{"id":6692,"date":"2020-12-02T16:02:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/?p=6692"},"modified":"2025-04-03T17:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:13:44","slug":"audience-targeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting","title":{"rendered":"Audience targeting options, examples and tips in digital marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Updated 03\/04\/2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audience targeting is one of the most important aspects of digital marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On all online advertising platforms, search engines, and social media platforms, the way you target your audience will have a great impact on the outcome of your marketing campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a marketer, you might probably want to have a clear understanding of targeting options before launching your campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is because targeting the right people is the only way to ensure you spend less and have a high return on investment (ROI) or <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/facebook-return-on-ad-spend-roas\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">return on ad spend<\/a> (ROAS). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a way, most digital advertising platforms have hundreds of audience targeting options put together which makes it confusing for newbies in the business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To clear some of these confusions, we write this article discussing this topic in detail to enable you to understand what options you have and how to effectively target the right audience to achieve your digital marketing \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/21-online-advertising-companies\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/21-online-advertising-companies\/\">online advertising<\/a> goal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So let&#8217;s jump into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 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ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Keywords_Targeting\" >Keywords Targeting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Psychographics_targeting\" >Psychographics targeting<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Behavior\" >Behavior<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Affinity_audiences_targeting\" >Affinity audiences targeting<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Remarketing_audience_targeting\" >Remarketing audience targeting<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Target_audience_example\" >Target audience example<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Demographics\" >Demographics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Psychographics\" >Psychographics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Challenges\" >Challenges<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Solutions\" >Solutions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Preferred_content\" >Preferred content<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Demographics-2\" >Demographics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Psychographics-2\" >Psychographics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Challenges-2\" >Challenges<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Solutions-2\" >Solutions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Preferred_content-2\" >Preferred content<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Audience_targeting_tips\" >Audience targeting tips<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#1_Audience_research\" >#1. Audience research<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#2_Use_Google_Analytics_data_and_webmaster_tools\" >#2. Use Google Analytics data and webmaster tools<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#3_AB_Testing_for_ad_campaigns\" >#3. A\/B Testing for ad campaigns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#4_Remarketing_or_Retargeting\" >#4. Remarketing or Retargeting<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/audience-targeting\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Audience_targeting\"><\/span> What is Audience targeting?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Audience targeting is a way of identifying a group of people based on demographics, interests, and other factors to show them specific ads or create specific content that is aimed at solving their issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demographic data such as location, behavior, gender, income status, educational level, ethnicity, etc. are very important aspects of targeting an audience while psychographics makes it even more effective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many advantages to why digital marketers should segment and target audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important one is preventing your ads from showing to an audience that doesn&#8217;t care about your products or services while making your ads more relevant and effective to ultimately increase your return on ads spend (ROAS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One way of making your ad targeting is to have a clear understanding of who your target audience is or is, which location, and what might be of interest to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Audience_targeting_options\"><\/span>Audience targeting options<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordstream.com\/blog\/ws\/2019\/10\/18\/new-google-search-audience-targeting-options\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">audience targeting options<\/a> depending on the advertising platform whether its Google ads, Facebook ads, or AdsTArgets Ads, here are some of the most important and effective targeting options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Demographic_targeting\"><\/span>Demographic targeting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These involve the age range of your target audience, gender, languages, location, relationship status, work or job title, life events, political views, ethnicity, parent, and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one targeting option that is available on all the major <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/top-10-native-ad-networks\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">ad networks<\/a>. It&#8217;s the first step in defining who your target audience is before later scaling down using other targeting options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is vital you distinguish your audience at this level before going down further on other targeting options.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keywords_Targeting\"><\/span>Keywords Targeting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Probably one of the most popular audiences targeting options on Ad networks like AdsTargets, Google, and many others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keyword targeting is used for both search and display advertising campaigns which enable the marketer to target people searching for specific services, products, or information using related or exact keywords. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/google-advertising-tips\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Google Advertising<\/a>, you can choose to target people with &#8220;exact match keywords&#8221;, &#8220;phrase match keywords&#8221; and &#8220;broad match keywords&#8221; on Google ads. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"Keywords targeting\" class=\"wp-image-6713\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1.png 186w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1-279x300.png 279w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1-150x161.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Psychographics_targeting\"><\/span>Psychographics targeting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Psychographic targeting here involves targeting your audience based on their interest, activity, and general behavior online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of audience is determined by audience profile details they provided when signing up on social media platforms, the event they attend, the pages they follow, business and industry, family, and friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others include hobbies, fashion, and style, technology shopping, entertainment, fitness and wellness, and food and drinks.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Behavior\"><\/span>Behavior <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Though this comes under psychographic and interest, however, it&#8217;s worth separating behavior as it looks at the audience behavior such as travelling behavior, digital activity, charitable donations, experts, job role, residential profile, seasonal, and events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other behaviors to look at are their financial status, purchase behavior, media, automotive, and business-to-business activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These options are all available on Facebook targeting options to be explored for both <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/facebook-ads\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Facebook Ads<\/a> and Instagram Ads for effective campaigns.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Affinity_audiences_targeting\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/affinity-audiences-targeting\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/affinity-audiences-targeting\/\">Affinity audiences<\/a> targeting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This targeting option has been used by marketers to target people or a group of audiences that have shown interest in specific topics. It&#8217;s used in Google ads mostly on <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/how-to-grow-your-business-with-display-advertising\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">display advertising campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google determines this set of audiences based on their online behavior such as frequent visits to specific websites and search history among other related activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1024x483.png\" alt=\"Affinity audience\" class=\"wp-image-6712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1024x483.png 1024w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-150x71.png 150w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remarketing_audience_targeting\"><\/span>Remarketing audience targeting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is vital to understand that, 97% to 99% of the audience that will interact with your ads and visit your website never comes back. This is because by nature humans need to be persuaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why at the launch of your first ad campaign, you must have a remarketing strategy. This will involve collecting data from your audience and retargeting them with Ads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>here are some of the types of <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/how-retargeting-can-change-your-brand\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">remarketing audiences<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>People who visited your website and didn&#8217;t take any action.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who took action but didn&#8217;t complete their actions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A lookalike audience to expand your campaign reach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A custom list of emails you may collect as leads, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A custom list of phone numbers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who frequently engage with your social media content.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Target_audience_example\"><\/span>Target audience example<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at two examples of a typical audience for a business travel company and an organic Protein bar audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will look at their demographics, psychographics, challenges, solutions, and preferred content they may likely consume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first audience is a B2B audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Demographics\"><\/span>Demographics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Age range: 25 &#8211; 60.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gender: Male 48%, Female 52%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Job titles: Sales manager, production manager, Doctor, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Psychographics\"><\/span>Psychographics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Options, Interests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activities, attitudes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Values and behavior.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Challenges\"><\/span>Challenges<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lack of data to make informed decisions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Partner&#8217;s failure to deliver on time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not familiar with travel issues. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Solutions\"><\/span>Solutions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the search engine for solutions or answers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engage procurement companies or professionals on social media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Values and behavior.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Preferred_content\"><\/span>Preferred content<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Easily digest valuable blog posts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easily digest valuable case studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infographics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Business-travel-company-Audience-Targeting-example-1024x686.png\" alt=\"Audience targeting example\" class=\"wp-image-6700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Business-travel-company-Audience-Targeting-example-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Business-travel-company-Audience-Targeting-example-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Business-travel-company-Audience-Targeting-example-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Business-travel-company-Audience-Targeting-example-1536x1029.png 1536w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Business-travel-company-Audience-Targeting-example-2048x1371.png 2048w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Business-travel-company-Audience-Targeting-example-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Business-travel-company-Audience-Targeting-example.png 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The second example is the B2C audience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Demographics-2\"><\/span>Demographics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Age range: 18 &#8211; 40.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gender: Male 50%, Female: 50%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Job titles: Students, sales manager, production manager, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Psychographics-2\"><\/span>Psychographics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Desire to always eat nutritious and organic food but can&#8217;t always find it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Love hanging out with friends in nature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feels loyalty towards brands with values similar to their own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Challenges-2\"><\/span>Challenges<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A busy schedule makes it difficult to always eat nutritious and organic food.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Has low income.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Need a portable protein source to carry around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Solutions-2\"><\/span>Solutions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Follow health experts on social media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch supplement reviews on Youtube.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow health and nature profiles on social media like Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Preferred_content-2\"><\/span>Preferred content<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Event marketing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health videos on social media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Videos on social media and YouTube.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Audience-targeting-example-1024x686.png\" alt=\"Organic protein audience targeting example\" class=\"wp-image-6707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Audience-targeting-example-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Audience-targeting-example-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Audience-targeting-example-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Audience-targeting-example-1536x1029.png 1536w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Audience-targeting-example-2048x1371.png 2048w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Audience-targeting-example-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Audience-targeting-example.png 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These can vary depending on the niche, and business type which is why it&#8217;s always important to do thorough audience research before launching your ad campaigns or content marketing strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Audience_targeting_tips\"><\/span>Audience targeting tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To get your ad targeting to work effectively, you will need some very important tips to understand who your target audience is and strategically target them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of the tips you need<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Audience_research\"><\/span>#1. Audience research<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first is getting to know who your target audience is before you can target them. audience research is vital to making this work for your ad campaigns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, there are tools such as Facebook audience insight tools to help you understand your target audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool also provides you with the opportunity to explore, create and save your audience and use it for ad campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a video to help you do a thorough audience search with the Facebook audience insight tool and Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/facebook-ad-library\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">ad library<\/a> tool to find your audience and also look at the types of ads your competitors are running. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Facebook Ad library and Audience insight  [Facebook ads success]\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B1OkhSTezBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Use_Google_Analytics_data_and_webmaster_tools\"><\/span>#2. Use Google Analytics data and webmaster tools <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have been using Google Analytics and Google webmaster tools, you probably have a great chance of knowing your target audience based on the traffic you get. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This can be done by looking at the sources of your traffic and the behavior of each traffic source. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will easily give you an understanding of what type of content you should create or what type of Ads you should run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By looking at these tools, you will also be able to know which keywords to use when advertising or which keywords you should use in your subsequent content curation and marketing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Analytics also gives you the opportunity to create smart goals to monitor who has been converting the most which gives you the opportunity to target such an audience more either with content or ads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-2-1024x464.png\" alt=\"Google Analytics Goal tracking\" class=\"wp-image-6724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-2-1024x464.png 1024w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-2-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-2-768x348.png 768w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-2-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-2.png 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_AB_Testing_for_ad_campaigns\"><\/span>#3. A\/B Testing for ad campaigns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s assume at this point you have an idea of your target audience and want to launch an ad campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s important you carefully test your audience to understand which group performs best to increase your ROI or ROAS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\/B testing is a way to split your audience into various groups usually A and B. With Facebook ads, You can slip your audience in various ways such as location, language, cost, and even ad type. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is to ensure you identify the best performing audience to target them more rather than targeting a large audience that will not perform very well and also cost you more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\/B testing is an effective way of reducing the <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/calculate-your-advertising-cost-and-roi\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">cost of advertising<\/a> and increasing the performance of ad campaigns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try it before launching huge ad campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Remarketing_or_Retargeting\"><\/span>#4. Remarketing or Retargeting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whichever way you call it depending on the platform, audience targeting is more effective when you correct reasonable data and retarget or remarket to your audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s likely 98% of the people that first see your ads and visit your site won&#8217;t take action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using tracking codes such as Facebook pixel and Google Analytics tracking code will track and organize the data of your visitors for you to retarget them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is vital you also use funnels to segment your audience before remarketing to them to ensure more <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/online-advertising-guide\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/online-advertising-guide\/\">effective ad campaigns<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This article is meant to educate you on various targeting options, examples of targeting audiences for B2B and B2C audiences, and tips to ensure your targeting is more effective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is likely most of you have run ads on many <a href=\"https:\/\/adstargets.com\/blog\/advertising-networks-frequently-asked-questions\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">advertising networks<\/a> but did little or nothing to understand your audience before launching those campaigns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is meant to help you understand the importance of audience targeting and how you can use it to run better ad campaigns, and create more quality content to engage your audience to increase conversion rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope it makes sense to you and also you are welcome to share your opinion in the comment section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 03\/04\/2025 Audience targeting is one of the most important aspects of digital marketing. 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