Living alone is no longer a special lifestyle in modern times. This phenomenon is closely related to the rapid increase of 'single folks' due to the social tolerance toward singles, individualistic disposition, resistance to the patriarchal family sys...
Living alone is no longer a special lifestyle in modern times. This phenomenon is closely related to the rapid increase of 'single folks' due to the social tolerance toward singles, individualistic disposition, resistance to the patriarchal family system, women's economical independence and self-awareness, older marriage age, increase of divorce, decrease of remarriage and change of lifestyles.
Different from the trend in the past in which singles were disregarded due to their going against the economies of scale or taken into account lastly, the rapid increase of single folks has come to the front as the leading part of consumption for the present. And in order to attract single folks, domestic and overseas business enterprises and marketing specialists have launched such products and services as agreeable to the tastes of single folks.
In this vein, it seems to be important to take into account the characteristics of single folks who take the lead in the trend of consumption from the aspects of the characteristics of domestic performing art circles of which audience infrastructure is vulnerable.
The purpose of this study was to examine the marketing strategy for the development of 'single folk' audience by sampling and classifying singles whose growth rate was remarkable qualitatively and quantitatively from the aspect of developing audience, finding out their pattern-oriented needs and discriminated marketing strategies, and then analyzing the factor of one person-one ticket of 'living-alone folks' whose potential of being developed into audience was great. For this, the investigator carried out a questionnaire survey and then drew out the characteristics and dispositions of single folks by their patterns:
As for the pattern of contra-sexual single folks, women at the ages of 26~30 occupied the greatest part. 84.2% of them were graduates from universities or above. The income of 24.7% of them was 1,510,000~2,000,000 won and women whose income was 2,510,000~3,000,000 won occupied 28.8% of them. In addition, the contra-sexual women pursued a variety of lifestyles indiscriminately, but their interests in economical activities, such as investment techniques and shopping, were lower. Comparing to other patterns of women, their motives of seeing performances for social participation and cultural life were higher. To the question of their firsthand experience of seeing performances, their positive answer was 38.3% and it was next to that of 'living-alone folks.' And to the question 'whether they have intention to see performances alone or not', their positive answer was 65.5%.
As for the pattern of metro-sexual single folks, women at the ages of 26~30 occupied the greatest part as well. About 69.8% of them were graduates from universities or above. The income of 28.6% of them was 1,510,000~2,000,000 won and women whose income was 2,510,000~3,000,000 won occupied 20.4% of them. In addition, the metro-sexual women pursued meeting with people and enjoyed shopping via various media, but their use extent of the Internet and interests in economical activities were lower. As for the number of seeing performances, they saw it once or twice in every three months and it was not much different from other patterns of women. To the question of their firsthand experience of seeing performances, their positive answer was 20.6% and it was lower than those of other patterns of women. However, for the reason of seeing performances alone, their preferring or enjoying it was a little higher than those of other patterns of women. And to the question 'whether they have intention to see performances alone or not', their positive answer was 52.5%.
As for the pattern of 'living-alone folks', women at the ages of 26~30 occupied the greatest part as well. About 75.0% of them were graduates from universities or above. The income of 26.1% of them was 2,510,000~3,000,000 won and women whose income was below 1,000,000 won occupied 21.7% of them, thus presenting their income gap was great. In addition, 'living-alone folks' attached great importance not to others' standpoints but to their own wills. They preferred not interacting with others or doing the Internet but enjoying leisure times alone. They could be defined as the group whose interests in economical and consumptive activities, such as shopping and investment techniques, were lower. However, the remarkable characteristics of 'living-alone folks' were their higher interests and participation in performing art. To the question of their firsthand experience of seeing performances alone, their positive answer was 41.7%. And to the question 'whether they have intention to see performances alone or not', their positive answer was 85.7%, thus presenting the highest rate among all the patterns of single folks.
As for the pattern of para-single folks, women at the ages of 26~30 occupied the greatest part as well. About 85.2% of them were graduates from universities or above. No income women occupied 21.5% and the income of 21.5% of them was 2,010,000~2,500,000 won (the highest), thus presenting their income gap was great. In addition, their pursuits of enjoying leisure times alone or interacting with others were lower, but they attached great importance not to others' standpoints but to their own wills and their interests in economical activities and shopping were higher. To the question of their firsthand experience of seeing performances alone, their positive answer was low by 26.6%. But to the question 'whether they have intention to see performances alone or not', their positive answer was 64.8%, thus presenting higher intention of seeing performances alone. In addition, the para-single women seemed to attach great importance to the fame of performers and producers, the awareness of locations and traffic convenience.
Based on above study findings, the investigator present following activation strategies of seeing performances and marketing strategies of developing potential audience for one person-one ticket:
First, in order to activate single folks' seeing performances, the online marketing must be reinforced. Single folks are the first generation of the Internet and get accustomed to digital culture. Since their main channel to acquire information on performing art was the Internet (43.5%) in this study, the online marketing seems to be more effective in exposing them to the information on performing art than other media. Therefore, the marketing of performing art must be carried out via mini homepages, blogs, UCC and single folk-related online cafes in a new and striking manner and needs the strategy of activation of online and offline communities.
Second, it is necessary to make the most of the smart phone. As the iPhone has been on the market domestically, the smart phone-oriented marketing overflows not only in business enterprises but also in the entertainment market. In this vein, the circles of performing art must perceive the importance of the smart phone and work out diverse marketing strategies by making the most of it.
Third, it is necessary to introduce a club membership-oriented marketing strategy. It is based on such a technique as paying annual fees and buying tickets in advance, like general members. But it is a more discriminated membership system in that this marketing strategy provides some membership privileges with which members can feel special values which are better than the service of discount.
Fourth, it is necessary to establish a joint marketing strategy with other business enterprises. It is necessary to carry out public relations and joint marketing with social clubs in which single folks are densely populated. In addition, the joint marketing with credit card companies and communication companies seems to be effective.
Fifth, it is necessary to develop a variety of time zones for performances. By taking into account single folks' various lifestyles, a variety of time zones for performance, such as lunch-time performance or midnight performance, must be developed.
As for the marketing strategy to develop potential audience for one person-one ticket, the investigator presents follows:
First, it is necessary to establish exclusive seats for single folks and single folk days. In this study, 66.3% of respondents had the intention of 'seeing performances alone.' This finding seems to show the fact that such a marketing strategy as developing potential audience for one person-one ticket is necessary and the establishment of exclusive seats for single folks and single folk days is effective.
Second, it is necessary to develop a convenient booking system of tickets. In this study, single folks interviewed regarded buying tickets in advance as a nuisance. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a text message-oriented booking service and establish a mobile phone payment service.
Third, it is necessary to establish a price discount-oriented marketing strategy. In this study, all the patterns of single folks were positive in the price discount. Therefore, it is necessary to discount prices via the sales strategy of exclusive seats for single folks, a package sale strategy of two products, and a joint purchase strategy via online and offline communities.
Fourth, it is necessary to establish a strategy for the carrying out of event-like performances. For such single folks who want a more special experience, it is necessary to establish dress code designation events and post-performance parties. For such single folks who want more realistic and practical events, it is necessary to carry out joint events that are related to single folks' interests.