Springer Segmentation in Social Marketing: Process, Methods and Application

Product Description This book brings together current innovative methods and approaches to segmentation and outlines why segmentation is needed to support more effective social marketing program design. It presents a variety of segmentation approaches alongside case studies of their application in various social marketing contexts.  The book extends the use of segmentation in social marketing, which will ultimately lead to more effective and better-tailored programs that deliver change for the better. As such, it offers a detailed handbook on how to conduct state-of-the-art segmentation, and provides a valuable resource for academics, social marketers, educators, and advanced students alike. From the Back Cover This book brings together current innovative methods and approaches in segmentation theory to support more effective social marketing program design. It presents a variety of theoretical segmentation approaches alongside case studies of their application in various social marketing contexts. Each case study highlights not only the method used, but also the corresponding targeting decisions and social marketing mix application. The book extends the use of segmentation in social marketing, which will ultimately lead to more effective and better-tailored interventions that deliver change for the better. As such, it offers a detailed handbook on how to conduct state-of-the-art segmentation, and a valuable resource for academics, social marketers, educators and advanced students alike. About the Author Timo Dietrich holds a joint position with Griffith University and The University of Queensland as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. In his PhD he examined how segmentation and co-design could help improve intervention and service design solutions. Since then he is passionately working on a range of projects that aim to use gamification to foster positive behaviour change. He has worked with industry partners such as AlcoCups, Bendigo Bank, Queensland Catholic Education Commission, Queensland Police Service, Mater Hospital, Southern Cross University, Organ and Tissue Authority Committee, and UNICEF. Sharyn Rundle-Thiele leads Social Marketing at Griffith University and is Editor of the Journal of Social Marketing. Her research focuses on behaviour change and she currently serves as an advisor on a diverse range of social marketing projects. Her current projects include changing adolescent attitudes towards drinking alcohol, and increasing healthy eating and physical activity to combat obesity. Krzysztof Kubacki is Associate Professor in Marketing at Griffith University. Woven throughout his research is an interest in the relationship between social marketing and consumer culture, with his most recent work focusing on physical activity among adults and children and alcohol consumption among young people.