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Standing Alone in a Over-Saturated Market.

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10-03-2005, 02:56 PM
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by: Anthony Jewell

It seems that whenever you start a business, at least in the online world, that no matter what you are dealing in there are already a thousand people doing what you are doing. That means that your business has to compete with thousands of competitors which can leave you in a market that is over-saturated market. So how do you become successful when your clients have so many to choose from? Better yet, how do you become successful if you can't even get noticed? This is a question that all businesses face.

The goal of a online business is to be successful. Well actually that is the goal of any business out there, what seems to be the problem is that anyone with a few hundred dollars can launch there business online. Without a huge advertising budget it may be hard to get people to see your company over all of these overnight start ups. So how do you get noticed you may ask? Well it is like Wheres Waldo book when searching online, unless you leverage the tools you have at hand. This means creating a presence online via a web design and an identity that people will gravitate towards. It means offering the top of line support even before they become a client. It simply means combing these two things with a risk free trial. Give people the chance to try you. Once you do you can let your great service take over and they will never leave. The key to any business is getting people through the door to view what is behind it. How you may get them in the door is up to you, but if the offer entices them to look inside that door, that is when you will have them as a client.

Another important part to this all is using the marketing resource you do have effectively to aim and target the audience that will be interested in your services. This will help guarantee that the people coming to your website because they are interested in what you offer and not just some random click through. Effective advertising is based on finding an audience that will listen to what you are promoting. Effective marketing doesn't mean blasting you ad all of the place(which is a good way to waste your advertising budget). Being effective is determined by the people that are viewing your ads. If they are not interested then they are not going to go to your website, remember this.

You have to leverage all of your tools and figure out your strategy for advertising. Setting your goals and creating a plan is what will make you successful.
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If they are not interested then they are not going to go to your website, remember this.
A good summary really, I think the role of a business is to provide a service first and foremost. Online business is a very saturated market, in order to truely stand out I believe you need to offer something different or better than your rivals.

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Definitely. Service is first and what will make your business successful. The trick is first getting them through the door to experience your service. If you can't do that then it won't matter how good your service is. Standing out is key. How you do that is up to you. Take care.

Anthony,
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