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Planning Your Sales Program

Planning your sales promotions campaign takes 7 MAJOR DECISIONS. You have to make ALL of these decisions BEFORE you sell your product or service.

DECISION 1

WHO IS YOUR "TARGET AUDIENCE"? (WHO and WHERE are your potential customers?)

  • What age are they?
  • What gender are they?
  • How much money do they have? (i.e. rich or poor?)
  • Where do they live?
  • What are their interests, hobbies - what do they do with their spare time?
  • Why do they buy certain things?

ACTIVITY.

List 3 characteristics (age, interests, income) of the target audience for the following products:

PRODUCT OR SERVICE

POTENTIAL KINDS OF CUSTOMERS:

1 2 3
DISPOSABLE DIAPERS ________ ________ ________
COLD MEDICINE ________ ________ ________
COMPUTER DESK ________ ________ ________
WINDOW CLEANING SERVICE ________ ________ ________

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