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    macrosegmentation
    Method of dividing business markets based on such General characteristics as geographic location, type of organization, customer size, and product use.  Resultant segments should be accessible, identifiable, measurable, have some predictable responsiveness, and be large enough to be worthwhile.


    marketing
    Marketing refers to the plan for getting a product out to the people who need it, but first those people have to be convinced that they do indeed need the product the marketing person is trying to sell. Marketing includes figuring out just who it is who needs the product (or can be talked into needing it), plus advertising strategies, merchandising, pricing, distribution, etc. Marketing, rather than the quality of the product, is often the key to whether a product is successful or not.


    marketing mix
    The mix of product, promotion, distribution, and price that marketers use to market a product. The mix has to be changed and tuned until the right mix is found.


    marketing myopia
    Business defined in terms of goods and services rather than in terms of the benefits that customers seek.


    market penetration
    Measure of a company strategy that increases market share for a firm.


    market potential
    Put definition here.


    market segment
    A group of people or firms sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product needs.


    market-share
    Calculated promotion needed to win a market share. A new product requires a heavier promotion budget to build products awareness and educate the target market.  A market-share is expressed in revenue or units.   Market-share and return are strongly related.  Market-share reports enable companies to track their performance in various products over time.


    marketspace
    This is a new term used to describe the transition from traditional markets defined by physical location, to virtual markets based on, and controlled by information. "Unlike the physically defined 'marketplace,' the marketspace refers to an electronic- or information-defined arena in which business activity can occur, margin can be created, and value can be extracted." (Rayport & Sviokla)


    message tailoring
    As a result of the precise target marketing that can be done on the Web, messages can be designed to appeal to the specific needs and wants of the target audience.


    META tags
    META tags are another html tag which give "behind the scenes" information. The most common use of the META tag is to define keywords for search engines by which the author of the webpage suggests their website to be indexed.  Another META tag allows for the webpage author to offer a description of the webpage for the search engines to use.


    micro payments
    Micropayments consist of digital coins, currency, and coupons that assist merchants and consumers in their attempt to conduct secure transactions on the web.  Digital payments contain encrypted information about the customer that allows the corporation to track that customer's spending patterns, as well as, provide a safe platform for business transactions.


    microcash
    Microcash is a form of electronic currency. Because electronic currency is strictly numerical there are no denominations per se, thus allowing ‘sub-denomination’ transactions of fractions of a cent.


    multi-level marketing
    Multi-level or network marketing is a method of marketing products and services through independent representives who refer customers to the multi-level company they represent.


    multinational corporation
    Company that moves resources, goods, services, and skills across national boundaries without regard to the country in which the headquarters is located.  The number of these is growing, partly facilitated by the growth of electronic commerce.




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