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Target Marketing Strategy as a Sales Generator

One of the most critical decisions in marketing a new product is to choose the primary segment for impact.

By Esther CrowderPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
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One of the most popular marketing strategies among active market players is a targeted marketing strategy. Target marketing strategy is a marketing strategy in which the market is considered as a heterogeneous object, consisting of elements. In a marketing language, these elements are called market segments. In other words, with such a strategy, the market is disassembled into molecules, and work is being done with them, with each unit having a separate job.

Such a strategy needs a separate idea because it is precisely the idea that underlies any marketing strategy. Accordingly, the main thing here is to choose the right plan and implement it in the minds of buyers. Mazda has done this. She generated an idea, or rather, not even one, but two ideas. One of them is “budget self-affirmation on the road,” and the second “initial level of self-affirmation on the road.” After that, the introduction of the idea into consumers began.

The creation of an idea does not end there. The plan still needs to be distributed, sowed among potential buyers. Moreover, it is desirable to spread the design so that it is sufficiently entrenched in the minds of consumers. One option for this is to organize infrastructure for self-affirmation. For example, Mazda did by hosting the 2008 Zoom-Zoom Challenge Tournament for fans.

After three years, the number of carriers of the above ideas, and hence the number of potential participants, reached 15,000 people. Through this tournament, these ideas began to be introduced into people and turn them into consumers of the corresponding Mazda cars.

The fact that the tournament is held regularly leads to the fact that the idea always remains active, which means that sales remain active. Moreover, as in any other competition in this tournament, there is a reward. The participant who has achieved the highest success on a local scale falls into the most critical place for the implementation of the idea embedded in him. Such a place is the Spa Francocham track in Belgium, where people gather who have the strongest desire to assert themselves on the road. At wow essays company believes that targeted marketing is a useful tool for gaining competitive advantage.

So, Mazda applied the classic target marketing strategy: a separate marketing program, a different market segment, a separate product, a separate communication system. It's allowed her to succeed and develop it ultimately. Mazda decided to compete not only in a stock market for everyone but also to create a market for itself. She decided to get her market in which she would have no competitors.

She succeeded, she now has at least 15,000 of her consumers, over which she has a monopoly. A monopoly position allows her to dictate her conditions. She can put in principle any prices for cars, and they will be sold. Thus, in this market, Mazda will be able to make good money to cover the losses that it receives in other markets.

It becomes apparent that a targeted marketing strategy is a useful tool. Companies that use it get severe competitive advantages. This strategy is boldly striding around the planet and gaining more and more new frontiers. The speed with which this strategy spreads allows us to argue that companies that work on other plans or do not have long to live without them.

We are talking about a period of lasting 5-10 years, not more. All companies that cannot be reorganized during this time to use this strategy will be on the verge of departure. Of course, due to inertia, they may not immediately fly out, but their market position will deteriorate significantly and will continue to decline. The outcome for all the stragglers will be one - bankruptcy. To avoid bankruptcy, you need high-quality market analytics and marketing strategy.

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