Examples of the segmentation according to consumer goods market (B2C) criteria would be under other geographical (political region), demographic (age), socio-economic (social class), psychologische(Einstellung) and behavioral (choice of brands). The respective market segmentation can be done also multidimensional and then for instance three socio-demographic characteristics such as age, family size and family income into account. The next step in the implementation of the marketing plan would be the creation of a marketing strategy. The respective strategies are formed in many different dimensions and typically long term set. Strategy dimensions may be subject to including innovation, growth, cooperation or competition. This tried the respective segmentation to achieve total market coverage that are niche strategies adapted, product specs, market specializations and selective specialization. The last element of the marketing plan to be surprisingly includes the budgeting of the concept devised by then. There are several methods of determining a budget limit.
Rough distinction here in an orientation to the revenue, the budget as a residual, the competition-parity method, as well as the analytical method. The former is poorly, as declining sales leads to less marketing budget and so inevitably to even fewer sales, a vicious circle. The budget is probably itself necessary expenses, which this method seems to be even more ill-suited as a residual. The orientation in the competition allows you to respond in the short term following on the competitive market, but only child enters the own marketing mix. Apparently, the analytical method as a useful means remains the only Budget provision left here from empirical Daten(aus der Marktforschung) the target filter, assign the necessary tasks and so accurate, customized overview of costs can be created on the strategy.
The instruments necessary to achieve BBs find themselves again in the initially mentioned 4 P, so the marketing mix of pricing, product policy, promotion and place. This pricing policy is seen as the totality of all decisions that serve the targeted design of price performance ratio, product politics as the totality of all decisions relating to the services of a company. Promotion, however, is used in its entirety to information, influencing the decisions and the feedback of the target customers. Place or otherwise the distribution so that meant regulates all physical and communicative activities to bring services from the place of production to the place of use. Also here all tools follow the ends up the four coarse phases, namely the analysis, planning, implementation and control respective decision. On the present building of the next article will deal with the topic of market research.