In this tutorial, I'll be talking about affiliate marketing targeting and demographics. I'm sure you're all wondering why this is so important and how can this help you as an affiliate marketer? To start off with, as an affiliate marketer it is pertinent to understand your target market and who you'll be selling to.
You need to realize that each person you target grew up with different demographic values and behaviors. Have you ever wondered what makes a person choose the style of clothes they wear, how they actively fit into a crowd, what makes them buy what they buy, or what makes them not buy? All this is important to affiliate marketing and your campaign.
What Do You Need To Consider?
A good affiliate marketer will do their research and consider the following demographics before they start their campaign:
Targeting:
When targeting a specific group of people for your campaign, you need to take into consideration the item you are promoting and the age group you want to target. Let us take a look at a campaign that wants to target men over the age of 30. This isn't the only demographic target we need to consider. We want to target me over the age of 30 who have suffered from hair loss. So how do you start?
Dos
How To Determine Your Target Market:
When determining your targeted market, you'll need to use the 4 Ws. What, when, where, and why. It is a simple process to break down the demographic to determine your targeted market.
What: Ask yourself what are you promoting and does this product match the market you want to sell to.
When: Does the niche you've selected purchase products impulsively or do they take their time to decide on the purchase.
Where: You'll need to know where your target spends their time online.
Why: Understanding if people buy for emotional reasons and how each reason differ amongst all targets you want to sell to. If you can understand what the emotional triggers are that make a person, click and buy, then you have succeeded in understanding why a person buys.
Targeting Tools:
Yes, we all know there are plenty of targeting tools online to help you research and understand your targeted market. But, before you spend tons of money on these tools take a look at what you can find for free online. It is best to try and understand your demographic and targeted market first. Take some time and do some research. There is more than enough free information online to help you out. Take a look at what you can find for free:
You need to realize that each person you target grew up with different demographic values and behaviors. Have you ever wondered what makes a person choose the style of clothes they wear, how they actively fit into a crowd, what makes them buy what they buy, or what makes them not buy? All this is important to affiliate marketing and your campaign.
What Do You Need To Consider?
A good affiliate marketer will do their research and consider the following demographics before they start their campaign:
- Historical events
- Social influences
- Psychological factors
Targeting:
When targeting a specific group of people for your campaign, you need to take into consideration the item you are promoting and the age group you want to target. Let us take a look at a campaign that wants to target men over the age of 30. This isn't the only demographic target we need to consider. We want to target me over the age of 30 who have suffered from hair loss. So how do you start?
Dos
- Target group: Men over the age of 30 who have suffered from hair loss.
- Landing page: Attract men over the age of 30 who are looking for a remedy for hair loss.
- Add appealing photos of older men who suffer from hair loss.
- Entice the person to click your ad by giving true testimonials from actual people who have used this product and are over the age of 30.
- Create a landing page with young men between the age of 18 to 25 that have a full head of hair.
How To Determine Your Target Market:
When determining your targeted market, you'll need to use the 4 Ws. What, when, where, and why. It is a simple process to break down the demographic to determine your targeted market.
What: Ask yourself what are you promoting and does this product match the market you want to sell to.
When: Does the niche you've selected purchase products impulsively or do they take their time to decide on the purchase.
Where: You'll need to know where your target spends their time online.
Why: Understanding if people buy for emotional reasons and how each reason differ amongst all targets you want to sell to. If you can understand what the emotional triggers are that make a person, click and buy, then you have succeeded in understanding why a person buys.
Targeting Tools:
Yes, we all know there are plenty of targeting tools online to help you research and understand your targeted market. But, before you spend tons of money on these tools take a look at what you can find for free online. It is best to try and understand your demographic and targeted market first. Take some time and do some research. There is more than enough free information online to help you out. Take a look at what you can find for free:
- The US Census Bureau – a world of free information that can help you sort and analyze your targeted market.
- The Nielsen Wire blog – filled with tons of downloads, consumer insights and best of all free reports.
- Free Marketing White Paper – there is a ton of free marketing white papers online for you to download and study.
- The Get Elastic Blog – this is an excellent blog site to teach you about landing pages, demographics, and targeting. Just spend some time there studying and reading what they have to say.
- Google New & Google Blog Search – Google has always been a source of wealth and information. Do a few searches on up-to-date marketing and see what you can find. There is plenty out there if you just spend the time to look and search for it.