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Why is understanding your target audience so important? You might hear this marketing tip all the time… and you’ve definitely heard it from me 🙂 Understanding your target audience is critical because the goal is to relate to THEM. Marketing is not just about singing the praises of your product or organization. It’s about connecting …
I’ve had a lot of conversations with people about the challenge of identifying your target customer. People say to me, “My target audience is EVERYONE!” And maybe you DO have a broad audience of people you want to reach… But you still need to get specific with each different initiative you employ. You can’t communicate …
As a one or two-person EDO office, it can be a struggle to keep up with marketing (not to mention all of your other daily to-do’s!). You’re overworked. You’ve got too many day-to-day prospect to-do’s happening that you absolutely have to deal with. So your marketing plan implementation, strategic planning, and content calendar all end …
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What’s the end goal you want your audience to take in your marketing initiatives? Do you want them to pick up the phone and call you? Fill out a form on your website? Comment on a social media post? To come up with your strategy, go backwards starting with your end goal. Consider the answer …
We’ve all heard that we should start with “why.” However, when it comes to EDO marketing, publicity, proposal submissions, and networking, you must start with your “who”! Each audience that an EDO must communicate with has different goals, needs, and challenges that you must communicate uniquely with to be effective. How are you communicating with… …