Wednesday, March 11, 2009
How To Become A Successful Niche Marketer
When selling products and services, most people have a specific target audience. For example, someone who sells wedding cakes will obviously want to appeal to those who will be married soon. Someone selling an eBook about home businesses will of course want to appeal to those who are in or looking to be in the home business industry. This is referred to as 'niche marketing' because it appeals to a group of people within a specific niche.
Now that you know what niche marketing is, how do you become successful at it? One of the best pieces of advice that I can give is to make yourself sound like a seasoned professional. This by no means implies that you should lie or provide misleading information to boost your image. This is a very bad business practice and should be avoided at all costs. Rather what I mean is to do some research in your particular nich and couple that with your existing knowledge in order to become more educated. This way, your customers will think you really know your stuff when asking you questions, even if you barely entered into the industry.
The absolute best way to start is to get into a niche that you already have interest in. For example, if you are interested in baking, then preparing cakes may be your niche. Chances are that if you have experience baking, you know a thing or two about cakes. Still, you will want to make sure you know more than you already do so that you can appropriately handle the queries of your customers. Since you already know a bit about cakes, it should be easy to find and understand additional information on the subject. For example, if it is cake making that you wish to get into, you should know what fondant is, even if you've never used it before.
Be sure that your information is coming from a reputable source. If you've never heard of a site, do some background searching if you feel it necessary. Even if you don't, this would be a good practice anyway. You need to make sure you are giving your customers accurate information. This coupled with the quality of your product will keep them coming back for more and referring you to their family and friends. Falsifying information, however, whether intentional or not, will ruin your reputation and cause your customers to tell everyone to steer clear of you.
And of course, always be gracious and courteous to your customers. Always remember that they have choices and feel privileged that they have chosen your product over another. Never give them a reason to change their minds. Also, if they do change their minds, don't harass them about it. Doing this will likely cause them to be embittered and spread negativity, even if they were reasonably satisfied.
Doing these things won't make anyone an overnight success, but it will help. Word of mouth is often the best means of advertising in almost any industry and it can either be beneficial or detrimental. Never forget this and you will do fine.
Now that you know what niche marketing is, how do you become successful at it? One of the best pieces of advice that I can give is to make yourself sound like a seasoned professional. This by no means implies that you should lie or provide misleading information to boost your image. This is a very bad business practice and should be avoided at all costs. Rather what I mean is to do some research in your particular nich and couple that with your existing knowledge in order to become more educated. This way, your customers will think you really know your stuff when asking you questions, even if you barely entered into the industry.
The absolute best way to start is to get into a niche that you already have interest in. For example, if you are interested in baking, then preparing cakes may be your niche. Chances are that if you have experience baking, you know a thing or two about cakes. Still, you will want to make sure you know more than you already do so that you can appropriately handle the queries of your customers. Since you already know a bit about cakes, it should be easy to find and understand additional information on the subject. For example, if it is cake making that you wish to get into, you should know what fondant is, even if you've never used it before.
Be sure that your information is coming from a reputable source. If you've never heard of a site, do some background searching if you feel it necessary. Even if you don't, this would be a good practice anyway. You need to make sure you are giving your customers accurate information. This coupled with the quality of your product will keep them coming back for more and referring you to their family and friends. Falsifying information, however, whether intentional or not, will ruin your reputation and cause your customers to tell everyone to steer clear of you.
And of course, always be gracious and courteous to your customers. Always remember that they have choices and feel privileged that they have chosen your product over another. Never give them a reason to change their minds. Also, if they do change their minds, don't harass them about it. Doing this will likely cause them to be embittered and spread negativity, even if they were reasonably satisfied.
Doing these things won't make anyone an overnight success, but it will help. Word of mouth is often the best means of advertising in almost any industry and it can either be beneficial or detrimental. Never forget this and you will do fine.
# posted by Amanda R. @ 11:09 PM 
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