Market division is the way toward partitioning a market of potential clients into gatherings, or fragments, in light of various qualities. The portions made are made out of purchasers who will react also to showcasing techniques and who share characteristics, for example, comparative interests, needs, or areas.
A target market is the market a company wants to sell its products and services to, and it includes a targeted set of customers for whom it directs its marketing efforts. Identifying the target market is an essential step in the development of a marketing plan.
Learn more about the benefits and steps involved in Market Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning.
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STP
1. THE BREAKING DOWN OR BUILDING UP OF
POTENTIAL BUYERS INTO GROUPS CALLED
MARKET SEGMENTS
What is Market Segmentation?
2. STP
It is the Research that determine how your organization divides its
customers into smaller groups based on age,income,personality
traits and behaviour
It Creates Subsets of Marketing based on Demographic
Needs,priorities,common interest,phychographic or
behavioural critirea that is used to understand demands of
targeted Audience
Marketing Segmentaion is the Process of identifying and
breaking up the total market into groups of potential
customers with similar motivations, needs or
characteristics, who are likely to exhibit homogeneous
purchase behaviour.
3. Benefits of
Market Segmentation
Identifies opportunities for new product development
Helps design marketing programs most effective for
reaching homogenous groups of buyers
Improves allocation of marketing resources
4. Bases for segmentation in
consumer markets
Geographic
Demographic
Psychographic
Behavioralistic
5. Geographical
Segmentation
Geographical Segmentation-It tries to divide customers according to different geographica;
boundaries or groups such as regions,size of area,population density,climate
Understanding Climate and geographical regions helps determine where to Sell,advertise as well as
expand business
Geographic segmentation tries to divide markets into different geographical units:
ļµ Regions
ļµ Size of the area
ļµ Population density
ļµ Climate
6. Geographic segmentation
ļµ Regions: by continent, country, state or
even neighborhood
ļµ Size of the area: segmented according
to size of population
ļµ Population density: often classified as
urban, suburban, or rural
7. Demographic segmentation
Demographic segmentation consists of dividing the market into groups
based on variables such as:
ā¢ Age
ā¢ Gender
ā¢ Income
Gender: Gender segmentation is widely used in consumer
marketing.
The best examples include clothing, hairdressing, magazines
and toiletries and cosmetics.
ā¢ Social class
ā¢ Life style
8. ļµ Age : Marketers design, package and promote products differently
to meet the wants of different age groups.
Good examples include the marketing of toothpaste (contrast the
branding of toothpaste for children and adults) and toys (with
many age-based segments).
Social class: Consumers "perceived" social class influences their
preferences for cars, clothes, home furnishings, leisure activities
and other products & services.
Income: Many companies target affluent consumers with luxury
goods and convenience services.
Good examples include Coutts bank; Moet & Chandon champagne
and Elegant Resorts - an up-market travel company.
Demographic segmentation
9. Psychographic segmentation
Psychographic segmentation groups customers according
to their lifestyle. Activities, interest, and opinions (AIO)
surveys are one tool for measuring lifestyle.
ļµ Activities
ļµ Interest
ļµ Opinion
ļµ Values
10. Behavioralistic segmentation
Behavioralistic segmentation is based on actual customer
behavior towards products. Some behavioralistic variable
include:
ļµ Opinions, interests and hobbies
ļµ Degree of loyalty
ļµ Occasions
ļµ Benefits sought
ļµ Usage
11. ļµ Degree of loyalty ā customers who buy one
brand either all or most of the time are valuable
to firms.
ļµ Occasions ā this segments on the basis of when
a product is purchased or consumed.
ļµ Opinions, interests and hobbies ā this covers a
huge area and includes consumersā political
opinions, views on the environment, sporting
and recreational activities and arts and cultural
issues.
Behavioralistic segmentation
12. Target Marketing
ā¢ Target Market
ā Consists of a set of buyers who share common
needs or characteristics that the company
decides to serve.
ā The process of evaluating segments and
focusing marketing efforts on a country, region,
or group of people that has significant potential
to respond
13. Criteria for Targeting: 9 Wās
ā¢ Who buys our product?
ā¢ Who does not buy it?
ā¢ What need or function does it serve?
ā¢ What are customers buying to satisfy the
need
for which our product is targeted?
ā¢ What price are they paying?
ā¢ When is the product purchased?
ā¢ Where is it purchased?
ā¢ Why is it purchased?
14. ā¢ Selecting Target Market Segments
ā Undifferentiated (mass) marketing
(A companyās attempt to appeal to the whole market with a single
basic marketing strategy intended to have a mass appeal.)
Ā (e.g.,Ā gasoline,Ā softĀ drinks,Ā whiteĀ bread),Ā theĀ undifferentiated
marketĀ approachĀ makesĀ theĀ mostĀ sense.
Differentiated (segmented) marketing
ā (a companyās attempt to appeal to two or more well defined market
segments with a marketing strategy tailored to each segment)
15. Concentrated (niche) marketing
ā (a companyās attempt to appeal to one well defined market segment
with one tailor made marketing strategy.)
For example, selling auto parts only to auto manufacturers is a concentrated
marketing strategy.
ā Micromarketing (local or individual)-Offering
products or services that meet unique needs of
individuals.
Examples are Relationships,Job Title,
Industry,Size
16. Positionin
g
is the
act
the
o
f
designin
gcompanyās
offering and image to
occupy a distinctive
place in the target
marketās mind.
Market positioning-refersĀ toĀ theĀ consumer'sĀ
perceptionĀ ofĀ aĀ brandĀ orĀ productĀ inĀ relationĀ toĀ
competingĀ brandsĀ orĀ products.Market
positioningĀ refersĀ toĀ theĀ processĀ ofĀ establishingĀ
theĀ imageĀ orĀ identityĀ ofĀ aĀ brandĀ orĀ productĀ soĀ
thatĀ consumersĀ perceiveĀ itĀ inĀ aĀ certainĀ way.
17. Developing and communicating a
positioning strategy
ā¢ Superior : The difference is superior to
other
ways of obtaining the benefit.
ā¢ Preemptive : The difference cannot be
easily copied by competitors.
ā¢ Affordable : The buyer can afford to pay for
the difference.
ā¢ Profitable : The company will find it
profitable to introduce the difference.
18. Steps to Choosing and Implementing
a Positioning Strategy
ā¢ StepĀ 1. Identifying a set of possible
competitive advantages: Competitive
Differentiation.
ā¢ StepĀ 2. Selecting the right competitive
advantage.
ā¢ StepĀ 3. Effectively communicating and
delivering the chosen position to the market.