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Marketing
Business Studies-Junior Cycle-Marketing Revision
Question | Answer |
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What is a Market? | A market is the exchange of goods or services for payment.The term market can also mean the place where the exchange takes place. |
What is the missing part in this chain of distribution? Manufacturer > Wholesaler > ???? > Consumer | Retailer |
What is Marketing? | All activities undertaken by a business which help it produce goods or services wanted by consumers. |
List the six stages of marketing | Market Research, Production, Place, Price, Promotion, Market Research. |
What is the missing part in this chain of distribution?Manufacturer > ???? > Retailer > Consumer | Wholesaler |
What is Market research? (before you create a product) | Finding out what customers want, what competitors are doing, where best to advertise and sell. |
In marketing, what is production? | Producing a product or service based on what consumers want i.e quality, size, packaging etc. |
In marketing, what is place? | Deciding on the best channels of distribution e.g through others or direct to the customer. |
In marketing, what is price? | Selecting a price which consumers will be willing to pay. taking into account cost of production, competitors prices, consumer income & desired profit. |
In marketing, what is promotion? | Using advertising, personal selling, sponsorship, special offers, attractive displays etc. |
What is Market research? (after you create a product) | Finding out if the consumers are satisfied with the product, price, promotion and place. Changes can then be made to improve these. |
What is the Marketing Mix also know as? | The four P's of Marketing |
What are the four P's of Marketing? | Product, Price, Promotion , Place |
What information does market research provide? | •Details of customers: Number of potential customers, their likes and dislikes, their income, their location. •Details of competitors: Their prices, their location, how they advertise etc. |
What is a target market? | The segment of the population at whom the product/service is aimed e.g teenagers, working mothers, Active people, students. |
What are the two types of Market Research? | Desk research and Field research |
What is desk research also called? | Also called secondary research |
What is field research also called? | Also called primary research |
What does desk research involve? | Obtaining information from available sources e.g. government publications, internet, personal records on file, magazines etc. |
What does field research involve? | Obtaining information which is not available from desk research. Observing people, surveys, questionnaires, 1 to 1 interviews. |
Why would you create a market research report? | The marketing manager prepares a report for the managing director. This includes all the market research information available so the company can start to make decisions. |
What details should be included in a market research report? | Name of the company, Product/service to research for, Date, To, From, Details of who was surveyed/questioned, Results, Your signature, your title. |
What is product development? | This involves bringing in new products to meet the changing needs and habits of consumers. Some companies improve or adapt their own or competitors products e.g. Apple, Car manufacturers. |
What is advertising? | This is the giving of information, about a product or service to consumers in the hope that they will buy the product or use the service. |
What are the reasons for advertising? | 1.To inform customers of the availability of products/services, price changes, business changes. 2.To persuade customers to purchase, that they need to buy a product or service. 3.To highlight the difference between one product and another. |
What methods of advertising are there? | Television, Radio, Newspapers, Posters, Billboards, Cars, Trucks, Internet, Magazines and Journals, Email and Text messages, Post and Flyers, Websites and Facebook. |
Name a sales promotion technique? | Special offers, Branding, Sponsorship, Merchandising, Public relations, product placement, celebrity endorsements. |
What is Branding? | Use of a logo or name to distinguish one product from another. |
What is Sponsorship? | Supporting teams, organisations or events in return for having the business name on the posters or clothes. |
What is Merchandising? | Displaying products in an attractive way in shops or shop windows to encourage impulse shoppers to buy. |
What is product placement? | Paying to have your product item, brand or logo on display in a TV show or film. |
When a company pays for advertising, what is this classed as in their accounts? | An expense |
What two accounts are affected when recording advertising fees? | CREDIT Bank (analysed cash book) DEBIT Advertising a/c (general ledger) |
What is import substitution? | Replacing foreign products with Irish products. |