BSBMKG433 Student Assessment Tasks 04-03-21
BSBMKG433 Student Assessment Tasks 04-03-21
BSBMKG433 Student Assessment Tasks 04-03-21
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
3. Provide two examples each of the sources of marketing information by completing the table
below:
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:
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.