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Audience Segmentation: Where Do You Start?

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But we rarely talk about the process of strategically segmenting our audience so that our products and services can sell themselves. ?????? Segmentation is the process of breaking a large audience down into smaller, more manageable chunks. Identifying new product development opportunities you might have otherwise overlooked.

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How to Acquire Customers by Marketing “Heroes”

Both Sides of the Table

Many of you have read or at least know the primary thesis of “ Crossing the Chasm &# the seminal book on marketing your products to mainstream consumers by Geoffrey Moore. The book popularized the technology adoption lifecycle curve that originally came out of Iowa State University shown below. This is where heroes come in.

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Ellison Eyewear the Multi-Billion $ Sunglass Industry

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At 18, he headed to University of Iowa to study dentistry. Aristotle still splits time between, Greece, Iowa, and Chicago, and refers to himself as “Greek born, city raised, and corn fed.” Ellison was easier to pronounce and therefore made the product more accessible to a global audience.

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