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Why You Need to Understand Your Target Market and Competition

8/22/2015

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Sufficient research is one of the crucial keys to a successful business. Even an all-inclusive and well-budgeted campaign can fail if you don’t have an in-depth understanding of your target market, your competitors, and the current industry trends.

Here are some tips on how you can gain a better understanding of your market and competitors: 

Heap on research

From identifying your top competitors to determining the most effective method to reach your target customers, investing in market research can have a significant impact on the overall growth and success of your business.

You can do market research through:

  • Market surveys (both online and offline)
  • Attending business events and conferences
  • Observation of industry trends and patterns
  • Reading industry publications
  • Surfing the internet
  • Becoming a member of a business organization
  • Joining social organizations where your target audience are members of
  • Employing a third party agency that specializes in market research and surveys to do the research for you

You can try different research methods and then choose one that gives you the best possible outcome. Ultimately, the information and data you gathered can be used as the framework of all your marketing campaigns.

Check out your competition

Know who your competitors are and what they’re doing, what they’re offering and how they do their sales process.Take note of the things that make them standout and do something to make yours unique and/or better. 

Here are some questions that can help you assess your competitors:

  • Are the products they’re offering of higher quality?
  • Do they have excellent customer service?
  • Are their marketing campaigns more attractive?
  • Are their prices significantly lower?

You must compare your business to theirs and find out whether there are things that you can improve on. These kinds of information can surely get you fired up! 

Learn from the experience of others

Real experiences from successful entrepreneurs can help you be more prepared when you’re finally in the field. Find out who are the respected business experts and role models in your industry. Read about them, and learn how they do it.

Your sources can include:

  • Business media
  • Top entrepreneurs today who were able to make their ideas happen
  • Marketers and business specialists who know what they’re doing
  • Successful business owners belonging to the same industry as yours

Borrow their best ideas and decide on how you can best utilize them for your business.

The more you know about your target market & competitors, the more effective your marketing efforts will be. 

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