Segmentation

What Is Segmentation?

While every business wants to capture a wide consumer base to generate the most profit, targeting too large of a group can have adverse effects. That's where segmentation comes in.

Many businesses segment their consumers into smaller, more manageable groups based on identity (i.e., gender, age, income level, etc.), brand history (i.e., previously purchased products, website engagement, etc.), geography (i.e., consumers in the Northeast U.S.), or interests (i.e., people who watch sports might be interested in sports apparel).

By using segmentation to break consumers into groups, the business can better understand what kinds of products, purchasing channels, and brand engagement the consumers want. From there, the business can adjust its marketing efforts to match each segment’s needs better.

Since a business can’t market to all consumers, segmentation can also help a business eliminate groups that aren’t within their target, which can be just as helpful as identifying which groups are.

Segmentation

What Is Segmentation?

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