Chapter3: Customer Analysis and STP Flashcards
customer analysis (B2C)
- Information about the environment
Customer/ Competitor/ Supplier/ Technological/ Regulatory/ Legal/ Political - Generation
- Dissemination
- Responsiveness
again to information(1)
marketing decision making(3)
Strategic
・New products and markets
・Competitive strategy
Tactical
・marketing mix planning
Operational
・sales force monitoring
・advertising copy
(the Role of Insight)
data + analysis
Information
information+context
insight
insight+ action
outcomes
six tips for generating usable data-based insights
- determine what’s actionable
- simplify the process by focusing on decisions
- mindful of stored data
- Keep smart humans employed
- understand consumer & business need
- find a balance
understanding customers
the marketing concept holds that achieving organizational goals depends on determining the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions more effectively and efficiently than competitors.
five stage decision making process
- Problem Recognition
- Information Search
- Evaluation of Alternatives
- Purchase Decisions
- Post-purchase Behaviour
individual influences for decision making process
personality
perception
motivation
altitude
group influences
social class
culture
reference group
family
the marketing funnel
- target market
- Aware
- Open to trial
- Triers
- Recent
- Regular
- Most often
- Loyalty
STP Process
Segmentation
- Identify bases for segmenting the market
- develop segment profiles
Target marketing
- Develop measure of segment attractiveness
- Select target segments
Market positioning
- Develop positioning for target segments
- Develop a marketing mix for each segments
Market Segmentation
identifying the most productive bases for dividing a market, identifying the customers in different segments and developing segments descriptions.
・customers differ from one another
・segment targets can be identified by measurable characteristics.
・selected segments may be isolated from the remainder.
segmenting consumer markets (3)
1.Background characteristics
Demographics/ Socio-economic/ Geodemographics
- Psychographic characteristics
Purchase behaviour/ Benefit sought behaviour/ Consumption behaviour/ Response to elements of the marketing mix/ Relationship-seeking characteristics
3.Attitudinal
Personality/ values/ lifestyle/ interests/ attitudes
Targeting(Requirements for Effective Segmentation)
1.Measurable
size, purchasing power, profiles of segments can be measured
2.Accessible
segments can be effectively reached and served
3.Substantial
segments are large enough or profitable enough to be served
- Differentiable
markets are conceptually distinguishable and respond differently to marketing mix
5.Actionable
effective programmes can be designed to attract and serve the segments.