Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Nanosecond Technology and Marketing "Do not Blink"
Have you ever heard the comment, "do not blink or you miss"? In today's rapid-fire market, the sentence is truer than ever. Technology and all its "rewards" you move to blazing speed. Here in the 21 st century, we live in a nanosecond culture. We need Internet access as fast as possible. We work in wireless mode to keep moving. We want access 24/7 and if we get in the car, she slips on a Bluetooth so you do not miss a beat. We do not want to waste time on the phone or wait for a call so that the text or instant message. We shop online to find even the most obscure any pills now and then I want (preferably free) because time is precious.
As a businessman, could be sitting there with swirling all the techno-tricks that appear more quickly and more often than credit card offers. Take my advice: You know that time is precious, so do not waste sputtering due to the difficulty of keeping up with technology. Instead, embrace these tools can grow your success and run with them.
With Nanosecond technology, our world can literally change overnight. You have to keep pace with this dynamic global environment - but that does not mean you have to start from scratch. You just need to open your mind to a different methodology. You do not have the luxury of months of research to reflect, plan and rethink. There was a methodology that went like this: Think. Plan. Do. Then go back and repeat the cycle. Today, this strategy seems more like this: Do. Do. Do. In other words, get your message out in the market. Launching the new product or service now. Reorganize in a later time. If you wait, someone else jump up and grab your share of the market. Or your idea will become obsolete when it hits the market. Consider this reality: what freshmen college students are currently learning in the classroom will be obsolete when they graduate. Freshman now you do not know a world without computers, without the cash register, no cable TV or color TV. So why should your company be any different? Slow down and think it is the equivalent of procrastination. While "wait and see", the contest is taking action. So, here's the new strategy:
Do. Do. Do.
Take the initiative. Be at the forefront. Even if you make a mistake - and many of us do - you are still on the market impact. And sometimes a mistake is just an opportunity to be seen and for improvements to be more widely recognized.
Look at the automotive industry. The days of wandering from room to the showroom are finished. You go online, choose your car, choose properties, and click. Within 24 hours - this is slow and the guys - dealers are nipping at your email with offers.
Look at retailers like Best Buy. You go through the channels of shopping online and offline. You get the convenience of shopping online and can then make your purchase at your local store.
Look at companies like Dell, where you can customize the product, a powerful reflection of this culture needs to individualism. Off-the-rack is out of step with this buyer.
Successful companies are tuned into hyper-speed, needs and desires of consumers nanosecond. They have simplified sites can provide information that consumers devour greedily. Then you make it simple and ingenious to close the deal. Forget the bells and whistles. Vai for the function from Flash. Add a podcast or two - are easy and effective. Keep your new site with updates that can cause visitors to return. Where possible, targeted messages that speak directly to the needs and desires of your customers. With the Internet, it is easier than ever to create "customized" sites with unique offerings and messages and then immediately change or update the sites where new information is discovered. Will you be a leader, someone to turn for a fresh perspective and someone can go for purchasing decisions.
Even if your main customers are the "old" types who like a handshake and a printed brochure, you realize that these people exit the workplace in a not too distant future and their successors will be young, hip, tech-savvy buyers. Face-to-face is a foreign concept to them. Do not want to pitch sales staff that their predecessors preferred. To capture their attention (and their orders), giving them the information you need - when and how they want - and do so more effectively than competitors.
Your customers have more choices than ever because the Internet has leveled the competition from the geographical point of view. You are no longer concerned only with the society around the block or another representative invading the territory. The contestants from anywhere and the first crop under the radar of these dots, which are stealing customers.
With this infinite range, customers are demanding more of availability and competitive pricing. Now, more than ever, it is necessary to distinguish your brand beyond the products they are selling. Products not make you unique. The way in which these products will provide and support. The way you communicate to your customers.
But the first step is to focus on technological marvels. Learn how to use this to your advantage. Open your eyes and mind to the possibilities. Stay alert, excited, ride the wave. But, above all, do not blink! ......
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