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Market Segmentation

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Market is composed of buyers&comma; and buyer are not same in taste and preferences regarding to product and services&period; Every individual buyer view is different about any product&comma; developing&comma;marketing and selling the products on assumptions waste the investment made on different marketing programs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Marketing is the art and science of reading buyer&&num;8217&semi;s mind&comma; companies looking for offering the products by identifying the needs&comma;wants and eager to provide solutions in the form of product will win the race in long term&period; Bad products not always failed in the market but offering a good product in a low demand market result in failure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">It&&num;8217&semi;s for sure there is no company which can claim that they cover complete world markets&period; Due to limited resources company should try to look for the market where return on investment is high can be called attractive market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Dividing the heterogeneous market into different distinct group on basis of needs&comma;characteristics  or behavior is called market segmentation&period;Among different segments company can find the most attractive segment but it can be only possible if a detailed research study is conducted and result are evaluated in a proper manner&period;Rather then offering same marketing mix to all the segments company can tailor it for target segment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Before selecting the segment Organization should keep in mind the following points&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>&&num;8211&semi;<&sol;strong> Profitable enough<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;8211&semi; Scalable for marketing and distribution activity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;8211&semi; Not change very rapidly<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;8211&semi; Easy to reach<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;8211&semi; React to marketing mix<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;8211&semi; Afford to buy the products&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">There are some bases for marketing segmentation&comma; both consumer and industrial market use different basis for segmentation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3><strong>Consumer Market Segmentation<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A bases are different for the market but it remain same within the segment or group&period; Marketing manager should take the following basis into consideration on which to segment a consumer market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4><strong>Geographic segmentation<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Dividing the market on geographic basis such as climate&comma;nations&comma;cities&comma;states&comma;regions&comma;countries or neighborhoods&period; A company may want to focus on specific geographical area or want to operate in all areas but pay attention to geographical difference in needs and wants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>Demographic segmentation<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Dividing the market into groups based on demographic variable such as age&comma;gender&comma;sex&comma;color&comma;religion&comma;class&comma;income&comma;occupation&comma;life cycle and nationality&period; Demographic factors are the most popular bases for market segmenting customer groups&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4><strong>Psychographic segmentation<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Dividing the market into different group based on social class&comma;values&comma;lifestyle and attitude&period;People in the same demographic group have different psychographic makeup&&num;8217&semi;s&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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