target

(noun)

A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.

Related Terms

  • product differentiation

Examples of target in the following topics:

  • Identifying the Target Market

    • In marketing and advertising, a target audience is a specific group of people within the target market at which a marketing message is aimed at.
    • In marketing and advertising, a target audience is a specific group of people within the target market at which a product or the marketing message of a product is aimed at.
    • Discovering the appropriate target market(s) and determining the target audience is one of the most important activities in marketing management.
    • A well-defined target market is the first element to a marketing strategy.
    • Examine how to identify target markets from an advertising campaign perspective
  • Target Market Characteristics

    • A geographic target market can be consumers in a city, state, or country.
    • A psychographic target market would be a market that has similar attitudes, values, or lifestyle.
    • The behavioral target market focuses on occasions and degree of loyalty.
    • Determining a target market approach to sales has many benefits.
    • A geographic target market can include a city, state, or country.
  • Selecting Target Markets

    • However, Kraft has formulated a different version of the Oreo to target consumers in China.
    • A well-defined target market is the first element to a marketing strategy.
    • A principal concept in target marketing is that those who are targeted show a strong affinity or brand loyalty to that particular brand.
    • Target marketing allows the marketer and sales team to customize their message to the targeted group of consumers in a more focused manner.
    • Kraft has formulated a different version of the Oreo to target consumers in China.
  • Concentrated Targeting

    • Concentrated marketing is a strategy which targets very defined and specific segments of the consumer population.
    • The target market for CVS Caremark is women since they make up 80% of the pharmacy chain's customers.
    • Concentrated targeting is particularly effective for small companies with limited resources as it does not require the use of mass production, mass distribution, and mass advertising.
    • However, there is no increase in the total profits of the sales as it targets just one segment of the market.
    • CVS targets women since they make up 80% of the chain's customer base.
  • Targeting Consumers Where They Spend Time

    • The World Wide Web has become a key commercial center, and thus, an increasingly important place where companies target potential customers.
    • Since people create markets, it is essential to target clusters of people and the locations they visit to better implement marketing strategies.
    • The World Wide Web has become an important, albeit virtual, location where companies are spending more time and money to target and influence consumers .
    • Social media sites have further aggregated user content around similar topics, tasks and people, creating online communities that have proven to be lucrative targets for online advertising.
    • Describe how the World Wide Web, social media, and mobile devices are transforming the way advertisers target consumers
  • Profit

    • Target volume (#) is the unit sales quantity needed to meet an earnings goal.
    • Target revenue ($) is the corresponding figure for dollar sales.
    • This will often require them to revise sales targets as prices and costs change.
    • The purpose of profit-based sales target metrics is to ensure that marketing and sales objectives mesh with profit targets.
    • In target volume and target revenue calculations, managers go beyond break-even analysis (the point at which a company sells enough to cover its fixed costs) to determine the level of unit sales or revenues needed to cover a firm's costs and attain its profit targets.
  • Online Consumer Behavior

    • The integration will soon expand since Google intends to offer behavioral targeting or interest-based advertising.
    • It's worth noting that many practitioners also refer to this process as audience targeting.
    • It's worth noting that many practitioners also refer to this process as audience targeting.
    • Many online users and advocacy groups are concerned about privacy issues around doing this type of targeting.
    • Explain the relationship between behavioral targeting and online consumer behavior, and how behavioral marketing influences online advertising
  • Defining the Target Market

    • CVS Caremark's target market is women since they make up 80 percent of the pharmacy chain's customers.
    • Is your target market "anyone who will pay you for your product or services?
    • If it's the former, you will do well to define your target market.
    • You decide that vehicle owners are your broad target market.
    • Examine the information that is necessary in order to define a target market
  • Types of Internet Advertising

    • Display advertising uses demographic and geographic targeting – capturing users' cookie and browser history to determine demographics, location, and interests – to target appropriate ads to those browsers.
    • In addition to contextual targeting, online advertising is targeted based on a user's online behavior.
    • This practice is known as behavioral targeting.
    • Some SEO strategies include link building, optimization of onsite content with targeted keywords, optimization of meta descriptions with targeted keywords, and optimization of blog content with targeted keywords.
    • Local SEO involves creating content that targets a particular geographical demographic.
  • Trade vs. Consumer Promotions

    • Trade promotions are targeted toward retailers while consumer promotions are targeted toward consumers.
    • Trade promotions are targeted toward retailers while consumer promotions are targeted toward consumers .
    • Consumer promotions are marketing activities targeted at the consumer to encourage them to buy the product.
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