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Marketing
the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large
Exchange
people giving something up to receive something they would rather have
Production Orientation
A philosophy that focuses on the internal capabilities of the firm rather than on the desires and needs of the marketplace
Sales Orientation
the ideas that people will buy more goods and services if aggressive sales techniques are used and that high sales results in high profits
Marketing Concept
the idea that the social and economic justification for an organization's existence is the satisfaction of customer wants and needs while meeting organizational objectives
Market Orientation
A philosophy that assumes that a sale does not depend on an aggressive sales force but rather on a customer's decision to purchase product; it is synonymous with the marketing concept
Societal Marketing Orientation
the idea that an organization exists not only to satisfy customer wants and needs and to meet organizational objectives but also to preserve or enhance individuals' and society's long-term best interests
Customer Value
the relationship between benefits and the sacrifice necessary to obtain these benefits
Customer Satisfaction
Customers' evaluation of a good or service in terms of whether it has met their needs and expectations
Relationship Marketing
a strategy that focuses on keeping and improving relationships with current customers
Empowerment
Designation of authority to solve customers' problems quickly- usually by the first person that the customer notifies regarding a problem
Teamwork
Collaborative efforts of people to accomplish common objectives
Ethics
The moral principles or values that generally govern the conduct of an individual or group
Morals
the rules people develop as a result of cultural values and norms
Code of Ethics
Guideline to help marketing managers and other employees make better decisions
Corporate Social Responsibility
A business's concern for society's welfare
Sustainability
The idea that socially responsible companies will outperform their peers by focusing on the world's social problems and viewing them as opportunities to build profits and help the world at the same time
Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility
A model that suggests corporate social responsibility is composed of economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities and that the firm's economic performance supports the entire structure
Green Marketing
The development and marketing of products designed to minimize negative effects on the physical environment or to improve environment
Target Market
A defined group most likely to buy a firm's product
Environmental Management
when a company implements strategies that attempt to shape the external environment within which it operates
Component Lifestyles
The practice of choosing goods and services that meet one's diverse needs and interests rather than conforming to a single, traditional lifestyle
Demography
The study of people's vital statistics, such as their age, race, and ethnicity, and location
Generation Y
People born between 1979 and 1994
Generation X
people born between 1965 and 1978
baby boomers
People born between 1946 and 1964
multiculturalism
when all major ethnic groups in an area- such as a city, county or census tract- are roughly equally represented
Purchasing power
a comparison of income versus the relative cost of a set standard of goods and services in different geographic areas
Inflation
A measure of the decrease in the value of money, expressed as the percentage reduction in value since the previous year
Recession
a period of economic activity characterized by negative growth, which reduces demand for goods and services
Basic research
pure research that aims to confirm an existing theory or to learn more about a concept or phenomenon
Applied research
an attempt to develop new or improved products
FDA
a federal agency charged with enforcing regulations against selling and distributing adulterated, misbranded or hazardous food and drug products
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
a federal agency established to protect the health and safety of consumers in and around their homes
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
a federal agency empowered to prevent persons or corporations from using unfair methods of competition in commerce
Consumer Decision Making Process
a five step process used by consumers when buying goods or services
Need Recognition
result of an imbalance between actual and desired states
Want
recognition of an unfulfilled need and a product that will satisfy it
Stimulus
any unit of input affecting one or more of the five senses
Internal information search
the process of recalling past information stored in the memory
External Information Search
the process of seeking information in the outside environment
Nonmarketing-controlled information source
A product information source that is not associated with advertising or promotion
Marketing-controlled information source
a product information source that originates with marketers promoting the product
Cognitive Dissonance
Inner tension that a consumer experiences after recognizing an inconsistency between behavior and values or opinions
Involvement
the amount of time and effort a buyer invests in the search, evaluation, and decision processes of consumer behavior
Routine Response Behavior
The type of decision making exhibited by consumers buying frequently purchased, low-cost goods and services, requires little search and decision time
Limited decision making
the type of decision that requires a moderate amount of time for gathering information and deliberating about an unfamiliar brand in a familiar product category
Extensive Decision Making
The most complex type of consumer decision making, used when buying an unfamiliar, expensive product or an infrequently bought item; requires use of several criteria for evaluating opinions and much time for seeking information
Culture
The set of values, norms, attitudes, and other meaningful symbols that shape human behavior and the artifacts, or products, of that behavior as they are transmitted from one generation to the next
Value
The enduring belief that a specific mode of conduct is personally or socially preferable to another mode of conduct
Subculture
A homogeneous group of people who share elements of the overall culture as well as unique elements of their own group
Social class
A group of people in a society who are considered nearly equal in status or community esteem, who regularly socialize among themselves both formally and informally, and who share behavioral norms
reference group
a group in society that influences an individual's purchasing behavior
Primary membership group
a reference group with which people interact regularly in an informal, face-to-face manner, such as family, friends, and coworkers
Secondary membership group
a reference group with which people associate less consistently and more formally than a primary membership group, such as a club, professional group, or religious group
Aspirational Reference Group
A group that someone would like to join
Norm
a value or attitude deemed acceptable by a group
Nonaspirational Reference Group
a group with which an individual does not want to associate with
Opinion Leader
an individual who influences the opinions of others
Socialization process
how cultural values and norms are passed down to children
Personality
A way of organizing and grouping the consistencies of an individual's reactions to situations
Self-concept
How consumers perceive themselves in terms of attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, and self evaluations
Ideal Self-Image
The way an individual would like to be
Real self-image
the way an individual actually perceives himself or herself
Perception
The process by which people select, organize, and interpret stimuli into a meaningful and coherent picture
Selective exposure
The process by which a consumer notices certain stimuli and ignores others
Selective distortion
A process whereby a consumer changes or distorts information that conflicts with his/her feelings or beliefs
Selective retention
A process whereby a consumer remembers only that information that supports personal beliefs
Motive
A driving force that causes a person to take action to satisfy specific needs
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
a method of classifying human needs and motivations into five categories in ascending order of importance: physiological, safety, social, esteem, self-actualization
Learning
A process that creates changes in behavior, immediate or expected, through experience and practice
Stimulus Generalization
A form of learning that occurs when one response is extended to a second stimulus similar to the first
Stimulus Discrimination
a learned ability to differentiate among similar products
Belief
An organized pattern of knowledge that an individual holds as true about his/her world
Attitude
A learned tendency to respond consistently toward a given object
Market
People or organizations with needs or wants and the ability and willingness to buy
Market Segment
A subgroup of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product needs
Market Segmentation
the process of dividing a market into meaningful, relatively similar and identifiable segments or groups
Segmentation Bases (variables)
Characteristics of individuals, groups, or organization
Geographic Segmentation
Segmenting markets by region of a country or the world, market size, market density or climate
Demographic segmentation
segmenting markets by age gender, income, ethnic background, and family life cycle
Family life cycle
A series of stages determined by a combination of age, marital status, and the presence or absence of children
Psychographic Segmentation
Market segmentation on the basis of personality, motives, lifestyles, and geodemographics
Geodemographic Segmentation
Segmenting potential customers into neighborhood lifestyle categories
Benefit segmentation
The process of grouping customers into market segments according to the benefits they seek from the product
Usage-rate Segmentation
Dividing a market by the amount of product bought or consumed
80/20 principle
A principle holding that 20 percent of all customers generate 80 percent of demand
Target Market
A group of people or organizations for which an organization designs, implements, and maintains a marketing mix intended to meet the needs of that group, resulting in mutually satisfying exchanges
Undifferentiated Targeting Strategy
A marketing approach that views the market as one big market with no individual segments and thus uses a single marketing mix
Concentrated targeting strategy
a strategy used to select one segment of a market for targeting marketing efforts
Niche
One segment of a market
Multisegment Targeting Strategy
A strategy that chooses two or more well-defined market segments and develops a distinct marketing mix for each
Cannibalization
A situation that occurs when sales of a new product cut into sales of a firm's existing products
One to one marketing
An individualized marketing method that utilizes customer information to build long term personalized and profitable relationships with each customer
Positioning
Developing a specific marketing mix to influence potential customers' overall perception of a brand, product line, or organization in general
Position
the place a product, brand, or group of products occupies in consumers' minds relative to competing offerings
Product Differentiation
a positioning strategy that some firms use to distinguish their products from those of our competitors
Perceptual Mapping
A means of displaying or graphing, in two or more dimensions, the location of products, brands, or groups or products in customers' minds
Repositioning
Changing consumers' perceptions of brand in relation to competing brands

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