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It can be argued that much consumer dissatisfaction with marketing strategies arises from an inability to aim advertising at only the likely buyers of a given product.

There are three groups of consumers who are affected by the marketing process. First, there is the market segment—people who need the commodity in question. Second, there is the program target—people in the market segment with the “best fit” characteristics for a specific product. Lots of people may need trousers, but only a few qualify as likely buyers of very expensive designer trousers. Finally, there is the program audience―all people who are actually exposed to the marketing program without regard to whether they need or want the product.

These three groups are rarely identical. An exception occurs occasionally in cases where customers for a particular industrial product may be few and easily identifiable. Such customers, all sharing a particular need, are likely to form a meaningful target, for example, all companies with a particular application of the product in question, such as high-speed fillers of bottles at breweries. In such circumstances, direct selling (marketing that reaches only the program target) is likely to be economically justified, and highly specialized trade media exist to expose members of the program target—and only members of the program target—to the marketing program.

Most consumer-goods markets are significantly different. Typically, there are many rather than few potential customers. Each represents a relatively small percentage of potential sales. Rarely do members of a particular market segment group themselves neatly into a meaningful program target. There are substantial differences among consumers with similar demographic characteristics. Even with all the past decade’s advances in information technology, direct selling of consumer goods is rare, and mass marketing—a marketing approach that aims at a wide audience—remains the only economically feasible mode. Unfortunately, there are few media that allow the marketer to direct a marketing program exclusively to the program target. Inevitably, people get exposed to a great deal of marketing for products in which they have no interest and so they become annoyed.

Question for Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 78
Try yourself:Which of the following best exemplifies the situation described in the last two sentences of the passage?
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Question for Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 78
Try yourself:The passage suggests which of the following about highly specialized trade media?
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Question for Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 78
Try yourself:It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is true for most consumer-goods markets?
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Question for Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 78
Try yourself:The passage suggests which of the following about direct selling?
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Question for Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 78
Try yourself:The passage supports which of the following statements about demographic characteristics and marketing?
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Question for Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 78
Try yourself:According to the passage, most consumer-goods markets share which of the following characteristics?
I. Customers who differ significantly from each other
II. Large numbers of potential customers
III. Customers who each represent a small percentage of potential sales
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Question for Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 78
Try yourself:The passage suggests that which of the following is true about the marketing of industrial products like those discussed in the third paragraph?
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Question for Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 78
Try yourself:The author mentions “trousers” (lines 9 and 11) most likely in order to
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