ENTREP|LESSON 3 Flashcards
is a business or marketing statement that summarizes why a consumer should buy a
company’s product or use its service. This statement is often used to convince a customer to purchase a particular product or service to add a form of value to their lives.
Value Proposition (VP)
In creating Value Proposition, entrepreneurs will consider
the basic elements(4):
- Target Customer
- Needs/opportunity
- Name of the product
- Name of the enterprise/company
refers to how you sell your product or services to your customer. You will address the wants and desires of your customers.
Unique selling proposition (USP)
The following questions you may ask in doing this(3)
What the customers want? What brand does well? What your competitor does well?
Tips for entrepreneur on how to create an effective unique selling proposition to the target customers (3)
- Identify and rank the uniqueness of the product or service character
- Very specific
- Keep it short and simple (KISS)
- Two most famous tools used to explain why prospect customers
buy each products and services - are frameworks of
each business industry
USP and VP
- Market Targeting is a sage in market identification process that aims to determine the buyers with common needs and characteristics.
- In targeting a specific market, it will exclude people even if it will not fit your criteria. Rather, target marketing allows
you to focus your marketing money and
brand message on a specific market that is
more likely to buy from you than other markets.
TARGET MARKET
Commonly used methods for segmenting the market(4)
Geographic segmentation
Demographic Segmentation
Psychological Segmentation
Behavioral Segmentation
the total market is divided according to geographical location.
Variables to consider:
a. Climate
b. Dominant ethnic group
c. Culture
d. Density (either rural or urban)
Geographic segmentation
divided based consumers.
Variables to consider:
a. Gender
b. Age
c. Income
d. Occupation
e. Education
f. Religion
g. Ethnic group
h. Family size
Demographic Segmentation
divided in terms for customers think and believe.
Variables to consider:
a. Needs and wants
b. Attitudes
c. Social class
d. Personality traits
e. Knowledge and awareness
f. Brand concept
g. Lifestyle
Psychological Segmentation
divided according to customers behavior pattern as they interact with a
company.
Variables to consider:
a. Perceptions
b. Knowledge
c. Reaction
d. Benefits
e. Loyalty
Behavioral Segmentation
are the specific characteristics that the customers need from a product or a service.
Customer requirements
two types of customer requirements:
- Service Requirement
- Output Requirement
Intangible thing or product that is not able to be touched but customer can feel the fulfillment. There are elements in ___________ like on-time delivery, service with a smile, easy-payment etc. It includes all aspects of how a customer expect to be treated while purchasing a product and how easy the buying process goes
Service Requirement
Tangible thing or things that can be seen. Characteristic specifications that a consumer expects to be fulfilled in the product. Costumer that will avail services as a product, then various service requirements can take the form of output requirements. For example, if the consumer hires a multi cab, then on-time arrival becomes an output requirement. Customer buys gadgets (phone speaker), the specification like the loudness and clarity are the output requirements.
Output Requirements
Entrepreneur’s most critical task is to calculate the _________, and the potential value that market has for
their startup business. Market research will determine entrepreneur possible customers in one locality.
Market Size
like a size of arena where the
entrepreneurs will play their business. It is the
approximate number of sellers and buyers in a
particular market. Companies are interested in knowing the market size before launching a
new product or service in the area
Market Size
In determining the market size, entrepreneur will conduct a
strategic marketing research from reliable sources using the following method.
First step is to estimate the potential market – approximate number of customers that will buy the product or avail your services.
Second step
is to estimate the customers who probably dislike to buy your product or avail the services.
Third step is for the entrepreneur to estimate the market share, that means plotting and calculating of the competitor’s market
share to determine the portion of the new venture.