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Marketing vocab-nima
vocab and terms
Term | Definition |
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opportunity costs | value of the next best alternative that you pass up when making a choice |
revenue stream | an activity that will produce money |
profit | the amount of money remaining from income after all expenses are paid |
profit motive | when a company makes decisions on how to use resources in ways that result in the greatest profit |
productivity | rate at which companies produces goods and services in relation to the amount of materials and number of employees idealized |
venture capital | financing provided to start a company in return for owning a part of the company |
income statement | a statement that shows all revenues received and all expenses incurred over a specific period of time |
economic market | all of the consumers who will purchase a product or service |
mass marketing | an attempt to appeal to a large general group of consumers |
marketing concept | keeping the focus on satisfying customer needs; requires maintaining important relationships with customers |
target market | a specific group of consumers a business wants to reach |
patronage purchase | purchases based on consumers loyalty to a particular brand of product |
rational purchase | when consumers recognize needs and wants, assess their priorities and budget, conduct research, compare alternatives, and then make purchases based on careful though and sound reasoning |
budget | a detailed projection of financial performance for a specific period of times |
benefits derived | the value people believe they will receive from a product or service |
customer service gap | the difference between customers expectations and the service that is actually received |
comparative advantage | the capability to produce products or services more efficiently and economically than the competition |
forecast | a report that predicts the expenses to be increased and the revenues to be earned |
economic impact | the effect produced by decisions that are made by consumers and businesses |
economics | the study of how goods and services are produced, distributed and consumed |
loss | occurs when not enough revenue is made to cover the expenses |
market share | the percentage of total sales of a product or service that a company |
return on investment (ROI) | calculates the businesses return as a percentage of the money invested |
economic utility | the amount of satisfaction a person receives from the consumption of a particular product or service |
form utility | improving the physical characteristics of a product or service |
time utility | the result of making the product or service available when the consumers want |
place utility | ensures that the product or service is available where the consumers wants it |
possession utility | results from making the product or service available at an affordable price |
scarcity | occurs when there is a limited amount of resources needed to produce and distribute goods or services |