Home » Marketing strategy articles » Behavioral SegmentationBehavioral SegmentationJanuary 25, 2019 By Hitesh Bhasin Tagged With: Marketing strategy articles Behavioral segmentation divides a population based on their behavior, the way the population respond to, use or know of a product. Consumer behavior is a subject studied in depth over time in marketing management.This is mainly because there are several factors which a consumer takes into consideration before taking a decision. Thus consumer decision making is affected by his behavior and that is exactly how the behavioral segments are targeted.Lets take a simple example of behavioral segmentation. I am writing this article in the month of December which is Christmas time. Christmas is on the 25th of December. Would you start targeting your segment on the 23rd or 24th of December? You will probably start planning and targeting that segment from 1st December itself.After Christmas we have new year. Thus both of the occasions are so close that companies would have to finalize which consumer behavior they want to target. They want to target the outdoor type consumers or indoor types. They cannot target both as it leaves only 6 days for the marketing of new year.Example – Hotels and restaurants will target new year as they will have more customers over the new year which is a moment of outdoor celebration whereas Christmas is more of a family celebration and a gifting festival. Thus, most companies which are categorized as “gifts” will market themselves heavily during this time. If there is a company (such as a chocolate company), then they can strategically target “Christmas and new year”.