Effective Segmentation Strategies for Targeted Marketing Campaigns
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Learn how to identify and segment consumer markets based on characteristics like demographics, psychographics, geographics, and behavior. Discover the benefits of using a segmentation approach to tailor advertising messages, products, and media plans, ultimately driving sales and reducing wastage. Explore different segmentation approaches and consumer categories to effectively target profitable audience segments.
Effective Segmentation Strategies for Targeted Marketing Campaigns
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The Consumer Audience Week 4 Lecture 7
Identify market type Homogenous Heterogeneous Examples: Telecom companies launch campaigns Petrol company ads Steps to Segmentation
Identify market type Dividing the market into groups of people with similar characteristics in certain key product-related areas (Segment) Steps to Segmentation
Identify market type Segment Identify the group that will be the most profitable audience / is most likely to respond to the message (Target) Steps to Segmentation
Why Use Segmentation Approach? • Precisely match needs & wants of customers with high buying potential • Advertising messages • Product variations • Save on wastage in media plans • Generate more sales
Customer-Oriented Product-Oriented Segmentation Approaches Demographics Age & Life Stage Gender Ethnicity Religion Income Education Household Size Psychographics Society/Culture Lifestyle Personality Geographics International National State City Climate Urban/Rural Benefits Sought Specific Problems solved by product Specific Benefits offered Behavior Traits Usage Rates User Status Brand Loyalty
Demographics • Are statistical, personal, social & economic characteristics used to describe a population • Age • Gender • Education • Income • Occupation • Race / Ethnicity • Family Size
Geographic • The area in which the target market lives • Urban / Suburban • City • Province • National • International • Climate
Psychographic • Refers to lifestyles & psychological characteristics such as values, attitudes, beliefs, personality, motivations, interests & opinions • Activities (Hobbies, shopping, entertainment, social events…) • Opinions (Self, social issues, morality, culture, business, religion, environment, society…) • Interests (family, job, community, fashion, food, health…) • Trends & Fads
Important Components • Culture & Values • Freedom, independence, individualism, collectivism, achievement, respect, excitement, openness, conservativeness, need for self-fulfillment, long-term orientation, superiority, etc… • Reference Groups – guides for behavior • Social Class
Usage Behavior • How much of a product category or brand a customer buys or may buy or how willing people are to innovate Consumer Categories Based on Product Usage Usage Rates Light Medium Heavy Brand Relationship Non-Users Ex-Users Regulars First-Timers Loyal Users Switchers Innovation Innovators Early Adopters Early Majority Late Majority Laggards
Benefit Segmentation • Based on consumers’ needs or problems (or wants) or specific benefits consumers hope to derive
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs • Primary (Innate) vs. Secondary Needs (acquired) Relevant Products Examples
Lifestyles Analysis How people allocate time, energy & money VALS – Values & Lifestyle Analysis Sociodemographic Segmentation Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, Millenium Kids… Other Segmentations
Target Profiling • Also called Consumer Narrative • Descriptions of the target audience that read like a description of someone you know • Example (for Fishing Boat Charter): • Married men within 35 – 50 year age bracket with kids up to 3 in number aged 6 – 16, upper middle class socio-economic background with income around $90K or more per year. Well settled in their career with white-collar professional jobs. Reside in a coastal area of Florida. Busy schedule and usually pre-plan vacations & value comfort & relaxation over adventure. Vacations are a way to spend quality family time. Want to be role models for their sons and have strong progressive family values… Many have had prior fishing experience…