Define what is meant by the term target segmentation.?
Answer:
There are a myriad ways an organization can segments its market. Some of the most commonly used are
1. Age
2. Economic-Educational Status
3. Lifestyle Stage-Married/ Single/Divorced etc
4. Various other psychometric segmentation methodologies including Values/Attitudes/Lifestyle segmentation etc
While in marketing text books, all these types of segmentation tools are taught as discrete tools, most organizations would use some combination to segment their market
Segmentation is required in order to bring focus to any company's marketing and sales effort. A company segments its market in order to understand which set of consumers (basis the segmentation carried out) represents the best potential for its product in terms of sales and ultimately profit. Other Questions and Answers: