A strategic marketing approach and process that is intended to define the specific customer of the product
Market Identification Process
Market Segmentation
Market Targeting
Market Positioning
Market Segmentation
An entrepreneurial marketing strategy designed primarily to divide the market into small segments with distinct needs, characteristics, or behavior
Methods for Segmenting the Market
Geographic Segmentation
Demographic Segmentation
Psychological Segmentation
Behavioral Segmentation
Points to Consider in Segmentation
Accessibility of the market segment
Size of the market segment
Distinction of the market segment
Market Targeting
A stage in market identification process that aims to determine the set of buyers with common needs and characteristics
Marketing Targeting Process
Evaluating each market segment
Selecting the target market segment or segments to serve
Marketing Targeting Evaluation
Size and Growth of the Segment
Structure of the Segment
Capability of the Business
Marketing Targeting Selection
Individual or one-to-one Marketing
Segmentation Marketing
Differentiated Marketing
Concentrated Marketing
Mass or differentiated Marketing
Market Positioning
The process of arranging a product to occupy a clear, distinct, and desirable place in relation to other competing products in the mindset of the target consumers
3 Steps Marketing Positioning
Determine whether the market position is distinct from others
Evaluates the advantages or benefits of every possible position
Decides on the market position
Perceptual Map
It shows the position of similar products competing in the market as perceived by the customers