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Targeting, Positioning, Marketing Mix, Four Ps, Branding, Customer Satisfaction,
CRM, On-Demand Marketing, Competitive Advantage, Cost & Differentiation
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Magazine advertisement: "Your well being is important to us. It's our commitment to The
Greater Good."
Societal
Company website: "We realize it is a privilege for our products to be invited into our customers'
homes and we strive to exceed their expectations. State-of-the-art worldwide physical testing
labs allow us to continually analyze the quality of our raw materials, construction methods, and
finished products."
Product-Oriented
,Company profile: "Our products are sold in more than 35 markets around the world and our
global independent sales force exceeds 2 million."
Sales-Oriented
Mission statement: "Continuing the founder's legacy of commitment to consumers, community
and children, we provide high-quality products while conducting our business in a socially
responsible and environmentally sustainable manner."
Societal
Company website: "Confidence isn't just a word to us. Strengthening your confidence so you
can achieve your goals is our first priority, and the reason millions of consultants have achieved
success on their own terms."
Sales-Oriented
Which marketing management philosophy focuses on the question, "What do customers want
and need?"
Market
A company that wants to implement a market orientation would need to:
Do research on its customers, competitors, and markets
Implement actions that provide value to customers
,Determine how to deliver superior customer value
Establish and maintain mutually satisfying relationships with customers
(all of the activities listed)
_____ is defined as the relationship between benefits and the sacrifice necessary to obtain
those benefits.
Customer Value
_____ is a strategy that focuses on keeping and improving relationships with current customers.
Relationship Marketing
A business is concerned with many day-to-day activities. Some of the most important of these
activities are the planning and development of a product, its ability to communicate value, its
pricing policy, and the distribution strategy. These activities are all a part of:
Marketing
Earl is starting a new bank. Before the opening day, Earl had a meeting with all employees. He
discussed their mission, defined objectives for the bank for the coming years, and shared who
their target market is. He talked about their product offerings and where their future branches
would be located. Earl is sharing the bank's:
Marketing Plan
, A firm that wants to develop a deeper understanding of its customers may optimize profitability,
revenue, and customer satisfaction by focusing on highly defined and precise customer groups.
This is _____:
Customer Relationship Management
A _____ is a study conducted by an organization to identify its internal strengths and
weaknesses and also examine external opportunities and threats.
Situation Analysis
Coca-Cola vending machines are found all over the world. The newest machines have an
interactive screen that runs advertisements and allows users to obtain free photos of
themselves and ringtones after they have bought a drink. Critics of these new vending machines
are concerned that entertaining technology is being used to market sugary products. In terms of
a SWOT analysis, this concern would be an example of a(n):
Threat
Walmart realizes a _____ using its relationships with suppliers to give customers low prices and
good customer service.
Cost Competitive Advantage
Arizona Tea is marketed by Vultaggio & Sons. Vultaggio & Sons took a basic drink and put it into
unusual bottles with elaborate designs. The wide-mouthed, long-necked bottles are now
considered to be trendsetters in the new age beverage industry, and customers often buy the
tea just for the bottle. The success of Arizona Tea is based on:
A Product Differentiation Competitive Advantage