Description should include
- defining
- market identification
- market segmentation (e.g., demographic, geographic, psychographic)
- target marketing
- explaining how businesses use market identification and segmentation to respond to customers’ needs and wants
- identifying different types of market segments, such as
- business-to-business (B2B)
- business-to-consumer (B2C)
- business-to-government (B2G)
- nonprofit
- association
- government
Process/Skill Questions:
- How can businesses use market segmentation methods to introduce a new product?
- How can market identification help businesses respond to customers’ needs and preferences?
- Why would a company need to identify target markets?
- How are demographic, geographic, psychographic, and behavioral factors relevant to determining the target market?
- Can a product/service have more than one target market? If so, how?
- What are some factors that could cause a target market to change over time?
- How does the concept of target market relate to the marketing concept?
- How is a target market utilized?