Target market positioning refers to the process in which enterprises select suitable market segments and formulate corresponding marketing strategies based on their own resources and advantages in market competition.
Target market positioning can help companies better understand and meet consumer needs and improve market competitiveness.
Target market positioning can reduce the waste of marketing resources and improve marketing efficiency.
Definition of target market positioning
Target market positioning is when an enterprise positions its products or services in a specific target market based on market segmentation and market research results to meet the needs and expectations of consumers in the target market.
Target market positioning is to determine the differentiated characteristics of products or services based on market demand, competition conditions and other factors, and select appropriate target groups for positioning.
Target market positioning factors
Market Needs: Understand the needs and desires of your target market to determine the positioning of your product or service.
Competition situation: Analyze competitors' positioning strategies and market shares to determine your own differentiated positioning.
Product features: Determine suitable target markets based on product features and advantages.
Consumer characteristics: Research the characteristics of consumers in the target market, including age, gender, occupation, etc., and position based on the characteristics.
The purpose of target market positioning
Achieve market segmentation: Segment the entire market into multiple different target markets.
Provide personalized products or services: Based on the needs and expectations of the target market, provide personalized products or services that match its characteristics.
Enhance differentiated competitive advantages: Through positioning strategies, highlight the uniqueness of products or services and form differentiated competitive advantages with competitors.
Target market positioning methods:
Market research: Understand the needs, competition and other information of the target market through market research.
Market segmentation: Based on market research results, the market is segmented into multiple different target markets.
Positioning strategy: Determine the differentiated characteristics of the product or service and select the appropriate target market for positioning.
Product positioning: Positioning product features based on the needs and expectations of the target market.
Target market positioning and competition
Competition analysis: Analyze competitors’ positioning strategies, market shares and other information, and formulate your own positioning strategies accordingly.
Differentiated competition: through positioning strategies, highlight the uniqueness of products or services and form differentiated competitive advantages with competitors.
Competitive advantage: improve the company's market share and profitability in competition through target market positioning.
Target market positioning and market research
Market research: Understand the needs of the target market, competitive conditions and other information through market research to provide a basis for target market positioning.
Target market analysis: Based on market research results, analyze the target market, including the characteristics, size, growth trends, etc. of the target market.
Market demand analysis: Analyze the needs and expectations of the target market to provide a basis for positioning products or services.
Target market positioning and product positioning
Product feature positioning: Based on the needs and expectations of the target market, determine the positioning of product features, including functions, quality, price, etc.
Product differentiation: through positioning strategies, highlight product differences and form differentiated competitive advantages with competitors.
Brand positioning: Combining products or services with a specific brand image to achieve differentiated positioning of the brand.
Target market positioning and positioning strategy
Market positioning strategy: Choose an appropriate positioning strategy based on the characteristics and needs of the target market, including differentiated positioning, characteristic positioning, etc.
Positioning semantics: Through market communication and publicity, the target market has a clear understanding of the positioning of the product or service.
Positioning adjustment: As the market changes and competition conditions change, the positioning strategy of products or services needs to be adjusted in a timely manner.
Target market positioning and market segmentation
Market segmentation: Segment the entire market according to different characteristics and needs, and select suitable target markets.
Target market selection: Based on the results of market segmentation, select a target market suitable for the development of the enterprise.
Market positioning: Positioning products or services based on the characteristics and needs of the target market.