You want to start a business? Please research your market!

March 24, 2007 · Filed Under Business Skill, Ways To Make More Money 
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So you have a business idea? You want to start a business that makes you money every month? Then you must learn how to do your home works and research your market.

 

I’m also running a business and I can tell you from my experience that it will be easy to run a business if you know your targeted market. If you have your own targeted market, your business will be easy to stand out the crowd and grow faster than you ever dream about.

 

Brad Sugars, Entrepreneur.com’s Startup columnist, wrote an article on How to Research Your Market which I would like to share it over here.

 

Question to detect your targeted market for your business

  1. Is the market saturated? This will determine whether it is easy to make money from your business
  2. Does the market demand on what you are offering? This will let you see anybody will buy or use your products and services
  3. What’s the competition doing? Get to know your competitors, understand their SWOT and then position your business in the market accordingly.
  4. Can you reach your target audience? Research whether you really can reach your target market in particular area.

 

Collecting information that helps you develop a unique business

  1. Trade Information
  2. Demographic and economic data – you can try out American FactFinder, State Data Centers and Economic Census
  3. Business Groups
  4. Local Universities
  5. Local Competitors
  6. National Competitors
  7. Potential Customers

 

Source : Entrepreneur.com


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