Online targeting is a process that refers to creating advertisement elements that specifically reach out to prospects and customers interested in your offerings. A target audience has certain traits, demographics, and other characteristics, based on the products or...
Why do you write a blog post, add content to your social media accounts, or take out an ad on Facebook or Google? Traffic. If you’re in business, traffic is the holy grail for getting viewers to your information. Yet what happens after you get readers to your...
Who is your perfect customer? In the online world, a customer avatar is defined as a detailed profile of who your ideal customer is. It’s a way to dig deep, and outline every detail of one perfect customer for your business. It goes much deeper than defining a person...
How would you define your current target market? How detailed can you go? When you identify your ideal customer, you start seeing patterns in their behavior. One type of customer may have certain hobbies, read certain magazines, or eat certain types of foods. As a...
Have you ever taken part in a focus group? They’re used all the time in the world of marketing and sales. A group of people are gathered together based on specific traits and demographics. They share ideas, thoughts, and perceptions about a particular topic, product,...
Think, for a moment, about the last time you bought something big. A new phone, a refrigerator for your kitchen, or maybe a new car. Did you buy the first one you came across? Of course not. When we’re in the market for something new, we take time to ensure we...
The basic idea of behavioral targeting is easy to understand. It’s a method of advertising that shows a user ads based on the behavior they exhibit while searching online. But putting it into action is a complex process. Have you ever shopped for something - a new...
Remember the good ol’ days, when printing up thousands of postcards and having your friendly mail service would do the trick? You could expect customers flowing into your business based on one simple message. Then the marketing world got much more complicated. All of...
What’s the easier sale: screaming your message to a crowded room, or walking up and delivering your perfectly prepared message to one interested person? That’s a no-brainer. If you're in sales, you’d love to have a list of individual people that are interested in what...
If you’re in business, target marketing is a necessary part of your business. And the deeper you get into the target marketing world, the more likely you are of discovering niche terms and metrics that apply to how effective your approach is. One metric in particular...