Expand your marketing English with this vocabulary exercise. The terms here reflect the language of both strategic marketing thinking and the day-to-day execution of campaigns.
📚 Key vocabulary click-through rate (CTR) — the percentage of people who click on a link or advertisement after seeing it funnel — a model representing the stages a potential customer goes through, from awareness to purchase content marketing — a strategy focused on creating and distributing valuable content to attract and retain a defined audience KPI (key performance indicator) — a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives market share — the portion of total sales in a market captured by a particular company or product customer retention — a company's ability to keep its existing customers over a specified period of time product lifecycle — the progression of a product through introduction, growth, maturity, and decline stages demographic — statistical data relating to a population, such as age, gender, income, and education level psychographic — characteristics relating to consumers' attitudes, interests, values, and lifestyle choices upselling — encouraging a customer to purchase a more expensive or upgraded version of the product they are considering
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. Many marketers tend to ______________ (meaning: exaggerate) the importance of digital media.
Correct answer: overstate.
2. An "______________ sensation" is someone (or something) that becomes very famous, very quickly.
Correct answer: overnight.
3. The main question you have to ask yourself is whether or not your content is ______________. (meaning: interesting)
Correct answer: compelling.
4. Don't ______________ (meaning: undervalue) the importance of TV in the modern marketplace.
Correct answer: underestimate.
5. To change the situation/circumstances = To change the ______________
Correct answer: playing field.
6. Do you have a lot of experience marketing to ________________ (meaning: children aged 8 to 12)?
Correct answer: tweens.
7. People just seem to have less _____________ income (meaning: money to spend on non-essential items) these days.
Correct answer: disposable.
8. The campaign is getting a social-media ____________________ (meaning: additional exposure across several platforms).
Correct answer: push.
9. A campaign's ____________________ is the group of consumers it is intended to reach.
Correct answer: target audience.
10. For many consumers, a laptop and mobile phone are everyday ____________________.