4 P’s of Marketing: Promotion

The 4 p’s of marketing include promotion. I’ve covered the other 3 p’s in my prior posts this week. Today’s post will explain four questions about promotion. By answering these questions, you, as a small business owner, can improve your marketing.

4 P’s Of Marketing Question 17: Promotion - What percentage of the promotion budget should […]

Market Segmentation: Media

Market segmentation helps you to determine the best media to reach your target market. For example, consider the differences below for men.

Market segmentation enables you to determine the best media to reach your target market. It’s really mass media like newspapers.
• Traditionalists read magazines about cars and hunting.
• Searchers prefer to watch science fiction shows on television.
• Achievers […]

Market Segmentation: Visual Marketing Messages

Market segmentation reveals characteristics to improve your visual marketing messages.
In my last post I covered how market segmentation can help you to improve your verbal marketing messages. This post will cover how market segmentation will help you to improve your visual marketing messages.
You can use market segmentation to determine your target market’s preferences for […]

Market Segmentation: Verbal Marketing Messages

Market segmentation reveals characteristics to improve your verbal marketing messages.
Last week, I mentioned that one advantage to target marketing is that it enables you to design verbal marketing messages specifically for your target markets. This post deals specifically with how market segmentation provides the information that you need to do just that.

Using market segmentation to […]