Sunday 22 September 2013

Benefit From Behavioral Segmentation Process

By Mia Kent


Behavioral segmentation is used by marketing specialist to interpret the responses of their target market for a new product launch. It is important that the marketing specialist hired by the company is a competent one. The result of their work will be used by the company in making a decision of whether to continue producing the product in this way.

Check the background of the marketing specialist. He should have the necessary skills and knowledge in conducting the marketing study. The credentials of the specialist will tell it all. The company can hire a consultant on a retainer basis. In this case, the consultant is not regularly employed by the company.

The work of the marketing specialist is to find out what causes the drop in sales. It could be something that the company did or change in the product or in its marketing strategy. Sometimes even a slight change in the product's logo or slogan or an advertisement on tv can trigger a positive or a negative response from people or consumers of said product.

The marketing specialist will conduct some fact finding what triggers the response in consumers. The report is then submitted to the company. It is important that the report be right. Remember that the company will be making a decision based on this report. If the information on the report is incorrect, then the company cannot make the right decision.

Concerned executives of the company should brainstorm the options. Remember two heads are better than one. The pros and cons of the alternatives should be presented. It is only in this way that they will be able to see the benefits of both choices. A comparison should be done.

He pinpoints the aspects of operation that will be affected if such change is effected. The most important element that should be considered is the profitability the change will bring to the company. The consult or the specialist must be able to find hard evidence that changing the company's product's packaging will trigger a drop down in sales.

Several marketing specialists should be considered. The hiring can be delegated to the human resource department. However, this position is for high level professionals. Vacant positions for senior level jobs are usually not advertised. Companies that are looking to hire consultants usually get in touch with third party staffing companies.

They have the right connections in the business and they are also trained and experienced in tapping such resources. The supply of professionals in this field is not that much. There is only a few professionals who have gained such enormous knowledge and experience in this field, and they are currently employed by other companies.

It is your choice whether to hire a regular employee or hire a consultant instead. Weigh your options very well, consider the pros and cons of each alternative. The big bosses in the company can be gotten involved in the decision making. They are heads of departments in the company. They can report on the status of the departments of the company, which might be affected in this behavioral segmentation process.




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