Internet Exercise #3: CDM Process
1. Need Recognition
During this first stage, the consumer recognizes a need that can be satisfied by a purchase.
What are the ways that Internet marketers are attempting to trigger consumers’ recognition of needs? * Internet marketers use browser cookies to keep track of consumers’ behavior. Browser cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in a user’s web browser while a user is browsing a website. * Internet marketers are attempting to trigger consumer’s recognition of a need through pop up and banner advertising. Through gathering customer’s email addresses and sending out emails with sales promotions and featured items * As a medium for communicating with customers or potential customers, the Internet allows the marketers to establish an active dialogue with consumers. By using on-line forums and more advanced interaction space, need recognition becomes more apparent through other consumers’ reviews.
What are some things that Amazon.com is doing to activate need recognition? * Previous purchasing and browsing information enables Amazon.com to personalize each member’s main page with a variety of product recommendations. By studying individual purchasing and browsing history, Amazon.com recommends other products that individual mostly like to purchase. * Amazon also offers the deal of the day, lightning deals, best deals, and top coupons. Seeing these items offered at a saving may trigger a consumer to decide that they wish to purchase. * Amazon uses “the more buying choices” and “frequently bought together” to increase the