Segmentation and Targeting

Segmentation, Targeting and Differentiation
Prepared and Presented by: Lyncia Noronha 40 Palak Goyal 42 SYBMS

Segmentation

Meaning
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Market segmentation is a marketing strategy that involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of consumers who have common needs, and then designing and implementing strategies to target their needs and desires using media channels and other touch-points that best allow to reach them.
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Product differentiation
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Market segments allow companies to create product differentiation strategies to target them.

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Market Segmentation Strategies
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Traditional Approaches to Market Segmentation
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Mass Marketing Differentiated Marketing
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Multisegment Approach Market Concentration Approach

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Niche Marketing
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Bases for Segmenting Consumer Markets
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Behavioral Segmentation
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Segments based on actual behavior or product usage
Segments based on demographic factors (e.g., gender, age, income, education, etc.) Segments based on state-of-mind issues (e.g., motives, attitudes, opinions, values, lifestyles, interests, personality, etc.) Segments based on geographic location
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Demographic Segmentation
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Psychographic Segmentation
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Geographic Segmentation
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Segmenting Consumer Markets
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Sometimes, multiple attributes are combined to form segments Multi-attribute segmentation via geoclustering combines multiple variables to identify smaller, better-defined target groups
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PRIZM Geoclustering system uses demographic, geographic, lifestyle, and behavioral characteristics

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Segmenting Business Markets
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Rackman and Vincentis proposed a segmentation scheme that classifies business buyers into three groups:
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Price-oriented customers: best served via transactional selling Solution-oriented customers: best served by means of consultative selling Strategic-value customers: best served by means of enterprise selling

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Segmentation, Marketing Mix, and Targeting

Creating the Marketing Mix
PRODUCT

PRICE

PLACE

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Goals for Marketing Mix
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Create synergies Use resources effectively Maintain consistent and differentiated image Link to specific marketing goals and objectives
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Mass Marketing Strategy
Product

Price

Distribution

Promotion

Single Marketing Mix

All Customers in the Market

Undifferentiated
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Multisegment Strategy
Product Price Distribution

Promotion

Product

Price

Distribution

Promotion

Multiple Marketing Mixes
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Differentiated
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More Than One Market Segment
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Market Concentration Strategy

Product

Price

Distribution

Promotion

Single Marketing Mix Differentiated
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Focused on a Single Market Segment
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Niche Marketing Strategy

Product

Price

Distribution

Promotion

Single Marketing Mix
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Focused on a Small Niche Market Segment Differentiated
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Customized Marketing Strategy
Product Price Distribution

Promotion

Product

Price

Distribution

Unique Marketing Mixes
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Promotion

Individual Customers
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Target Marketing Strategies
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Five basic strategies for target market selection:
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(1) Single Segment Targeting (2) Selective Targeting (3) Mass Market Targeting (4) Product Specialization (5) Market Specialization
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Basic Target Marketing Strategies

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Discussion Question

Can you think of a product that could be marketed effectively using a mass marketing approach? If so, explain and justify your answer. If not, what types of changes would have to be made to the product to make it appropriate for a mass marketing approach?
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Discussion Question

Many consumers and consumer advocates are critical of the one-to-one marketing approach due to personal privacy concerns. Marketers counter that one-to-one marketing can lead to privacy abuses, but that the benefits to both consumers and marketers far outweigh the risks. Where do you stand on this issue? Why?
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Discussion Question

What are some of the ethical and legal issues involved in targeting sensitive groups such as children and seniors?

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