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Trade Era
(1800s) Limited handmade goods traded through exploration
Production Era
(late 1800's-1930's) Enter industrial age scarce goods lead to manufacturing grew due to shortages in the market "Supply creates its own demand"
Sales Era
(1920's-1960's) competition grew after Industrial Revolution Focus: selling - marketing, branding, and sales outputs surpassed demand
Marketing Orientation Era
(late 1950's-1990's) companies became strategic marketers marketers would produce company's distribution channel and pricing strategy through customer knowledge
Relationship Marketing Era
(1990's-present) Focus: customer loyalty and developing relationships with clients "the cost of attracting a new customer is estimated to be five times the cost of keeping a current customer happy"
Social Marketing Era
(Present) Marketers rely on social interaction and a real-time connection with consumers. Businesses are connected to current and potential customers 24/7. ‘Engagement’ is a critical success factor.
customer values
customer service price ease-of-use quality peace-of-mind convenience mobility
marketing function
identifying customer needs/wants new product ideas/concept marketing program (4 P's) satisfying consumer needs/wants consumer research consumer insight
Marketing program
product price place promotion
product
What does the customer want from the product/service? What needs does it satisfy?  What features does it have to meet these needs?  Are there any features you've missed out?  Are you including costly features that the customer won't actually use?  How and where will the customer …
price
 What is the value of the product or service to the buyer?  Are there established price points for products or services in this area?  Is the customer price sensitive? Will a small decrease in price gain you extra market share? Or will a small increase be indiscernible, and so gain …
place
 Where do buyers look for your product or service?  If they look in a store, what kind? A specialist boutique or in a supermarket, or both? Or online? Or direct, via a catalogue?  How can you access the right distribution channels?  Do you need to use a sales force? Or attend trad…
promotion
Where and when can you get across your marketing messages to your target market?  Will you reach your audience by advertising in the press, or on TV, or radio, or on billboards? By using direct marketing mailshot? Through PR? On the Internet?  When is the best time to promote? Is t…
The Marketing Environment
includes the actors and forces outside marketing that affect marketing management’s ability to build and maintain successful relationships with customers i.e. ethics, global, productivity, customer value, technology
Customer equity
the expected earnings stream (profitiability) of a firm's current and prospective customers over some period of time. Increased if: Acquire more profitable customers at a lower cost  Retain profitable customers longer  Win back profitable customers  Eliminate unprofitable customers…
brand equitity
the positive differential effect that knowing the brand name has on customer response to the product or service Consumer perception dimension: A) Differentiation (what makes the brand stand out) B) Relevance (how consumers feel it meets their needs) C) Knowledge (how much consumers …
mission vs. vision
mission is the cause, vision is the effect
organizational levels
corporate(clorox) business(cleaning,household,lifestyle) functional(different brands)
SBU Evaluation
stars: high market growth rate, high relative market share (needs extra cash) cash cows: low market growth rate, high relative market share (dominant, generates a lot of cash) question marks: high market growth rate, low relative market share (needs a lot of cash) dogs: low market grow…
corporate growth strategies
market penetration market development product development diversification
market penetration
represents a decision to achieve corporate growth objectives with existing products within existing markets
market development
entails marketing existing products to new markets
product development
calls for marketing new products to the same market
diversification
A diversification strategy requires the firm to expand into new products and new markets Unrelated diversification means that the new products and markets have nothing in common with existing operations. Related diversification occurs when the new products and markets have somet…
consumer decision process
1. Problem Recognition 2. Information Search 3. Evaluation of Alternatives 4. Purchase Decision 5. Postpurchase Behavior
consumer behavior influences
• Psychological = Motivation, perception, values, etc • Sociocultural = Social class, occupation, family, etc • Situational = Time, setting, comfort-level, etc marketing mix influences (4 p's)
Hierarchy (Maslow's hierarchy of needs)
five levels of need identified by Abraham Maslow (from top to bottom) 1. self actualization needs (self development) 2. esteem needs (recognition & status) 3. social needs (sense of belonging & love) 4. safety needs (security & protection) 5. physiological needs (hunger & thirst)
reference groups
people to whom an individual looks as a basis for self-appraisal or as a source of personal standards membership group aspiration group dissociate group
major sub-cultures
hispanics - 52 mil african americans - 44 mil asian americans - 18 mil, fastest growing
objective of market research
 Identify and define marketing opportunities  Generate, refine, and evaluate marketing actions  Monitor marketing performance  Improve understanding of marketing as a process
marketing research questions
1. planning 2. problem solving (four p's) 3. control
marketing research process
problem definition, determantion of research design, decisions on data types, determination of data coloction methoods, development of data colloction forms, sample design, data collection, analysis and interpretation

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