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    password
    A secret word or phrase used to identify oneself whom is permitted to enter a place or have access to gain information.


    perception
    The impression most commonly held by your target market about your product, service or company. Perceptions may not necessarily reflect reality.


    preferred position
    A requested advertising location in a periodical or magazine, such as the front page or the back cover.


    price-skimming
    Price-skimming is an approach to pricing that "skims the top"  of new products to offer unique advantages to the customer.  A customer will pay outrageous prices for a HDTV  for the advantages it will offer and prestige.  As HDTV progresses through its life cycle the price will change to successfully reach larger market segments.  This strategy works because the market is willing to buy the product at an above-average price.  Mazda used this strategy with their Miata, placing the little convertible on showroom floors increasing the demand while slowing down supply at the same time increasing the price.  Intel did the same with their Pentium computer chips at $900 for purchase in large lots by computer manufactures.


    product differentiation
    A marketing plan designed to distinguish one firm's product from the product of the competitors.


    profit impact of market strategy (PIMS)
    Method for analyzing strategic alternatives that involves consulting a database summarizing the financial and market performance of 3,000 strategic business units of more than 450 firms.  This database is provided by The Strategic Planning Institute, www.thespinet.org (site still under construction).


    promotion
    That part of the marketing mix which relates to creating awareness, effecting perception and consummating the sale of your product or service; includes both personal and non-personal.


    promo(tional announcement)
    A non-revenue-producing announcement promoting an event by/for the business concern.  EXAMPLE:  A LOCAL TV STATION PROMOTING A SPECIAL ONE-HOUR PROGRAM ENTITLED, "CLINTON vs LARRY FLINT:  WHO IS SLEAZIER?"


    pulling power
    The ability of an ad to fulfill or create its desired purpose.


    pulling power
    An encryption system that uses two keys, a public key for encrypting messages and a private key for decrypting messages, to enable users to verify each other's messages without exchanging secret keys.




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