Invest in Marketing

[martinex]

I have heard a lot of people say and believe that "if your product or service is good,  it would sell itself". That's not entirely true. 

Yes, a good project selling itself is no longer the situation in a broad market where there are already a lot of good projects that have already gained huge traction, especially in the cryptocurrency where there's already a lot of competition in the market, and the best thing a new project will do to get the needed attention if doing the right marketing and listing on good liquidity provider exchange. This is what the team of the SUI project did despite the project's unique concept.

Exactly. The amount of competition is the market will only continuously rise, therefore letting your services/products be the way that it is (despite the good feedback and income it is currently bringing you) will soon lose its attraction to costumers and clients. There will always be something new and something better, and for a business to consistently survive these changes should be considered and effort should always be applied.

That's right @dothebeats, those who know how to make their users happy and friendly service are the winners besides the quality of the products offered are also of high quality. Yes. competition always comes and must be seen and described wisely.

[suzanne5223]

If the product or service is good, it will sell itself, but it will sell for how long. We should develop that product and realize that there may be the same products in the market. The better a product is, the more open it should be for improvement.

Our product may be very good, but others should know about it. In order to reach the sales we want, we must do the marketing in the best way. Otherwise, no matter how good our product is, it won't make sense if we can't sell it.

No matter how good and beneficial the project was before it could sell itself it first need some good marketing just like Arkham, Sui, etc because there's enough competition in the market already and if any good new project dev team when to get the attention of cryptocurrency investors they need to convince them with something that will slightly drift their attention to the new project just for the investors to take a peek.

[adzino]

Anyone who thinks that marketing isn't important, shouldn't handle any business. It is of course very important. Without marketing, no one would recognize your brand. You might have a small customer base, and you will be stuck with that small "loyal" customer base for the rest of your life if there is no advertisement and marketing of your brand/company. Yeah, the customers might spread the word among their friends and families, but those people won't remember it, because for them it was just another "gossip". But if you market and advertise your brand/company, those friends and families will recognize the brand because they have heard about it and will make them want to try it. Investing in marketing is the best thing you can do. It might be expensive, but the returns and the results might stun you!

[iv4n]

Anyone who thinks that marketing isn't important, shouldn't handle any business. It is of course very important. Without marketing, no one would recognize your brand. You might have a small customer base, and you will be stuck with that small "loyal" customer base for the rest of your life if there is no advertisement and marketing of your brand/company. Yeah, the customers might spread the word among their friends and families, but those people won't remember it, because for them it was just another "gossip". But if you market and advertise your brand/company, those friends and families will recognize the brand because they have heard about it and will make them want to try it. Investing in marketing is the best thing you can do. It might be expensive, but the returns and the results might stun you!

I think we can say that the marketing industry is breaking the roof in the past years! TV, the internet, and billboards, in many shapes and forms! We are being bombarded from every angle, it seems there is no escape from them. It's a fact that nothing happens without marketing these days, it's what attracts the masses and what sells the product over the borders. I believe that the marketing industry will continue to grow, nothing can stop this machinery!

[lienfaye]

I have heard a lot of people say and believe that "if your product or service is good,  it would sell itself". That's not entirely true. 

Marketing is indeed important to spread awareness about your business especially if you're just starting. There should be an allocated budget for marketing and this is for people to know your product and became known to others. However, make sure that your product/services offered are one of the best, because marketing is useless if your product won't meet their expectation. They will just come and go, and just tried your product if the advertisement is really true since it's attractive.

We have also a repair business. We're making sure that every customers leaving our store are satisfied with our service so they can recommend us to others. We market our business through social media since it's free. So far our business is still running for a few years now.

[uswa56]

I have heard a lot of people say and believe that "if your product or service is good,  it would sell itself". That's not entirely true. 

Marketing is indeed important to spread awareness about your business especially if you're just starting. There should be an allocated budget for marketing and this is for people to know your product and became known to others. However, make sure that your product/services offered are one of the best, because marketing is useless if your product won't meet their expectation. They will just come and go, and just tried your product if the advertisement is really true since it's attractive.

We have also a repair business. We're making sure that every customers leaving our store are satisfied with our service so they can recommend us to others. We market our business through social media since it's free. So far our business is still running for a few years now.

That's right and right now marketing a business through social media is very effective and profitable because it's free and the reach is very wide and also right.
And indeed quality and promotion must be comparable and evenly distributed between the two, if the quality is good but without promotion it will not work well and vice versa if the promotion or marketing is good but the quality is not good it will not be successful so I think these two are important things that must be carried out with sync.

[19Nov16]

Marketing is the most important thing in the business process, if the company does not have a good marketing, it is certain that there will be an increase in stock and costs, large companies and have survived hundreds of years understand that marketing investment is the most important thing, unfortunately many companies do not care about marketing so as to make business they went bankrupt and could not compete.

[jossiel]

Anyone who thinks that marketing isn't important, shouldn't handle any business. It is of course very important. Without marketing, no one would recognize your brand. You might have a small customer base, and you will be stuck with that small "loyal" customer base for the rest of your life if there is no advertisement and marketing of your brand/company. Yeah, the customers might spread the word among their friends and families, but those people won't remember it, because for them it was just another "gossip". But if you market and advertise your brand/company, those friends and families will recognize the brand because they have heard about it and will make them want to try it. Investing in marketing is the best thing you can do. It might be expensive, but the returns and the results might stun you!

There are some exception within this but it's very rare to see a company that doesn't need it. It's like one in a million or even more than that. Word of mouth and getting some free marketing from your repeating customers is a big help.

But as a company and business, you can't always rely on that and you need to be consistent with marketing. It's true that you've said whoever thinks it's not important, needs to know more the basics of owning and running a business.

[RewFrew]

I have heard a lot of people say and believe that "if your product or service is good,  it would sell itself". That's not entirely true. 
No matter how good your product/services are,  if people don't know about it or are not willing to patronize you, then you will have no customers or clients. 
Some companies sell water and market it so well to the extent that people believe it is more nutritional than normal clean water when in fact it may just be water. 

I know people will argue and point out a few companies that don't advertise their products,  yet they're successful, but I tell you for a fact that those companies invest in marketing one way or the other.  They just might have found a formula that works for them since they most likely have a relatively smaller target audience.

If big companies like Google, Coca-Cola, Binance,  Pepsi,  and the rest still invest heavily in marketing,  then how much more you that is still a small business or brand operating on a street in your neighborhood,  or you with a laptop and a phone on your bedroom table?

The rate of Gambling today has increased partly because of the marketing of online casinos and sports betting companies. 
I don't think there's any industry today that doesn't have a high rate of competition.  It is now the survival of the fittest everywhere.
Having a perfect product or service to offer is not the only way to remain in business,  if it were so many companies won't go under. A major reason a business stays in business is through effective marketing. 

"Marketing is expensive,  I don't make much as a business to compete with the rest"

Yes,  I'm well aware of how much it cost to get a billboard,  hire a marketing firm/agency,  get your ad on TV or radio or get an ad space in a magazine, or pay an influencer,  but the world has gone way beyond that and we all know it.  Now,  these mediums listed above are not irrelevant (on the contrary,  they are still very relevant ),  but there are other less expensive and easier ways to market your product. 

Take advantage of the digital world we are in today and put yourself out there.
A simple social media account that posts relevant stuff about your business and interacts with clients and potential clients is marketing.
Very few people on this forum don't use at least one Google product.  Google has made it very easy to market your products and business using "Google ads".  You can put out an ad that gets to your target audience for as low as $10 a month. You can use the cost-per-click (CPC) formula,  that way you'll only pay for an ad when someone clicks on your ad. 
Facebook ads are also very similar.  You can place an ad that costs from $1-$10 per click.  The same goes for youtube ads and many others.
These platforms have very good tools that can help you achieve your goal and achieve the objective set for your marketing campaign. 
These may seem very complicated but they're not.  There are step-by-step guides you can follow.  They also have tracking tools you can use to track the effectiveness of your marketing campaign.
If you can't set it up by yourself or you don't have the time,  you can hire someone to do it for you. 

For your business,  brand, or product to grow you have to make a conscious effort to make it more.  Your service or product has to be superb,  but I believe your marketing needs to be better.
A product is only as good as advertised. 

Yes you told absolutely correct. Product however marketing is more important. Propaganda and expansio. It is main theories for business. However your products were good if you unable to promote or marketing properly your product could not hit. Not only product all sectors this theory is effective. All company now understanding this importance day by day. And many marketing platform creating day by day. Like CPA marketing, Google marketing, YouTube marketing, Facebook marketing etc. Now we are seeing cryptocurrency companies are also marketing various way. So we are seeing win win situation for cryptocurrency market. Most of the people in the world are familiar with crypto. Most of the people know about crypto and now involved in crypto. I think it happened for marketing.

[Lorence.xD]

Anyone who thinks that marketing isn't important, shouldn't handle any business. It is of course very important. Without marketing, no one would recognize your brand. You might have a small customer base, and you will be stuck with that small "loyal" customer base for the rest of your life if there is no advertisement and marketing of your brand/company. Yeah, the customers might spread the word among their friends and families, but those people won't remember it, because for them it was just another "gossip". But if you market and advertise your brand/company, those friends and families will recognize the brand because they have heard about it and will make them want to try it. Investing in marketing is the best thing you can do. It might be expensive, but the returns and the results might stun you!

Well these days in this era where there's a lot of way to advertise anything. So if you say "marketing" in some business they would literally think of advertising in many methods such as the internet, media, or billboards and etc. You're indeed right that marketing has a huge impact to the business as it attracts customer and to encourage them to acknowledge your business or brand itself since there's a lot of business that have a similar products for example fast food. If you say KFC some would think of their signature product is the chicken and the unlimited gravy. And why do you think people would have an idea when you say KFC? Of course it's from marketing itself where they could simply see advertisement everywhere. Investing in marketing is a must, if you're building a business it should be included in your business plan or included in your budget. Who knows maybe your own brand would be a success hit due to it's originality.

[Silberman]

Marketing is the most important thing in the business process, if the company does not have a good marketing, it is certain that there will be an increase in stock and costs, large companies and have survived hundreds of years understand that marketing investment is the most important thing, unfortunately many companies do not care about marketing so as to make business they went bankrupt and could not compete.

I think many companies understand how important marketing can be, but at the same time they do not have the money to afford a professional campaign, and this is because in many industries the largest expense they have to make is not the payments they have to give to their employees or the machinery needed to make their products, but the payments for the marketing campaigns they run, and this makes it impractical for many small businesses to run those campaigns, especially if the industry they belong to has a very high level of competition.

[fauzan Ichsan]

Marketing is the most important thing in the business process, if the company does not have a good marketing, it is certain that there will be an increase in stock and costs, large companies and have survived hundreds of years understand that marketing investment is the most important thing, unfortunately many companies do not care about marketing so as to make business they went bankrupt and could not compete.

I think many companies understand how important marketing can be, but at the same time they do not have the money to afford a professional campaign, and this is because in many industries the largest expense they have to make is not the payments they have to give to their employees or the machinery needed to make their products, but the payments for the marketing campaigns they run, and this makes it impractical for many small businesses to run those campaigns, especially if the industry they belong to has a very high level of competition.

In a business, marketing of a product plays the most important role, where we can market the product in order to make a profit, and of course after that it is balanced with production that can fulfill an order. So it's not surprising that many companies dare to use artists to market their products and dare to pay them handsomely, of course this has been calculated and analyzed from the start, and in the end the results are in accordance with the plan.

[junmisakiro]

I have heard a lot of people say and believe that "if your product or service is good,  it would sell itself". That's not entirely true. 
No matter how good your product/services are,  if people don't know about it or are not willing to patronize you, then you will have no customers or clients. 

Try reviewing your response to what you heard people say about a product or service that is good, it will definitely sell. If after I examine the sentence it is true, of course the one who says the product or service is good is the consumer, meaning the product and service is already known. many people, as the saying goes "Excellent service, loyal customers". This reflects that the product or service is very popular with the public.

[Baki202]

Marketing is the most important thing in the business process, if the company does not have a good marketing, it is certain that there will be an increase in stock and costs, large companies and have survived hundreds of years understand that marketing investment is the most important thing, unfortunately many companies do not care about marketing so as to make business they went bankrupt and could not compete.

In the corporate world, spending money on effective marketing is necessary to achieve high demand. And for this reason, businesses even hire influencers to promote their goods because they are aware that the celebrity's presence will pique people's curiosity. For this reason, you might wonder why a company has invested so much in marketing when you look at certain products. Everyone wants their items to be of the highest caliber. If you look at firms like Coca-Cola from previous years, you will see that they have done a lot of sponsoring and advertising to stay in business because they understand the potential that effective marketing can have for them. When coke started I was not born but look at were the company have gotten their self to no just because of good publicity. This shows how powerful marketing can be.

[Stablexcoin]

The main reason why people do not invest in marketing is because you need to be up and running in your business. At Least have some good statistics that the business now have a strong root because marketing is very expensive. If one should go into marketing without knowing how strong the business has grown the money used for marketing might be all for waste. Which is not good for a business that is just starting up.

A start up do not need marketing from the begining, they need to grow the business for some time and then seek for investors. If they are successful in getting investors to invest in the business then they can proceed marketing because by then they must have been known in that industry or area of specialization. However, it is true that marketing is the greatest form of reaching out to potential business partners and clients. 

[WillyAp]

The main reason why people do not invest in marketing is because you need to be up and running in your business.

Most people believe it is where they can save.
Most people believe that a week end off is part of running a business, even though most successful companies like eBay, Amazon, Paypal, Tesla etc.. tell a different story. 80 hours weeks no one thinks is necessary. 

Most people believe they can do marketing themselves. Same with websites. Sure you can but will it be attractive to you chosen clients group?
You can burn endless money on misguided beliefs, just reading those marketing tricks, untested and repeated.
There is a good reason the AI are full of fantasy, 60% of the internet is copy and paste.   

[Stablexcoin]

The main reason why people do not invest in marketing is because you need to be up and running in your business.

Most people believe it is where they can save.
Most people believe that a week end off is part of running a business, even though most successful companies like eBay, Amazon, Paypal, Tesla etc.. tell a different story. 80 hours weeks no one thinks is necessary. 

Most people believe they can do marketing themselves. Same with websites. Sure you can but will it be attractive to you chosen clients group?
You can burn endless money on misguided beliefs, just reading those marketing tricks, untested and repeated.
There is a good reason the AI are full of fantasy, 60% of the internet is copy and paste.   

Thats indeed a wrong reasoning. It seems they contradict small advertisement or sharing of banners and flyers as marketing. My definition of marketing here is branding, SEO and website, including adverts, marketing videos, publications, press and radio stations, using influencers and public figures. Not just doing all this once but doing them at least for 6 months. Which we all know will cost a lot of money. Now do you think one week money will be enough to cover up all these expenses?

[Zoomic]

A business person that fails to market his/her products will only get patronage from those within his/her place of business. But those who utilise the power of marketing in their businesses will get more patronage from those within their place of business and beyond.

I understand the fears of most business people concerning marketing and advertisement. They are scared of investing so much in marketing and advertisement and not get benefits for all their efforts in making their business and products more visible. Things have been made easier now, all thanks to technology. Small business owners can actually engage in digital marketing with their devices from the comfort of their work office without having to pay heavily for them and they will still reach a wider audience. Big businesses too should not feel relaxed because they can be swept out of the market any moment.

No business should underestimate the power of marketing, things are easier now, you can market your product with just your smartphone! Invest in marketing and grow your business.

[WillyAp]

Thats indeed a wrong reasoning. It seems they contradict small advertisement or sharing of banners and flyers as marketing. My definition of marketing here is branding, SEO and website, including adverts, marketing videos, publications, press and radio stations, using influencers and public figures. Not just doing all this once but doing them at least for 6 months. Which we all know will cost a lot of money. Now do you think one week money will be enough to cover up all these expenses?

Yes that's true and can't be helped, I hope it'll change in the future.
I had a chat today with a stockbroker and the person said hardly anyone from abroad is interested in their offers.
 
I explained that most businesses are kind of hiding and fear being discovered by administrative forces.

But most do business over Instagram. Due to being free, not seeing that they can be deleted at any time.

[Mahanton]

I have heard a lot of people say and believe that "if your product or service is good,  it would sell itself". That's not entirely true. 

Marketing is indeed important to spread awareness about your business especially if you're just starting. There should be an allocated budget for marketing and this is for people to know your product and became known to others. However, make sure that your product/services offered are one of the best, because marketing is useless if your product won't meet their expectation. They will just come and go, and just tried your product if the advertisement is really true since it's attractive.

We have also a repair business. We're making sure that every customers leaving our store are satisfied with our service so they can recommend us to others. We market our business through social media since it's free. So far our business is still running for a few years now.

If there would be no exposure then its likely that your business wont really be getting any customers or clients because they weren't aware that your site/service/offering is really that existing. This is why
when really that running a business then it would really be always that recommended or shouldnt really be forgetting in regarding about marketing. Dont make yourself as an owner would really be neglecting this basic
stuff when running up a business. You arent that liking because it would really be just an another add of expense? Of course it is, and this is something that should really be in default, because it would really be pointless
on making up some launch but people werent aware just because you didnt run any marketing because you are minding much about on the money that would be spend.

Well, as an owner then it would really be your own choice but it would really be impossible that you wont really be allocating any budget for this one because exposure would be always the key on having that awareness.
It might not really be giving out any guarantees about success but at least you have tried on telling them about on the services/things that you've been offering. It is one of the most common
situation on which a business could have, whether you would really be succeeding or would really be able to fail.