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6 Advantages of Segmentation

May 22, 2018 By Hitesh Bhasin Tagged With: Marketing

A company cannot devise a market strategy without market segmentation.

Imagine that you became a teacher one day. And the only thing your employer told you is that you have to teach students!! There would be several questions asked by you –

Which grade are the students in? What is the subject i will be teaching? What timing are the classes? etc. If you dont ask these questions, the “Students” will be a very generic term for you, and you will have no idea whom you have to teach or what you have to teach.

The same dilemma is faced by companies. If they don’t do segmentation, they do not know whom they have to sell and what they have to sell. In my other articles on segmentation, i have emphasized on the advantages of segmentation in deciding the Marketing mix of a company.

The segmentation done by you can be based on the company’s marketing mix. Or if you are targeting a particular segment, you can change the marketing mix as required in that particular segment. Thus without segmentation, your target group is just a population and you will never understand how you can target them.

Table of Contents

  • There are 6 main advantages of segmentation
  • 1) Focus of the Company
  • 2) Increase in competitiveness
  • 3) Market expansion
  • 4) Customer retention
  • 5) Have better communication
  • 6) Increases profitability

There are 6 main advantages of segmentation

Advantages of segmentation - 1

1) Focus of the Company

Segmentation is an effective method to increase the focus of a firm on market segments. If you have better focus, obviously you will have better business. Numerous automobile companies have started focusing on small car segments. This is nothing else but a company changing its focus for better returns. Thus companies base their strategy completely on a new segment which increases its focus and profitability.

2) Increase in competitiveness

Naturally, once your focus increases, your competitiveness in that market segment will increase. If you are focusing on youngsters, your brand recall and equity with youngsters will be very high. Your market share might increase and the chances of a new competitor entering might be low. The brand loyalty will definitely increase. Thus market segmentation also increases competitiveness of a firm from a holistic view.

3) Market expansion

Geographic segmentation is one type of segmentation where expansion is immediately possible. If you have your market strategy on the basis of geography, then once you are catering to a particular territory, you can immediately expand to a nearby territory.

In the same way, if you are targeting customers based on their demography (Ex –  reebok targets fitness enthusiasts) then you can expand in similar products (Ex –  reebok expanding with its fitness range of clothes and accessories). Segmentation plays a crucial role in expansion. You cannot expand in a territory when you have no idea of which segment of customers you will be meeting.

4) Customer retention

By using segmentation, Customer retention can be encouraged through the life cycle of a customer. The best example of this is the Automobile and the Airlines segment. You will find major example of customer life cycle segmentation in the Hospitality segment whether they be hotels, airlines, or hospitals.

In India, Titan is an example of products which are planned through the life cycle of a customer. From fast track to Sonata and the high range watches, Titan has them by price segment as well as life cycle segment. Thus a watch is available for any customer who enters a Titan showroom, whatever be his age.

5) Have better communication

One of the factors of marketing mix which is absolutely dependent on STP is Promotions or communications. The communications of a company needs to be spot on for its TARGET market. Thus if you need a target market, you need segmentation. Communication cannot be possible without knowing your target market.

Imagine that you were in front of a curtain. There was someone on the other side. And you were asked to explain Politics to the person on the other side. You would go on about ruling parties, states, countries and politicians. And when the curtain is taken aside, you find that the person across the curtain is a 5 year old kid.

Is there any use talking to him about politics? This shows why communication needs segmentation. If you dont know your market segment, what is their demography, what is their psychology, where they are from, what is their understanding level, then how can you form a communication message.

6) Increases profitability

Segmentation increases competitiveness, brand recall, brand equity, customer retention, communications. Thus if it is affecting so many factors of your business, then definitely it affects the profitability of the firm. Do you ever see people negotiating in a Nike, Gucci or BMW showrooms? You wont. One of the USP’s of these brand is their segmentation. They are in fact targeting segments which have no need of bargaining or negotiation. Thus their profitability is high.

In summary –  The major advantages of segmentation lie in the fact that by targeting the right segment, you will walk away with a better company and a higher profitability.

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About Hitesh Bhasin

I love writing about the latest in marketing & advertising. I am a serial entrepreneur & I created Marketing91 because I wanted my readers to stay ahead in this hectic business world.

Comments

  1. victor says

    so helpful & inspiring.

    Reply
    • bill says

      not good

      Reply
  2. andrew chimbiya says

    what is the concept of group dynamic and how does it work?

    Reply
  3. Murtaza says

    Can you give references to the claims mentioned above. That will helpful to understand segmentatio in more detail

    Reply
  4. Prosper Gumbeze says

    Market segmentation also spreads the risk of a company across the segments. For instance if one segment fails then the other segment(s) will contribute positively for the other segments as well.

    Reply
  5. linda says

    are benefits and advantages the same?

    Reply
    • Hitesh Bhasin says

      Yes Linda. The benefits of segmentation and advantages of segmentation are the same. They are synonyms.

      Reply
      • Yul says

        Yes are the same because advantages and benefit are the important which increases or influence people to get profit with the same way.

  6. Priscilla says

    Can market research being easy be seen as an advantage

    Reply
  7. Mea says

    Great article regarding market segmentation! I agree that it is crucial not to target customers as a homogeneous group. It is absolutely necessary to target multiple smaller sub-niches creating a more detailed segmentation, which in turn reduces expenses. I think a company worth mentioning here is Clusters, who have helped many companies achieve better targeting and accuracy! http://www.clusters.uk.com

    Reply
  8. Bennity jack says

    Hello, Hitesh. It is a good and worth to read article. Customer segmentation or profiling helps businesses to create deep insights of their customers. This helps them to offer more personalized services to their customers.

    Reply
  9. Madhugowda says

    Needs for market segmentation and why to market segmentation? Chould you Please sir simple points send me

    Reply
  10. Priscilla Shoko says

    thanks guys you are helping me a lot .What are the disadvantages of market segmentation?

    Reply
  11. michelle kayz says

    great article …..what are the disasvantages of market segmentation.

    Reply
  12. OPPN Media says

    Thanks for sharing the significant information. It helped me and will help others a lot. Nice.. …

    Reply
  13. Malaika Malaika says

    Really helped me with my GCSE course work.

    Reply
  14. perludance sithole says

    WELL, this is good eyy

    Reply
  15. Digital Media Hubs says

    Importance of Advertising Research For Agencies. To run a successful and effective campaign, research is a prominent factor. A well and up to date research leads to successful advertising. The quality of research decides how much the brand will succeed, also it the prominent deciding factor of the brand accomplishments.

    Reply
  16. george nye says

    thank you for your work Hitesh Bhasin

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