B2B 1. Market Segmentation, Targeting, & Positioning 2. Demand Projection

1. B2B 1. Market Segmentation, Targeting, & Positioning 2. Demand Projection

2. General Market Segmentation Strategy • Business Marketing Segmentation Versus Consumer Marketing Segmentation • Market Strategies for Business Segmentation • Approaches to Market Segmentation • Segmenting Business Markets • Evaluating Potential Market Segments • Product Positioning Strategy • Business Demand Projection • Selecting Forecasting Methods

3. Why Segment Markets? • To group customers with similar needs so one marketing mix can be used to meet the group’s needs without having a separate marketing mix for each customer (and still create a differential advantage). • Given limited resources, to strategically target which groups to serve. • As in all marketing activity, to better serve customer needs.

4. Segmentation Benefits • 1. for the marketer to become more attuned to the unique needs of customer segments. • 2. to focus product development efforts, develop profitable pricing strategies, select appropriate channels of distribution. • 3. provides guidelines that are of significant value in allocating marketing resources.

5. General Market Segmentation Strategy • Analyze buyer behavior of each segment… • Analyze buyer decision process of each segment… • Analyze the demographics of each segment… • Pick targets, forecast sales, calculate pro forma profitability, and design a marketing mix for each segment based on above…

6. General Market Segmentation Strategy • A Good Market Segment Is • Measurable • Differentiable • Substantial • Actionable • Accessible

7. Business market segmentation can help in: Market analysis Market selection Marketing management Segment business markets even if we are selling consumer products B2C marketers must market to distributors or retail chains Business Marketing Segmentation Vs. Consumer Marketing Segmentation

8. Undifferentiated Marketing Strategy Market aggregation Total market is treated as one homogeneous market segment Differentiated Marketing Strategy Developing a different marketing mix for many different market segments Concentrated Marketing Strategy Selects one or a relatively few segments to pursue Market Strategies for Business Segmentation

9. Macro/Micro Segmentation Macro segmentation dividing the market into subgroups based on overall characteristics of the prospect organization, e.g., usage rates, NAICS category Micro segmentation Dividing the market into subgroups based on specific characteristics of the decision-making process and buying structure of the prospect organization, e.g., buying-center authority, attitudes toward vendors. Approaches to Market Segmentation

10. Meaningful Microsegments • Importance of Purchase -- appropriate when the product is applied in various ways by various customers. • Attitudes toward Vendors – an analysis of how various clusters of buyers view alternative sources of supply often uncovers opportunities. • Organizational Innovativeness – some organizations are more innovative and willing to purchase new industrial products than others. • Personal Characteristics – although some interesting studies have shown the viability of segmentation on the basis of individual characteristics, further research is needed to explore its potential as a firm base for microsegmentation.

11. Nested Approach Stresses segmentation according to the amount of investigation required to identify and evaluate different criteria. Layers of the nest begins with organization demographics More specific customer characteristics are nested inside the broader organizational basis. Approaches to Market Segmentation

13. Other Approaches to Market Segmentation Segmenting on size, industry, or products alone Approaches to Market Segmentation

14. Type of Economic Activity Size of Organization Geographic Location Product Usage Structure of the Procurement Function Segmenting Business Markets

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16. Market Profitability Analysis Market Competitive Analysis Evaluating Potential Market Segments

17. Introduction Product Positioning The way a product is defined by customers Product Differentiation Involves meaningful differences in the product, services offered, personnel, etc. Product Positioning Strategy

18. Why Strategically Position Products and Services? • So they are perceived as different from competitors in ways that represent value to customer segments • As a tool to help marketers visualize the customer’s perceptions of the competitive offerings available according to various variables (axes) of importance

19. How Can Product Positioning Be Misused? • One common error is to create a map of where you would like your products to be positioned or where they are positioned in your perception of the market, then treat the resulting map strategically as if it is a map of the actual perceptions of the customers in the market.

20. Approaches to Positioning Technology Quality Price Distribution Image Service Product Positioning Strategy

21. Successful Positioning Consider what position the firm presently owns. Decide what position the firm wants to own. Decide who the firm must outflank to gain that position. Consider if the firm has the necessary resources. Consider if the firm is committed to achieving the objective. Determine if the firm can create a marketing mix to achieve the desired position. Product Positioning Strategy

22. Business Demand Projection • Strategic Importance of Forecasting in Decison Making • Companies must plan in order to have materials/resources on hand to meet customer needs. • It is required by top management, just as engineers must design and accountants must add numbers. • It is a basic marketing function. • Other functional areas use demand forecasts to make their own forecasts and budgets, make purchases, set goals, etc.

23. Business Demand Projection • Common Forecasting Problems • Mystique (to those who are not trained) • Accuracy (marketers tend to be can-do, optimistic types) • Inconsistency (continual subjective modifications) • Accountability (developing forecast versus achieving forecast) • Implementation (mixing forecasts, goals, quotas)

24. Selecting Forecasting Methods • The importance and nature of forecast impacts method chosen. • Different methods are appropriate for long-term vs. medium-term vs. short-term forecasts. • Different methods are appropriate for different types of data (e.g., amount of cycle, trend, noise). • The right method for the right type situation and the right type data improves accuracy. • Forecasting is not guessing.

25. Selecting Forecasting Methods • Forecasting requires a pattern or relationship that is present in past data and will repeat. • Forecasting is a lot more than averaging. It’s an academic area with its own theory, textbooks, and journals. • Companies routinely hire expert consultants to improve their forecasting accuracy by a percentage point or two and save them millions of dollars.

26. Selecting Forecasting Methods • General Approaches to Forecasting • Top-down method – management develops an aggregate measure of sales potential then sales quotas are developed and a sales forecast is constructed • Bottom-up method (Build-up) – sales force develops estimates of sales by product lines, geographic area, or customer group and management adds these estimates together to get sales forecast

27. Selecting Forecasting Methods • Qualitative Approaches • Jury of Executive Opinion • Sales Force Composite • Survey of Buyer Intentions • The Delphi Method

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33. Selecting Forecasting Methods • Quantitative Approaches • Causal Techniques • Regression • Econometrics • Leading Indicators • Diffusion Index • Input-Output Analysis • Life-Cycle Analysis

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