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Chapter 4 Identify Your Market

Chapter 4 Identify Your Market. Analyze the Needs of Customers How Market Segmentation Can Help an Entrepreneur analyze a Target Market. Target Markets. Don’t be so focused on your product/business Who are your main customers? Are they willing to buy your product? Use Market Research!!!!

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Chapter 4 Identify Your Market

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  1. Chapter 4 Identify Your Market Analyze the Needs of Customers How Market Segmentation Can Help an Entrepreneur analyze a Target Market

  2. Target Markets • Don’t be so focused on your product/business • Who are your main customers? • Are they willing to buy your product? • Use Market Research!!!! • Market research will tell you about your customers and their willingness to purchase your product. Target Market – the individuals or companies that are interested in a particular product or service and are willing and able to pay for it.

  3. Identify Your Target Market #1 Who is my potential Market? Are my customers individuals or companies?

  4. Identify Your Target Market #2 If my customers are individuals, how old are they? How much money do they earn? Where do they live? How do they spend their time and money?

  5. Identify Your Target Market #3 If my customers are companies, what industries are they in? Where are those industries located?

  6. Identify Your Target Market #4 What needs or wants will my product or service satisfy?

  7. Identify Your Target Market #5 How many potential customers live in the area in which I want to operate?

  8. Identify Your Target Market #6 What is the demand for my products or services?

  9. Identify Your Target Market #7 Where do these potential customers currently buy their products or services?

  10. Identify Your Target Market #8 What price are they willing to pay for my products or services?

  11. Identify Your Target Market #9 What can I do for my customers that other companies are not already doing for them?

  12. Market Segments Market Segments – groups of customers within a large market who share common characteristics. • Segmenting helps you develop products a product or service that will meet specific customer needs/wants. • Impossible to please everyone in the market. • Make decisions based on information gathered about market segments. • Data needs to be analyze correctly!

  13. Customer Profile • People with common characteristics. • The more you learn about them, the better strategy you can develop. Customer Profile- a description of the characteristics of the person or company that is likely to purchase a product or service.

  14. Demographics, Psychographics, Use-Based Data, Geographic Data Demographics – Data that describe a group of people in terms of age, marital status, family size, ethnicity, gender, profession, education, and income. Psychographics – Data that describe a group of people in terms of their tastes, opinions, personality traits, and lifestyle habits. Use-Based Data – Data that help you determine how often potential customers use a particular service. Geographic Data – Data that help you determine where your potential customers live and how far they will travel to do business with you.

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