It’s an interesting phenomenon and one that a savvy business can learn from and capitalize on.

When you plan your marketing strategy, it’s important to identify a target audience. But you can’t just aim and fire. Once your campaign is up and running you need recheck your sites before you pull the trigger again. If you’re not hitting the target audience, ask yourself how can I adjust my approach? Or, in the case of Hasbro, if you’re reaching someone you didn’t plan on reaching, ask what can I do to retain that audience? All good topics for another day.

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The starting point here is “market analysis.” You want to know who sees your advertising and who responds to it. You can do this by word of mouth or by following around each person you consider your target audience (relax, just kidding). But unfortunately people don’t always share the correct information. Their computers, on the other hand, do. When you get on Facebook, for example, certain ads are displayed on the right side of the page. Those ads will be different for every user. This is because Facebook uses software that collects information from users based off of their likes and interests. Last week I wanted to buy a dreidel. So I did a quick search and made my purchase online. It should be noted this is the first time I’ve ever owned a dreidyl or shopped for one or even thought about dreidels. Now, guess what’s showing up on my Facebook page? Yep, dreidels and all things associated with Judaica.

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