Marketing Definition
Process of creating value for customers and building strong customer relationships in order to capture value/money from customers in return
3 Main Marketing Steps
Facets of Knowing the Customer
Wants/Needs Expectations Behaviors/Preferences Perceptions of Alternatives Attitudes/Hopes
Market
A group of end users with an need and the desire and the means to fill it
4 Bases of Market Segmentation
Demographic: age, gender, income, zipcode
Needs: overcoming pain points, challenges
Psychographic/Attitudinal: personality traits, lifestyle, interests
Behavioral: consumption intensity/frequency, channel preferences, category spending
Customer Segmentation
Grouping customers on the basis of a shared demographics, psychographic, need, behavior or all of the above combined so that marketers can use the same messages and media across large numbers of them
Benefits of having More Segments
Greater message relevance to each segment
Benefits of having Fewer Segments
Greater marketing spending efficiency
Customer Lifetime Value
Projected lifetime dollar value of each customer
Helps prioritize relationships and investment
Focuses on long-term relationship health
Customer Lifetime Value Inputs
Types of Info Leading to Customer Insights
Demographics Psychographics Wants/Needs Usage Behavior Decision Drivers/Barriers
Sources of Customer Info
Internal Sources: - Employees - Sales data - Usage data External Sources: - Customer advisory boards - Third party/syndicated research - Market research - Social media
Characteristics of Successful Marketers
Profitability/Loyalty Matrix
True Friends (high profitability and loyalty)
Customers: refer one brand in the category and generally pay full price
Marketers: Invest to turn them into brand advocates
Butterflies (high profitability, low loyalty)
Customers: Have a few brands they choose from based on something other than price
Marketers: Invest to get increase share
Barnacles (low profitability, high loyalty)
Customers:Have a preferred brand, but only buy it when there is a deal or special offer
Marketers: Invest to make them profitable
Strangers (low profitability and loyalty)
Customers: Have no preferred brand, and choose strictly on price
Marketers: Avoid investing
Strategic Planning Process Steps
SMART Metrics
Specific Measurable Aggressive Realistic Time-Bound
Growth Share Matrix
Market growth rate plotted against relative market share
Product/Market Expansion Matrix
Diversification (new product and market)
Selling completely different products or services to an entirely new market or customer type
Product Development (new product, current market)
Developing and cross-selling new products to customers you already sell to