Segmentation, targeting and positioning Flashcards

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Customer driven marketing strategy

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Segmentation, targeting, differentiation, positioning

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Segmentation

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grouping people meaningfully depending on product needs to be reached efficiently and effectively

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Targeting

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choosing segments to serve based on what you are offering. done through effective segmentation, evaluating segments and choosing the level of targeting

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Positioning

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improving brand equity in the mind of customers, relative to competitors through UVPs. 4 P’s

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Differentiation

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making the market offering superior than competitors with hard to replicate features

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Types of markets

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heterogeneous - diverse needs
homogeneous - similar needs
consumer - purchasers/households
business - resale/manufacture/orgs.

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How to create demand

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creating a market need by showing consumers they need this product

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Types of segmenting

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geographic
psychographic
demographic
behavioural

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Geographic segmentation

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based on where people live and how many people live there. Often can’t assume areas next to one another have the same needs

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Psychographic

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socioeconomic, personality, motives, lifestyle. Different values are used together eg lifestyle and personality

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Demographic

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primary and secondary dimensions (age, gender, race, income, education, life cycle…)

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Behavioural

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consumer knowledge, attitudes, uses/responses to products

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Segmenting business units

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Same as consumers but require additional considerations: operating characteristics, purchasing approach, situationals (product use), personal (geographic, customer base)

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International markets

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Additional characteristics considered: culture, economy, politics. Technology helps combine like-minded consumers from different countries

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Effective segmentation

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measurable, accessible, substantial, differentiable, actionable.

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Segmentation evaluation

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size and growth, structural attractiveness, relative to company objectives

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Levels of target marketing

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undifferentiated (mass)
differentiated (segmented)
concentrated (niche)
micromarketing (local/individual)

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Undifferentiated targeting

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ignoring segment differences, targeting a whole market with one offer. market is looked at with common needs. Can’t satisfy all customers

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Differentiated targeting

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different products for different segments based on different needs. Strong product positioning, more expensive

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Niche targeting

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large share in one or few segments with large knowledge of customer needs and specialised products. less competitors

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Micromarketing

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tailored products for specific individuals or local segments. Mass customisation

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Factors to consider when choosing a targeting strategy

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company resources
product variability
product life cycle stage
market variability
competitor’s strategies

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Product life cycle

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Intro - 1 product, undifferentiated/niche strategies
Growth/mature - product variations, differentiated strategy
Decline - divest, reposition or revive

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Socially responsible target marketing

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company’s responsibility to not market harmful products to disadvantaged consumers. Serve interests of consumers and company

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Product position

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complex perceptions and attitudes consumers have towards products relative to competitors

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Perceptual maps

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compare features and benefits of products and competitors in minds of customers

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Positioning maps

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How you intend to position products in mind of customers

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How to position and differentiate

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  1. identity differentiating competitive advantages
  2. choose USP
  3. select positioning strategy
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Factors for choosing competitive advantage

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Important (for targeted segment), distinctive, superior, communicable, pre-emptive (hard to copy), affordable, profitable

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Value proposition

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full positioning of a brand - mix of benefits and features

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Winning value proposition

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More for more
more for same
more for less
same for less
less for less

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Positioning statement

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to (target segment and need) our (brand) of all (product type) delivers (UVP) because (brand) is (reason to believe)

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Communicating position

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marketing mix works out tactical details of positioning strategy. positioning must match deliverables. consistency and believability. adapt and change with market needs and competitors

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Repositioning

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regularly evaluating the positioning strategy to move with changing needs of consumers and competitors

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How to reposition

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change physical product
revisit price or distribution
change product image
target new segment