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What Does the Ideal Member of my Target Audience Look Like?
Exploring the process of homing in on my target audience.
Realizing some of my limitations regarding marketing my brand — and taking a direction I’ve deeply desired to go for a while — I have a new coach.
As we work on building some new tools to help me expand my brand and drive this new direction, I get homework from her after each session.
This week’s homework asks a question I’ve only vaguely given much thought to. But it’s a question that might provide key insight into who I am working on selling to.
What does the ideal member of my target audience look like?
What I have been tasked with doing is to create an in-depth, detailed look at this person.
It occurred to me that this exercise might be good for others to consider when it comes to marketing and such. Though I am not going to get into the level of detail my coach is requiring here — the basics of this person are worth sharing.
But before I get into them — there is another overarching issue.
What’s the brand I am selling?
As part of last week’s homework, I was required to create a comprehensive diagram of all the work I do…