Marketing-chapter 1

Chapter 1 of principles of marketing by kotler/armstrong

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