Marketing Management
Marketing Management
MANAGEMENT
By Mukesh Sehrawat
Customer Value
• Customer value is the customer’s perception of the
worth of your product or service.
• Customer value refers to the perceived benefits and
advantages that a customer receives from a product or
service in relation to its sacrifices.
• It is the expected satisfaction a customer expect s as a
result of using a particular product or service,
considering both the tangible and intangible aspects.
Customer Value Equation
• The customer value equation is a way to quantify the perceived value that customers derive
from a product or service. While there isn't a single standardized formula for calculating
customer value, various approaches exist. One common representation is:
• Product
• Price
• Place
• Promotion
Consumer Buying Behavior
• Consumer buying behavior refers to the decisions
and actions people undertake to buy products or
services for personal use. In other words, it’s the actions
you take before buying a product or service, and as you
will see, many factors influence that behavior. You and
all other consumers combine to make up the consumer
market.
Stimulus-Response Model
Factors Influencing Consumer
Behavior
Buying Roles
• We can distinguish five roles that people might play in a buying
decision. An initiator first suggests the idea of buying the product or
service. An influencer is the person whose view or advice influences
the decision. A decider actually decides whether to buy, what to buy,
how to buy, or where to buy. A buyer makes the actual purchase,
while a user consumes or uses the product or service.
Types of Consumer Buying Behavior
Types of Consumer Buying
Behavior
• Complex buying behavior occurs when you make a significant or expensive
purchase, like buying a new car. Because you likely don’t buy a new car frequently,
you’re highly involved in the buying decision, and you probably research different
vehicles or talk with friends or family before reaching your decision. By that time,
you’re likely convinced that there’s a significant difference among cars, and you’ve
developed your own unique set of criteria that helps you decide on your purchase.
• Dissonance-reducing buying behavior occurs when you’re highly involved in a
purchase but see little difference among brands. Let’s say you’re replacing the
flooring in your kitchen with ceramic tile—another expensive, infrequent purchase.
You might think that all brands of ceramic tile in a certain price range are “about
the same,” so you might shop around to see what’s available, but you’ll probably
buy rather quickly, perhaps as a result of a good price or availability. However,
after you’ve made your purchase, you may experience post-purchase dissonance
(also known as buyer’s remorse) when you notice some disadvantages of the tile
you purchased or hear good things about a brand you didn’t purchase.
Types of Consumer Buying Behavior
• Habitual buying behavior has low involvement in the
purchase decision because it’s often a repeat buy, and
you don’t perceive much brand differentiation. Perhaps
you usually buy a certain brand of organic milk, but you
don’t have strong brand loyalty. If your regular brand
isn’t available at the store or another brand is on sale,
you’ll probably buy a different brand.
• Variety-seeking buying behavior has the lowest
customer involvement because brand switching is your
norm. You may not be unhappy with your last purchase
of tortilla chips, but you simply want to try something
new. It’s a matter of brand switching for the sake of
variety rather than because of dissatisfaction with your
previous purchase.
Consumer Decision Process