EMKT503 Unit 1 Introduction Quick Revision

EMKT503 Unit 1 Quick Revision - Introduction

• Market vs Marketing: A market is an arrangement where buyers and sellers meet; marketing is the wider process of identifying needs, creating value, communicating benefits and building relationships.
• Exchange Process: Exchange happens when parties have something valuable, can communicate, can accept or reject and voluntarily trade.
• Selling vs Marketing: Selling pushes existing products for short-term sales, while marketing begins with customer needs and aims at long-term satisfaction.
• Maslow Need Hierarchy: Human needs move from physiological and safety needs to belonging, esteem and self-actualization.
• Need Want and Demand: Need is basic requirement, want is desire shaped by culture and demand is want backed by purchasing power.

Last Minute Tip

Revise definitions, differences, diagrams, examples and short notes before the exam.