Segmentation, targeting and positioning Flashcards
Customer driven marketing strategy
Segmentation, targeting, differentiation, positioning
Segmentation
grouping people meaningfully depending on product needs to be reached efficiently and effectively
Targeting
choosing segments to serve based on what you are offering. done through effective segmentation, evaluating segments and choosing the level of targeting
Positioning
improving brand equity in the mind of customers, relative to competitors through UVPs. 4 P’s
Differentiation
making the market offering superior than competitors with hard to replicate features
Types of markets
heterogeneous - diverse needs
homogeneous - similar needs
consumer - purchasers/households
business - resale/manufacture/orgs.
How to create demand
creating a market need by showing consumers they need this product
Types of segmenting
geographic
psychographic
demographic
behavioural
Geographic segmentation
based on where people live and how many people live there. Often can’t assume areas next to one another have the same needs
Psychographic
socioeconomic, personality, motives, lifestyle. Different values are used together eg lifestyle and personality
Demographic
primary and secondary dimensions (age, gender, race, income, education, life cycle…)
Behavioural
consumer knowledge, attitudes, uses/responses to products
Segmenting business units
Same as consumers but require additional considerations: operating characteristics, purchasing approach, situationals (product use), personal (geographic, customer base)
International markets
Additional characteristics considered: culture, economy, politics. Technology helps combine like-minded consumers from different countries
Effective segmentation
measurable, accessible, substantial, differentiable, actionable.