Social media is the most effective internet marketing channel for connecting brands with their target audiences. It’s no secret that big networks like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube accomplish this through sophisticated social media targeting capabilities.
However, there is a catch. It’s not enough to create a social profile and wait for others — random individuals — to notice you and your service in a world where there are 3.78 billion social media users. To get the most out of social platforms, you need to take advantage of the targeting options available, which means identifying your target demographic and targeting them on their favorite platform. In order to have a successful social media strategy, you must first define your target audience.
So, what exactly is a target market? It’s a group of folks who are most likely to be interested in your service or product. Your social media target group has some characteristics in common, such as demographics, behavior, and geographic location. You can use this information to create organic and paid content that is valuable to them, fits their wants, and helps them trust your business. You can also tailor your outreach to each platform where they hang out.
While you can sell to everybody on social media, it’s considerably more efficient and cost-effective to focus your efforts on a specific market – a technique known as social media targeting. This section is dedicated to assisting you in identifying and implementing the processes necessary to determine your target market.
- Take use of marketing personas
- Use social media audience tools
- Use polls to supplement data from persona marketing
- Make use of social listening techniques
- Examine the Competitors
