Finding Your Target Market
February 21, 2008 – 6:33 pm | by Burke Jones - The Internet MLM Pro->
The market you choose to pursue will have a dramatic impact on the success or failure of your business. There is actually nothing more important that finding the target market in your network marketing business.
Let me explain with a quick story. Last summer I attended Webelos (Cub Scout) camp with my oldest son. On one of the days at camp they got to shoot BB guns. (Which by the way is one of the reasons I love Scouting - it lets boys do things boys like to do, but we have managed to allow them to be politically incorrect - but that is another story!)
The boys were instructed on the range safety, gun safety and proper shooting technique. They were taught how to aim the BB gun by aligning the front sight and the back sight on the target.
Surprisingly the boys were very good shots in general. They were finding their targets, aiming, and hitting the mark.
Now just imagine if they were suddenly blindfolded, and the targeted started bouncing up and down. Do you think they would experience the success they had been experiencing? Highly unlikely!
This same idea holds true in your business. You have to identify the market, by finding out what need or desire your product can fill - this is your target market. Once you understand this your business is bound for success.
However, if you pick wrong, or misunderstand what your target market is, it will be just like shooting a BB gun blindfolded while the target is moving - success will be difficult to obtain.
So before you take your first action in your network marketing or MLM business, be sure that you have identified your target market with laser guided precision. Then and only then will the marketing efforts you make be rewarded with success.
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One Response to “Finding Your Target Market”
By Linda P. Morton on Feb 25, 2008 | Reply
I agree 100%. Trying to market on the Internet without knowing who your target market members are, their values, concerns, hopes, information needs, etc. is like shooting blindfolded with a bouncing target.
Unfortunately it seems that most Internet marketers depend totally on keywords without trying to discover anything about the people who use those keywords.
I call that marketing madness because it just throws time and/or money at marketing with little return on investment.