Psychographics- Audience classification (presentation)

Explorers Presentation:







If I had to pick a psychographic group that I best fit in it would be Explorers and Mainstreamers. This is because I always like to have a challenge and love to try new things out. I love travelling and am curious. However, I tend to do things the way society would see as normal, so I do tend to follow what society has constructed as 'normal'. I don't really watch many arthouse 

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