Alice Field

Remember when you started college? As a freshman, the classes I took were all courses general education, like math and English.

For the second year if you were a big business, which began taking classes in general within their important as basic accounting and economics. Then by the time they were ready to graduate, were taking advanced classes specific to a topic as important as in their marketing.

This is very similar to their professional growth as trial design. When you first start, which is working with the world (the general public), or in some cases, "nobody" because its business depends on it. You do not have the luxury to be picky, and I just needed to get NOW businesses.

As your business evolves, of course, can begin to create an ecological niche, since only attract customers or certain types of projects. If this does not come naturally, you will eventually want to find out what your market segment is differentiated or more affectionately, "define your niche."

This not just the "who" but also "what" in the market it serves. For example, as stagers, you can work with owners, real estate agents, builders, developers or investors.

The choice to work with one of these types of people is part of your niche. The "what" or specialty, such as marketing model home staging or just owner-occupied properties is also part of its niche.

Recently Mastermind me in a meeting where one of the Realtors said that when she started her business, she found a mentor who was called the "Condo King" therefore decided to call the "Condo Queen" and became known as a condominium specialist.

I know of a local Stager who specializes in Lofts organization.

I found one of my niche was in the management of Remodeling Projects for resale. I was the "go to" person when these projects was because I was known by the local community as a real estate expert in this field. This also led to several conversion renewal condominium projects that I was hired to consult.

SO why do you want to find a niche?

You want to be seen as the expert in that niche particular. As an expert found that:

- Experts are able to command higher fees.

Your customers want to know who is receiving the best and are generally willing to pay more to have someone who is an expert. After all, the heart surgeons are paid much more than a generalist MD

- Experts have more credibility.

More people who want to work with experts rather than generalists. There is greater demand for specialists and as a result, command more respect.

As a registered agent is paid much more for its technical expertise in the field of taxation, in particular, IRS audits that their local H & R Block tax preparer.

- Niche strategy can help separate you from your competition so that he remembered.

Recognition is particularly the "green" movement. The incorporation of these principles in its assay services not only attract attention consumers, but potentially can dominate this market because it is an emerging concept.

- Niche strategy helps to clarify your marketing message.

Now that you know your target market is and what its unique service offering is, you can now create customer awareness of its services and its brand with more focused campaigns.

SO HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR NICHE?

You need to ask some questions.

- What do people already see him as an expert?

- What do you know or what you want to be known for?

Check out their previous projects or their client profiles.

- Is a group of people who worked more often than others?

- Is there an area that is particularly better than anyone?

- Where can you be a "first" in your market?

Could it be that you only do that creates a bullet stop look and feel without the need a large amount of inventory to reduce their overheads.

Perhaps you're known as a specialist in color or "Green" Stager. By positioning as the expert in this niche appeal, again, you'll probably get a lot of media exposure as it is the "HOT" topic of the moment.

As you can see, niche strategy helps to clarify who and what they want to work. In communicating this specialty to their customers, can help ensure that you are not taking into projects that are beyond their competence and eliminate the least bring him joy.

Over time I found my place just working on all types of projects to find out that I enjoyed, and which could easily say no, regardless of money.

Figure what your niche and find that the way for the success of the stage is much more fun!

About the Author:

Alice T. Chan is the Staging Designers' Success Coach and founder of SuccessfulStagingBiz.com. Our tools/programs help Staging Designers catapult their success by turning an expensive hobby into a profitable expression of their talent. Alice publishes the bi-weekly ezine "Set the Stage for Your Success". To skyrocket your Staging Design business and gain credibility in record time, get FREE tips now at http://www.SuccessfulStagingBiz.com .

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