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Learn how creating a go-to-market strategy can prepare you for your product launch.
A go-to-market (GTM) strategy is a comprehensive plan for launching a new product or service.
A strong GTM strategy can generate a deep understanding of your customers and competitors, clarify overall goals and processes, and even help your company go to market faster.
To measure the success of your go-to-market strategy, you’ll need to monitor metrics like conversion rates, customer acquisition costs, and cost per dollar of sales expenses.
You can create a go-to-market strategy by first identifying your target customer, defining your value proposition, and deciding on the pricing strategy you’ll use.
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Typically, a product marketing manager prepares a go-to-market strategy before a product release (sometimes called a product launch) in an effort to minimize risk and optimize potential success.
When a company chooses to enter a new marketplace or launch a new product in an existing marketplace, it faces numerous challenges. If a company doesn't understand its major competitors or customer needs, or if it doesn't have clear goals and processes in place, it may lead to poor sales, weak customer relationships, and high costs.
Go-to-market strategies anticipate the challenges of this competitive space by thoroughly defining the competitors and target market, articulating the product’s key value proposition, crafting a marketing plan, and developing a strategy for its sales and distribution channels.
Although they share similarities, a go-to-market strategy and a marketing plan are ultimately different. As we discussed, a go-to-market strategy is a comprehensive overview of many considerations required to bring a new product to the marketplace.
A marketing plan, meanwhile, is an action plan outlining the concrete steps required to undertake a marketing strategy. While a GTM can include a marketing plan and be directed by a marketing strategy, neither a marketing plan nor a marketing strategy includes a concrete GTM strategy.
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Businesses can create go-to-market strategies for virtually any product launch, whether it is a completely new product, a new iteration of an old one, or simply a rebranding of one that has already been on the market.
A go-to-market strategy compiles several factors to ensure a product enters the market with the best possible chance of success. The following steps outline key elements you should consider and develop throughout the GTM process.
The four Ps of go-to-market strategy include product, price, place, and promotion. How well the product aligns, the pricing strategy you use, your distribution methods, and reaching your target audience all impact the final results.
The customer is the centerpiece of any marketing strategy. Whether you are bringing a new product to market or refreshing an existing one, it is imperative that you first research and identify the target market that will be most interested in purchasing it.
A target market (sometimes called target audience) is a group of individuals who share a set of features, such as demographic or psychographic similarities. Segmentation is the process of identifying these shared similarities and researching the kinds of individuals or organizations that would be most likely to purchase your product.
It can be useful to create buyer personas, which involves gathering data about current and ideal customers. Understanding as many specifics as possible (age, location, occupation, etc.) will help you determine what messages will eventually be most effective and what channels you should use.
As you identify your target market, answer these questions:
What kind of demographic, psychographic, or other data do you have to better understand your target market?
What are the pain points of your target market? What problem will your product solve?
Is your product being sold to everyday consumers (B2C) or to other businesses (B2B)?
A product’s value proposition is the benefit it provides consumers and the problems it solves. In other words, your product’s value proposition articulates why the target market should purchase the product. As you prepare your go-to-market strategy, you should seek to understand your product's value proposition and even conduct a competitor analysis.
The value proposition that you identify should be as much about the target market you are selling to as the product itself. For example, while some products position themselves as a cheaper alternative to another product, others position themselves as the solution to a particular problem that currently has no market solution.
The exact value proposition that your product or service will provide is dependent on what it is and who its target market is.
To define your product's value proposition, answer the following:
What pain points does your product remedy?
How does your product stand out from your competitors?
What unique features or experiences does your product or service provide potential customers?
Price is an important factor for any product. You don’t want to sell a product for too much or too little because you’ll risk either not moving enough product or eating too much into your profit margin. A good price is one that fits your business objectives, matches your customer profile, and makes you competitive in the marketplace.
Now that you have an understanding of your target market and the value your product offers, you have a better understanding of what price a consumer might be willing to pay for your product.
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