{"id":4978,"date":"2020-06-08T01:54:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T01:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pmkt101\/?page_id=4978"},"modified":"2020-06-08T01:54:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T01:54:47","slug":"targeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pmkt101\/learning-pathways\/market-segmentation-target-markets-and-product-positioning\/targeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Targeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:WA_archery_target_with_arrows.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/d\/dc\/WA_archery_target_with_arrows.jpg\/300px-WA_archery_target_with_arrows.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">On target<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"cquote\" style=\"margin:auto; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; background-color: transparent; width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201c\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\"> All the parties in an exchange usually have the ability to select their exchange partner(s). For the customer, whether consumer, industrial buyer, institution, or reseller, product choices are made daily. For a product provider, the person(s) or organization(s) selected as potential customers are referred to as the target market.\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"cquotecite\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\">\n<p style=\"font-size: smaller; text-align: right;\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u2014John Burnett<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pmkt101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Targeting the Market<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Read this extract from Saylor&#8217;s <i>Principles of Marketing<\/i>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/saylordotorg.github.io\/text_principles-of-marketing-v2.0\/s08-03-selecting-target-markets-and-t.html\">Selecting target markets and target-market strategies<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> This resource discusses the process of identifying and reaching the target market.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Post a WEnote to share your thoughts about the importance of targeting the market, and read the posts from others on the Course Feed page. For example:\n<ul>\n<li> <i>It&#8217;s important to identify the target market because &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<li> <i>Targeting the market enables &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><div><p>You must be logged in to post to WEnotes.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><i>Note: Your comment will be displayed in the <a href=\"\/pmkt101\/interactions\/course-feed\" title=\"Principles of marketing\/PMKT101\/Feed\">course feed<\/a>.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.139 seconds\nReal time usage: 1.168 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 179\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1254\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 4569\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1904\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:175728-0!*!0!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20200608015443 and revision id 1069083\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/pmkt101\/learning-pathways\/market-segmentation-target-markets-and-product-positioning\/segmenting-markets-and-targeting-audiences\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/pmkt101\/learning-pathways\/market-segmentation-target-markets-and-product-positioning\/positioning\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On target \u201c All the parties in an exchange usually have the ability to select their exchange partner(s). 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