Segmenting, Targeting and positioning

Topic Six: Identifying customer values

Objectives

• Identifying Market Segments• Choosing Target Markets• Positioning for competitive advantages

Steps in Market Segmentation, Targeting,and Positioning

1. Identifysegmentationvariables andsegment themarket

2. Develop profiles ofresultingsegments

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3. Evaluateattractivenessof eachsegment

4. Select thetargetsegment(s)

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Basic Market-Preference Patterns

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Market-Segmentation Procedure

• Survey– Motivations– Attitudes– Behavior

• Analysis– Factors– Clusters

• Profiling

Bases for Segmenting Consumer Markets

Occasions, Benefits, Uses, or Attitudes

Behavioral

Geographic

Region, City or MetroSize, Density, Climate Demographic

Age, Gender, Family size and Life cycle, Race, Occupation, or Income ...

Lifestyle or PersonalityPsychographic

Bases for Segmenting Business Markets

• Demographic• Operating Variables• Purchasing Approaches• Situational Factors• Personal Characteristics

Measurable

Accessible

Substantial

Differential

• Segments must be large or profitable enough to serve.

• Segments can be effectively reached and served.

Actionable

• Size, purchasing power, profiles of segments can be measured.

• Segments must respond differently to different marketing mix elements & actions.

• Must be able to attract and serve the segments.

Effective Segmentation

Additional Segmentation Criteria

• Ethical Choice of Market Targets• Segment Interrelationships & Supersegments• Segment-by-Segment Invasion Plans• Intersegment Cooperation

Five Patterns of Target Market Selection

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Segment-by-SegmentInvasion Plan

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Product Differentiation

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Delivery

Services Differentiation

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Media Atmosphere

Symbols

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Image Differentiation

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Positioning is the act of designing the company’s offering and

image to occupy a distinctive place in the the target market’s

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Perceptual Map

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