{"id":20788,"date":"2020-10-19T09:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T06:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliablesoft.net\/?p=20788"},"modified":"2021-06-28T12:10:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T09:10:30","slug":"define-target-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliablesoft.net\/define-target-market\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Accurately Define Your Target Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Knowing how to define your target market is critical to the success of your business.<\/p>\n

In this guide, you’ll learn how to define your target market to create more efficient marketing campaigns to increase conversions and drive better results.<\/p>\n

What is a target market?<\/h2>\n

A target market is a specific group of consumers within an available market that you want to reach with your marketing campaigns. This group of people is highly-interested in your products or services and is more likely to make a purchase than an average consumer.<\/p>\n

Members of your target market will have characteristics in common, such as their age, where they live, what they\u2019re interested in, and more.<\/p>\n

Why it\u2019s important to accurately define your target market?<\/h3>\n

Knowing how to define your target market is one of the most important components to the success of your business. If you don\u2019t know who your ideal customers are, you can\u2019t be sure your products or services are meeting their needs.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, running efficient marketing campaigns will be next to impossible if you don\u2019t have a clear idea of who your efforts should be focused on.<\/p>\n

As Seth Godin once said, \u201ceveryone is not your customer\u201d. When you market to everyone you are essentially marketing to no one.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you target people who are in no way interested in what you’re selling you’ll be wasting your resources to yield little results. This will lead to low conversion rates and higher cost per conversions.<\/p>\n

By clearly defining your target audience, your marketing budget will be much more cost-effective as your efforts will be directly focused on the people more likely to purchase from your business.<\/p>\n

Your campaigns will be laser-targeted to meet the needs and desires of a specific group resulting in targeted website traffic<\/strong><\/a>, more conversions, and overall better results.<\/p>\n

Knowing your target audience will allow you to further improve your products or services as you understand the pain points of your customers and what they are looking to solve.<\/p>\n

How to define your target market<\/h2>\n

The best tactics to find your target market are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Analyze the profile of your existing customers<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Analyze the profile of your website visitors and social media audience<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Identify who can benefit from your product\/service<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Create primary and secondary targets<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Spy on your competition<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Run smart campaigns on Google Ads<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Run paid ads on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    1. Analyze the profile of your existing customers<\/h3>\n
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    Learn as much as you can about your audience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    If you already have a customer base, the first step you’ll want to take to define your target audience is to analyze your existing customers.<\/p>\n

    As these people have already converted into sales, you can gain valuable insights into the type of people that your business is having success with.<\/p>\n

    Take a close look to see if you can identify any patterns in their characteristics. Some important attributes to evaluate include:<\/p>\n