given up in an exchange to acquire a good or service
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value
price benefit relationship; how much you get from the price you pay; benefit/price
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volume oriented pricing
emphasis is on achieving a set market share or unit sales volume; focus on as much as possible; lower price
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profit oriented pricing
emphasis on profit maximization or acheiving a specific target return on investment; maximize the difference in what you charge versus what you spend
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status quo oriented
emphasis on maintaining existing prices or keeping prices in line with competitor's prices; copying competition pricing
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demand schedule
a table showing the relationship between price and quantity demanded
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demand curve
a graph showing the relationship between price and quantity demanded
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elasticity coefficient formula
% change in quantity / % change in price
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unitary elasticity
increase in sales exactly offsets a decrease in prices so total revenue remains the same
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cause of elastic and inelastic demand
Luxury. Time period. Availability of substitutes. Necessity and demand of a commodity. The proportion of income spent on the good.
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effects of elastic and inelastic demand on revenue
increases in price result in decreases in revenue means demand is elastic
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breakeven point
the number of units or product that must be sold at a given price in order to break even
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breakeven analysis
a technique that analyzes the relationship between total revenue and total cost to determine profitability at various levels of output
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breakeven formula
fixed cost / (selling price - variable cost)
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markup pricing
to establish a selling price by wholesalers and retailers
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markup formula based on cost
cost + markup%(cost) = selling price
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markup formula based on retail
cost / (1-markup%) = selling price
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cash discounts
reduction in list price that rewards customers for paying their bills promply (2/10, net 30)
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cash discount calculation
(%)/(discount time). Net (payment due)
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FOB origin
buyer pays for freight; title to the goods passes to the buyer at the point of loading shipment onto the mode of transportation
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FOB destination
seller pays for freight; title to the good passes to the buyer once the shipment is delivered to the buyer
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odd-even pricing
setting prices a few dollars or cents under an even number
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loss-leader pricing
a market strategy that prices products lower than the cost to produce them in order to attract new customers or to sell additional products to customers
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price fixing
an agreement between two or more firms on the price they will charge for a product; collusion; illegal under the Sherman Act and FTC Act
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price discrimination
Robinson-Patman Act prohobits firms from charging different prices to different buyers for the same product; applies to business transactions and tangible goods only
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predatory pricing
charging a very low price for a product with the intent of driving competitors out of business and later raising prices; illegal under Sherman Act and FTC Act; courts see it as price below cost
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deceptive pricing
price deals that mislead consumers; outlawed by the FTC Act; include bait and switch and former price comparisons
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former price comparisons
when a seller represents a price as reduced when it really is not; offered in good faith at a higher price for a substancial previous period and not just for establishing a reference
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promotion
communication by marketers to inform, persuade, and remind potential buyers of a product in order to influence an opinion or elicit a response
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promotion mix
advertising, public relations, sales promotion, personal selling, social media
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integrated marketing communications
designing marketing communications programs that coodinate all promotional activities to provide a consistent message across all audiences in order to ensure image is consistent
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sales promotions
short term incentives used to arouse interest in buying a good or service
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public relations
describes a variety of communication activities that seek to create and maintain a positive image of an organization and its products among various publics, including customers, gov officials, and shareholders
gettings thoughts in order for advertisements, sales presentation, store display, coupon, press release, and social media
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decoding
receiver interpretation of message
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noise
communication disruption through other advertisements, news articles, and other store displays
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feedback
receiver's response from market research, sales results, change in market share, and social media
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3 primary goals of promotion
informing, persuading, and reminding
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informing in PLC
relates to introduction
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persuading in PLC
relates to growth
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reminding in PLC
relates to maturity
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advertising
impersonal, one-way mass communication about a product or organization that is paid for by a marketer
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advertising campaign
a series of related avertisements focusing on a common theme, slogan, and set of advertising appeals that promotes a particular product or company for a defined period of time
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advertising campaign development process
review the marketing plan, specify ad objectives, and develop the creative plan/media plan
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review marketing plan
review marketing plan
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set ad objectives
set ad objectives
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creative plan
identify product benefits, select the execution styles, create ad executions
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media plan
class (major media group) vs vehicle (choice within class)
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advertising objective
identify the specific communication tasks that a campaign should accomplish for a specified target audience during a specified time period
approach, style, tone, words, and format used for an advertising message
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slice of life
ad is drama with problem, product is the hero (bounty, minute maid energy)
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testimonials
person is talking about a perosnal experience with product
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personality/product symbol
campaign is built around a fictional character (geico)
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imagery
commercials with not as much info but are visual interesting; photography, music, aim is brand image (perfume)
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straight sell
spokesperson telling about the product (weight loss - marie osborne)
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comparisons
comparing directly or indirectly products to competition (cell service, apple)
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fear appeal
negative consequences of not using a product or of using the competitor's product (security system)
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develop the ad execution
copy, layout, storyboard, script
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copy
writing words of ad
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layout
for print ad, radioscript, television storyboard
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storyboard
describes the visual and audio
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script
written dialogue or guide used by sales reps
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major media classes
newspaper, magazines, radio, television, internet, outdoor media
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newspaper
geographic selectivity, limited demographics, short-term commitment, immediacy, short lead time, expensive
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magazines
reproduction, demographic and regional selectivity, long life, long lead time
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radio
low cost, immediacy, short life, background noise, high frequency required
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television
wide audience, low cpm, immediacy, demographics pos/neg, campaign cost, long lead time
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internet
narrow target ability, short lead time, moderate cost, difficult to measure effectiveness
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outdoor media
repetition, moderate cost, geographic selectivity, lack demographics, high noise level
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factors to consider when selecting a media class
cost (cpm), target audience considerations, geographic coverage required, lead time, frequency required, selectivity, medium life span, nature of the message
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geographic selectivity
media classes may have specific areas an advertiser can zero in on without spill over
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demographic selectivity
reaching a specific audience
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target market media usage
use the medium that the target market uses
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cost (cpm)
cost per thousand, allows for price comparison to reach a thousand people between media forms
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life
how long the ad lives
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nature of message
the goal of the ad campaign
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lead time
how far in advance for scheduling
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paid search advertising
when someone looks up a particular product or service, the ads show up on the search engine results page
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organic results
search engines generate organic search results based on your site's relevancy to a user's search query
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keywords
words or phrases people use to look for things on the internet
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SERP ad position
adwords show how often keywords show up and allow the business to bid on these keywords, orders by how well the websites are and how relevant they are to the keywords
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consumer sales promotion
sales promotion activities targeting the ultimate consumer
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trade sales promotion
sales promotion activities targeting a marketing channel member, such as a wholesaler or tailer
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advantages of sales promotions
product awareness, customer involvement and loyalty, support other promotions, reduce inventory
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disadvantages of relying on sales promotion too heavily
an agreement between a manufacturer and retailer in which the manufacturer pays a certain percentage of the retailer's advertising costs assocated with the manufacturer's product