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Chapter Four. The Fundamental Marcom Decisions: Segmenting and Targeting. 2007 Thomson South-Western. Segmenting & Targeting. Goal : Targeting allows marketing communicators to more precisely deliver their messages and prevent wasted coverage to people falling outside the targeted market.
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Chapter Four The Fundamental Marcom Decisions: Segmenting and Targeting 2007 Thomson South-Western
Segmenting & Targeting • Goal: • Targeting allows marketing communicators to more precisely deliver their messages and prevent wasted coverage to people falling outside the targeted market.
Consumer Characteristics Behaviorgraphics Benefit Psychographics Geodemographics Demographics
Behaviorgraphic Targeting Based on how people behave (with respect to a particular product category or class of related products) – e.g. past purchase behavior; online search activity; etc. The best predictor of one’s future behavior is his or her past behavior.
Benefit Segmentation & Targeting • Segment and target consumers on the basis of the key benefit they seek from the product. • Toothpaste category: • Automobiles category:
Psychographic Targeting • Captures aspects of consumers’ psychological make-ups and lifestyles including their attitudes, values, and motivations as they relate to buying behavior in a particular product category
Psychographic Segments • Porsche example
Psychographic Segmentation • The Euroconsumer:
Psychographic Segmentation • The Euroconsumer:
Cluster Analysis • A statistical method for grouping similar objects • Basis for market segmentation
Spatial Display – Scatter Diagram Buy On price Buy on image
Illustrative Statements Used in a Banking-Related Psychographic Study
Four Psychographic Segments of Banking Behaviors “Bank Loyalists” “Worried Traditionalists” “Thrifty Bankers” “Secured Investors”
Yankelovich MindBase Segments: 8 general segments and 32 specific subsegments
The VALS™ Framework
VALS™ • Innovators • Motivated by ideals, achievement, and self-expression • Possess both high income and self-esteem • Change leaders most receptive to new ideas and technologies. • Active consumers: buy upscale products and services.
VALS™ • Thinkers Motivated by Ideals • Mature, satisfied, comfortable, and reflective. • Well-educated and informed. • Moderate respect for the status quo, but will consider new ideas. • Practical consumers: look for durability, function, and value.
VALS™ • Believers • Motivated by Ideals • Conservative, conventional people with concrete beliefs. • Deeply rooted moral codes. • Follow established routines organized around home and community. • Favor American products and are loyal customers.
VALS™ • Achievers • Motivated by their desire for achievement • Goal-oriented lifestyles and deep commitment to career and family. • Live conventional lives, respect authority and the status quo. • Image is important and they value established, prestige products that demonstrate their success.
VALS™ • Strivers • Motivated by achievement • Trendy and fun loving. • Concerned about the opinions of others. • Money defines success. • Active consumers who are as impulsive as their financial circumstances will allow.
VALS™ • Experiencers • Motivated by self-expression • Young, enthusiastic, compulsive consumers • Seek variety, excitement, and new opportunities. • Avid consumers who spend a comparatively high proportion of their income on fashion, entertainment, and socializing.
VALS™ • Makers • Motivated by self-expression • Express themselves and experience the world by working on it. • Practical people who have constructive skills and value self sufficiency. • Buy basic products and prefer value to luxury.
VALS™ • Survivors • No strong primary motivation • Few resources • Primarily concerned with safety and security • Cautious consumers • Loyal to favorite brands, especially if they can purchase at a discount.
What VALS type are you? • Take the survey at: • http://www.sric-bi.com/VALS/presurvey.shtml
Geodemographic Targeting • Based on the premise that consumers who reside within geographic clusters such as zip codes or neighborhoods also share demographic and lifestyle similarities. • “You are where you live”
Geodemographic Targeting • Several companies delineate geographical areas into common groups including: • ACI(ACORN) • http://www.caci.co.uk/acorn/ • Experian (MOSAIC) • http://www.appliedgeographic.com/mosaic.html • Claritas (PRIZM ) • http://www.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.jsp?ID=0&SubID=&pageName=Home NE
Claritas PRIZMNE • PRIZM=Potential Rating Index by Zip Markets and NE=New Evolution of their original system. (Total 66 clusters) Suburban Pioneers Bohemian Mix White Picket Fences Big Fish, Small Pond
Claritas PRIZMNE Bohemian Mix : a collection of young urbanites who represent the nation’s most liberal lifestyles. Blend of young singles and couples, students and professionals and many racial backgrounds. disproportionately quick to attend the latest movie, frequent the newest nightclub or adopt the latest laptop. White Picket Fences : represents those households at the middle of the U.S. socioeconomic ladder. Predominantly young, middle-class, and married with children. Suburban Pioneers : eclectic lifestyles, including a mix of young singles, recently divorced and single parents who have moved to older, inner-ring suburbs.
Demographic Targeting Marcom practitioners are mainly concerned with: • the age structure of the population • the changing household composition of the U.S. • ethnic population developments
World Population • World Population Growth • 6.67 billion (2009) to 8 billion (2025) to 9 billion (2050) • Changing Age Structure in United States • Median age will increase to 38 by 2025 • More middle-aged Baby Boomers • Fewer children, teenagers, and young adults due to decreased birthrates • Both China and India’s populations dramatically exceed that of the United States.
Aspects of the U.S. Population • 293 million estimated population • Ancestral diversity, with just over 7% referring to themselves as “Americans,” up from 5% in 1990. • Relentless aging of the population
The Changing Age Structure • The U.S. population is aging relentlessly. Median Age: 28 30 33 36 1970 1980 1990 2000
Demographic Segments by Age Group • Preschoolers (5 years or younger) • Elementary-school-age children (6-11 years) • Tweens (8-12 years) • Teenagers (13-19 years) • Millennial Generation or Generation Y • Highly conformist, narcissistic, and fickle consumers • Young adults (20-34 years) • Generation X (Baby Busters) • Yup & Comers, Bystanders, Playboys, and Drifters
Demographic Targeting: Marketing to Preschoolers
Demographic Segments: Age • Middle-Aged (35-54 years) • Younger baby boomers and older Gen Xers • Target category for luxury goods and youth • Mature Consumers (55 years or older) • Are 23% of the total U.S. population • Have highest discretionary income and most assets • Census Bureau classification: Olders (55 to 64); Elders (65 to 74); and the Very Old (75 and over) • Descriptive groups: Healthy Hermits, Ailing Outgoers, Frail Recluses, and Healthy Indulgers
The Ever-Changing American Household • Household Defined • An independent housing entity, either rental property or owned property. • U.S. Households • Growing in number, shrinking in size, and changing in character • Married couples with children families now represent less than one-third of all households • Single person and unrelated persons households are a growing market
Generation Y / Millenials / Net Generation • About 70 million in numbers • Age not yet 30 – those generally born between 1977 and 2002 (Gen X – 1965 – 1976) • Some put them as age 16 – 27 (1978 – 1989) • High performance and high maintenance • Speak your mind philosophy – question everything – willing and unafraid to challenge the status quo • Very independent and tech-savvy
Generation Y / Millenials / Net Generation • Possess financial smarts • Work-Life balance is not just a buzz word • Change, change, change – skeptical of employee loyalty – multi taskers – don’t like to stay too long on one assignment • High self-worth
Generation Y / Millenials / Net Generation • One in three is not a Caucasian • One in four lives in a single parent household • Three in four have working mothers • Very practical / pragmatic group • “stumble on to the brand in unexpected places” • Strong sense of entitlement • Want the best and feel they deserve it • Ambitious with high expectations
Generation Y / Millenials / Net Generation • Gen Yers respond to humor, irony, and the (apparently) unvarnished truth. Sprite has scored with ads that parody celebrity endorsers and carry the tagline ''Image is nothing. Obey your thirst.'' J.C. Penney & Co.'s (JCP) hugely successful Arizona Jeans brand has a new campaign showing teens mocking ads that attempt to speak their language. The tagline? ''Just show me the jeans.''
Drifters (16%) Playboys (19%) Yup & Comers (28%) Bystanders (37%) Young Adults Yup & Comers: The highest levels of education and income, focus on intangible rewards and confident about themselves Bystanders: Predominantly female African-Americans and Hispanics, disposable income is low but love fashion and shopping Playboys: “Pleasure before duty” lifestyle, self-absorbed, fun-loving and impulsive Drifters: Frustrated with their lives, the least educated, and choose brands that offer a sense of belonging and self-esteem
Ethnic Population Developments % of population as of 2000