Segmentation Flashcards
_____. Deciding how to slice the pie, jack of all trades, master of none isnt successful. Orbits realized that mac users want higher quality and will pay more, so they started to ___.
Segmentation/ segment
_____ Marketing. Also known as undifferentiated or mass marketing. A single product is developed for all groups, rarely used (only in less competitive markets and ones where satisfaction doesn’t matter, trash cans) Economical, but inneffective/innefficent and low customer satisfaction
Aggregation
______ _____. Portion of the larger market that differs, consumers who share common needs/characteristics/behaviors. Helps to make an effective marketing strategy to target them. Tailor specific messages/goods to a segment to maximize effenciey and profits
Market Segmentation
Segmentation –> targeting —> positioning
Seg: group customers, profile each segment
targ: assess attractiveness of each segment, select segments to target
Pos: define value proposition for target segments, develop action plan
STP, Segmentation –> targeting —> positioning
____ &_____. Two main assumptions that underline segmentation: 1. consumer preferences vary, presence heterogeneity and 2. tailoring a product or service, firms can make the offer so appealing that segments pay a price that is high enough to offset the costs of targeting them
Divide & Conquer
Benefits to _____. w/o it, COs overlook opportunities when they try to create one solution for everyone. It also informs the co about potential new opportunities, **firms don’t create ___ they only uncover them* different COs may segment the same market differently, depending on hw they look at consumers and their needs
Benefits to Segmentation
___ ___ involves four steps. 1. Identifying product-related needs sets
- group customers with similar need sets
- describe each group
- chose an attractive segment/group to target
Four steps to Segmentation
Segmentation steps. 1/4. __ __: most products satisfy more than one need. Not restricted to product features, can include types and sources of info about the product, services associated w/ product, images of the product, how the product is produced. Involves consumer research (focus groups and in- depth interviews) both top-down and bottom-up strategies are used (image vs reliability)
Segmentation steps. Identifying product-related need set
Segmentation steps. 1/4. ___ ___ with similar need sets. Consumers can be grouped into different segments, like product features vs product image. This step involve consumer research (Focus group, surveys, current consumption patterns) *Concept testing: how people, without prompting, interpret a sketchy idea for a new product or service, identifies once
Segmentation steps. Group customers with similar need sets
Segmentation steps. 1/4. ___ of each ____. Describe these consumers int terms of demographics, lifestyle, and media usage. Need to understand the context that the product is bought and consumed, how consumers think about it, and language used.
Segmentation steps. Description of each group
Porsche. Key demographics (income and edu) but lifestyle and motivations and lifestyle were different. Top guns, elitists, proud patrons, bon vivant, fantaissts
Description of each segmentation group
Segmentation steps. 1/4. ___ ___ to serve. 3 qualities in a useful segment. Identifiable, substantial, accessible, stable, differentiable, actionable
Segmentation steps. Attractive Segment to serve
_____: bigger isn’t always better. Segments that are sizable and growing appear attractive but are not always in line with profitability. Due to majority fallacy (sub groups above or below avg may have less competition)
sales/cost trade off (costs increase as segments get smaller, sales must offset these costs) - Specialization/segment size
Profitability
____: don’t steal from yourself. Cannibalization: similar products within the same company compete with one another - Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic. This cuts more of the market share, but instead these companies target different groups.
Profitability.
Bases of segmentation, 1/5. ____, describe population in terms of its size, distribution and structure, influence consumption directly and indirectly by affecting attributes like value, decisions styles. Based on vital population statistics: age, gender, ethnicity, income, education, occupation, marital status, family life cycle
Bases of segmentation: Demographics