It’s time for you to catapult your success in your attraction for clients, prospects or customers. I’m going to give you one tip that once you understand and implement will create endless leads for you or your business.
This one thing is to concentrate all your efforts on niche branding.
Niche Branding
Today, niche brand building plays a great role in the success of almost any small or large business, both offline or online.
Brands are the most important (yet intangible) asset of any company. Without a brand, buyers and audiences will usually ignore your business and offer, in favor of known brands which will deliver proven, reliable results.
Though narrow branding may at first seem counter-intuitive, it does not veer away from brand identity. Rather, it embraces the positive qualities of the brand, sharing them in more detail with customers.
As global markets tighten, niche markets offer unlimited ability to dominate.
People in subgroups behave in similar ways. When we don’t know where to go, we’ll go where everyone else goes.
Your New Consumer
Today’s consumers are savvier, more informed and better connected than ever before. They share information, express their opinions and influence each others decisions in ways that traditional mass media can’t comprehend.
To succeed, brands must be adaptable and constructed around the lives of consumers. They can’t present themselves in a single, unswerving way. They need to focus on individual targets whose aspirations drive the promises, the attributes and even the visual language of the brand.
Narrow branding understands this. It starts with conventional segmentation, breaking down consumers by groups that share common lifestyles and interests. Then it completely re-imagines every aspect of the brand—the brand experience, product mix, usability, distribution, content and media—as though the entire brand was originally conceived and built for each consumer segment.
The Core Strategy
You should be aware, niche brand building will take a concerted, although contrarian effort in your company. You must focus your mind on the needs and wants of your markets, NOT necessarily the needs of your or your company.
Frame your Brand – While planning your brand, you must visualize some important things about your business. Some of them are:
- Who is your target client, prospect, or customer?
- How will you be introduced and approach these people?
- What is their biggest pain or the problems they face?
- How do you intend or how do you solve their problems?
- What makes your offer better than your competitors?
Niche Branding Advice
While branding is about you–it’s really NOT about you. It’s about your niche and the people in it. It’s about the way your market; prospects and customers view and perceive you.
You have the ability to define, influence and maybe even partially control this perception to some extent.
To do this, all you have to do is put yourself on their shoes for awhile and think just like your average prospect, client or customer.
Once in this mindset ask yourself what type of service or product you would like to solve that one pain or problem that you would face. Does your product or service fill this need?
By doing this, you will quickly understand what matters to your customers most and adjust your message, offer and brand accordingly.
Relationships Are the Key to Niche Branding
Once you have answered the above questions and defined that your service or product is what your target niche market wants it’s time to take action.
Never forget to build a personal relationship with your customers. By doing this your target market will be more open to you about their wants and needs. This can be tremendous help for you in building your niche brand.
The main purpose of niche brand building is to create a lasting impression on your target market.
Building a brand while focusing on your niche does take some time. Given effort and focus it will settle in and be recognized.
When this happens is when you will start to see the residual effects of all your effort.
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This was a great post I can use to focus my efforts. The other side benefit of niche banding is that you can capture the long tail of your market. I’ve done this with many affiliate programs I’ve promoted but didn’t quite think about how this can help with my personal branding.
Above mentioned traditional approach of personal branding entails personal sales and personal marketing, that can be a dirty business if you don’t deliver what you promise. Dr. Hubert Rampersad is focusing on authentic personal branding. This reflects your true character and should be built on your values, strengths, uniqueness, and genius. If you are branded in this organic, authentic and holistic way, your personal brand will be strong, clear, and valuable to others. You will also create a life that is fulfilling and you will automatically attract the people and opportunities that are a perfect fit for you…..read more http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/sep2009/ca20090929_228578.htm and http://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Personal-Branding-Blueprint-Leadership/dp/1607520990/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242597283&sr=1-6
Every business uses its brains (intellectual assets) to help create profits. Branding for niche business seems eminently sensible.
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