What is the definition of target market?
Target Market & Segmentation
Target Marketing is the process of finding potential customers for a business. Segmentation is the process of dividing a market into distinct groups of customers. This helps businesses create more personalized products and services.
Target Market & Segmentation
Target Market: A specific group of consumers that a business has decided to aim its marketing efforts and ultimately its merchandise towards.
Market Segmentation: The process of dividing a market of potential customers into groups, or segments, based on different characteristics.
Demographics: Statistics that describe a population in terms of personal characteristics such as age, race, gender, income, and occupation.
Did you know?
Market segmentation is used to divide markets into different sections based on customer needs, motivations, characteristics, and behaviors. Market segmentation can also be used to identify smaller niche markets that may have been overlooked by companies. Market segmentation is also used to determine the most effective way to target and reach a company’s target market.
What are the benefits of segmenting target markets?
How do companies identify their target markets?
How does understanding target markets help a company?
What are the consequences of not properly segmenting target markets?
Brain break: Draw a flamingo selling ice cream on the beach
What is target market segmentation?
- Setting marketing objectives
- Analyzing competitor strategies
- Determining the size of the target market
- Dividing a market into distinct groups based on similar characteristics
Which of the following is NOT a common segmentation variable?
- Demographics (age, gender, income)
- Geographic location
- Number of competitors in the market
- Psychographics (lifestyle, personality)
Why is target market segmentation important for businesses?
- To better understand customers and their needs
- To eliminate potential customers
- To reduce marketing costs
- To increase competition among customers
True or False: Target market segmentation helps businesses tailor their marketing messages and offerings to specific customer groups.
Assignment: Target Market
Open up Canvas and go to the Target Market assignment in this week's module. Take the rest of class to work on it, and be prepared to submit tomorrow.