Thứ Năm, 27 tháng 12, 2012

Benefits Of Having Market Segmentation Strategy

By April Heath


Every firm wants to maximize its earnings and profits as it offers various products and services to its customers therefore leading to high levels of satisfaction. In order to guarantee the top quality products meet the specific needs of the target consumers, it is essential to understand the customer first. It is however impossible to have any product that satisfies everyone since people have different tastes and preferences which influence their liking or disliking of any commodity. It would be impractical to design unique products for each and every person therefore the need to standardize some commodities which are targeted for certain group of people which increases the likelihood of satisfaction. Every company should have a market segmentation strategy in place if it intends to grow its customer base and level of utility.

Firms find it easier to manufacture group or customer specific commodities as opposed to standardized ones since they can learn these people better. They may make products which trigger demand by making life easier for consumers. Satisfied consumers have a high likelihood of repurchasing and referring others which cause increases in turnover and profitability.

An understanding of the population which is expected to consume a certain product guides firms in making sufficient quantities of a certain commodity. This eliminates incidents of stock outs. This leads to increased reliability in the supply of various products and prevents firms from making excessive quantities which would otherwise only increase storage costs.

Entrepreneurs find it easy to locate factories and distribution centers for certain commodities considering they have a specific target market. This guarantees a steady supply of consumables in addition to reducing certain costs such as transportation which in turn affects the product price. Firms can thus increase their profits while they lower their costs.

There are certain characteristics which are unique in every group of people therefore marketing campaigns must meet their tastes to warrant any attention. Marketers therefore try to understand their targets before starting any campaign to ensure they make a workable plan. This results in higher likelihood of positive response from consumers.

In order to make people aware and proud of any commodity, marketing executives use brand ambassadors to popularize such commodities among the targeted population. This makes such projects easy to achieve since only those who are targeted receive advertisements. Minimal resources are therefore used to develop successful marketing campaigns.

Consumer behavior is an important subject that all companies should consider studying in order to best understand how their existing and targeted consumers behave in different circumstances. This also enables them make products that blend with the customer behavior and attitudes. The customer is the king and you should therefore venture to maximize earnings by keeping them happy.

Before developing any market segmentation strategy, firms should ensure it is in line with its objectives otherwise it would be considered ultra vires. In addition, any decisions made should be verifiable by having relevant documents supporting it. Any failures which may result due to making decisions based on assumptions are minimized.




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