Anyone who sets out to make money from home must take a close look at their competition. Doing this will provide you with direct information related to your niche. Furthermore, you should include such an assessment of your competition in your business plan. Specifically, when spying on your competition your should carefully look at their sales materials, what specific advantages they provide to your niche, plus their advertising techniques. These are the three most important facets to your analysis, and must not be overlooked.
Do not hesitate to contact your potential future competitor directly in order to gather as much information as possible. Most business owners will welcome the opportunity to tell you about their business. Just make sure that you do not mention that you plan to cut into their market share in the future. You want your competitor to be as candid as possible.
Furthermore, you need to get our hands on every bit of advertising propaganda which is used by your competitors. Learn how these materials and being used, what is being done well, and how you can improve on what they are doing. If you are entering an industry in which your products will be shipped, learn what the shipping and handling rates will be, and determine how you can offer better rates without sacrificing quality. Often times shipping and handling rates cause a buyer to go with one seller over the other. This is especially the case with first time buyers.
Another reason why I stress the importance of analyzing your competition prior to entering their market is to determine if it is feasible to even enter the market. Some businesses in highly specialized niche markets are on the verge of going out of business. Often times the niche simply is not large enough to sustain the expenses of the business, much less make it profitable. If you can recognize this fact prior to entering into a highly specialized niche, you can avoid a potentially negative business venture.
Contrarily, through your due diligence you may be able to identify what the competition is missing prior to entering the niche. It may be that the business has chosen to focus on a local market when they would be better served expanding internationally. In this instance, you know exactly what you need to do to earn money online in such a niche.
There is a saying which I want you to keep in mind before taking action to make money from home. The saying is, “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare”. In other words, visualize and plan, then work your plan. Do not let anything stand in the way of your dreams.
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