Sunday, January 18, 2009

How to Successfully Launch Your Own Product

So you have thoroughly researched your market, understood the ins and outs of it, and have created your very own product. You are almost done, right? Wrong. Product launch is one of the most important steps in your journey towards creating your own product. Nobody gets it right the first time, but it's always good to know the basics and void costly mistakes.

The product launch tactics have evolved over the years. You can have the best product in the world, but if you are still using the outdated techniques to get folks to know about your product, you are going to miss out on the online profits that you deserve. On the other hand, by staying on the top of launch strategies, you can make folks want to buy your product, sometimes more than you can even handle.

If you have done your market research right, you probably know what works and what doesn't in your niche. Not all niches are equal, which means there are some tactics that could work better in some certain niches than others. But in general, you can successfully launch your product by:

Pre-Launch Hype: If you look at successful products launches these days, you have probably seen pre-launch videos that hype them up. These videos are often very engaging and tell prospects what is being offered and why they should get the product. This is a very powerful technique.

Sense of Urgency: you have probably seen a product that is only being sold to the first 1000 people. Anyone who's pre-sold in the pre-launch process will try to make sure she will get her hands on a copy of that product.

Affiliate Program: launching your program shouldn't only involve you doing all the work. You should also recruit your affiliate marketing army to create hype for your product. You should try to reach out to power affiliates in your niche and get them to promote your product to their lists and so on. An open affiliate program allows you to get the not-so-advanced marketers involved as well.

Traditional Methods: you can use blogs, forums, pay per click marketing, and your list to promote your product as well. These methods are used by most folks these days. But the social media adds another dimension to these methods. You should try to get involved in the social media and get the word out about your product (e.g. Twitter).

Before you go about launching your product, you should make sure your servers can handle it. It's surprising that many marketers underestimate the demand for their products and are left frustrated when their servers crash due to the demand for their product. You don't want to go through all this effort and leave your customers staring at your crashed landing page.

Product launch has become an art in recent years. Most successful marketers are able to engage potential customers days in advance and have them coming to their sites with their credit cards ready. By staying on top of the latest developments in this area you can use the latest launch tactics to increase your sales and increase your profits dramatically.

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