Marketing Fundamentals
The Seven Functions
Economic Impact
Sports History & Business
Professional Traits & Concepts
100

This concept states that a business should focus on satisfying customer needs and wants while making a profit

Marketing Concept

100

This function involves determining the best way to get products or services to customers

Distribution?

100

This type of impact represents the total amount of new spending resulting directly from an event.

Direct Impact

100

This is the channel of distribution most widely used to deliver sports and entertainment to mass audiences

Mass Media (tv, radio, internet)

100

When choosing a spokesperson, companies look for this quality, defined as the ability to do things without being told

Initiative

200

These are the four elements, also known as the "Marketing Mix," that a business blends together to reach its target market.

Product, Price, Place, Promotion

200

This function involves gathering and using customer data to improve business decisions

Marketing-Information Management

200

This is determined by the "multiplier effect," where visitor spending on local goods is re-spent locally by employees and employers.

Indirect Impact

200

Modern sports marketing roots trace back to the 1860s, when businesses used photographs of teams from this sport to sell products.

Baseball

200

This trait is the ability to say or do things without offending others

Tact

300

This is a specific group of consumers an organization selects as the focus of its marketing plan

Target Market

300

This is the process of establishing and communicating the value of goods and services to customers

Pricing

300

States like Georgia offer these to movie producers (such as a 30% income tax credit) to leave them with more money for production.

Tax Incentives

300

This is the only professional sports league in the United States that is fully exempt from anti-trust laws.

Major League Baseball

300

This is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person

Empathy

400

This is the money left over after a person has paid for all their necessities, often spent on sports and entertainment.

Discretionary Income

400

This function involves designing, developing, and improving products to satisfy customer needs.

Product/Service Management

400

This major sporting event in 2022 resulted in an estimated economic impact of $3.1 billion for the host nation, Qatar.

FIFA World Cup

400

Ads for these ancient events were often painted on walls, written on papyrus, or read aloud in public places.

Gladiator Games

400

While most companies sell a physical product, this brand is cited as an expert in selling an "ideology" or "feeling" (such as athleticism) rather than the product itself.

adidas, Nike, lulu, etc

500

These businesses use resources to develop products and services and provide them to consumers.

Who are Producers

500

This function uses advertising and other communications to distribute information about products.

Promotion

500

In 2015, this host state saw a direct economic impact of $500 million from the Super Bowl

Arizona

500

This athlete holds the record for the most Olympic medals in history with a total of 28

Michael Phelps

500

In the context of "The Fan," this specific type of market segmentation involves analyzing a consumer's "vibe," which includes their values, team loyalty, and "Homer" vs. "Fair-weather" status.

Psychographics

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