A vocabulary exercise covering the language of marketing and business development. These terms are used daily in marketing departments, agency settings, and client-facing roles.
📚 Key vocabulary brand equity — the commercial value derived from consumer perception of a brand name rather than the product itself market segmentation — dividing a broad market into subgroups of consumers with common needs or characteristics conversion rate — the percentage of website visitors or leads who complete a desired action, such as making a purchase customer acquisition cost (CAC) — the total cost of winning a new customer, including marketing and sales expenses return on investment (ROI) — a measure of the profitability of an investment, calculated as net profit divided by cost lead generation — the process of attracting and capturing interest from potential customers for a business's products or services value proposition — a clear statement explaining how a product solves a customer problem and why it is better than alternatives positioning — the process of establishing how a brand or product occupies a distinct place in the minds of target customers B2B (business-to-business) — commercial transactions conducted between two businesses, rather than between a business and a consumer B2C (business-to-consumer) — commercial transactions where a business sells products or services directly to individual consumers
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. You should see this as something ____________________ - absolutely necessary.
Correct answer: essential.
2. All successful companies include marketing as part of their daily ______________.
Correct answer: operations.
3. We need to ______________ (meaning: buy) more ad space.
Correct answer: purchase.
4. You're not going to ______________ (meaning: convince) the customer to buy a product if you're so aggressive.
Correct answer: persuade.
5. A successful marketing specialist knows how to ______________ with customers.
Correct answer: engage.
6. He did a great job with that account, but can he perform this well on a ____________________ basis?
Correct answer: consistent.
7. We're looking to _____________ (meaning: increase) our marketing efforts in this area.
Correct answer: bolster.
8. An advertisement that is written in the form of editorial content is known as an "_____________".
Correct answer: advertorial.
9. The first step is to ______________ (meaning: examine) what makes the product unique.
Correct answer: analyze.
10. Very little ____________________ this product from similar products on the market.