BSBMKG433 Student Assessment Tasks 04-03-21

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Questions

Provide answers to all of the questions below

1. Explain what is meant by each of the marketing concepts, by completing the table below:

Marketing Description
concept

Production • Consumers will favour products that are widely available and affordable.
• Oldest of the concepts
• Makes sense in countries where consumers interested in obtaining the
product regardless of its features

Product • Consumers will prefer those products that offer the most quality,
performance, or innovative features
• Assumes that consumers value well made products, quality and
performance.
• Can be ignorant of market needs

Selling • Assumes that consumers not buy enough of the selling company’s
products and must be coaxed into buying.
• Used when businesses have overcapacity
• Can be ignorant of market needs

Societal • Challenges other concepts


• Tries to gain the competitive advantage
• Rests on four pillars: target market, customer needs, integrated
marketing and profitability
2. Explain the contrast between internal and external data.
Answer: Internal data is information generated from within the business, covering areas such as
operations, maintenance, personnel, and finance. External data comes from the market,
including customers and competitors. It's things like statistics from surveys, questionnaires,
research, and customer feedback

3. Provide two examples each of the sources of marketing information by completing the table
below:

Information source Example

Internal data -Customer demographics


-Data about purchasing history

External data - Surveys and questionnaires


- Customer feedback

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Competitor data -social media
-monitoring published content

4. Explain what is meant by the term ‘market segmentation’.


Answer: Market segmentation is the process of dividing the total market for a product or service
into similar groups – each of which tends to be similar in all significant aspects. One or more of
these segments is then selected as the organisation’s target market

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5. List the 4Ps of the marketing mix and provide a short description of each.

Answer: Product: Products are the goods and/or services that a business provides for sale to the
identified target market. When developing products or services, a number of key features should
be considered including quality, design, features, packaging, customer service and any
subsequent after-sales service. These features will be relevant to the target group.
Place : Place relates to the distribution, location and methods of getting the product to the
customer. This includes the location of the business, shop front, distributors, logistics and the
potential use of the internet to sell products or services directly to consumers.
Price : Price is amount of money that customers pay in order to purchase products and/or
services. Price considerations include price setting, discounting, credit and cash purchases as well
as credit collection.
Promotion : Promotion means communicating the benefits and value of the product or service to
consumers. It means persuading general consumers to become customers of the business using
a range of methods such as online advertising, direct marketing, personal selling and sales
promotion. It is crucial for marketers to get positioning and the marketing mix right so their
marketing activities are effective. An organisation will need to understand where they rank in terms
of their competition. Therefore, they need to develop marketing plans to either win consumers with
their marketing mix to get a larger share of the market position, or if they already have a key
position in the market, they need to maintain their market share.

6. Provide the name of the Act that applies to the field of marketing communication by
completing the table below:

Legislative requirement Name of the Act

Consumer legislation that protects consumers and (CCA) The Competition


ensures fair trading andConsumer Act 2010

Legislation relating to spam Spam Act 2003

Legislation relating to privacy and implications for direct Privacy Act


marketing

Code of Ethics for advertising Australian Consumer Law

7. Provide an explanation of the role of the Advertising Standards Board and Bureau.
Answer ; The Advertising Standards Board and Bureau is the body established to manage
the advertising and marketing practices in Australia. It is to ensure that all businesses and
brands will conducted marketing activities in compliance with regulations and laws. Indeed,
they also administers he complaints resolution component of the advertising self-regulation
system.

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8. List three ways to gain specific knowledge of a product or service your company is marketing.
Answer :
- Learn about the industry, product and services through major papers and reports.
- Read and investigate the paper about the market characteristics, market share and
potential growth.
- Take part in management on-job training courses: These courses will help to gain general
basic knowledge about the industry and product and services ranges, while the learners
will be trained to practice with actual marketing case study.

BSBMKG433 Undertake marketing activities Assessment Pack | V2.0 | Oct 2021


Macquarie Education Group Australia Pty Ltd t/a Macquarie Institute | RTO Code 91305 | CRICOS Code 02657J

| Next Review: Oct 2022

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