Thursday, January 21, 2010

Thur Jan 21

For students who didn't finish their time in the store.  

Define: Inventory, loss leader, overhead, up selling, and shrinkage.

Paragraph:  Write a paragraph explaining why work experience is important.  Explain it as if you were a business owner and trying to hire someon

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Wed Jan 20

Here is the list of terms from Chapter 9.

Advertising is most important for
identical
mass marketed
easy to describe
low priced
new
heavily competitive
Brand awareness
brand trial
brand preference
brand reminder
brand repositioning
Unique selling proposition
SWOT
biological appeal
emotional appeal
rational appeal
social appeal
8 Types of media with advantages and disadvantages for each.
Lobbyist
Contests and sweepstakes
refunds and rebates
redemption
premium
self liquidators
Point of purchase

When you finish these terms, go to the shared drive, classes, Mr Southwell, Review games, and do the review games. The SWF files are the ones to open.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Tue Jan 19

Review terms for chapters 4 and 5

Chapter 4

market research
hard data
primary data
secondary data
periodicals
consultants
quantitative research
qualitative research
test marketing
closed ended questions
open ended questions
random sampling
media reasearch
consumer tracking devices
*how store design increases sales
*how store design decreases shrinkage
*shrinkage

Chapter 5

feasibility study
invention
innovation
8 stages of product development
utility
form utility (material, sent,flavour, colour, design, packaging)
information utility
place utility
time utility
possession utility
product mapping
marketing oppourtinity analysis
cost benefit analysis
ergonomics
* GATT
* WTO
* Subsidies
* Hyperinflation
* Tween
* Age Compression
* Word of mouth marketing (idea virus)
* commercial real estate
* residential real estate
(*) Slogan
(*) Jingle
* Knock off

Monday, January 18, 2010

Mon Jan 18

Today we start Review for your final Exam on Friday  JANUARY 22!!

Here is a list of terms for Chapter 1

Here is a list of what you are responsible for knowing for the Final Exam. Today we will have to computer based review activities and then you are to work on writing brief definitions for the following terms to study from. We will work on the difficult ones as a group.

* = Not in Textbook


Marketing:
Industrial goods (finished goods)
Raw material
Supply and Demand
Marketing Organization (Regional, International, Brand, Distribution)
Target Market
aggregate market
differentiated market

Marketing mix (4 P's)
Product Mix
Promotions Mix
Pricing Mix
Place Mix

Brand / Branding
Push strategy
Pull strategy
* Census

Chapters 2 and 3.


Here is a list of what you are responsible for knowing for the Final Exam. Today we will have to computer based review activities and then you are to work on writing brief definitions for the following terms to study from. We will work on the difficult ones as a group.

* = Not in Textbook
Chapter 2

Customer
Consumer
(*) Consignment
Gatekeeper
Product Life cycles (traditional, seasonal, fad, niche)
fad vs trend
demographics
baby boomers
Thorndikes Law of Effect
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Household name
* Celebrity endorsement
Bust
* Spin off product

Chapter 3

profit
free market
perfect competition
monopoly
oligopy
private property
public property
R & D (research and development)
direct competition
indirect competition
customer loyalty (card)
production cost
Top of the mind
Service base
Product base
value added service
market share
* communism
market segment
landed cost
category killer

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Wed Jan 13

Review Questions for chapter 9.

1. When is advertising most important (6 points, explain each one)?
2. What are the goals of advertising? Explain each in your own words.
3. What is SWOT? Explain each letter.
4. What are Biological, Emotional, Rational and Social appeals?
5. List and explain 8 types of media?
6. What is public relations?
7. What is a lobbyist?
8. List and explain the 7 main types of sales promotion.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Mon Jan 11


Read and discuss different advertising strategies.

Go to the following link and complete the activity.  (the last of the 4 links doesn't work  but you will have enough information.  For the skit, you can CHOOSE,either you can act it our or you may choose only to create a script with your partner.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Thur Jan 7

Commercial Day

Read pgs 357-367 and fill in the chart below.  

Medium (Description)                            Advantages                              Disadvantages