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Let Your Competition Teach You

By: Colleen Davis

Many new business owners view their potentially heavy competition with a look of apprehension and fear at the prospect of going up against such well established companies.

I mean, you’re entering into an industry that already has several companies claiming their stake in the marketplace. How are you supposed to challenge them when they not only have more experience than you, but also have an established customer base?

My point isn’t to scare anyone away, but instead to point out that there are ways to succeed, and the first way is to let that very competition give you some good lessons.

One of the hardest parts of marketing is often figuring out what it is that your customers are looking for. You need to be able to give them something they want and give it to them in a format that they’ll enjoy and be attracted to. Figuring out what those messages and formats are can be hard for a new company, which is why you need to just step back and look at your competition.

They’ve already done their research. If they’re getting color poster printing done you need to go out and see what those full color posters look like. Doing so will automatically give you a number of effective details.

The first is the type of images that people like. The second is the type of messages that resonate with the customers. And the third is the format that works to draw them. I doubt the company just picked color poster printing at random for their marketing. They chose this after some solid research that said this type of marketing would be effective.

Look at every kind of marketing all of them are doing, along with the differences between each company. Are some companies putting a strong focus on customer support while others are emphasizing low prices? Now you’re not only seeing what works but also seeing how the companies are competing.

Okay, so you have all of this information now, but what do you do with it? Just copying the others won’t work, so instead you have to then take what you know about them, and figure out some way to improve upon it. Is there something they aren’t saying, something that doesn’t seem to work as good as it could? Ask some customers about what they think of the store and their marketing.

Now you not only know what your market is like, but you know what areas the competition is lagging in. This gives you a potential edge when you start up your own business, allowing you to grab a portion of the customer base they aren’t completely satisfying.

Getting a foothold in the market can be a challenging task. Take the time to look at your competition, and make sure you know exactly how you can improve upon them.

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