[Sigia-l] Re: audience analysis and demographics

[Stewart, Erin [NEA]]

I've found this User Characteristics Checklist useful:

http://mime1.marc.gatech.edu/MM_Tools/UCC.html

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: George Olsen [mailto:george.olsen at pobox.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:57 PM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Re: audience analysis and demographics


Ferguson, Natalie said:
> I find for projects in our area that basic demographics are a first
> step in about any project. We have to know who our target audiences
> are, and what characteristics they share -- or don't.

Agreed.

It's important to note that not all demographics are created equal. Among
the key potential difference is between buyers and users -- since most
marketing demographics are focused on buyers.

There's also a wide of the types of marketing demographics: attitudinal,
behaviorial, pyschographic, etc., some of which are more useful for our
purposes than others.

So it's recognizing when it's appropriate to use them and when it's not.

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George Olsen                           george at interactionbydesign.com
User Experience Architect                                310-993-0467


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