Product Launch Blunders
Gaining customer attention and standing out in the crowd is getting tougher.
This makes the product launch more important than ever. The following is a list of seven popular launch crashers that doom new products.
- Last minute launch plans. Launch strategy takes time. Plan ahead.
- Leave no wiggle room for plan changes. Flexibility is essential in launches, in order to field inevitable last minute issues.
- Let the CEO ready the rocket. Brand managers or product managers should be at the helm of a launch, not the CEO.
- Leave employees in the dark. Employees are your brand ambassadors and should be ‘in the know’ long before launch date.
- Use status quo media methods. Nothing will sink a launch faster than sticking to the same old media strategy. Stir things up!
- Rely on push strategies. Put the product out and hope customer buy. Pull consumers in instead.
- Cross your fingers and hope there is no crisis. Potential problems are a part of business. Plan ahead and put together a viable crisis plan.
Your next product launch will be far more successful, if you avoid these doomed tactics.
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