Talk:Market segmentation/Archives/2016
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Major Overhaul Nearing Completion
I have given this page an overhaul and restructure and have tried to address everyone's concerns.
I have accomplished the following
- Added a historical overview - and mentioned trend towards hyper-segmentation (actually have tried to integrate hyper-segmentation elsewhere in the article)
- Added a short section on the criticisms of segmentation
- Added a section on the segmentation process
- Re-organised the 'Bases for segmentation' so that they are grouped into logical categories (this involved removing repetitions, relocating some sub-sections and renaming some approaches)
- Added an 'other segmentations' category to the 'Bases for Segmentation" section and included generational segments and cultural segmentation there (formerly cultural segmentation was a stand-alone section)
- Added a section on 'Strategic approaches to market Segmentation'
- Added a section on selecting target markets
- Added a section on 'Segmentation and the Marketing Mix'
- added loads of examples, mainly from US, UK, Australia and New Zealand
- Added a new section on 'Business Segmentation' and moved relevant content there
- Reworked the section on 'Algorithms and approaches" to expand the explanation of a-priori and post-hoc approaches (which was previously nonsensical and overly brief. It started with "A discrete variable is a segmentation..." and didn't advance much from there)
- Have added some new statistical procedures to the list including Structural equation modeling, CHAID, Logistic regression etc and have added both references and links to other Wiki pages for most statistical procedures.
- Added images from Wiki Commons plus two images that I created in Photoshop to illustrate concepts.
- Added three tables - one to the section on 'Segmentation and the Marketing Mix' ; one to the section on 'Strategic approaches to segmentation' and one to the section on "Generational Segments'
- Added a large number of references throughout the article, especially for key ideas/ claims that are likely to be controversial
Where to from here?
I feel that the page is in much better shape now. A few issues remain to be resolved and I would appreciate someone with subject matter expertise to have a look and a go:
1. The section on 'Business Segmentation' is a bit thin. This is not my area of expertise and all contributions would be welcome.
2. The section on 'Algorithms and Approaches' also falls out of my area of expertise. At the moment, I think it is OK, but I am sure that it could be improved.
3. The section on 'cultural segmentation' is a mystery to me. I can't understand why it was added as a stand alone section - surely it needs to be incorporated into demographics? Is there anyone out there who knows anything about this and can suggest how this might be integrated into the page as a whole?
4. The sub-section on 'benefit-sought' or 'needs based segmentation' (within 'behavioral bases') is also very thin. It is desperately crying out for a suitable example and possibly an expanded explanation including aims and when to use.
5. This section on 'selecting target markets' is also very perfunctory and would benefit from some additional explanation/ discussion and perhaps an example or two of a segment profile.
I have become reluctant to add anything more in the way of substantive content after experiencing an unpleasant exchange with an over-zealous editor who saw fit to delete content I added to another page on Wikipedia (and, who, amongst other things, accused me of 'making things up'; writing in a 'conversational tone'; 'editorialising'; failing to understand the 'Wikipedia way' along with many other objections).