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Marketing Basics

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An approach to market segmentation in which organizations focus precise marketing efforts on very small geographic markets






2. The practice of exchanging a good or service for another good or service of like value






3. An agreement between two brands to work together in marketing new or existing products






4. A person who is frequently able to influence others' attitudes or behaviors by virtue of his or her active interest and expertise in one or more product categories






5. A means of characterizing consumers based on the different family stages they pass through as they grow older






6. Sometimes called millenials - refer to those born from 1978-1994






7. A relatively permanent change in behavior caused by acquired information or experience






8. The belief that use of a product has potentially negative consequences - either financial - physical or social






9. The adopters who are willing to try new products when there is a little or no risk associated with the purchase - when the purchase becomes an economic necessity - or when there is a social pressure to purchase






10. Products that consumers purchase to signal membership in a desirable social class






11. Products created when firms transform raw materials from their original state






12. What is left of disposable income after paying for necessities






13. An approach that categorizes motives according to five levels of importance - the more basic needs being on the bottom of the hierarchy and the higher needs at the top






14. A practice of charging different prices to a different customers to manage capacity while maximizing revenues






15. The loss of sales of an existing product when a new item in a product line or product family is introduced






16. Goods or services for which a consumer has little awareness or interest until the product or a need for the product is brought to his or her attention






17. A pricing tactic for two items that must be used together; one item is priced very low and the firm makes its profit on another - high-margin item essential to the operation of the first item






18. A market with broadly similar needs and sellers offering various - often divers - ways of satisfying those needs






19. Pricing a new product low for a limited period of time to lower the risk for a customer






20. Identifies and lists the firms strengths and weaknesses and its opportunities and threats






21. Pricing products to maximize sales or to attain a desired level of sales or market share






22. Segmenting the market and picking one of the homogeneous segments as the firms target market






23. An arrangement unique to business marketing in which two organizations agree to buy from each other






24. Opportunities that help innovators develop hard to copy marketing strategies that will be very profitable for a long time






25. Communicating with large numbers of customers at the same time






26. A pricing tactic in which a firm adds a standard shipping charge to the price for all customers regardless the location






27. Those that actually affect the customers purchase of specific product or brand in a product market






28. A method for calculating price in which - to maintain full plant operating capacity - a portion of a firm's output may be sold at a price that covers only marginal costs of production






29. A strategy of experimenting with prices until the price that generates the highest profitability is found






30. The practice of recognizing and targeting the distinctive needs and wants of one or more ethnic subcultures






31. The collection - analysis - and distribution of all the info needed to plan - carry out - and control marketing activities - wether in the firms own neighborhood or in a market overseas






32. Combining two or more submarkets into one larger target market as a basis for one strategy






33. An integrated economic and social unit wit a large population nucleus






34. A marketing mix is tailored to fit some specific target customers






35. Group of people within an organization who focus exclusively on the development of a new product






36. Sales forecasts prepared by experts such as economists - management consultants - advertising executives - college professors - or other persons outside the firm






37. Consumer products that provide benefits for a short time because they are consumed - such as food - or are no longer useful such as newspaper.






38. Goods that a business customer consumes in a relatively short time






39. A process in which firms identify the quality and functionality needed to satisfy customers and what price they are willing to pay before the product is designed; the product is manufactured only if the firm can control costs to meet the required pri






40. A pricing strategy in which a firm introduces a new product at a very low price to encourage more customers to purchase it






41. The process whereby a consumer searches for appropriate information needed to make a reasonable decision






42. The second stage in the product life cycle - during which the product is accepted and sales rapidly increase






43. Means that a firm has a marketing mix that the target market sees as better than a competitors mix






44. A forecasting method that uses historical sales data to discover patterns in the firm's sales over time and generally involves trend - cycle - seasonal - and random factor analyses






45. A method of predicting sales based on finding a relationship between past sales and one or more independent variables - such as population or income






46. A name - term - symbol - or any other unique element of a product that identifies one firm's product(s) and sets it apart from the competition






47. An analysis that focuses on aggregate sales data over a period of many years to determine general trends in annual sales






48. The legal term for a brand name - brand mark - or trade character; trademark legally registered by a government obtains protection for exclusive use in that country






49. Government payments made to protect domestic businesses or to reimburse them when they must price at or below cost to make a sale. the subsidy can be a cash payment or tax relief






50. A strategy where prices are set significantly higher than competing brands