2. MARKETING OPPORTUNITY
• Market opportunity is your sizing forecast for
a specific product or service, now and over the
next several years.
• A sales representative determines that there is
an opportunity to sell to this individual or
company.
3. HOW TO IDENTIFY MARKETING
OPPORTUNITYANALYSIS
• Consumer segmentation
• Purchase situation
• Direct competition
• Indirect competition
• Industry Analysis
• Environment analysis
4. 1. CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION
• Customer segmentation is
the practice of dividing a
company's customers into groups
that reflect similarity among
customers in each group.
• The goal of segmenting
customers is to decide how to
relate to customers in each
segment in order to maximize the
value of each customer to the
business.
5. 2. PURCHASE SITUATION
• A buying situation is simply the set of circumstances
surrounding a purchase, such as the knowledge and
experience the purchaser has regarding the products and
vendors, as well as the level of effort required to make the
purchase.
• It usually requires some research regarding product or
vendor choices.
6. 3. DIRECT COMPETITION
Direct competition is
a situation in which two or
more businesses offer
products or services that are
essentially the same; as
such, the businesses are
competing for the same
potential market.
7. 4. INDIRECT COMPETITION
• Indirect competition is the
conflict between vendors
whose products or services are
not the same but that could
satisfy the same consumer
need.
• The term contrasts with direct
competition, in which
businesses are selling products
or services that are essentially
the same
8. 5. INDUSTRYANALYSIS
• Industry analysis in a business
plan is a tool which enables a
company to understand its
position relative to other
companies that produce similar
products or services like it.
• Thus the processes of Industry
analysis in a business plan
enables businesses to identify the
threats and opportunities facing
them
9. 6. ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS
• Environment is the sum
totals of all factors
external to the business
firm and that greatly
influence their
functioning.
• It covers factors and
forces like customers,
competitors, suppliers,
government, and the
social, cultural, political,
technological and legal
conditions.
10. THREAT
• Threats are anything that
could cause damage to
your organization,
venture, or product. This
could include anything
from other companies
(who might intrude on
your market), to supply
shortages (which might
prevent you from
manufacturing a product).
11. EXAMPLE:
The introduction of a better alternative for an impersonal
product:
If a company has been selling the same product for years,
without ever making any effort to interact with their customers
and build trust, then the introduction of a better alternative could
be called a threat. This is because a portion of the company’s
current market could switch to the alternative, causing them to
lose out on profits.
12. CAUSE OF THREAT
• Shift in customer taste.
• Emergence of new product.
• New regulation.
• Increased trade barriers.
• Shift in political condition.
• Slow market growth .