LockTrip Academy
  • Why Should you Become a LockTrip Affiliate?
  • 7 Pillars of Affiliate Support
  • Starting Your Career
    • 1. Join our Affiliate Program
    • 2. Select Your Strategy
      • 2.1 Identify Your Unique Strengths
      • 2.2 Identify Your Unique Opportunities
      • 2.3 Decide on Resources & Risk
      • 2.4 Choose a Strategy
      • 2.5 Identify your Target Audience
    • 3. Tune Your Strategy
      • 3.1 Discuss Your Strategy
      • 3.2 Improve Efficiency
    • 4. Test Your Strategy
      • 4.1 Start with Small Steps
      • 4.2 Iterate on Every Step
    • 5. Scale Your Activity
      • 5.1 Define Achievable Targets
      • 5.2 Budget for every Target
      • 5.3 Use Analytic Tools
      • 5.4 Monitor Revenue Stream
      • 5.5 Re-Invest & Grow
  • LockTrip Affiliate League (LAL)
    • 1. How to Join the Affiliate League
    • 2. Prize Pool of $24,000 Each Round
    • 3. Scoring System
    • 4. Affiliate Teams
      • 4.1 Teams Improve Your Chances
      • 4.2 How to Team Up
      • 4.3 How to Find Your Team
    • 5. Introducing League Levels
  • How to Utilize Tools
    • 1. Secret Codes and Gift Cards
      • 1.1 Secret Codes
      • 1.2 Gift Cards
    • 2. Custom Landing Pages
      • 2.1 What are Landing Pages?
      • 2.2 How to Build a Landing Page
      • 2.3 Tips and Tricks
    • 3. Local Guides Feature
      • 3.1 What are Local Guides?
      • 3.2 How to Become a Local Guide
      • 3.3 Tips and Tricks
    • 4. Travel & Support
      • 4.1 What is Travel & Support?
      • 4.2 How to Start Earning
      • 4.3 Tips and Tricks
  • Core Strategies
    • 1. For Established Influencers
      • 1.1 Monetize Your Audience with LockTrip
      • 1.2 Invite Other Influencers
    • 2. For Established Content Creators
      • 2.1 Monetize Your Audience with LockTrip
      • 2.2 Invite Other Content Creators
    • 3. Niche Marketing Strategies
      • 3.1 Targeted Landing Pages
      • 3.2 Niche Websites
      • 3.3 Targeted Offline Audiences
    • 4. Social Media Strategies
      • 4.1 YouTube
      • 4.2 Instagram
      • 4.3 Facebook
      • 4.4 Twitter
      • 4.5 Other Platforms
      • 4.6 Cross-Promotion
    • 5. Offline Marketing Strategies
      • 5.1 Distributing Gift Cards
      • 5.2 Partnering with Local Businesses
      • 5.3 Sponsoring Events
    • 6. Local Guide Strategy
      • 6.1 How to Start
      • 6.2 Find Gems for Tourists in your City
      • 6.3 Partner with Local Businesses
      • 6.4 Prepare a Strong Bait
    • 7. Referring Your Circle
      • 7.1 Preparing your Target List
      • 7.2 Grouping your Targets
      • 7.3 Start with your Closest Contact
      • 7.4 Be Prepared for New Connections
  • Core Messages & Selling
    • 1. Psychology of Selling
    • 2. Picking Your Story
      • Story A - Cutting Intermediary Commissions
      • Story B - Breaking Monopolies of the Travel Industry
      • Story C - Crypto Payments & Transparency
  • Creating Content
    • 1. A Guide to Great Content
    • 2. Images and Posts
    • 3. Videos
    • 4. Articles
    • 5. Websites
  • Useful Analytics
    • 1. LockTrip Analytics
      • 1.1 For Landing Pages
      • 1.2 For Gift Cards
      • 1.3 For Referral Links
    • 2. Third Party Analytics
      • 2.1 Google Analytics
      • 2.2 Facebook Pixel
      • 2.3 Other
  • Building Your Website
    • 1. First Steps
    • 2. Website Design & Strategy
    • 3. SEO Optimization
  • Paid Marketing
    • 1. Google Adsense
    • 2. Facebook Ad Campaigns
    • 3. Hiring Influencers
  • LockTrip Mentors
    • 1. How to Become a Mentor
    • 2. Preparing Yourself
    • 3. Reaching Affiliates
      • 3.1 Online Acquisition
      • 3.2 Offline Acquisition
    • 4. Reward Structure
  • LockTrip Agents
    • 1. How to Become an Agent
    • 2. Defining Your Strategy
    • 3. Preparing Your Pitch
    • 4. First Trials
    • 5. Scaling Systematically
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  1. Starting Your Career
  2. 2. Select Your Strategy

2.5 Identify your Target Audience

Target your Messaging

Know Your Target

Now that you have a plan, it is important to study your strategy-specific target audience. Do you want to approach people based on their ...

  • ... age group?

  • ... social class?

  • ... nationality?

  • ... language?

  • ... profession or industry?

  • ... travel destination?

  • ... travel budget?

  • ... interests or hobbies?

The answer to this question lies in the path you chose in the previous section. It will allow you to shape your messaging in the most effective way and stimulate your audience with the right triggers. Let's examine some examples:

Strategy

Distributing flyers in a central-European university. Either within classrooms or directly face-to-face.

Target Audience

Young students with limited budgets, but a great desire to travel around the world for experiences.

Key Messaging

  • Focus on nearby destinations like Budapest. Very few students will be able to afford a trip to e.g. Shanghai.

  • Think about making references to the university. Something like "Special Discount for Students".

  • Emphasize on the Discount Codes.

  • Market the desire of making new experiences.

Strategy

Sharing appealing pictures of Asian travel destinations on Facebook with occasional price comparisons. Strong emphasis on cultural sight seeing.

Target Audience

Middle aged travelers with a special interest in culture, history and guided tours. Willing and able to spend higher budgets in exchange for a good time.

Key Messaging

  • Higher budgets translate into bigger savings. Consider using fixed value messaging. "Save $100 on your $500 Trip" versus "Save 20% on your Trip".

  • Food is part of culture. Think about adding a reference to food tourism like "Have you ever tasted Dim Sum in Beijing?".

  • Include interesting background information on your posts. What are people seeing? Share historic tit-bits.

Strategy

Launching a German travel website with a selection of daily deals.

Target Audience

Deal-hunters of all ages and German speaking countries, who invest considerable time in research before deciding on a booking.

Key Messaging

  • Picking deals individually will allow you to advertise much higher savings than 20%. Use wording such as "Save up to 60%", since deal hunters don't care about the average.

  • Target popular destinations among Germans. Base your picks on official travel statistics.

  • Deal-hunters are used to marketing tricks and click baits. Build trust and share testimonials. Work with real examples.

  • Use the marketplace exclusivity (prices only accessible to registered users) for your marketing. Hunters like catching prey.

To learn more on how to create great content, please follow the link below:

More info about messaging & selling can be obtained here:

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1. A Guide to Great Content
Core Messages & Selling