PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AND MARKET SEGMENTATION AS ALTERNATIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES WENDELL R. SMITH Alderson & Sessions decade the 1930’s‚ the work of D URING theRobinsonofand ofChamberlin resulted in a revitalization economic theory. While classical and neoclassical theory provided a useful framework for economic analysis‚ the theories of perfect competition and pure monopoly had become inadequate as explanations of the contemporary business scene. The theory of perfect competition assumes homogeneity
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Product Positioning A product positioning statement has four main components – the target‚ the frame of reference‚ the differentiation‚ and the reason(s) to believe. THE TARGET The target is who the product is for – who is the target user or customer of the product. The key to a good target definition is to balance being specific with being concise‚ you need to describe the target well enough that they can be identified‚ without being so verbose that your positioning statement goes beyond
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and techniques of getting people to exchange their cash for your product. It is not concerned with the values that the exchange is all about. And it does not‚ as marketing invariable does‚ view the entire business process as consisting of a tightly integrated effort to discover‚ create‚ arouse and satisfy customer needs." In other words‚ marketing has less to do with getting customers to pay for your product as it does developing a demand for that product and fulfilling the customer’s needs Market consists
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------------------------------------------------- Product management From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Marketing | Key concepts | Product • Pricing Distribution • Service • Retail Brand management Account-based marketing Marketing ethics Marketing effectiveness Market research Market segmentation Marketing strategy Marketing management Market dominance | Promotional content | Advertising • Branding • Underwriting Direct marketing • Personal Sales Product placement • Publicity Sales promotion • Sex
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Product Positioning "Product positioning" is a marketing technique intended to present products in the best possible light to different target audiences. The method is related to "market segmentation" in that an early step in major marketing campaigns is to discover the core market most likely to buy a product—or the bulk of the product. Once segmentation has defined this group ("active seniors‚" "affluent professional working women‚" "teens") the positioning of the product consists of creating
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What is a Product? In marketing‚ the term “product” is often used as a catch-all word to identify solutions a marketer provides to its target market. We will follow this approach and permit the term “product” to cover offerings that fall into one of the following categories: * Goods – Something is considered a good if it is a tangible item. That is‚ it is something that is felt‚ tasted‚ heard‚ smelled or seen. For example‚ bicycles‚ cellphones‚ and donuts are all examples of tangible goods
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Zong‚ Stellar Starbucks Product Mix Starbucks is a good-known brand in the world that offering good coffee‚ but it has composite groups of products that makes available to customers. Starbucks only sold coffee beans at beginning of time. After that‚ they offer brewed coffee and espresso beverages‚ Frappuccino‚ and Latte. As the organization growing‚ they start to offer ice cream‚ bottled Frappuccino coffee‚ Tazo Tea‚ Ethos Water‚ and food. Now Starbucks also offer coffee makers‚ Starbucks cards
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Outline the concept of the augmented product. Apply and evaluate the concept to a brand of your choice. The concept of the augmented product tries to show how the overall view of the product and brand by fragmenting it into separate dimensions. Corey (1975) describes it as “the product is the total package of benefits that the customer receives when he buys.” There are 3 dimensions; core‚ tangible and intangible. Through these dimensions the product can be differentiated from competitors and
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REQUIREMENT NO.1 Table of Contents I. Introduction & Definition of terms -------------------------------- 1 II. Difference between the following: a) Product & Service --------------------------------------------- 4 b) Manufacturing of Products & Rendering of Service ------ 4 c) Quality Base & Time Base Strategies -----------------------5 III. Forms of Production Process ----------------------------------------6 IV. Classification of Production System --------------------------------7
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Levels of Product and Service Product Name: Itel Mobile Phone (Model: IT 6700). Introduction: Product planners need to think about products and services on three levels. Each level adds more customer value. The most basic level is core benefit. At the second level‚ product planners must turn the core benefit into actual product. Finally‚ product planners must build an augmented product around the core benefit and actual product by offering additional consumer services and benefits. Now I discuss
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