Definition

A marketing phantom—any person, influencer, or demographic segment that mirrors your ideal customer profile so closely that advertisers can target them as a proxy audience for lookalike campaigns, because apparently 'people like your existing customers' needed a fancy noun.

Example Usage

Our Facebook ads performed best when we targeted resemblers of our top 1% customer segment.

Source: Digital marketing and advertising terminology

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