Transcript Chap. 01

The Meaning of Marketing
Marketers are bridge-builders
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On one side there is
the company or
organization
Marketers are bridge-builders
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On the other there
are consumers
Marketers are bridge-builders
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The company or
organization has
resources
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Capital resources
Human resources
Technical resources
Physical resources
Consumer franchise
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The consumers have
needs
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Physical
Safety
Affiliation
Prestige
Fulfillment
Marketers are bridge-builders
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Marketers build a bridge between the
company’s resources and consumers’
needs
Marketers are bridge-builders
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That bridge stands on four pillars
Marketers are bridge-builders
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Name the pillars on which the bridge stands
Marketers are bridge-builders
Promotion
Place
Price
Name the pillars on which the bridge stands
Product
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Marketers’ two major decisions
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How to construct the pillars?
Product
 Place
 Pricing
 Promotion
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Orchestration of the Marketing Mix
Marketers’ two major decisions
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To where should the bridge be built?
Demographics
 Geographics
 Psychographics
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Market Segmentation
 Target Marketing
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Two sources of information
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Consumer Behavior
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Principles of the behavioral and social
sciences
Marketing Research
Primary research data
 Secondary research data
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What is Consumer Behavior?
Consumer psychology
 Consumer sociology
 Consumer anthropology
 Consumer (behavioral) economics
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Social Science Perspectives
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Psychology
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Effects of
psychological
makeup on:
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Family formation
Mating & dating
Religiosity
Political preferences
Consumer behavior
Occupational values
Financial behavior
Social affiliations
Recreational behavior
Social Science Perspectives
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Sociology
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Effects of social
position and
conditions on:
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Family formation
Mating & dating
Religiosity
Political preferences
Consumer behavior
Occupational values
Financial behavior
Social affiliations
Recreational behavior
Social Science Perspectives
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Anthropology
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Effects of culture,
subculture and
ethnicity on:
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Family formation
Mating & dating
Religiosity
Political preferences
Consumer behavior
Occupational values
Financial behavior
Social affiliations
Recreational behavior
Social Science Perspectives
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Economics
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Effects of income,
wealth and earning
power on:
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Family formation
Mating & dating
Religiosity
Political preferences
Consumer behavior
Occupational values
Financial behavior
Social affiliations
Recreational behavior
Consumer Behavior perspectives
Psychology
Sociology
Anthropology
Economics
Structure of the course
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Consumer psychology
Needs
 Motives
 Perception
 Learning
 Personality
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Structure of the course
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Consumer social psychology
Communications
 Attitude formation
 Attitude change
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Structure of the course
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Consumer sociology
Reference groups
 Group dynamics
 Social class
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Structure of the course
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Consumer anthropology
Culture
 Subculture
 Ethnicity
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Structure of the course
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Consumer economics
Decision making
 Perceive risk
 Innovation diffusion
 Adoption process
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