Starting a small business may not be as difficult as launching a big business, but with the large amount of small businesses similar to yours, it is a little difficult to establish your roots in the market because of competition.

Even if you already own a small business, there is always the risk that new businesses in the market may have a negative effect on yours. However, competition is part of life, but you need to dominate in all areas. Instead of feeling bad about it, take this as a chance to brainstorm, develop new business marketing strategies, etc as this will constitute professional development.

Here are a few things to know before stepping into a competitive market.

Knowledge Is Power

The title may seem like a cliché but truer words have never been spoken. Having all the information about your competition, who they are, what strategies they use to sell their products and the market they target, etc will help you design and plan strategies to overcome them. Learn as much as you can from their success and their failures so that you do not make the same mistakes.

If you feel that you could benefit greatly by collaborating with a similar business as yours, do not hesitate in going to them and discussing your idea. They might see merit in the idea even if you don’t.

Customer Care

What sets most businesses apart is their dealings with customers, not the price of the product or service. Customer care is essential to making your mark in the market. Get to know all you can about your customers by conducting surveys about their needs and designing your marketing strategies accordingly. Treat them like a million dollars and they will continue to be a loyal client.

Sometimes, we make mistakes when it comes to customer care. It is wise to use these mistakes to your benefit. A well known pizza company actually made an apology video for mixing up a client’s order and replacing it with more than double its value. These incentives make customers loyal to your product or service and happy customers means stronger roots in the market.

Avoid the Price Wars

The first instinct of most small businessmen/women is to beat the competition by lowering prices drastically. This however, is not a wise move at all. You may end up getting customers, but you stand the risk of facing massive losses and degrading the value of your product. Once you take down the prices, it is not easy to bring them back up and very low prices attract customers who only value the money, instead of the quality of service provided.

I believe competition is something that should be taken in stride as one moves forward in life. These are the chances that you can effectively use to develop yourself professionally and discover new talents within yourself. Being negative about it will only make it worse.

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