The set of strategies and activities by which companies acquire and engage customers, build strong customer relationships, and create superior customer value in order to capture value from customers in return
Key elements of marketing
Set of strategies and activities
Acquire and engage customers
Build strong customer relationship
Create superior customer value
Capture value in return
Needs
States of felt deprivation
Wants
The form human needs take as they are shaped by culture and individual personality
Needs are shaped by culture and personality
Demands
Human wants that are backed by buying power
Market offerings
Some combination of products, services, solutions, and experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want
Marketing myopia
The mistake of paying more attention to the specific products a company offers than to the benefits and experiences produced by these products
Exchange
The act of obtaining a desired object from a person or an organization by offering something in return
Market
The set of all actual and potential buyers of a product or service
Production concept
The idea that consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable; therefore, the organization should focus on improving production and distribution efficiency
Product concept
The idea that consumers will favor products that offer the most quality, performance, and features; therefore, the organization should devote its energy to making continuous product improvements
Selling concept
The idea that consumers will not buy enough of the firm's products unless the firm undertakes a large-scale selling and promotion effort
Marketing concept
A philosophy in which achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions better than competitors do
Societal marketing concept
The idea that a company's marketing decisions should consider consumers' wants, the company's requirements, consumers' long-run interests, and society's long-run interests
Customer relationship management
The overall process of building and maintaining profitable customer relationships by delivering superior customer value and satisfaction
Customer-perceived value
The customer's evaluation of the difference between the benefits delivered by and the costs of obtaining and using a market offering, relative to those of competing offerings
Customer satisfaction
The sense of pleasure a buyer feels when a product's perceived performance matches or exceeds their expectations
Customer-engagement marketing
Making the brand a meaningful part of customers' conversations and lives by fostering direct and continuous customer involvement in shaping brand conversations, experiences, and community
Customer brand advocacy
Actions by which satisfied customers initiate favorable interactions with others about a brand
Customer-generated marketing
Brand exchanges created by customers themselves—both invited and uninvited—by which customers play a role in shaping their own brand experiences and those of other customers
Partner relationship management
Working closely with partners in other company departments and outside the company to jointly bring greater value to customers
Customer lifetime value
The value of the entire stream of purchases a customer makes over a lifetime of patronage
Share of customer
The portion of the customer's spending in its product categories that a company captures
Customer equity
The total combined customer lifetime values of all of the company's customers
Internet of Things (IoT)
A global environment where everything and everyone is digitally connected to everything and everyone else
Digital and social media marketing
Using digital marketing tools such as websites, social media, mobile apps and ads, online video, email, and blogs to engage consumers anywhere, at any time, via their digital devices
Strategic planning
The process of developing and maintaining a profitable strategic fit between the organization's goals and capabilities and its changing marketing opportunities
Mission statement
A statement of the organization's purpose—what it wants to accomplish in the larger environment
Business portfolio
The collection of businesses and products that make up the company
Portfolio analysis
The process by which management evaluates and plans for the future of the products and businesses that make up the company
Growth-share matrix
A portfolio-planning method that evaluates a company's strategic business units (SBUs) in terms of market growth rate and relative market share
Product/market expansion grid
A portfolio-planning tool for identifying company growth opportunities through market penetration, market development, product development, or diversification
Market penetration
Company growth by increasing sales of current products to current market segments without changing the product
Market development
Company growth by identifying and developing new market segments for current company products
Product development
Company growth by offering modified or new products to current market segments
Diversification
Company growth through starting up or acquiring businesses outside the company's current products and markets
Value chain
The set of internal departments that carry out value-creating activities to design, produce, market, deliver, and support a firm's products
Value delivery network
A network composed of the company, suppliers, distributors, and, ultimately, even customers who partner with each other to improve the performance of the entire system in delivering customer value
Marketing strategy
The marketing logic by which the company hopes to create customer value and achieve profitable customer relationships