College Marketing – Mrs. Crusco Student Name:____________________________ Key Concepts for note taking chapter 1: • Marketing • Customers • Target market • Marketing mix • Products • Exchanges • Stakeholders • Marketing environment • Marketing concept • Marketing orientation • Relationship marketing • Customer relationship management (CRM) • Value • Marketing management • SWOT Analysis Marketing Concepts and Vocabulary to understand Vocabulary accounting and finance -the business function that plans and manages financial resources and maintains records and information related to a business's finances bartering - exchanging products or services with others by agreeing on their values without using money central market -a location where people bring products to be conveniently exchanged distribution - the process, locations and methods used to make the product available to customers management - involves developing, implementing, and evaluating the plans and activities of a business market - the prospective customers a business wants to serve and the location of those customers marketing - the process of developing, promoting, and distributing goods and services in order to satisfy customers’ needs and wants in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. marketing concept -using the needs of customers as the primary focus during the planning, production, pricing, distribution, and promotion of a product or service marketing mix - blending of the four marketing elements (product, distribution, price, and promotion) by the business merchandising - offering products produced or manufactured by others for sale to customers money system - the use of currency as a recognized medium of exchange operations -the ongoing activities designed to support the primary function of a business and keep it operating efficiently price -the actual amount customers pay and the methods of increasing the value of the product to the customers product - anything offered to a market by the business to satisfy needs, including physical products, services, and ideas production -the business function that creates or obtains products or services for sale relationship marketing - focuses on developing loyal customers who continue to purchase from the business for a long period of time self-sufficient - not relying on others for the things you need to survive specialization of labor - concentrating effort on one thing or a few related activities so that they can be done well