The 20-Minute Marketer Magazine May 2014 | Page 14

Getting to know you...

Target Market

Profiling

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I could (and probably will) create an entire online course about developing a target market profile. It is just that juicy of a topic. In fact, next month's 20MM will be dedicated to getting you started on just that.

To get the juices flowing on this topic, I want to use this article to plant the seed and have you start contemplating your target market in a this way:

Never forget that first and foremost,

your customers are just like you - HUMAN!

I personally really enjoy this part of any project - it really gets to the heart of the matter and explores the motivations, needs and wants of your target market - the psychology behind marketing. During this process, I cannot stress enough the importance of remembering that your customers are REAL PEOPLE. I know it sounds odd, but it is often easy to forget that there are living, breathing people on the other side of EVERY interaction.

So rule #1 that I want you to remember is: