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Rural Marketing, 2e
Chapter 5Segmenting and Targeting Rural
Markets
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Learning Objectives
• Describe the concepts of segmentation, target marketing and market positioning, stressing the need to recognise heterogeneity amongst rural consumers
• Understand the major bases for segmenting rural consumers and segmentation strategy
• Understand how companies identify attractive market segments and choose target marketing strategy
• Realise how companies position their products for maximum competitive advantage in the rural marketplace
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Introduction
Segmentation
Targeting
Positioning
• Marketers need to progress from traditional descriptive, geographic and democratic traits to behaviour, psychographics in rural
• They also need to evolve different targeting and positioning strategies to penetrate rural markets
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Segmentation
• Sub-division of a market into homogenous subsets of customers which can be reached with a distinct marketing mix
• Profiles can be developed suitably
• Rural customers can be segmented as:
Self-employed farmers
Daily wage labour
Salaried employees
Traders
Micro-entrepreneurs
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Heterogeneity in Rural Markets
Socio-cultural differences
Population size and density
Level of infrastructure development
Media exposure levels
Variations in literacy levels
Differences in income levels and income flow
Family structure
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Pre-requisites for Effective Segmentation
Measurable Accessible
Differentiable
Substantial
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Degree of Segmentation
Mass marketing
•Considers all customers homogeneous•Companies use this while entering rural markets enter
Segment marketing
•Identifies customers as separate groups•HUL – Hamam and Lifebuoy
Niche marketing
•Serves selectively one or a few customer groups•Ghari using quality of water to launch variants
Micro marketing
•Focuses on individuals or very small groups•Dabur’s Anmol hair oil
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Bases for Segmenting Rural Consumer Markets
Geographic Demographic
Psychographic Behavioural
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Geographic Segmentation
• By regions: North, south, west, east• Village size: <1,000; 1,000–2,000; 2,000–5000; >5,000• Density: Low, moderate, high• Climate: Summer, rainy, winter• Culture: 56 socio-cultural groups
Regional Differences Among Consumers
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Demographic Segmentation
•Children, teens, young adults, elders, seniorsAge and Lifecycle
•Joint family, invidualized joint family, nuclear familyFamily structure
•Male, femaleGender
•Deprived, aspirers, seekers, strivers, globalIncome
•Landless, marginal, small and largeLand ownership
•Illiterates, semi-literates, literatesEducation
•Pucca, semi-pucca, kucchaHouse type:•Self-employed farmers, daily wage labourers, salaried, tradersOccupation
•Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, ParsiReligion
•Upper caste, lower casteCaste
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Psychographic Segmentation
•Upper•Lower•Middle
Social Class
•Trendsetters•Followers/adapters•Traditionalists
Lifestyle
•Authoritarian•Ambitious
Personality
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Psychographic Segments in Rural India
SECRural Demographic
CharacteristicsRural Lifestyle
R1
Landlord farmers, educated, exposed to urban environment, children in schools, colleges in nearby towns, owns durables like tractor, two wheeler, TV, music system, steel cupboard, LPG, refrigerator, mixer-grinders
Aspiring to match urban lifestyle, technology adopters, experiment with modern farming methods, eager for additional sources of income socially and politically well connected, high spenders on social occasions
R2
Rich farmers with about 5 acres of land, may not be educated, friends and relatives living in urban areas, owns durables like tractor, two wheeler, TV, LPG
Want children to get educated, consult friends and relatives in urban areas for technology adoption, conscious of status, aspire to be well known in social and political circles
R3
Average landholding 2 – 5 acres, manages small savings, children sent to village school, owns durables like TV, tractor (self and rental)
Opt for time-tested technology, low risk-taker, desire more knowledge, followers, seekers
R4
Have little or no land, agricultural labour, living below poverty line, a major purchaser from public distribution system
Laggards, averse to latest technology, risk averse, uninformed
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Behavioural Segmentation
•Festivals, melas, jatras, weekly haatsOccasions•Quality, convenience, value for money, service, etc.Benefits sought
•Non-user, ex-user, first time user, regular user, potential userUser status
•Light user, medium user, heavy userUsage rate
•Strong, weak, non-loyalLoyalty status
•Village shop, haats, nearby town, melas and jatrasPlace of purchase
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Behavioural Segmentation
Market Potential Value (MPV) from R.K. Swamy BBDO
Household Potential Index (HPI) by Media Research Users Council, Hansa
Research
MART-MAS (Market Attractiveness Score)
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Targeting
•Overall attractiveness by size, growth rate, accessibility, etc.•Company objectives and resource competitiveness •Go to rural markets rather than wait for customer
Evaluation of Segments
•Rating on a pre-determined scale
Selection of Segments
•Undifferentiated marketing - Nirma•Differentiated/targeted marketing - Lifebuoy•Concentrated marketing – Multiple brands of soaps of HUL
Coverage of Segments
•Depends on company resources, product variability, product lifestyle stage, and market variability
Choosing a Coverage Strategy
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Positioning
• The act of designing the company’s offerings and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target segment
• Begins with construction of a visual map (perceptual positioning map) of the customer’s mind
• Existing brands tend to cluster around particular spots
• Marketers need to position brands in new attractive spots: Ghari in low price, high quality
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Positioning
Identifying the positioning
concept
•Product differentiation•Service differentiation•People differentiation•Image differentiation
Selecting the positioning
concept
•Attractive•Distinctive•Pre-emptive•Affordable•Communicable
Developing the concept
•Concept development•Select appropriate media
Communicating the concept
•How many ideas /differences to promote?•Which positioning to promote?
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Rural Marketing Case Bru Instant Coffee Connect
1. What communication challenges did Bru face? Which innovative media vehicle was chosen was chosen for reaching the target group? Why? What else could have been used to improve the campaign?
2. What kind of impact was generated by the campaign? How much rural growth was achieved as a result of the campaign?
3. Identify different consumer segments among health food drinkers in rural. Suppose a new brand “Health Plus” is entering this market. As the brand manager of the company, explain how you enter this market and address the communication challenge for different segments.
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Do Not Over -SegmentDevelop Segment-by -Segment
Invasion Plans
Successful Mantra in Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning in Rural Markets