Market Share Winning Strategy to Dominate Your Industry
Coach Marlene Powell
August 7, 2024
As a Business Owner, do you aim to dominate a specific part of your market? Whether you are laying the foundation for a robust client/customer base or steering your business in a bold new direction with a fresh product or service offering, your journey to market dominance begins here.
This article will focus on strategies for business owners and their businesses that are still building and expanding their client/customer base, or perhaps pivoting to a new market altogether.
Maximising profits is the endgame for any business, and boosting your bottom line by at least 61% is not just a dream, but a tangible reality. Before diving into profit maximisation strategies, you must start with the following basics.
Focus on One Outstanding Offering
Imagine yourself at a stop street with several products attempting to sell them all at once; to one person. The same concept applies to your product/service offerings in your business. To gain traction, you need to focus on one outstanding product/service, your low hanging fruit. To find this, reflect and write down the product or service that is the most profitable with the least amount of effort.
Identify Your Target Market
Let us use the analogy of fishing. To catch a fish, you need the right bait, and in business, your product or service is the lure that will draw in your ideal clients/customers. The question to ask yourself is, what kind of fish are you after? Who is your target market? The bait you choose must be irresistible to the clients/customers you aim to attract.
Find Your Customers
Once you have pinpointed that signature offering or identified your ideal client, the next step is to figure out where to cast your line. Where would you target these potential clients/customers? Could a networking event put you in the same waters as your target market, or is there an association you can join? Maybe you have contacts who can introduce you to the right crowd.
Compile a Comprehensive List
Your mission is to compile a list of all the areas where you could target your ideal clients/customers. This will be your roadmap to reaching them with your chosen product or service.
By focusing on these two areas, your standout offering and your target market, you are laying the groundwork for a marketing strategy to shift your business to the forefront of your industry.
Looking Ahead
Identifying where to locate your target audience and how to appeal to them with the right product or service is just the starting point. Through these exercises, you will lay the groundwork for your business to compete and be a leader in your industry effectively.
Remember your success is not just a possibility, but rather it is within reach. Let us make it happen together.