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Media trust presentation: how to identify, understand and reach your target audience
Transcript of Media trust presentation: how to identify, understand and reach your target audience
How do you identify, understand and reach your target market?
Media Trust 20 September
What we’ll look at today
1. Tools to identify your audience
2. Methods to understand your audience and how they behave
3. How to select the right channels to reach your audience
How do you identify your target audience?
1. Talk to colleagues
2. Test assumptions
3. Ask the right questions
Avoiding ‘Everydog’ syndromeTry to reach everyone and you’ll reach no-one.
Profiling your target audience
1. Who are they and what are they like?
2. Who makes the decisions that influence them?
3. The role of market research
Which segments are your priorities?
1. Align your priorities with your mission
2. Do your priority segments work with your model?
3. How to take your colleagues with you
Characteristics of B2C audiences
1. Shorter sales cycle
2. Brand is a strong influencing factor
3. Emotional buying decision
Characteristics of B2B audiences
1. Relationship driven
2. Longer sales cycle
3. Need reassurance about ‘risk’
How can you influence your audience to ‘buy?’
1. Map their journey
2. Reach them at touchpoints
3. Determine who’s in the ‘decision making unit’
Choose your channels
Which ones are most used by your target audience?
Adapt and survive
Keep adapting your understanding of target audience and your priorities
Thanks for your attention
Zoe Amar MCIM Chartered Marketer Head of Marketing and Business Development
[email protected] /020 7426 4488
Twitter: @zoeamar