Comments on: Do You Adjust for Your Target? http://www.internetmarketingsweetie.com/blog/do-you-adjust-for-your-target Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:36:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lindsay http://www.internetmarketingsweetie.com/blog/do-you-adjust-for-your-target/comment-page-1#comment-11040 Lindsay Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:59:19 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingsweetie.com/?p=3738#comment-11040 Hah, we had a bunch of that snow down here in Seattle too. I have all weather tires and an SUV and got along just fine, but then I used to live in Spokane where you'd be nuts not to have better than factory tires. ;) But, anyway... I recently did a post I loved but that got a negative response from some readers, so I took it down. In reflection, it just wasn't what my target audience was there for, so it probably wasn't a good match for my blog. I do think it's important to listen to your audience and deliver what they want (and come to expect), if you want them to stick around anyway! Hah, we had a bunch of that snow down here in Seattle too. I have all weather tires and an SUV and got along just fine, but then I used to live in Spokane where you’d be nuts not to have better than factory tires. ;)

But, anyway… I recently did a post I loved but that got a negative response from some readers, so I took it down. In reflection, it just wasn’t what my target audience was there for, so it probably wasn’t a good match for my blog.

I do think it’s important to listen to your audience and deliver what they want (and come to expect), if you want them to stick around anyway!

]]> By: Alice Seba http://www.internetmarketingsweetie.com/blog/do-you-adjust-for-your-target/comment-page-1#comment-11018 Alice Seba Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:24:08 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingsweetie.com/?p=3738#comment-11018 And exactly why my parents are trying to head down your way - as soon as the mountain passes clear up a bit. Watch out! A convoy of retired Vancouverites are coming your way. :-) That's a good point about "evergreen" markets - and really, you'd think selling tires in a specific city would be pretty much evergreen (except advancements in technology). The thing is, I think all markets can change...and even in your case, styles change too. But if you're in tune with your market and your area of expertise (which you are), it's often a natural change that you barely notice you're working through. And exactly why my parents are trying to head down your way – as soon as the mountain passes clear up a bit. Watch out! A convoy of retired Vancouverites are coming your way. :-)

That’s a good point about “evergreen” markets – and really, you’d think selling tires in a specific city would be pretty much evergreen (except advancements in technology).

The thing is, I think all markets can change…and even in your case, styles change too. But if you’re in tune with your market and your area of expertise (which you are), it’s often a natural change that you barely notice you’re working through.

]]> By: Debra Conrad http://www.internetmarketingsweetie.com/blog/do-you-adjust-for-your-target/comment-page-1#comment-11017 Debra Conrad Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:19:00 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingsweetie.com/?p=3738#comment-11017 This is why having evergreen "targets" is so great. I may not be on the cutting edge of some brand new markets... but I don't have much for the cutting room floor either. About all that snow! I was just 2+ hours away from Alice last week... and I've already told her "I will never visit this area in the Winter again". I live in Arizona... where we are wearing shorts in the daytime this week. :) Good luck with all that snow... This is why having evergreen “targets” is so great. I may not be on the cutting edge of some brand new markets… but I don’t have much for the cutting room floor either.

About all that snow! I was just 2+ hours away from Alice last week… and I’ve already told her “I will never visit this area in the Winter again”. I live in Arizona… where we are wearing shorts in the daytime this week. :)

Good luck with all that snow…

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