Before you go into setting up your own shop, you have to find out exactly what your target market wants and needs.
Even with the best online marketing services in town, your business can still fail if you don’t understand your potential customers.
If you’re starting a business based on a major trend or popular theme, there is a good chance that it won’t work well. If everybody’s selling the same kind of products to the same audience, there would be no variation.
Latecomers suffer while the older, more established brands retain their long-time patrons. To paraphrase the ‘information overload’ concept, just because there are more shops selling the same product doesn’t mean that the average consumer will buy from all of them.
Instead of selling to the same market as everybody else, why not focus on a niche market? Unlike general consumers, niche market consumers offer a small, dedicated target for your chosen business. Targeting a niche market is more profitable, especially for online businesses because of several reasons.
Allow me to discuss a few.
One Vision, One Purpose
If you know how to multitask, you can accomplish more work in less time. Of course, this is not always ideal, and those who can’t multitask properly can achieve even less positive results.
With online marketing, aiming for a wide number of clients doesn’t always yield the best results. You may have a lot of potential clients, but you can easily lose them if you fail to deliver with quality. This is harder for smaller businesses because they’re still trying to get their brand known in a very competitive market.
In contrast, niche marketing is focused on a single, dedicated user base with fewer competitors. Because of this, you can focus on improving your services and products for consumers instead of spending more time out-marketing your competition. Even if the market is small, brand loyalty is definitely assured once you consistently provide clients with the kind of products that they need.
Optimized On-The-Go
The mobile market is now an essential part of every online marketing plan for any brand.
A lot of companies now turn to the mobile market to make their products and brands more popular. Dedicated mobile pages and desktop pages optimized to be mobile-friendly have become standard for many companies.
Generalized companies can still face problems when marketing their brands in the mobile market, however. With so many items to load and many products to preview, it would take considerable time for the page to fully load on a mobile device. Bandwidth limits and data charges can suffer significantly from such ‘overloaded’ pages, and can lead to higher bounce rates.
Niche market websites are far easier to optimize for mobile consumption thanks to being focused on a single product type. Mobile end-users are brought directly to the product that they need without having to browse through many layers of general categories.
Wait times are also reduced because there is fewer extra information that needs to be shown. In addition, it is easier to keep mobile visitors engaged because the site is focused solely on the niche that they are in.
A Name You Can Trust
Big-name companies spend years to attain the kind of consumer trust that they enjoy today. These large companies have to put extra efforts to keep a good reputation with clients. Not only do they have to maintain their products’ good quality, now they also have to provide prompt responses to customer queries.
The internet and social media can help boost brand reputation, but it is a tougher job for generalized companies.
Niche businesses enjoy better engagement with their users thanks to the narrowed-down focus of their products. They can maintain direct communication with their consumers easier, and as such can attain a higher sense of trust with them.
A proper combination of quality products and solid user engagement can keep a niche company rolling for years to come.
However, a more stable target market also means a higher chance of situations that can ruin your brand reputation. You will have to put extra effort to deliver the best products to people while also keeping them engaged online. Word-of-mouth travels faster in niche markets than anywhere else. Bad news related to your brand can spread quickly and hurt your reputation and profits.
Easier to Mark, Easier to Find
Running a marketing campaign for a generalized company means there are a lot of keywords you need them to rank for.
While offering a variety of different products can be good, it is also difficult to promote everything in one campaign. Maximum effort must be given to get the most important links and keywords to rank.
Niche marketers are lucky to have fewer targeted keywords to rank. You only need to work with a few variations. And when you do this right, you can grow your client base and maintain your product’s online presence. However, try not to over-expose your brand; overexposure in a niche market can lead to a decline in your sales. Practice moderation where you can.
Whether you run a startup company or a recognized brand, niche marketing is a good way to go for your digital marketing in the Philippines. You can provide products for loyal group of consumers if you do it right. However, niche marketing has its own set of risks that you have to be careful about. A solid niche marketing plan is the best way to get your business ahead.