Target Market

The target market is a specific market which is chosen or created with different segments of the market so a product may be marketed and created in a way that caters said market.

Our target market is:

Geographic:

Pakistan, USA and UK

We're choosing to release the album in these regions as the album is in English and all of these countries except Pakistan have English as their first language. Pakistan is included due to origins of the artist themselves.

Demographic:

Age: 15-30 years old
Secondary Age: 30-45 years old
Gender: Male and Female
Social Class: Middle Class
Secondary Social Class: Upper Class
Education: Secondary education on wards
Occupation: Students

Indie Pop is a genre which is mostly listened by youngsters which is why we chose 15-30 year olds and students as our primary target market. A certain level of education is needed to understand certain nuances in the mentioned genre thus we chose the education level to be secondary education on wards. We think the middle class could possibly best relate and indulge in the album as they would have enough funds to purchase it but also go through certain struggles and phenomenons in life which are reflected in Indie Pop.

Psychographics:

Primary: Explorers

Secondary: Aspirers, Reformers

Indie Pop ranges greatly in not just its sound and look but is also created in the vision of an individual, the artist. The creative liberty which is prescribed leads to an array of very different moods and outcomes. That's why we chose explorers as our primary target market. They have the want for adventure and will therefore be open minded about the album.

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