This article is going to be about Accelerating the Tipping Point. If you remember, one of the things we discussed in the Introduction Phase was targeting the innovators, early-adopters, and influencers. In this phase, we are going to start to leverage those relationships to help pass our message to the mass market.
Business & Marketing Strategy
Tutorial: The One Page Business Plan
Nov 14th, 2009 |
By JJ Kennedy
Don’t need a business plan? Think again. This tutorial shows you how to create your own one page business plan in less than 30 minutes.
Small Business Marketing – Growth Stage 3b: Meeting Demand
Feb 27th, 2009 |
By JJ Kennedy
We continue the series on the small business lifecycle with a discussion on how to meet skyrocking demand during the growth stage of your business.
Small Business Marketing – The Growth Phase Overview
Feb 9th, 2009 |
By JJ Kennedy
This article will serve as the jump point for our discussion of differentiating your business during the growth phase of the industry lifecycle.
Small Business Marketing – Startup Phase 2.d: Metrics and Flexibility
Feb 3rd, 2009 |
By JJ Kennedy
We are going to wrap it up the introduction phase of marketing series with a discussion on using the data you collected to further refine your strategy and tactics while you are in the heat of battle.
Small Business Marketing – Startup Phase 2c: Research and Target Market
Jan 30th, 2009 |
By JJ Kennedy
This article is the third installment of differentiating yourself in the the introduction phase of the market lifecycle. In it, we will discuss several options for defining, qualifying, and surveying your target market.
Small Business Marketing – Startup Phase 2.b : Public Relations (PR)
Jan 26th, 2009 |
By JJ Kennedy
In this article we discuss the use of PR to help build awareness about your product in the introduction phase. Targeting influencers and early-adopters, Finding the Players, and Getting the Word Out
Small Business Marketing – Startup Phase 2.a: Introduce and Intrigue
Jan 22nd, 2009 |
By JJ Kennedy
In this article we begin to discuss strategies and tactics you can use to differentiate yourself in the Introduction phase of the lifecycle.
Small Business Marketing : Startup Phase Overview
Jan 20th, 2009 |
By JJ Kennedy
This article is all about the goals of marketing in the introduction stage. We will then spend an article on each of the sub-goals within this phase and some strategies and tactics to achieve them.
Small Business Marketing Part 1: Lifecycles – Startup, Growth, Maturity, Decline
Jan 16th, 2009 |
By JJ Kennedy
In this first article of the series on standing out in your market, we cover the basics of the product/industry lifecycle and explain some of the identifying factors of each. In later articles in the series, we will call out specific strategies and tactics that you can use depending on what stage you find yourself in.