<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | defining the ideal client?  | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/feed/</link> <description>defining the ideal client?  - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business</description> <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:24:04 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13410</guid><title><![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic defining the ideal client?  in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13410</link> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:52:26 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/" title="Dea Irby" rel="nofollow">Dea Irby</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/" rel="nofollow">defining the ideal client? </a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> whoa, my head hurts, but it does make sense and you see how the question is different... thanks for taking the time to answer this question <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fredericgonzalo/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fredericgonzalo/' rel="nofollow">@fredericgonzalo</a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13403</guid><title><![CDATA[Frederic Gonzalo replied to the forum topic defining the ideal client?  in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13403</link> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:10:39 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fredericgonzalo/" title="Frederic Gonzalo" rel="nofollow">Frederic Gonzalo</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/" rel="nofollow">defining the ideal client? </a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/' rel="nofollow">@deairby</a> Oooh, that is whole different thing, ain't it? How do you get to defining the ideal customer...In the past, we've used sophisticated models, such as RFM (Recency, Frequency, Monetary) to determine what [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13383</guid><title><![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic defining the ideal client?  in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13383</link> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:24:04 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/" title="Dea Irby" rel="nofollow">Dea Irby</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/" rel="nofollow">defining the ideal client? </a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I checked the thread and there is certainly a lot of discussion there. That thread dealt with saying what you know is your ideal client, my question here is more how do you get to that answer? &#160;<a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fredericgonzalo/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fredericgonzalo/' rel="nofollow">@fredericgonzalo</a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13382</guid><title><![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic defining the ideal client?  in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13382</link> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:17:40 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/" title="Dea Irby" rel="nofollow">Dea Irby</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/" rel="nofollow">defining the ideal client? </a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> thanks, Frederic <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fredericgonzalo/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fredericgonzalo/' rel="nofollow">@fredericgonzalo</a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13362</guid><title><![CDATA[Frederic Gonzalo replied to the forum topic defining the ideal client?  in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13362</link> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:16:25 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fredericgonzalo/" title="Frederic Gonzalo" rel="nofollow">Frederic Gonzalo</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/" rel="nofollow">defining the ideal client? </a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/' rel="nofollow">@deairby</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/joanmuschampfagnani/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/joanmuschampfagnani/' rel="nofollow">@joanmuschampfagnani</a> Hello ladies! You may want to jump into this thread, which already has lots of feedback on this very topic... [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13346</guid><title><![CDATA[Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) replied to the forum topic defining the ideal client?  in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13346</link> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:55:19 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/joanmuschampfagnani/" title="Joan Muschamp (Fagnani)" rel="nofollow">Joan Muschamp (Fagnani)</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/" rel="nofollow">defining the ideal client? </a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/' rel="nofollow">@deairby</a> Deciding on your ideal client can be driven by a number of factors, but available market AND your personal juju should both play a factor. (you have a better chance of long term success if you are [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13298</guid><title><![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic defining the ideal client?  in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13298</link> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:05:22 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/" title="Dea Irby" rel="nofollow">Dea Irby</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/" rel="nofollow">defining the ideal client? </a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> thanks for the input and congrats on your success! <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/abigailgorton/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/abigailgorton/' rel="nofollow">@abigailgorton</a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13297</guid><title><![CDATA[Abigail Gorton replied to the forum topic defining the ideal client?  in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/#post-13297</link> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/abigailgorton/" title="Abigail Gorton" rel="nofollow">Abigail Gorton</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/defining-the-ideal-client/" rel="nofollow">defining the ideal client? </a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> @dearly I found it helpful to realize that I would be happy to accept clients outside the ideal, but I focus on marketing to the ideal. So my ideal client is within 2 counties, but my actual client base spans 3 [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>