Uw madison mkt 300 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Product - The need-satisfying offering of a firm Customer Satisfaction - The extent to which a firm fulfills a consumers' needs, desires and expectations Innovation - The development and spread of new ideas, goods and services Economies of Scale - As a company produces larger numbers of a particular product, the cost of each unit of the product goes down Production Era - A time when a company focuses on production of a few specific products - perhaps because few of these products are ava...

What are the decisions marketing managers have to make? (4) - Answer-1. Desired objective 2. Kind of advertising 3. Media to reach target customers 4. What to say (the message) advertising allowance - Answer-price reductions to firms further along in the channel to encourage them to advertise or otherwise promote the firm's products locally Cooperative advertising - Answer-involves producers sharing in the cost of ads with wholesalers or retailers Types of Advertising - Answer-1. Produc...