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Employ product mix strategies to meet customer expectations

1)Product Service Management

a)Concepts and procedures necessary to ______, ______, ______, and ______a product or service mix in response to market opportunities.

b)Product: The ______and ______a business will offer to its customers

i)______of product: Will the business offer a variety of products?

ii)______: Does the packaging protect the product and provide necessary information about the product?

iii)Level of ______: What level of quality will the business ensure?

iv)______: What brand name products will the business offer?

v)______: Will the business offer a warranty to its customers to ensure satisfaction

2)Categories of sport/event products.

  1. ______Events
  2. Ones in which we ______
  3. Ones we just ______or hear, either in ______or on TV, radio or the internet
  4. ______
  5. Ones that earn their income from the ______on the field (Professionals)
  6. Ones that are considered ______and perform for their own ______
  7. ______
  8. Ones that ______only one sports team
  9. Ones that host ______sports teams

a)______events

i)______

ii)______

iii)______

b)Sporting ______

i)______

ii)______

iii)______

Categories of sport/event products

a)______merchandise

i)Apparel (soft goods) – team and player specific

ii)Hard goods – equipment, toys, etc.

b)Sports ______

i)TV/Radio – ______media

ii)Newspaper/magazine – ______media

iii)______– News, Info & Social Media

c)Sport ______

i)______

ii)______-goods services

iii)______-goods services

Branding

a)The overall ______consumers get from its unique ______, ______or ______.

i)Characteristics of a good brand:

(1)______to recognize

(2)Stick out from ______

(3)Easily ______symbols

(4)Its own ______

Brand ______

1)Your expectations of a brand based on previous ______

2)Brand image is a product's "______."

3)A product’s ______

a)Wrigley Field's reputation as a great sport/event venue is its image or personality.

Brand ______

1)Having consistent ______of a product

Brand ______

1)Getting the ______to know your product

2)Typically one of the first ______in marketing a new ______

3)______have Brand Loyalty or Brand Image without Brand Awareness

a)The team name, mascot, and logo are important ______that a sport/event organization uses to create and ______Brand Awareness

Unique characteristics of sport/event products

1)The unique characteristics of sport/event products make marketers’ jobs ______.

2)Outcome of sports/events cannot be ______, marketers focus on the elements of the product they can control, such as ______and ______.

3)______of Product

a)______—how well does this product do what it’s supposed to do?

b)______—will this product be easy to fix if something goes wrong?

c)______—what are the additional benefits of this product

d)______—how long will this product last?

e)______—will this product perform consistently?

f)______—do I like the way this product looks and feels?

4)Quality of ______

a)______—can I depend on the service provider?

b)______—how do the venue, equipment, and personnel look?

c)______—are the employees courteous and trustworthy?

d)______—are the employees helpful and prompt?

e)______—how much individual attention will I receive from the service provider?

5)______:

a)close link between the ______and the ______

6)______

a)Many sport/event products have a ______degree of perishability

b)If they’re not ______immediately, they will be gone ______

i)Game, Concert

7)Consistency

a)______: the quality of a product’s performances is ______to ______over a period of time

i)Panthers (Superbowl, Most loses in a season)

b)______: the quality of a product’s performances is ______to guarantee over a period of time

i)Nike Jordan's

Elements of the sport product

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______
  6. ______
  7. ______:
  8. Awareness, Image and Loyalty

Most sport/event products are classified as…

a)A ______of goods and services

i)can ______ be treated as either pure goods or ______services

ii)Most sport/event products have a ______nature that ______elements of both types of products