is in decline.

Sony Cameras. Cheap, non complex digital cameras. The market as a whole is disappearing and they cannot compete with NIKON.
Term
Question Mark
Definition
It is a gamble, the relative market share is low (usually for you and your competitors) but the market growth rate is high (usually because it is a new market) You are entering the market with a new product

3D television, success is unsure
Term
Product market expansion grid
Definition
A grid that helps determine how a company can grow or downsize their products

Four options:
Market penetration
Product Development
Market Development
Diversification
Term
Market Penetration: Product Market Expansion Grid
Definition
Existing market, and existing product. Increase sales without changing the product

Crocs offering colors, or Redbull offering Diet Redbull
Term
Market Development: Market Expansion Grid
Definition
Existing product, new market

Attracting new segments, ie. seniors to buy the product, marketing redbull to seniors
Term
Product Development: Marketing expansion Grid
Definition
Existing Market, new products: Redbull Cola
Term
Diversification: marketing Expansion Grid
Definition
New product, New market, entering a different product category: RedBull Sports teams
Term
Downsizing
Definition
The reduction of a business portfolio by eliminating products or business units that are not profitable or no longer fit the company's overall strategy

Example: Sony will stop manufacturing cheap digital cameras, its a dying product and market for them.
Term
Marketing Mix + four P's
Definition
The set of controllable, tactical marketing tools, "building stones"
Important: it is controllable by the firm:
Product
Price
Place
Promotion
All the firm blends to produce the response that it wants in the target market.
Term
Product: Break down of the four p's
Definition
Variety
quality
design
features
brand names
packaging
services

Example: Packaging is a huge part of the product of alcohol and perfume
Term
Price: Break down of the four P's
Definition
List price
Discounts
allowances
payment periods
credit terms

Example: a product that can only be marketed based on price
Jewelery, Tiffanys in particular diamonds are the same everywhere but Tiffanys appeals to those who can afford the most expensive luxury.
Term
Promotion: Break down of the four P's
Definition
Advertising
Personal selling
Sales promotion
Public Relations

Product success that is based on advertising alone: Deoderants, batteries
when products are all the same but customers buy based on product image

Energizer bunny, Bow chica wow wow..
Term
Place: Break down of the four P's
Definition
Channels
Coverage
Assortments
Locations
Inventory
Transportation
Logistics

Cannot buy Chanel No. 5 at Walmart. It would destroy their image.
Term
The four C's
Definition
Four C's match with four P's

Customer Solution: Product
Customer Cost: Price
Convenience: Place
Communication: Promotion
Term
SWOT Analysis
Definition
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats

See Slide with Grid comparing internal, external and positive negative
Term
Planning
Definition
The development of strategic and marketing plans to achieve company objectives
Term
Marketing Strategy
Definition
Consists of specific strategies for target markets, positing, the market mix, and marketing expenditure levels
Term
Executive Summary
Definition
Like an abstract of a paper, sums up the main points
Current Marketing Situation: Talk about how much they spend, how many visits they have from the websites
SWOT: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and Threats
Objectives and issues: Increase the traffic on the website by 15%. A goal that is explained in an explicit way.
Action Program: How you are going to achieve your goal, link to FB page, blogs ect.
Budgets: Who is going to do this and for how much?
Controls: How do we know that the web traffic was increased by 15%... Some way to measure it.
Term
Return on marketing investment (ROI)
Definition
The net return from a marketing investment divided by the cost of the marketing investment
Term
Old ROI thinking vs new ROI thinking
Definition
Example Superbowl ads, was it worth the price?

Old thinking believed that after a popular ad, sales and customer base should increase almost immediately. If it didn't then marketing was cut.

Problem: How do you know what the good time to measure is? You might see a Superbowl ad in the fall and need new sneakers in the Spring
As marketing science was further explored they discovered the "carry over effect"
There might be an increase in sales in the distant future depending on timing and customer needs
Advertising helps maintain brand image

Carry over effect
Term
Standard Measures
Definition
Brand awareness
Sales
Market Share
Term
Standard Measures
Definition
Brand awareness
Sales
Market Share
Term
Customer centered Measures
Definition
Customer acquisition
Customer retention
Customer lifetime value
Term
Marketing Enviornment
Definition
Includes the actors and forces outside marketing that affect marketing management's ability to build and maintain successful relationships with customers
Term
Microenviornment
Definition
Consists of the actors close to the company that affect its ability to serve its customers the company, suppliers, marketing intermediaries, customer markets, competitors, and publics
Term
actors in company environment
Definition
Suppliers, the company, competitors, intermediaries, publics, end users
Term
Macroenvironment
Definition
Demographic
Economic
Political-legal
Technological
Socio-cultural
Physical
Term
Demography
Definition
Study of human populations in terms of size, density, location, gender, age, race, occupation, and other statistics

Important bc it involves people and people make up markets
demographic trends include family structure, age, geographic population shifts, educational characteristics, and population diversity
Term
Generational : Demographic discuss trends
Definition
Important in segmenting people by lifestyle of life state (not necessarily age)

Baby Boomers, generation x, generation y,

Spending power is driven by age, culture, norms, debt
Term
Economic (discuss trends)
Definition
There is a new middle class that can afford to buy cars, and other expensive goods. They expect quality and a fair price though.
Term
Natural Environment: Discuss trends
Definition
involves the natural resources that are needed as inputs by marketers or that are affected by marketing activities
Term
Technological environment: Discuss trends
Definition
Most dramatic force in changing the marketplace
Creates new products and opportunities
Safety of new product is always a concern
Term
Political environment: Discuss trends
Definition
Consists of laws, government agencies, and pressure groups that influence or limit various organizations and individuals in a given society

Legislation in business:
Increased legislation
Changing government agency enforcement
Increased emphasis on ethics
socially responsible behavior
Cause related marketing
Term
Cultural Enviornment: Discuss trends
Definition
Consists of institutions and other forces that affect a society's basic values, perceptions, and behaviors
Term
Segmentation
Definition
Markets don't consist of homogeneous groups
Hetereogenous groups = Segments
Marketing to lifestyle: footwear industry
Term
The target Marketing Process (four steps)
Definition
1. Identify markets with unfulfilled needs
2. Determine Market Segmentation
3. Select Market to target
4. Position through marketing strategies
Term
The target market process: step one
Definition
Identify markets with unfulfilled needs:
Isolate consumers with similar needs, wants
Term
The target market process: step two
Definition
Determine Market Segmentation:
Dividing market into distinct groups that have common needs and will respond similarily to marketing action
Term
The target market process: step 3
Definition
Select a market to target:
Determine which and how many segments to enter, and which segments offer the most potential
Term
The target market process: Step 4
Definition
Position through marketing strategies:
The art and science of fitting the product or service to one or more segments of the broad market in such a way to set it meaningfully apart from the competition
Term
Market segmentation example: Grupo Modelo Beer
Definition
Grupo Modelo shows how they compete in a variety of segments with a variety of products, varying the marketing mix with each. The different types of beer offered by Grupo Modelo appeal to a different sets of needs, such as tastes, lifestyle, image, and even waistlines.
Term
Two Broad Catagories for ways to segment markets
Definition
1. Customer Characteristics
2.Buying situation
Term
Segmentation: Method 1
Definition
Customer Characteristics Include:
Geographic location
Demographic (gender, age, race, education)
Socioecnomic: income, education and occupation
Psychographic: personality lifestyles or values
Term
Segmentation: Method 2
Definition
Behavioral Segmentation: level of involvement with and purchasing behavior
Outlet types: based on type of store where product is sold
Benefit: divides markets based on the specific benefits or outcomes consumers want from a product or service
Awareness: based on product knowledge of the consumer
Usage: segmentation that is based on classification of product users, how much or how little they utlize the product
Term
Psychographic Segmentation: More
Definition
Diving the market based on personality, values, lifestyle
Vals lifestyle segmentation
Eight lifestyles with distinctive attitudes, behaviors and decision making patterns
Combined with estimate of the resources on which consumer can draw

The determination of lifestyle is based on an analysis of the activities, interests, and opinions (AIOs) of consumers.
For example, the target market for the Hummer is described as “highly adventurist, entrepreneurial, and free-spirited achievers.” (not as much anymore)
Term
PRIZM clusters developed by Claritas
Definition
Claritas provides demographic and psychographic profiles of geographic areas as small as census track, block group, or zip code +4.

Most comprehensive segmentation used in the industry right now

See last slide of class 3
Term
Customer Insights
Definition
Fresh and deep insights into customer's needs and wants
Difficult to obtain
Not obvious
Customers are unsure of their own behavior
Not derived from more information but more effective use of information previously gathered
Term
Marketers Obtain info by:
Definition
Internal Data: Big Y cards
Marketing intelligence
Marketing Research
Term
Internal Databases
Definition
Electronic collections of consumer and market information obtained from data sources within the company

Pizza Hut’s database is highlighted in the text. They have:
Detailed customer data on 40 million U.S. households, gleaned from phone orders, online orders, and point-of-sale transactions at its more than 7,500 restaurants.
The company can organize the data by order details to enhance customer relationships such as the Pizza Hut designed VIP (Very Into Pizza) program to retain its best customers. It invites these customers to join the VIP program for $14.95 and receive a free large pizza. Then, for every two pizzas ordered each month, VIP customers automatically earn a coupon for another free large pizza.
Term
Marketing Intelligence
Definition
The systematic collection and analysis of publically available information about consumers, competitors and developments in the market place

This Web link brings you to AC Nielsen’s homepage. This includes not just their online division but their entire company. It is very interesting to explore the area called trends an insights.
Term
Marketing Research
Definition
Systematic design, collection, analysis, and reporting of data relevant to a specific marketing situation facing an organization
Term
Market Research Process (four steps)
Definition
1. define problem and research objectives
2. Developing the research plan for collecting information
3. Implementing the research plan - collecting and analyzing data
4. Interpreting and reporting the findings
Term
Step One of Developing Marketing Info
Definition
Defining the problem and research objectives:
Three ways to dive deeper
Exploratory- gather preliminary info that will help define the problem and suggest a hypothesis
Descriptive: Describes things
Casual: test hypothesis about cause and effect relationships
Term
Secondary Data
Definition
Consists of information that already exists somewhere, it was originally collected for a another purpose
Term
Primary data
Definition
Consist of information gathered for the special research plan
Term
Observational Research
Definition
Involves gathering primary data by observing relevant people, actions and situations
Term
Ethnographic Research
Definition
Involves sending trained observers to watch and interact with consumers in their natural enviornment
Term
Survey Research
Definition
Most widely used method and is best for descriptive information -knowledge, attitudes, preferences, and buying behavior

Flexible
people can be unable or unwilling to answer
gives misleading or pleasing answers
privacy concerns

Money and happiness are related but family causes both

Study this: Experimental Research. Only when you scientifically control for various variables than you can find causation (x causes y)
Term
Experimental research
Definition
is best for gathering causal information—cause-and-effect relationships
Term
Sample
Definition
is a segment of the population selected for marketing research to represent the population as a whole
Term
Marketing Research
Research Instruments
Definition
Through MRI scans scientists have learned that message trigger certain areas in the brain. From your book:
Bathroom cleaner users watched a commercial for Unilever’s Vim line of home cleaners, positioned as a product that “deals with the toughest dirt. In all, the ad stirred up very strong, mostly negative emotions. Follow-up interviews showed that consumers actually hated the ad. How did researchers measure viewers’ response to such emotionally charged advertising? Six electrodes attached to each person’s head after which they were asked how they felt about the ad.
Term
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Definition
CRM consists of sophisticated software and analytical tools that integrate customer information from all sources, analyze it in depth, and apply the results to build stronger customer relationships
Supporting users have an ad free experience!