A | B |
Place utility | Catalogs or store location are examples of this utility |
possession utility | Accepting installment plans, layaway, credit cards are examples of this utility |
customer profile | list includes things like age, gender, income, etc |
Exchange | process of receiving something for giving something else |
Marketing research | a rating form or survey is an example |
A service | examples would be non-tangibles like Bogey's or lessons |
Place decision | means of getting a product to the consumer |
Financing | function of obtaining money needed to start and operate business |
Time utility | Having Christmas candy in DECEMBER |
Information utility | salespeople providing advice is an example of this utility |
Communication and interpersonal | skills essential to marketing |
market | people who share needs/wants and have the money to purchase |
Goods | tangible items |
Product service management | obtaining developing improving a product |
Promotion | the function that involves informing persuading reminding customers about a product |
Pricing | the function that is deciding how much to charge |
Distribution | transporting storing products |
Marketing | planning, promoting, and distributing products is the short definition |
form | the only non marketing utility |
consumer | one who actually uses a product |
distribution | the function that is deciding how to get products into customer's hands |
industrial market | businesses buying for use in business or resale |
product, place, price, promotion | 4 P's (Marketing Mix) |
market share | companies % of the total market |
market potential | total market |
selling | the function that is providing customers with goods and services that they want |
utility | usefullness, added value |
price decision | what usually goes down if demand and supply go up is a part of this 4 P |
pricing | paying cash for what is on a tag is a part of this function |
product decision | new items are a part of this 4 P |
promotion decision | one of 4 p's involving things like advertised sales |
customer | one who actually buys the product |
form utility | transforming raw materials into a more useful product |
marketing information management | the marketing function that involves gathering and analyzing data to make decisions |
How marketing lowers prices | Increased demand resulting in larger quantities and lower per unit cost and increased competitors are the benefits of this |