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<p>A<strong>target audience</strong>is a specific group of consumers who share certain characteristics you’re trying to engage with through your marketing efforts. This group is most likely to be interested in your brand or<a>ecommerce</a>business and has the highest chance of buying your product.</p>
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<p>A<strong>target audience</strong>is a specific group of consumers who share certain characteristics you’re trying to engage with through your marketing efforts. This group is most likely to be interested in your brand or<a>ecommerce</a>business and has the highest chance of buying your product.</p>
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<h2>How to define and find your target audience for effective marketing</h2>
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<h2>How to define and find your target audience for effective marketing</h2>
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<p>Having a clear understanding of your ideal customer is the foundation of any successful<a>marketing strategy</a>. By creating a customer persona - a detailed profile of your target audience - you identify their needs, interests, and pain points.</p>
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<p>Having a clear understanding of your ideal customer is the foundation of any successful<a>marketing strategy</a>. By creating a customer persona - a detailed profile of your target audience - you identify their needs, interests, and pain points.</p>
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<p>Use the following methods to define and find your target audience:</p>
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<p>Use the following methods to define and find your target audience:</p>
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<h3>1. Research your current customer base</h3>
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<h3>1. Research your current customer base</h3>
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<p>Take a close look at your existing<a>subscriber</a><a>profiles</a>and identify all the features they have in common. This will reveal your target audience’s intentions and how they’re most likely to interact with your brand in the future.</p>
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<p>Take a close look at your existing<a>subscriber</a><a>profiles</a>and identify all the features they have in common. This will reveal your target audience’s intentions and how they’re most likely to interact with your brand in the future.</p>
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<p>You can also:</p>
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<p>You can also:</p>
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<ul><li>Adapt website forms for progressive profiling to collect more information from current subscribers</li>
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<ul><li>Adapt website forms for progressive profiling to collect more information from current subscribers</li>
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<li>Run surveys to find out more about your customers</li>
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<li>Run surveys to find out more about your customers</li>
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<li>Conduct conversational SMS campaigns to collect product feedback</li>
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<li>Conduct conversational SMS campaigns to collect product feedback</li>
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</ul><h3>2. Find out what your competitors are doing</h3>
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</ul><h3>2. Find out what your competitors are doing</h3>
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<p>You share your goals and target audience with many of your competitors. By analysing how they meet their customers’ needs, you can learn what they’re doing to attract and keep their target audience engaged.</p>
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<p>You share your goals and target audience with many of your competitors. By analysing how they meet their customers’ needs, you can learn what they’re doing to attract and keep their target audience engaged.</p>
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<p>Pay special attention to your competitors’:</p>
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<p>Pay special attention to your competitors’:</p>
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<ul><li>Email and SMS campaigns</li>
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<ul><li>Email and SMS campaigns</li>
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<li>Website content</li>
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<li>Website content</li>
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<li>Social media presence</li>
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<li>Social media presence</li>
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<li>Industry reports</li>
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<li>Industry reports</li>
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</ul><h3>3. Consider who else can benefit from your offer</h3>
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</ul><h3>3. Consider who else can benefit from your offer</h3>
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<p>Come up with an exhaustive list of benefits your product or service has to offer. This will help you identify other<a>target markets</a>of potential customers who can benefit from your core offer.</p>
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<p>Come up with an exhaustive list of benefits your product or service has to offer. This will help you identify other<a>target markets</a>of potential customers who can benefit from your core offer.</p>
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<h3>4. Take advantage of customer data</h3>
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<h3>4. Take advantage of customer data</h3>
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<p>Whether you manage an ecommerce site, send emails to a growing subscriber list, or run paid ads, behavioural and<a>demographic</a>data about your customers can provide valuable insights about your target audience. Make the most of this data by:</p>
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<p>Whether you manage an ecommerce site, send emails to a growing subscriber list, or run paid ads, behavioural and<a>demographic</a>data about your customers can provide valuable insights about your target audience. Make the most of this data by:</p>
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<ul><li>Analysing past purchase behaviour to run loyalty campaigns</li>
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<ul><li>Analysing past purchase behaviour to run loyalty campaigns</li>
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<li>Using predictive analytics to determine who might buy again and when</li>
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<li>Using predictive analytics to determine who might buy again and when</li>
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<li>A/B testing emails and SMS campaigns to see what your audience responds to</li>
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<li>A/B testing emails and SMS campaigns to see what your audience responds to</li>
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</ul><p>Klaviyo helps you precisely identify and target your ideal customers. Use<a>Klaviyo AI</a>to<a>segment</a>your target audience, get predictive analytics, and create highly personalised marketing messages across channels to drive engagement and conversions.</p>
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</ul><p>Klaviyo helps you precisely identify and target your ideal customers. Use<a>Klaviyo AI</a>to<a>segment</a>your target audience, get predictive analytics, and create highly personalised marketing messages across channels to drive engagement and conversions.</p>
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<p><a>Sign up for Klaviyo today</a>and start sending personalised, relevant content that will keep your audience coming back for more.</p>
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<p><a>Sign up for Klaviyo today</a>and start sending personalised, relevant content that will keep your audience coming back for more.</p>
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