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Course Title: Entrepreneurship and Marketing
Course Title: Entrepreneurship and Marketing
AND MARKETING
Career Anchors
A “Career Anchor” is a combination of perceived areas of
competence, motives, and values relating to professional work choices.
Career Anchors
Technical anchor
(Automobile mechanics, computer repair shop owners,
hobby shop owners, and small technology manufacturers)
Managerial anchor
(Chain store owners and manufacturers who produce a variety of products)
Security anchor
(might purchase a well-established franchise such as McDonald’s or Pizza Hut, or an existing
business with a proven track record).
Creativity anchor
Promotion-based businesses such as advertising and retail merchandising are a better fit.
Autonomy anchor
Inventors, writers, and artists.
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Needs:
Human needs are states of felt deprivation. (Physical needs for food, clothing, warmth, and safety)
Wants:
Want are the form taken by human needs as they are shaped by culture and individual personality.
People have almost unlimited wants but limited resources.
They want to choose products that provide the most value and satisfaction for their money.
Demands:
When backed by buying power, wants become demands.
Consumers view products as bundles of benefits and choose products that give them the best
bundle for their money.
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• Conscious needs
• Preconscious needs
• Unconscious need
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Demands:
Types of demand:-
Nonexistent demand—Consumers may be unaware of or uninterested in the
product.
Latent demand—Consumers may share a strong need that cannot be satisfied
by an existing product.
Declining demand—Consumers begin to buy the product less frequently or
not at all.
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Demands:
Types of demand:-
Full demand—Consumers are adequately buying all products put into the
marketplace.
Market Segmentation
The process of dividing the market into subgroups of similar customers.
Market Segment
Subgroups of people that share similarities which can be used for more
efficient seller/buyer relationship.
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Substantial
Accessible
Actionable
Differentiable
Measurable
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Target Market
Subgroup that present greatest opportunity for targeting.
How to select segments for targeting?
Need to take into account:
Available company resources
Segment growth potential
Segment profitability
Competitive environment
Company long term objective
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