Friday, October 3, 2014

Rules for Niche Marketing: Tips to Help You Find and Manage your Niche/Target Market



A niche is a focused targetable portion of a market. It can also be described as the people interested or people that might be interested in that particular product or service that you intend to provide.

It then follows that if you intend to sell sporting information on football players, clubs and or football matches, then your niche market are those that watch or play football. However to be more effective at identifying your niche market, you need to narrow down the audience to a specific target. The whole world should not be your niche market. The question then arises: how do I narrow down the audience to a specific target. The answer to that question lies in researching your target market, industry, competitors and environment thoroughly. See some articles which will help you in researching.  Better still, for a more detailed approach get the course “Basics of Starting a New Business”.

Also avoid markets that nobody knows about. Before you can sell any product, there has to be enough demand for that product or service that will sufficiently keep you in business. It is difficult to create demand on your own and of course I would advise you not to try to do that. As a matter of fact, you cannot create demand. Ensure that what you are presenting to your niche is something they want and you can make easily available for them. It is also a good idea to provide differentiated products or services that make a bold statement for you in the market place.

Also there should be a level of competition in the market for you to compete in. Don’t worry about how to deal with the competitor. The course “overcoming competition in Business” will help you take care of that. Your market should not be too little or too large. Reducing your niche to specific targets ensures you increase your chance of reaching your actual potential clients easily. It’s your ability to be able to reach your actual customers and satisfy them totally that will determine your level of success in that niche. To satisfy your customers, you need to know and understand what your customers feel they will benefit from using the products you create.

Learn to create marketing options. This allows you to increase actual sales and ultimately your actual customer base. This also means that different customers may have different uses for your products and so a formidable niche is not just a fixed number of targeted audiences but a flexible number of targeted audiences. You will also need to understand specifics concerning your niche audience and circumstances that may affect your niche market. For instance, certain products or services can only be offered at specific time seasons or periods. You need to understand specific periods when your niche market is hot and when it is cold. This will enable you to make the most out of your audience when the going is hot.

Have a clear understanding of what is obtainable in several locations within your niche market .this will ensure that you customize your products to perfectly suite your target audience.


Valentine Okolo

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