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Chapter 04
Chapter 04
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Selection of Markets
Customer Satisfaction
Organizational Objectives
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Opportunity Evaluation
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Opportunity Identification
Identifying new types of classes of buyers Uncovering unsatisfied needs of buyers Creating new ways or means for satisfying buyer needs
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Opportunity-Organization Matching
Determines whether an identified opportunity is consistent with an organizations business, mission, and competencies SWOT Analysis often employed Financially attractive opportunities are sometimes rejected at this stage due to lack of match
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Opportunity Evaluation
Has both qualitative & quantitative phases
Qualitative Evaluates the likelihood of capitalizing on a market niche Quantitative Yields estimates of market sales potential and company sales forecasts
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Competitive Activity
Buyer Requirements
Buyer Type
A Market Consists of
Prospective buyers willing and able to purchase the existing or potential offering of an organization. Focus on Buyers Effective Demand
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2. Helps design marketing programs most effective for reaching homogenous groups of buyers
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Differentiable
Substantial
Accessible
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Market Targeting
Specifying segments to pursue
Organization Differentiated Marketing The organization pursues several different market segments simultaneously
Market
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Market Targeting
Specifying segments to pursue
Market
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Level of sales a single organization expects to achieve based on a chosen market strategy and an assumed competitive environment.
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