Generating organic growth in the next decade will largely depend on a company’s ability to create new products, business models, or services. As simple as it may sound, many of these efforts often fail. According to the industry experts are Infiniti Research, a new product launch is highly challenging as only about one in five among these survive for more than a year in the market.
Consequent to these poor success rates, businesses often face massive losses. As the cost of introducing a new product in the market is high, it is vital for companies to develop capabilities that will help them in successfully marketing a new product. The go-to-market strategy should be based on precise calculations and data-based strategies that will minimize the chances of failure.
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Here are some of the common challenges faced by companies while marketing a new product in the market. We also reveal how to overcome them:
Brand messaging and product positioning
Marketing a new product involves convincing the audience that they need your product. But the challenge here is to get the message across in such a manner that it resonates with the audience. If the marketing team is unable to create explicit brand messaging and product positioning strategy, the success rate of the product will consequently plummet.
Solution: Make it a point to promote the best features of a product that will benefit customers the most rather than merely promoting the brand or the product. Begin with targeting the right audience. This will enable to create better brand positioning strategies to suit the needs of the target audience. It can also help to better understand the problems faced by this group of people and communicate how your product can help solve it. Take the instance of Coca-Cola or McDonald’s who have started introducing healthier options as they were experiencing a drop in shares due to the changing preferences of consumers towards low-calories and low-sugar foods and beverages.
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Audience targeting
Marketing strategy for new products becomes immaterial if you are not targeting the right audience. Going by random assumptions and stereotypes about a particular demographic favoring your product and a lack of proper research could prove to be a grave mistake while marketing a new product. This could also result in companies missing out on a potential audience base.
Solution: Thorough understanding of the audience and effective market research are essential elements for successfully marketing a new product. Identify which demographics conduct the most searches for your product category. Using the right tools to evaluate and target the right audience are also crucial while marketing a new product.
Marketing the product launch
Even the most revolutionary products might not take off in the market unless they are backed by a strong marketing strategy. The success of marketing a new product largely depends on your ability to choose the right platform to reach out to the target audience, and revealing just enough information to stir curiosity, and updating your audience on your progress so as to maintain their interest and build hype.
Solution: Firstly, ensure that you are using the right platform to reach out to the target audience. The whole idea here is to market a new product where the target customers are. Creating intriguing teasers and promotion strategies to build hype among the audience is a great way to launch a new product into the market.
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