Northeastern
Boston
Buying Journey
Customers
In the beginning
200

1898

Year Northeastern was founded

200

Mayor of Boston

Michelle Wu

200

5 steps in consumer decision making

Problem recognition, Information search, Alternatives Evalution, Purchase decision, Post-purchase decision evaluation

200

Why is loyalty important?

Five times more expensive to acquire customers than to retain them

200

Three core functions of business

Operations, Finance/Accounting, Marketing

400

GPA needed to earn your MBA

3.0

400

The site of the world's largest art heist

March 18, 1990, two men dressed as police officers stole 13 masterpieces valued at over $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, marking it the largest unsolved art theft in history 

400

Formula for Customer Perceived Value

Total Benefits - Total Costs

400

One factor that influences the adoption process

Relative advantage, Compatibility, Complexity, Divisibility, Communicability

400

What are the four Ps?

Product, Price, Place, Promotion

600

Evening Institute of Young Men

Northeastern's original name
600

A dessert named after the city

Boston Cream Pie

600

Name one perceived risk in purchasing decisions

Functional, Physical, Financial, Social

600

Customer Lifetime Value

Represents the total amount of money a customer is expected to spend  at a business during his/her lifetime. Uses time value of money to calculate

600

Why is marketing a core business function?

Without customers a company cannot be successful

800

 D'Amore and McKim

Richard D'Amore, NU business undergrad and VC and Alan McKim, MBA grad and founder of Clean Harbors donated $60 million to College of Business

800

When did the Curse of the Bambino end?

In 2004 when the Red Sox ended the 86 year drought of campionships

800

Name a customer cost besides purchasing a product

Costs: Monetary, Time, Energy, Psychological

800

Gupta's bases for Segmentation

Why do customesr make the decisions they do?

What have the customers done?

Who are the customers?


800

What tool can be used to evalute the macro environmental forces?

PESTLE 

1000

Carolyn's nerdy hobby

Bird watching

1000

Substance that killed 21 and injured 150 in 1919

Molasses

1000

Name a customer benefit besides the product

Benefits: Product, Services, Personnel, Image

1000

Five criteria in evaluating the feasibiity of a segment

Measurable, Substantial, Acessible, Differentiable, Actionable

1000

Steps in a marketing plan?

Mission statement, Situation analysis, Marketing objectives, Customers/Target market, Marketing Mix (4Ps), Implementation/Evaluation