KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
Who Is NOT Your Customer ...
And Why It ' s More Important Than Who Is
Close your eyes for a moment and picture your ideal customer .
Easy , right ? You ’ ve spent God only knows how many hours conjuring your client avatar . You know their name , what they look like , how they spend their spare time – heck , you ’ re pretty sure you know how much milk they like to pour on their cereal in the morning .”
Because every marketing person EVER has told you that this is the way to achieve business success .
But have you ever stopped to think about the people who aren ’ t your customers ? The people who will never be your customers ; the ones you simply don ’ t want to do business with ?
Well , there ’ s at least one entrepreneur I know of who did exactly that . And by identifying ( very specifically !) his anti-customer , he boosted his bank account by a cool $ 620,000 .
BACK IN BLACK
Meet Stuart Semple , an artist who loves to mix his own colors . If you ’ re artistically inclined , his range is pretty exciting ; there ’ s a color called LIT which is an awesome glow in the dark pigment , and another called Rainbow Liquid which is a color-changing pigment . All really cool .
But a few years ago , Stuart heard about a brand new color called Vantablack . It was billed as the definition of darkness — developed by a whole bunch of scientists , it used nanotechnology to absorb 98 % of visible light . You literally couldn ’ t get a blacker paint than that . As an artist , Stuart couldn ’ t wait to get his hands on the stuff to try it out .
Only he couldn ’ t . Because the company that created Vantablack had already signed an exclusive deal with a famous artist , a guy named Anish Kapoor ( the guy that created Chicago ’ s Cloud Gate , or the Bean as you might know it ). Anish Kapoor was literally the only person in the world allowed to use this revolutionary black paint .
Stuart wasn ’ t impressed . So he decided to strike back against what he sees as artistic elitism , and create his own — even blacker — black .
He launched a Kickstarter campaign and , thanks to the support of like-minded artists who agreed that no one person should ever own a color exclusively , Stuart raised over $ 620,000 ! Enough to help him create the blackest black in the world , Culture Hustle ’ s Black 3.0 .
Now anyone – any professional artist , any novice , you , me , anyone – can get their hands on Black 3.0 .
ANYONE EXCEPT ANISH KAPOOR !
You see , when you go to Stuart ' s Culture Hustle website , and you add Black 3.0 to your shopping cart , you must agree to the following terms and conditions :
“ By adding this product to your cart , you confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor . You are in no way affiliated to Anish Kapoor . You are not purchasing this item on behalf of Anish Kapoor or an associate of Anish Kapoor . To the best of your knowledge , information , and belief , this material will not make its way into the hands of Anish Kapoor .”
Isn ’ t that hilarious ?
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