Chapter 6 – Customer Value-Driven Marketing Strategy
Objective 6-1 Define the major steps in designing a customer value-driven marketing strategy: market
segmentation, targeting, differentiation, and positioning.
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Chapter 6 – Customer Value-Driven Marketing Strategy
Objective 6-1 Define the major steps in designing a customer value-driven marketing strategy: market
segmentation, targeting, differentiation, and positioning.
Marketing Strategy –
● Figure 6.1 shows the four major steps in designing a customer value-driven marketing strategy.
● In the first two steps, the company selects the customers that it will serve.
● Market segmentation involves dividing a market
into distinct groups of buyers who have different
needs, characteristics, or behaviors and who might
require separate marketing strategies or mixes.
● The company identifies different ways to segment
the market and develops profiles of the resulting
market segments. Market targeting (or targeting)
consists of evaluating each market segment’s
attractiveness and selecting one or more market
segments to enter.
● In the final two steps, the company decides on a value proposition—how it will create value for target
customers.
● Differentiation involves actually differentiating the firm’s market offering to create superior customer
value.
● Positioning consists of arranging for a market offering to occupy a clear, distinctive, and desirable
place relative to competing products in the minds of target consumers.
Objective 6-2 List and discuss the major bases for segmenting consumer and business markets.
Market Segmentation –
● Buyers in any market differ in their wants, resources, locations, buying attitudes, and buying practices.
● Through market segmentation, companies divide large, diverse markets into smaller segments that can
be reached more efficiently and effectively with products and services that match their unique needs.
● In this section, we discuss four important segmentation topics: segmenting consumer markets,
segmenting business markets, segmenting international markets, and the requirements for effective
segmentation.
Segmenting Consumer Markets –
● There is no single way to segment a market. A marketer has to try different segmentation variables,
alone and in combination, to find the best way to view market structure.
● Table 6.1 outlines variables that might be used in segmenting consumer markets. Here we look at the
major geographic, demographic, psychographic, and behavioral variables.
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