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Congratulations! You've made it to the last session in Core Foundations of Successful Marketing (PMKT101).
 
Welcome to Session 3: Market segmentation, target markets and product positioning

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This session: Market segmentation, target markets and product positioning

In this learning pathway, we explore how marketers identify and target their markets and position their products within those markets.

At the end of this learning pathway, you will be able to:
  • Define aspects of a segmentation, targeting and positioning strategy.
  • Apply principles of market segmentation to segment a broad market into distinct customer segments.
  • Identify needs, behaviours and characteristics of different target markets.
  • Explain why products are positioned differently.

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A famous marketing expert said …

“Good marketers see consumers as complete human beings with all the dimensions real people have.” – Jonah Sachs

Thanks for being with us - we hope to see you on other courses.

With kind regards
The PMKT101 team.
 
 
 

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