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Marketing - Answer--Marketing is an exchange between a firm and its customers.
The company offers benefits to its customers and seeks profits.
Why is Marketing Important? - Answer--Marketing is the business; it should permeate the entire
organization. Marketing and customer satisfaction is everyone's responsibility to maintain those
relationships
American Marketing Association - Answer--define marketing as "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.
Classical marketing - Answer--is a philosophy which guides the attitude of everyone in a firm to
stimulate and satisfy the needs and wants of every customer.
Competitive marketing - Answer--a strategy involves product strategy, pricing strategy, integrated
marketing communications, channels, and logistics strategy. It needs to offer value to the target market
Competitors: Who are the competitors we must consider? What are their likely actions and reactions?
This helps marketers assess any business problem or opportunity in terms of a general analysis of the
entire business situation. The customer and company are central players in the marketing exchange. The
,context includes the macro-environment: the economy, legal constraints, cultural differences, and
global segments.
STP - Answer--Marketing Framework Part 2
Strategic Marketing Planning
5 C's - Answer--Marketing Framework Part 1
Examining the External Environment
Customers: Who are they? What are they like? Do we want to draw different customers?
Company: What are our strengths and weaknesses? What customer benefits can we provide?
Context: What is happening in our industry that might reshape our future business?
Collaborators: Can we address our customers' needs while strengthening our business to business (B2B)
partnerships?
Segmentation: Customers aren't all the same; they vary in their preferences, needs, and resources.
Targeting: Attracting some of those customers makes better sense than going after others.
Positioning: Communicate your benefits clearly to your intended customers.
, Refers to the fact that businesses or organizations are unlikely to be all things to all people, so it is best
to identify groups or segments of customers who share similar needs and wants. When the different
segments' preferences are understood, then the organization can identify the targeted segments.
Specialty purchases - Answer--A new car, fashion shows, an expensive laptop computer. (B2C high)
Straight rebuy - Answer--You're out of toothpaste and you mindlessly pop a tube of your usual brand
into your basket. (B2B low)
Modified rebuy - Answer--You reach for your brand of toothpaste but you try a new flavor. ( B2B
Moderate)
New buy - Answer--You're buying teeth whitening strips for the first time and think what attributes
must you consider. (B2B High)
Low customer involvement - Answer--Customers don't care and won't spend time thinking about
brands. They will typically be somewhat price sensitive.
Moderate customer involvement - Answer--Some effort is expended prior to purchase to obtain good
value.
4 P's - Answer--Marketing Framework Part 3
Marketing Tactics
Product: Will customers want what your company is prepared to produce?
Price: Will customers pay what you would like to charge?