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October 22nd, 2006

What Kind of Beer Do You Drink? Ford Marketing Wants to Know.

According to an article from CNN.com, Ford’s “extreme” marketing effort profiles potential cars buyers by the clothes they buy and the beer they drink. While profiling is a legitimate technique used to get an entire marketing team in sync with the customer they are after, something makes me wonder if we’d finally get what we want if Ford profiled a dude who drinks Pabst and shops at Mervyn’s.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Greg is a 30-year-old regional manager for Rite-Aid, and he and his wife make about $60,000. They don’t have any children, but they plan to soon. Greg shops at The Gap and Target.

Phil, a marketing manager, is a little older than Greg and a little better educated. He and his wife pull in $85,000. Phil buys his clothes at Banana Republic and drinks Samuel Adams beer.

When Ford unveils the redesigned Escape in Los Angeles next month, think of Greg - Ford designed it just for him.

When you see a Ford Edge, a new car-like crossover SUV, that’s Phil’s car. Everything about the Edge was made specifically with Phil in mind.

America is filled with Phils and Gregs - and also Mikes, Ricks, Jennifers and Kellys.

Ford has a car designed specifically for each of them. It’s not unusual for a car company to design cars and trucks with specific demographic groups in mind. A new SUV might be targeted at men between the ages of 25 and 35 with a household income of $70,000 and an interest in outdoor sports, for example.

Companies also engage in field research, riding around with potential customers in their cars.

See complete article at www.cnn.com

By Mikelonis @ 7:26PM PDT. In: Ford News | E-Mail It
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  1. Honestly I’ve tried several different types of beer, my taste chart includes, bold taste which is defiantly not a light beer, the only light beer I know that has that bold beer taste to it is Keystone Light, but that’s probably not the most favored among us.

    Second taste I look for is a smooth brew, that almost has a creaminess to it such as Heineken, Coors Light.

    Third taste I look for is the aftertaste so many people dislike, the only brews I can think of is Budweiser Select, and Coors Light.

    Fourth thing I look for is the filling-potent brews, Honestly, Coors Light isn’t very filling at all, Neither is Bud Light, Yet Bud Light isn’t very tasty at all, Almost has a rough taste to it, and the aftertaste is horrible.

    So using the 4 step process of determining whats the best brew, I would have to say Coors Light :D


  2. Like Corona


  3. New Castle rules…


  4. blue moon!!


  5. Tried many, like most but always come back to less filling Miller Lite…..gets the buzz but not the belly.


  6. I brew my own beer….cheaper and the quality is much better…


  7. Gentlemen, Life is too short to drink cheap beer. My choice is Belgium Grimbergen Double


  8. I have owned a 1970 Mach 1 since Nov. 1970(second owner) The best beer is Old Milwaukee.


  9. You mean there is another beer other than Summit Extra Pale Ale?


  10. Anything Canadian absolutely no Coors or A busch products


  11. Jack Daniels


  12. MILLER LITE OR SHINER BACH OR ST. ARNOLDS OR
    THE LIST COULD GET LONG


  13. COOR`s Is the best beer


  14. The King. If it doesn’t come in a red white and blue can, it isn’t worth drinking.


  15. German dunkel or English ale. Most other beer is pee-pee Wasser!


  16. The best beer is FREE beer!


  17. there’s 2 kinds of beer…the kind ya like and the kind thats free…i prefer miller lite but i’ll drink whatever my buddies coolers contain!


  18. Amberbock


  19. corona all the way


  20. Guinness for the real Ford Man


  21. Budweiser, bud light, bud select. I’m a bud man!!!!


  22. I place miller bottles on the rusty yard chevy and shoot them with bb guns… thats the worth of miller…

    its actually quite hard to make the bottle break…


  23. I drink any beer that is dark,has a head on it and does’nt look like pee.


  24. Busch light, old style light, Bud Light, the best kind is the cold kind.


  25. Root beer here also!


  26. Root beer; sorry.


  27. Guinness, and nothing else…


  28. I’d drink Finnish beer if it was available.. then again.. I don’t drink…

    KARHU (from Finland)


  29. BEER? Who drinks BEER? My favorite BEER is Chardonnay !


  30. ICEHOUSE

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