{"id":36155,"date":"2024-08-16T11:27:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzie.ac.nz\/?p=36155"},"modified":"2024-08-16T11:27:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:27:19","slug":"blog-defining-target-audience-in-digital-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nzie.ac.nz\/blog-defining-target-audience-in-digital-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining Target Audience in Digital Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Marketing budgets are limited. Are you targeting yours in the right direction? Or are you working without a map?<\/p>

Knowing your target audience is a key part of planning your marketing. Without it, whether you are selling dog food, digital marketing or diamonds, you risk taking some expensive wrong turns, just like heading on a road trip without a destination planned.<\/p>

It\u2019s ok to want EVERYONE to be interested in your product or service. They aren’t though. And that means you can have the best marketing ever, you still won\u2019t get a sale from them. Marketing to your target audience – the people who are likely to buy is what gets you results.<\/p>

Before we look at the benefits, here\u2019s a quick primer on what we mean when we talk about target markets and target audiences.<\/p>

Target market<\/strong> – the wide group who might use a product or service. If you run a jewellery store, your target market would be everyone who might want to buy a piece of jewellery with a budget that meets your store’s price.<\/p>

Target audience<\/strong> – the smaller group or groups within that market. Usually, a business will have more than one target audience. For example, the jewellery store\u2019s target audiences might include:<\/p>