1. MG 220 Marketing Management
BBA 09 – Sec C
Fall 2010
Muhammad Talha Salam, Asst. Professor
talha.salam@nu.edu.pk
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Part 3:
Connecting with Customers
> Market Targeting
Part 4: Building Strong Brands
> Overall review of Part 4
> Discussion on Term Project
Class Presentation | Session 13 | 29 Sep 2010
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Market Targeting
• Marketers job is to identify segments and select which ones
to target
• Segments are identified => Now selecting which ones to
target
• More and more refinement helps identify smaller, more
focused segments and
Better target them
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Market Targeting
Effective Segmentation Criteria
• Market segments must rate favorably on following criteria:
– Measurable
• Size, purchasing power, characteristics can be measured easily
• It should not be vague
– Substantial
• Large & profitable enough to serve
• Worth going after with a tailored marketing program/effort
– Accessible
• Can be effectively reached and served
– Differentiable
• Conceptually distinguishable
• Respond differently to different marketing-mix elements
– Actionable
• Effective programs can be formulated for that particular segment
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Market Targeting
Evaluating and Selecting the Market Segments
• Evaluation process
– Based on five criteria (mentioned previously)
– Vis-à-vis two factors:
• Segment’s overall attractiveness
• Company’s objectives and resources
– A company must evaluate segments carefully by answering all
criteria clearly and ensuring that it is favorable
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Market Targeting
Evaluating and Selecting the Market Segments
• Selecting Market Segments
– Selection is done based on evaluation of market segments
– Five different patterns are used:
1. Single-segment concentration
2. Selective Specialization
3. Product Specialization
4. Market Specialization
5. Full Market coverage
(illustrations ahead are in a grid pattern showing M-Market vs. P-Product)
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Market Targeting
Evaluating and Selecting the Market Segments
1. Single-segment concentration
– Pick only one segment
– Focus on it and achieve leadership and thus
– Have high returns of investment
Downside:
– Too much dependency implies increased risk
Generally:
– Companies tend to operate in more than one segment
– Helps diversify and absorb costs in a better way
– Concept of Supersegments: Segments sharing exploitable
similarities: Companies try to operate in supersegments too
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Market Targeting
Evaluating and Selecting the Market Segments
2. Selective Specialization
– Pick different segments having no synergy
– Each is objectively attractive and appropriate
– Different approaches can be:
• Different products in different markets (as in fig.)
• Different segments (totally isolated from each other)
picked for one product
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Market Targeting
Evaluating and Selecting the Market Segments
3. Product Specialization
– Focus on one product
– Offered across all markets (segments)
– Too much focus on product alone
– What if product is replaced by a better
product or technology?
– Example: Kodak’s camera films
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Market Targeting
Evaluating and Selecting the Market Segments
4. Market Specialization
– Focus on one market
– Focus is on serving as many needs of that market
– Again, too much dependency on one area
– What if this market is not able to grow?
– Example: Institutes too much focused on
accounting market (CA, ACCA, CAT etc.)
Had to diversify into finance programs (CFA, CISA)
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Market Targeting
Evaluating and Selecting the Market Segments
5. Full Market Coverage
– Serve all customer segments for all their needs
– Very hard to do. Generally large firms can do it only
• E.g. Microsoft (software market)
– Two broad strategies/approaches:
• Undifferentiated Marketing: Firm ignores segment
differences and offers one product to all
Coke’s 300 ml bottle example applies here
• Differentiated Marketing: Different products for
different segments – still covering all segments
Microsoft targeting different segments in software market differently
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Market Targeting
Evaluating and Selecting the Market Segments
Managing Multiple Segments
• Using segment managers
• Each is responsible for growth and profitability of own segments
Differentiated Marketing Costs
• In differentiated marketing (targeting different segments with different
products), higher sales are possible than undifferentiated marketing but
costs are also increased.
– Product modification costs
– Manufacturing costs
– Administrative costs
– Inventory costs
– Promotion costs
• Marketers need to understand the trade-off and be cautious of segmentation
(particularly over-segmentation)
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Market Targeting
Additional Considerations
Segment-by-Segment invasion plans
• Recommended: enter one segment at a time
• Add more with time
• Segment-by-segment invasion plans should be kept as confidential as
possible
• Companies at times fail to
develop these plans
• How to enter blocked markets:
Concept of megamarketing
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Market Targeting
Additional Considerations
Updating Segmentation schemes
• Market segmentation analysis should be done periodically because
business environment change
• How consumer attributes change and understanding of it helps update
market segmentation
Ethical choice of market targets
• Ensuring that marketing efforts are not exploiting vulnerable groups in
society
• OR promoting harmful products
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14. MG 220 Marketing Management
BBA 09 – Sec C
Fall 2010
Muhammad Talha Salam, Asst. Professor
talha.salam@nu.edu.pk
Access it online: www.slideshare.net/talhasalam
Part 4:
Building Strong Brands
> Overall review: Part 4
Class Presentation | Session 13 | 29 Sep 2010
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Part 4: Building Strong Brands
Chap 9: Creating Brand Equity
What is Brand Equity?
Building Brand Equity
Measuring Brand Equity
Managing Brand Equity
Devising a Branding Strategy
Chap 10: Crafting the Brand Positioning
Developing and Creating a Positioning Strategy
Differentiation Strategies
Product Life-cycle marketing strategies
Market Evolution
Chap 11: Dealing with Competition
Competitive forces
Identifying Competitors
Analyzing Competitors
Competitive Strategies for Market Leaders
Other Competitive Strategies
Balancing Customer and Competitor Orientations
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Discussion on Term Project
Two Projects 10%
Individual Project 3%
Project Report
Individual Presentation (5 mins.)
2-weeks beginning Oct 5, 2010
1 x deliverable | 1 x presentation
Team Project 7%
Teams of 4 individuals each
Project Report
Team Presentation
4-weeks project beginning Oct 19,2010
3 x deliverables | 1 x presentation
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17. MG 220 Marketing Management
BBA 09 – Sec C
Fall 2010
Muhammad Talha Salam, Asst. Professor
talha.salam@nu.edu.pk
Access it online: www.slideshare.net/talhasalam
Part 4:
Building Strong Brands
> What is Brand Equity?
> Building Brand Equity
> Measuring Brand Equity
> Managing Brand Equity
> Discussion on Mid-Term I
Class Presentation | Session 14 | 5 Oct 2010