Today’s world is undeniably a hectic and fast-paced one. There’s so much going on, giving people so many choices of things to do. Work takes up a lot of time, with deadlines to meet and schedules to keep. Plus there’s a growing trend of instant gratification, of people being impatient and wanting things “now”, whether its information or a product of some sort. The Internet and technological advances have helped to both spur on this trend as well as helped us to deal with it somewhat. However, brands are also looking for ways to keep up with this fast-paced world and provide their customers with the things they want as quickly as possible. But not only do they have to provide customers with the current products they are wanting, they also have to come up with and launch new things to satisfy their customers desires. So just how does a business go about launching new products in this crazy, fast-paced world, where things are constantly changing and “newer” news is constantly being announced?
It’s important to stay relevant in this fast-paced world, especially with the growing digital aspect of it. A great content marketing strategy will help keep you relevant in the digital world by helping you build authority. Write strong, interesting, high quality content about your product and have a strategy of how to distribute that content digitally to reach your target audience/customers.
This goes hand-in-hand with your content marketing. Have a great marketing strategy for promoting your current products as well as your new products. Have a plan for how you will distribute your information online, such as whether it’s by blog, website content, email campaigns, online ad campaigns, or social media. Know what sort of content you’re going to use to get the information across. And be sure your plan is adaptable in case of changes in the marketplace.
Get an early start on your announcements about the new product. This will help get your customers excited about the new product and make them eager for it. A “rolling launch” is a great way to do this. Start about 6-8 weeks before the official launch of the product and keep dropping bits of news about it up to and even past the launch date.
Reach out to important influencers and other people in your field, and let them try your product early in exchange for a review article or post about it. This is a great way to bolster support for your product as well as reach a wider audience about your product. Also reach out to industry analysts pre-launch to let them know about your product.
Get creative and post on social media with pre-launch “leaks” of information and early photos of your product. “Coming soon” Tweets and Facebook posts targeted towards people interested in your offering will help to generate interest in it.
If you’re not Apple or some big name company or you have some significantly innovative or revolutionary product, you probably won’t have a tremendously big release. Unless you’re planning some huge release-day event, your official launch date should just the date the product is actually available for purchase.
Even after the official launch, keep the news about it coming to continue drawing interest and allowing people, like reporters, to find out about it and write about it.
During the period after the official launch, try to do something a little offbeat or unusual to help garner interest. Post a funny video, do a stunt around an industry event, post a survey or infographic supporting your product. It doesn’t have to be much; just a little something eye-catching an attention-grabbing to help create some buzz about your product.
Make sure during your launch that you provide easy ways for people to find and learn about your product. Provide online links to find your product. Maybe offer things like free samples/trials, downloads, informational videos, demos, etc.
These are just a few tips to help you launch your product in a fast-paced world. The main things you want to remember, though, are to get the buzz about the product started early and keep it going, even well after the launch, and to get as many people talking about it as possible to keep the news spreading and garnering interest.
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