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Marketing (By the books) - Answer An organizational function and a set of process for creating,
capturing, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer
relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders
Working definition of Marketing - Answer Anticipating and determining the needs/wants of
consumers and satisfying those need through the use of the 4P's to create long term exchanges
of value.
Exchange - Answer The trade of things of value between the buyer and the seller so that each
is better off as a result
Value - Answer Reflects the relationship of benefits to costs, or what the consumer gets for
what they give.
Marketing Mix - Answer The controllable set of activates that a firm uses to respond to the
wants of its target.
Product, Price, Promotion, and Place.
Product - Creating Value
Price - Capturing Value
Promotion - Communicating Value
Place - Delivering Value - Answer How does value apply to all of the 4P's?
Product -Creating Value - Answer Happens through a variety of offerings, including goods,
services, and ideas.
Price - Capturing Value - Answer Everything a buyer gives up in exchange for the product.
Must be an amount customers are willing to pay and which gives a profit
, To influence their opinions or elicit a response.
Goods - Answer Items that can be physically touched
Services - Answer Any intangible offering that involves a deed, performance, or effort that
cannot be physically possessed.
Intangible customer benefits that are produced by people or machines and cannot be separated
from the producer
Ideas - Answer Intellectual concepts - thoughts, opinions, and philosophies.
B2C(Business to consumer) - Answer The process in which businesses sell to consumers
B2B(Business to Business) - Answer The process of selling merchandise or services from one
business to another
C2C(Consumer to Consumer) - Answer The process in which consumers sell to other
consumers
Value Cocreation - Answer Customers act as collaborations with a manufacturer or retailer to
create the product or service.
Production Orientation Era - Answer Focus is on internal capability and technology.
Key question: What does the firm do best?
Sales Orientation Era - Answer Focus is on aggressive sales techniques.
Worries more about transaction numbers
Key question: how can we sell more of what we have?
Value Based Marketing Orientation - Answer Purpose of the organization is to satisfy
consumer needs/wants, while meeting organizational objectives.
Key question: What does the customer want?