1. Have
deep-rooted knowledge of your target audience.
Business follows people. The deeper your
understanding of the people in your emerging market, the easier it becomes to
serve them the right product.
For Boris Mordkovich, the founder of Evelo, an
electric bike company, says, “Success in entering new markets and taking over
comes when you spend heavily in getting to know your product’s target audience,
and aggressively serving them your products based on the customer information
you have on them."
From Mordkovich's perspective, startups can’t
survive for long in new markets with aggressive competitors if they don’t have
an edge over the competitors in customer information.
“Not everyone is your target customer," he
added. Previously, we were heavily targeting the 20s and 30s for our electric
bikes. But fortunately, due to our heavy investment in knowing our target
audience and how to serve them, we accidentally discovered that our main
customers were on the older side: 50 or 60, baby boomers, recent retirees, and
that singlehandedly helped us build on the market."
2. Have a
profound entry point strategy.
Creating your entry point strategy is where the
magic happens. You need a concrete plan for your launch into a new market -- a
unique entry into a niche sometimes spells doom to the company that doesn’t
strategize well.
For Jack Vogt, CEO at Credit Zipper, says, “If we
don’t have a concrete and astounding entry strategy into the new market, my
team and I will put a hold on the launch. Your entry will become your culture.
It’s the way you enter that spells how your audience will see and perceive you.
And this is hard to change. Any mistake from your brand during that fragile
brand build-up stage can thwart your business progress in that new
market."
It’s a waste of resources to delve into a market
you don’t have an entry point strategy for. A thorough business analysis will
constrain your decisions and make you plan your entry point strategy better.
3. Make
partnerships a solid strategy.
Don't try to do it all yourself. If you have a
weakness or need help, meet another brand with strength in that area and
partner with them for a mutually benefiting business.
Rebecca Montrenes, CEO of Lanyards USA, says,
“Partnerships are pretty awesome. We regularly partner with brands in new
territories to reach far more than our capacity can reach as a company.
Partnerships help us get deeper market penetrations which end up with the two
companies making a profit as a result.”
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4. Develop a
strategy to own the market.
“We take over new markets by making sure we stretch
ourselves to beat everyone in that market on products coverage or services
coverage,” says James Bradly of Dealslands. “I have found out that when a
company becomes that big, they automatically become the face of the new market.
And this position helps your brand pick up the signals of new markets and new
trends within the main market before others discover them. That way, your brand
is always investing before others and buying out promising competitors before
they even become real traits."
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