marketing stresses the importance of delivering genuine benefits in the offerings of goods, services, and ideas sold to customers.
marketing persuades people to buy the "wrong" things.
A) the strategy used by multinational firms that have as many different product variations, brand names, and advertising programs as countries in which they do business.
You can call yourself a marketing expert only if you have sold something.
Which of the following statements about marketing activities is most accurate?#N#a. Marketing is essentially developing the right product and convincing potential customers that they "need" it, not just "want" it.#N#b. Marketing is affected by society but rarely, if ever, affects society as a whole.#N#c.Marketing activities are the sole responsibility of the marketing department; other departments are involved only if there is an emergency (such as a product recall).#N#d. Environmental forces do not affect marketing activities as long as a firm closely monitors its environment through rigorous market research.#N#e. The marketing department both shapes and is shaped by its relationship with internal and external groups.
a. Marketing is essentially developing the right product and convincing potential customers that they "need" it, not just "want" it.
The trade of things of value between buyer and seller so that each is better off after the trade is referred to as a. barter.
a. the linking of the organization to its individual customers, employees, suppliers, and other partners for their mutual long-term benefits.
d. Environmental forces do not affect marketing activities as long as a firm closely monitors its environment through rigorous market research.