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A sub-category of the order influencer sales classification in which salespeople make sales calls to those who influence others, through advice or requirements, to make purchases the most common of which are found in the pharmaceutical and higher education textbook industries.
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A component of the Total Product offered by the marketer, this represents part of the product that is used (i.e., product features) as well as other elements that are included such as branding, packaging and labeling.
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A branding strategy in which products are given brand names that are newly created and generally not connected to names of existing brands offered by the company.
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Represents the sum of all tangible and intangible offerings and benefits a customer obtains from a product and includes three key elements: core benefits, actual product and augmented product.
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Used as a tool for depicting the concept that products go through several stages of "life" with each stage presenting the marketer with different challenges that must be met with different marketing approaches.
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A component of the Total Product offered by the marketer, this represents goods and services that surround the Actual Product in order to provide additional value to the customer's purchase and include guarantees, warranties and training services.
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The main good, service or idea the customer is buying when a purchase is made (e.g., the paste within a toothpaste product).
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A form of advertising that intentionally inserts products into entertainment programming (e.g. movies, TV programs, video games) such as showing product use by an actor, placing product in background or having product name mentioned.