Becoming a Brand: Here’s How to Market Your Startup Well Before You Launch.

Becoming a Brand: Here’s How to Market Your Startup Well Before You Launch.

You started with an idea for a highly useful product or service, then went through countless iterations of your idea, refining it to near perfection. This difficult lesson evades many aspiring entrepreneurs: The success of your startup is limited by the number of potential customers who know about it. Ideally, you’ll market your startup well before you’re open for business. And you need to spread the word quickly to gain customers. In the race to take your product to market, you may find it enticing to focus on the quick wins instead of the need to build a foundation for long-term success. Related: 10 Marketing Strategies to Fuel Your Business Growth 1. Define your brand. That’s why many brands utilize their reach to amplify messaging to millennial and Gen Z audiences. Start with these tips, and put them into practice before you launch. If you put in the marketing spadework beforehand, you’ll be able to enjoy the reward of watching your business grow.

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Becoming a Brand: Here's How to Market Your Startup Well Before You Launch.

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You’ve awaited this moment for months, maybe years. You started with an idea for a highly useful product or service, then went through countless iterations of your idea, refining it to near perfection. Now, your product is waiting to ship, your doors are ready to open and you’re crossing your fingers that your modest production speed and limited staff will be able to keep up with what you can only imagine will be an overwhelming demand.

This is the point where you may run into a hardcore, even painful, reality.

The truth can be hard.

Turning your great idea into reality always feels like the most difficult step in getting your startup off the ground — until you realize that nobody beyond your family and close friends knows about your amazing product or service.

This difficult lesson evades many aspiring entrepreneurs: The success of your startup is limited by the number of potential customers who know about it. About half of all startups fail after five years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. To avoid that outcome, you have to grow your customer base.

Ideally, you’ll market your startup well before you’re open for business. Building a brand takes time and care, and it’s much easier to construct a thoughtful strategy when you’re not hemorrhaging money on rent, payroll, utilities and other overhead costs. In reality, however, your new business is likely strapped for cash.

What’s more, the launch date has come sooner than you expected. And you need to spread the word quickly to gain customers.

In the race to take your product to market, you may find it enticing to focus on the quick…

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