Brand Yourself as a Trendsetter
You can literally drive down the street in any town in America and see those successful businesses who became trendsetters in their niche. Some, like Starbucks, have even gone further and made it a “culture” of followers.
McDonald ís speedy food service reinvented the fast food market. Like those highly successful entrepreneurs who saw a vision and acted on it, you need to do the same in your online niche.
Looking into the future, making predictions and creating products based on your research and instinct into the future of the niche can boost your credibility and make you hot in your niche
But only if you are willing to expose your ideas without hesitation, fail forward and take risks with your branding. Examine the needs and wants of your target audience. It is important that you know what pleases your customers and what they long for in new products and ideas.
Keeping a close eye on what they’re saying in posts and blogs and what they’re offering on their sites can be a good way of getting the insight you need to look into the future. If theyíre complaining a lot, take it and run with it and be the solution they’ve been waiting for all along.