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You Are Not Your Audience by Douglas Karr - marketingtechblog.com

“As a result, many businesses are classified this way but operate quite the opposite… the data lied, and I did not do my due diligence to learn about my audience. The target we used focused on women-owned businesses … with women no where to be found. We (a team of men) sent our direct mail piece to men.”

In a chapter entitled ‘You Are Not Your Audience‘ Douglas reminds us that you need to talk to your audience directly to avoid marketing tragedies.

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