Marketing Segmentation
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Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning
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Today’s Topics
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
1.Explain what market segmentation is and when to use it. 2.Identify the five steps involved in segmenting and targeting markets.
3.Recognize the different factors used to segment consumer and organizational (business) markets.
4.Know how to develop a market-product grid to identify a target market and recommend resulting actions. 5.Explain how marketing managers position products in the marketplace. 6.Describe three approaches to developing a sales forecast for a company.
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Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning
‣ Had a good night sleep lately?
‣ 73 percent of people sleep on their side ‣ 22 percent sleep on their back ‣ 5 percent sleep on their stomach ‣ For a simple product like bed pillows, there is not a “one size/one type fits all”
Canadians spend hundreds of millions of dollars yearly on bedding
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WHY SEGMENT MARKETS?
‣ What Market Segmentation Means
‣ Market segments ‣ Product differentiation ‣ Segmentation: Linking Needs to Actions ‣ Using Market-Product Grids
Market segmentation involves aggregating prospective buyers into groups that (1) have common needs and (2) will respond similarly to a marketing action. A market-product grid is a framework to relate the market segments of potential buyers to products offered or potential mar-keting actions by the firm.
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FIGURE 9-1 Market segmentation - linking market need to an organization’s marketing program
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WHY SEGMENT MARKETS?
‣ When to Segment Markets
‣ One Product and Multiple Market Segments ‣ Multiple
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Slide 2
Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning
© 2011 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. All rights reserved.
Today’s Topics
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
1.Explain what market segmentation is and when to use it. 2.Identify the five steps involved in segmenting and targeting markets.
3.Recognize the different factors used to segment consumer and organizational (business) markets.
4.Know how to develop a market-product grid to identify a target market and recommend resulting actions. 5.Explain how marketing managers position products in the marketplace. 6.Describe three approaches to developing a sales forecast for a company.
© 2011 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. All rights reserved.
Slide 3
Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning
‣ Had a good night sleep lately?
‣ 73 percent of people sleep on their side ‣ 22 percent sleep on their back ‣ 5 percent sleep on their stomach ‣ For a simple product like bed pillows, there is not a “one size/one type fits all”
Canadians spend hundreds of millions of dollars yearly on bedding
© 2011 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. All rights reserved.
Slide 4
WHY SEGMENT MARKETS?
‣ What Market Segmentation Means
‣ Market segments ‣ Product differentiation ‣ Segmentation: Linking Needs to Actions ‣ Using Market-Product Grids
Market segmentation involves aggregating prospective buyers into groups that (1) have common needs and (2) will respond similarly to a marketing action. A market-product grid is a framework to relate the market segments of potential buyers to products offered or potential mar-keting actions by the firm.
© 2011 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. All rights reserved.
LO 1
Slide 5
FIGURE 9-1 Market segmentation - linking market need to an organization’s marketing program
© 2011 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. All rights reserved.
LO 1
Slide 6
WHY SEGMENT MARKETS?
‣ When to Segment Markets
‣ One Product and Multiple Market Segments ‣ Multiple