6 Real-World Challenges Of Going Too Broad

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    Corey Quinn

    Founder, Deep Specialization™

    And 6 things you can do.

    6 real-world Challenges you'll likely face when your target market is too broad: 

    ⏰ Resource Challenges: no time to innovate your product/service.

    🤑 Pricing Challenges: too complex

    📋 Customization Challenges: too many one-off requests

    📢 Marketing Challenges: market to everyone = market to no one

    😫 Support Challenges: increased complexity 

    🚧 Scalability Challenges: Impossible to build infrastructure, systems, and processes

    Sound familiar?

    Here are some things you can do:

    Resource Challenges: Dedicate time and resources to innovation.

    Pricing Challenges:  Simplify pricing structures.

    Customization Challenges:  Clearly define customization limits to avoid excessive one-off requests

    Marketing Challenges: Instead of trying to market to everyone, identify specific target segments that align with your product/service offering and focus your marketing efforts on those segments. 

    Support Challenges: Identify areas of increased complexity in your support processes and implement measures to streamline them. 

    Scalability Challenges:  Develop a long-term scalability strategy to build robust infrastructure, systems, and processes. 

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