Segmentation and Targeting Methods

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Course Outline

  1. Segmentation Targeting and Positioning
  2. Segmentation Fundamentals
  3. Useful Segmentation Criteria
  4. Consumer Segmentation Bases
  5. Purchase Behavior and Customer Needs
  6. Target Segment Selection
  7. Segment Coverage and Ethical Limits
  8. Segmentation-Driven Strategy Formation
  9. Mobil’s Actionable Gas Segments
  10. Cluster Analysis
  11. Preference and Response Methods
  12. Core Segmentation Vocabulary

1. Segmentation Targeting and Positioning

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Segmentation: groups customers with similar needs into homogeneous customer segments and identifies the characteristics of those segments
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1. What is the primary purpose of customer segmentation?

2. Which sequence correctly describes the STP process?

3. How does market segmentation transform a heterogeneous market?

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What does segmentation do with customers?

It groups customers with similar needs into homogeneous segments.

What are the three steps of the STP process?

Segmentation, targeting, and positioning.

Which company conducted a 2005 study segmenting hypertension patients by attitudes and adherence?

McKinsey & Company.

What are the six criteria for a useful market segmentation?

Identifiable, substantial, accessible, stable, differentiable, and actionable.

What are the three questions grouping consumer segmentation variables?

Who buys, what customers buy, and why they buy it.

What three factors does the RFM model use to segment customers?

Recency, frequency, and monetary value of purchases.

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