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Strategic Marketing Plan

Guide the allocation of an organization's resources -


Evolves from an organization's overall corporate strategy and serves as a guide for specific marketing programs and policies

Market segments

Target markets he company wishes to pursue

Market opportunities

Areas where there are favorable demand trends, where the company believes customer needs and opportunities are not satisfied and where it can compete effectively.

Competitive analysis

"What can the competition do to you?"


* sobe: Arizona tea kept buying the trucks sobe used for shipping

Competitive advantage

Something special a firm does or has that gives it an edge over competitors

Target Marketing

Developing different marketing strategies to satisfy different consumer needs,


Involves (4) basic steps:


1) identifying markets with unfulfilled needs


2) determining market segmentation


3) selecting a market to target


4) positioning through market strategies

Identifying markets

Step (1) of target marketing:


Identifies specific needs of groups of people and selects one or more of these segments as a target and develops marketing programs directed to each

Market segmentation

Step (2) of target marketing:


Dividing a market into distinct groups that have common needs and will respond similarly to a marketing action.

"Act of..."

Selecting a target market

Step (3) in target marketing:


Determining how many segments to enter and determining which segments offer the most potential.

Market positioning

Step (4) of target marketing:


"What do we want that target market segment to think of us?"


- a brand's product image in the market place relative to competing products or brands

Bases for segmentation


(5 segmentation strategies)

(5) methods available for segmenting markets:


1) geographic


2) demographic


3) psychographic


4) behavioristic


5) benefit

Demographic segmentation

Dividing the market based on gender, age, race, life stage, birth era, household size, residence tenure (renter or owner), marital status

Geographic segmentation

Dividing markets based on geographic units

Psychographic segmentation

Dividing the market on the basis of personality, values, and/or lifestyles

Behavioristic segmentation

Dividing consumers into groups according to their usage, loyalties, or buying responses to a product


* 80-20 rule: 20% of customers account for 80% of sales volume

Benefit segmentation

The grouping of consumers on the basis of attributes sought in a product


Example: water with vitamins, water with flavor, etc.

Undifferentiated marketing


(1 of 3)

Involves ignoring segment differences and offering just one product or service to the entire market

Differentiated marketing

Involves marketing to a number of segments, developing separate marketing strategies for each.


Example: Marriott hotel offers different packages for business, vacation, short-term and long-term customers

Concentrated marketing

When the firm selects one segment and attempts to capture a large share of this market.


Example: Ferrari and Rolls-Royce

Brand identity

Combination of name, logo, symbols, design, packaging, and image associations held by consumers

Brand equity

Intangible asset of added value or goodwill that results from the favorable image, impressions of differentiation, and/or strength of consumer attachment to a company name, brand name, or trademark

Promotional push strategy

Goal is to push the product through the channels of distribution by aggressively selling and promoting the item to the resellers or trade

Promotional push strategy

Goal is to push the product through the channels of distribution by aggressively selling and promoting the item to the resellers or trade

Trade advertising

Interest wholesalers and retailers and motivate them to purchase its products for resale to their customers


* advertising usually appears in publications that serve a particular industry

Promotional pull strategy

Spending money on advertising and sales promotion efforts directed toward the ultimate consumer.


Goal: to create demand among consumers and encourage them to request product from retailer