Download - Segmentation, Targeting, And Positioning
Presenters:
Muhammad Majid
Sajid Bakhtiar
Segmentation, Targeting, & Positioning.
Dividing a market into distinct groups with distinct needs, characteristics, or behavior who might require separate products or marketing mixes.
Market Segmentation:
World region or country Pakistan
Province Punjab, KPK, Sindh, Balochistan
City Peshawar, Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi
Density Urban or Rural
Climate Hot & cool
Geographic Segmentation Variables:
Dividing the markets groups based on:
Age Gender Family size Family life cycle Income
Occupation Education Religion Race Generation Nationality
Demographic Segmentation Variables:
Dividing the markets into different groups based on :
Social class Upper, Middle, Lower
LifestyleAchievers, Strivers, Survivors
Personality characteristics
PsychoGraphic Segmentation:
Dividing the Markets Based on: Occasions
Regular Or Special Occasions Benefits
Quality or Services, Economy, Convenience User Status
Potential, Ex, Regular, First Time Users Attitude Toward the Product
Positive, Negative or Enthusiastic User Rates
Light, Medium, heavy Users Loyalty Status Readiness Stage
Behavioral Segmentation Variables:
Demographic segmentation: Industry, company size, location
Operating variables: Technology, usage status, customer capabilities
Purchasing approaches:
Situational factors: Urgency, specific application, size of order
Personal characteristics: Buyer-seller similarity, attitudes toward risk, loyalty
Segmenting Business Markets:
Geographic segmentation Location or region
Economic factors Population income or level of economic development
Political and legal factors Type / stability of government, monetary regulations,
amount of bureaucracy, etc.
Cultural factors Language, religion, values, attitudes, customs,
behavioral patterns
Segmenting International Markets:
Consists of a set of buyers who share common needs or characteristics that the company decides
to serve
Target Marketing
Segment size and growthSegment structural attractiveness
Level of competition Substitute products Power of buyers Powerful suppliers
Company objectives and resources
Evaluating Market Segments:
Undifferentiated (mass) marketingDifferentiated (segmented) marketingConcentrated (niche) marketingMicromarketing (local or individual)
Selecting Target Market Segments:
Considerations include:Company resourcesThe degree of product variabilityProduct’s life-cycle stageMarket variabilityCompetitors’ marketing strategies
Choosing a Target Marketing Strategy:
The place the product occupies in consumers’ minds relative to competing products.
Positioning
Choosing a Positioning Strategy:Identifying possible competitive advantagesChoosing the right competitive advantageChoosing a positioning strategy
Differentiation can be based on
Products Services Channels People Image
Continued…Identifying possible competitive advantagesChoosing the right competitive advantageChoosing a positioning strategy
How many differences to promote?Unique selling
propositionSeveral benefits
Which differences to promote? Criteria include:ImportantDistinctiveSuperiorCommunicablePreemptiveAffordableProfitable
Continued….Identifying possible competitive advantagesChoosing the right competitive advantageChoosing a positioning strategy
Value propositions represent the full positioning of the brand
Possible value propositions: More for More More for the Same More for Less The Same for Less Less for Much Less
Positioning statements summarize the company or brand positioning
EXAMPLE: Do the dew, Style zara hat k, tum he tu hu…
Developing a Positioning Statement: