Marketplace positioning - How to position yourself in the marketplace

5 things you MUST do to position yourself in the marketplace successfully 

1. Identify
   
   The first thing you must do is identify your ideal client and claim your niche.
   
   How you go about doing this is brainstorm your ideal client, whether it be a single mother or businessman, etc.
   
   It usually helps to brainstorm how your ideal client would act and think.
   
   Also you must brainstorm on what problem you are aiming to solve.
   
   Now you must not be afraid to become specific on what you want even though you might be cutting out a significantly large amount of potential customers.
   
   The more specific your niche is the easier it will be for your potential customers to recognize what you are offering.
2. Understanding Your Audience
   
   Now another important aspect is to put yourself in their shoes so to speak finding out their pain. I want you to visualize you were experiencing the problems they are.
   
   For example if someone is thinking, no matter how hard I try when it comes to internet marketing I always fail and accumulate more debt.
   
   After you have pinpointed their pain you must think of a way how to relieve this pain.
   
   Now if we use the example above you could create a product that is guaranteed to help the customer make money with a money back guarantee for a specific time frame.
3. What your customers truly want
   
   Another aspect you must take in to consideration is you have to understand what your customers really want.
   
   What are your ideal clients looking for? Why would they want to buy your product?
   
   Now you must avoid talking about features here, just concentrate on the results they will receive from working with you.
4. What makes you different?
   
   I want you to now think about what makes you different from your competition.
   
   Once you have figured that out, you have to provide your potential customers with a reason to side with you over your opposition.
   
   In order for this to work you must stand out in the crowd.
   
   Developing a powerful message can be a huge difference maker whether or not you survive in the marketplace.
   
   You must make sure that your message matches your target market and customer.
   
   When developing a message it must stand out to the people who need you most.
5. Be the problem solver!
   
   Lastly and I believe the most important aspect you must take into consideration is positioning yourself as an expert problem-solver.
   
   To do this you must write compelling articles, provide workshops and seminars, publish newsletters, etc.
   
   If you do this your are showing your customer you're the person who will best help solve their problem.