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Marketing
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A process by which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships
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Strategy
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Long term
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Needs
3 types of needs and examples
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States of deprivation
physical-food, clothing, warmth, safety
social-belonging and affection
individual-knowledge and self-affection
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Wants
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The form that needs take as they are shaped by cultural influences and individual personality
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Demands
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Wants backed by buying power
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Market offerings
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Combination of products, services, information or experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want
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Market myopia
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Focusing only on existing wants and losing sight of underlying consumer needs (SUVs)
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Expectations of customers and marketers
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Customers-value and satisfaction
marketers-set the right level of expectations
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Exchange
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The act of obtaining a desired object from someone by offering something in return
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Goal of marketers?
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Want to build and maintain strong relationships by consistently delivering superior customer value
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Markets
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A set of actual and potential buyers
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Marketing system
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Consists of al the actors (suppliers, company, competitors, intermediaries, end users) in the system affected by the major enviromental forces
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Major environmental forces
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Demographics
economics
physical
technological
political-legal
socio-cultural
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Marketing management
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Choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them...who do we serve? how can we best serve them?
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Market segmentation
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Refers to dividing the markets into segments of customers
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