Media producers conduct research to define their target audiences before creating advertisements. This includes qualitative research interacting with small groups, quantitative research gathering opinions in percentages, and market research examining socioeconomic status, psychographics like individualism, geodemographics like language, and demographics like age and gender. Producers also analyze competitors and products to create ideas tailored to audiences while improving on others. The research helps producers identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to inform their creative decisions.