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​You're convinced that it's time for your kitchen appliance store to invest in a CRM system.Your business partner,however,has some concerns.Decide which,if any,are valid.


A) ​CRM results are not measurable.
B) ​CRM systems are likely to increase the costs of store management.
C) ​CRM will enable you to assess customer satisfaction with your appliances, but not to reduce customer response time if those appliances malfunction.
D) ​CRM decentralizes data on buyers of particular appliance brands.
E) ​None of the concerns is valid.

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Customer relationship management systems help firms to simplify complex business processes.

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Match each item with the correct statement below. -_____ is a marketing effort that gathers volunteers to try products and then relies on them to talk about their experiences with their friends and colleagues.


A) strategic alliance
B) relationship marketing
C) cobranding
D) frequency marketing
E) value chain
F) database marketing
G) exponential smoothing
H) customer relationship management
I) trend analysis
J) internal customers
K) comarketing
L) quick-response merchandising
M) affinity program
N) lifetime value of a customer
O) Delphi technique
P) national account selling
Q) transaction-based marketing
R) customer churn
S) buzz marketing
T) grassroots marketing

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In the context of the levels of relationship marketing,which of the following is a drawback associated with the efforts that focus on pricing and other financial incentives to attract customers?


A) It makes advertising and promotional expenses worthless.
B) It leads to hostile relationships with the suppliers.
C) It does not encourage creativity in advertising.
D) It is least likely to lead to a long-term relationship.

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As compared to happy customers,unhappy customers typically talk less about their buying experiences.

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​Should your cooks be considered customers of your restaurant? Why or why not?


A) ​No, because they are not allowed to eat what they cook.
B) ​Yes, because their family members get discounts.
C) ​No, because they are employees.
D) ​No, because they eat there for free.
E) ​Yes, because their work impacts the overall value delivered by the restaurant.

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Planners apply qualitative sales forecasting techniques when they want judgmental or subjective indicators.

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Affinity marketing consists of frequent-buyer or user marketing programs that reward customers with cash,rebates,merchandise,or other premiums.

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​You just bought a car dealership that has been in business for many years.The former owner trained his team in transaction-based marketing.But you believe in a relationship marketing approach,so you plan to retrain the salespeople to focus primarily on:


A) ​Creating inducements to close the sale
B) ​Succeeding in short-term exchanges
C) ​Limiting communication with customers
D) ​Succeeding in one-time exchanges
E) ​Prioritizing customer service

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Explain the differences between frequency marketing and affinity marketing programs.Give an example of each.

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Frequency marketing programs are frequen...

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In the context of strategic alliances,a cooperative relationship formed between businesses:


A) typically involves forming a new business unit.
B) involves partners taking ownership positions.
C) is usually less formal than a joint venture.
D) is not flexible or easily adaptable to changing market conditions.

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Which of the following marketing exchanges is most likely to be transaction-based?


A) Golf club membership
B) Buying property from a real estate agent
C) Medical care for a person with a chronic illness
D) Annual service contract with a lawn and garden company

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Database marketing involves the use of information technology to analyze data about customers and their transactions.

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A strategic alliance is a partnership in which two or more companies combine resources and capital to create competitive advantages in a new market.

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Building and managing long-term relationships between buyers and sellers are the hallmarks of transaction-based marketing.

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Your company is in the midst of implementing a relationship marketing approach across the company.You are leading the project and following the traditional three-level,relationship marketing continuum as your guide.You are in the final level of the continuum. ​ ​Which of the following statements is true about what you are doing in the final level of the continuum?


A) ​You are focusing on the pricing element of your relationship with customers.
B) ​You focus on developing a mutually-beneficial dependence between the firm and its customers.
C) ​You introduce a social feature in order to strengthen relationships with customers.
D) ​You place a lot of emphasis on customer service.
E) ​You place a lot of emphasis on communications with your customers.

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_____ marketing is the development,growth,and maintenance of cost-effective,high-value associations with individual customers,suppliers,and other partners over time.


A) Relationship
B) Transaction-based
C) Substitutive
D) Associative

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During the 2016 Grammy music awards program,the technology company Intel partnered with Lady Gaga to enable her to integrate technology into her musical tribute to David Bowie.​Intel brought a series of robots - like the "dancing piano" - and a motion sensory chip that helped the visual effects match Gaga's movements onstage.Matt Kauffman,Intel head of events and experiences stated,"We want to demonstrate how technology transforms people's lives,and how Intel is the technology behind it." Which marketing term best applies to the case of Lady Gaga and Intel?


A) ​comarketing
B) ​cobranding
C) ​technology partnership
D) ​internal partnership

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A food manufacturing company that has just entered into the market is trying to attract potential customers through marketing strategies that are unconventional,nontraditional,and extremely flexible.The company has a relatively small budget for marketing its products.Which of the following marketing strategies is most likely being used by this company?


A) Affinity marketing
B) Frequency marketing
C) Grassroots marketing
D) Viral marketing

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Some of the motives for firms to enter into partnership are warding off threats of future competition,raising or creating barriers to entry,and learning new skills.

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