Word partnerships questions Unit 6 / 7

Word partnership page 63. market research segment share consumer behaviour profile goods

product lounch life cycle range sales forecast figures target

advertising campaign budget agency

The four Ps are the basis of marketing The four Ps are the basis of marketing. Match them with their definitions Product Price Promotion Place The cost to the buyer of goods or services Informing customers about products and persuading them to buy them Where goods or services are available Goods or services that are sold

Complete the text with the best words: A brand can be defined as a name given to a product by a company so that the product can easily be recognised by its name or its design. In our very _______ business world, a good brand is one of the keys to the success of any company. It is often a powerful ______ tool. However, the name is not everything. For a brand to be successful, marketers have

to know what the consumer ______ and wants, so a lot of market ______ is necessary. This gives them a consumer ________, that is to say a kind of picture of the typical customer. It is a picture not only of the customer’s needs and wants, but also of their beliefs and values. If the brand then clearly reflects those values, it is more likely to be successful.

The customer has so much _______ nowdays that a good brand is a necessity, so that one product is clearly different from another in his or her mind. A good brand of course has long-term benefits, as it will _______ to many different market _______ and to people form different cultures.

Questions: Yes-No questions (auxiliary verb+subject): Are you coming? Can you drive a truck? Do you know his name? Open questions (question word+auxiliary verb): What is the brand name? Which door is it? Who is the Chief Executive? Why are you putting up your prices?

We use What if there are many possible answers: What is their policy? If Who or What is the subject, the word order is that of a statement: Who looks after the travel arrangements? The question word How can be followed by an adjective or an adverb: How big is the warehouse? How well do you speak Spanish?

Complete with the following question words: when, how long, how many, how mush, what, which, who, why _______ did you launch this advertising campaign? ________ didn’t you contact an advertising agency? ______ money did you spend on the campaign?

________ new products did you launch? Was it two or three? _______ did you target your new product at? ________ market segments has you product been most successful in? ________ do you expect to continue to buy this product? _______ is your sales forecast?

Role play situation. One of you is the Marketing Director of a sunglasses manufacturer. The ither is the European Sales Manager. Role play a telephone call to talk about a focus group for the company’s new range of sunglasses. page 67