Lectures 4-6 Flashcards
what is a market
a group of customers with heterogeneous needs and wants.
Target market
a particular group of consumers at which a product or service is aimed.
Target marketing is based on three premises
- Individual buyers can be identified
- Sellers understand the needs of buyers
- Sellers meet the needs of target buyers
Market segments
Subgroups within the total market that are relatively similar in regard to certain characteristics
Mass marketing
A mass marketer sees buyers as having common wants, needs and demands.
A single product offering is created, communicated and delivered to meet the needs of most people in the market
One-to-one marketing
seeks to appeal to each customer by providing aunique, customised offering that will meet their individual needs
When choosing target markets, the organisation will generally consider three factors
- Its own resources
- Market demand
- competition
Small organisations with limited financial resources frequently adopt one of the following specialised approaches to target marketing
- Product specialisation
- Market specialisation
- Product-market specialisation
The target marketing process 3 stages
- Segmentation
- Targeting
- positioning
Market segmentation 2 steps
- define market segments
- Profiling the market segments
Identify segmentation variables (4)
geographic
demographic
psychographic
behavioural
Effective segmentation criteria (5)
Measurability
Accessibility
Substantiality
Practicability
Stability
Market targeting involves…
a systematic examination of the range of possible market segments, their potential sales volume and revenues
Evaluate potential segments through analysis of…
Sales potential
Competitive situation
Cost structure
Positioning
how the customers distinguish the organisation, its products and its brands from competitors when they are selecting from among the available alternatives
Market positioning
the way in which target segments perceive an organisations offering in relation to competing offerings
Company positioning
a positioning strategy designed to create a single market perception of the organisation in relation to competitors
e.g Apple vs Microsoft
Brand positioning
a positioning strategy designed to create a market perception of a particular brand, usually based on product attributes
e.g.Lexus vs Toyota
Some commonly used positioning variables include:
Attributes
use/application
Product user
Price and quality
Product class
The marketing mix for each segment should:
Be consistent with the desired positioning
Be internally consistent
Be sustainable in the long term
Product
a good, service or idea offered to the market for exchange
Total product concept
Describes the core product, expected product, augmented product and potential product in order to analyse how the product creates value for the customer