Finding out if your startup has product-market fit — that is, if you have validated that there’s a market for your product and people will pay money for it — sounds like something you have to do later in the process, when your business is already well on its way. But finding out whether your startup has PMF is important because it means you can justify investing resources during the next stage of growth.
Read more ...Start by creating an experience with your brand, aligning values and values exchange with your consumer. As you create this bond between you and your consumer, you will develop a bond between them as well. The more that you can do that and the more consistent you are in making sure your consumers are getting what they want from your brand results in brand loyalty, which leads to brand advocacy. Brand advocacy translates into customers trusting your brand and telling others how good it is so when someone else puts out a product or service that is not as good as yours, the person who has been loyal to the brand will say something about it.
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