Defining Your Print Marketing Target Audience
Do you know who your target audience is? At Minuteman Press Hatfield, we produce a wide range of print marketing materials such as brochures, calendars, fact sheets, and more. If you have always handed out leaflets, is it time to create a calendar for next year because your audience has changed? Knowing your target market can help you with the following:
- Determine the distribution locations of marketing materials.
- You need to identify the best type and format of marketing material that will reach the right people.
- It helps you create compelling messages to convince your audience.
- It allows you to create an effective design of materials.
- It will allow you to modify and update your promotional offers to appeal to your audience's interests.
You must determine your target audience and their needs to effectively reach your goals. These five steps will help you determine your audience.
Research Audience Segmentation
Your product/service could appeal to many different groups, so you must segment your audience according to these groups. Your audience might be people from different countries who buy your products for different reasons, etc. Consider the following:
Consider that you sell hair products. There may be several people who will buy your product. It is possible to segment them into different personas. You might see your personas as this:
- Individuals looking to use your product for themselves.
- People looking to buy gifts for others.
- Small-business owners who might be interested in reselling your products.
- Salons looking for products for their business.
These four groups are all likely to be interested in your product. But you would approach each one with a different strategy. This is why segmenting your audiences is essential to ensure you can reach all of them.
Conduct A Competitor Analysis
Are there any other companies that offer the same service within your region? Who are your biggest competitors, and what sets you apart? Market research can also help identify potential market threats that could impact your offer. This enables you to prepare for threats and create plans to minimize or eliminate them.
These are some things to consider when looking at your competitors:
- Who are they targeting?
- What are their customers’ pain points?
- What are they missing?
- What do they advertise?
This will allow you to identify the market gaps you can fill and how to use underutilize marketing channels to reach audiences your competitors are not.
What Are The Industry Trends?
You can follow the trends to find out what’s new in your industry. Similar to market analysis, it can be used to identify weaknesses in your product/service and highlight the unique value your product offers. This is essential because they can help you determine trends in the industry and adapt your marketing strategies accordingly.
Gain Customer Insight
Ask your current customers questions about their interests. How do they use your product/services? What can you do to improve your offerings? This tactic will help you gain many insights that will help you understand your audience.
- Look for opportunities to collaborate.
- Learn more about your competitors.
- Look for ways to improve.
- Build relationships and engage customers.
Do A Data Analysis
After all of the research, you will have a lot more data. Data will help you understand your target audience. This information can be used to identify trends and segment your audience further to create targeted marketing campaigns. The data interpretations you make can be used to build personas or determine the value of your products. We offer graphic design services at Minuteman Press Hatfield and can help you to design your marketing materials. Once you know your target audience, contact us for a print quote.