consumers. at other times they might choose particular groups to concentrate on their target market. Choosing the target market is important because it enables the firm to direct its resources to those customers with high potential for sales growth, interest in the product and loyalty to the brand.
2. Concentrated Marketing Concentrated marketing refers to the practice of directing every marketing effort to a single segment of the market.
For example, selling auto parts only to auto
manufacturers.
3. Undifferentiated marketing, or mass marketing, is a
strategy that a company my chose to adopt if the market segmentation exercise has not been useful and has not produced meaningful and substantially. The strategy here is to focus on common characteristics rather than on differences. The company designs a product and accompanying the product there's a promotion that would appeal to the largest group of buyers possible.
For example, Coca-Cola is one of these brands that has
large marketing resources and appeals to many market segments with different needs and wants.
4. Differentiated marketing focuses on a specific market,
a “different” market, that is interested in buying a certain type of product.
For example, a business selling organic dog food is
looking to target a specific type of person – a health conscious, animal loving and eco-friendly individual.