subject: Applying The Power Of Focus On Your Marketing Strategies [print this page] The book, The Secret, talks about the power of the mind. The book masterfully illustrated how one can harness the power of the mind to get what he or she desires. This, the book continues, can only be achieved by focusing on that one thing that you covet. This thought is then transmitted as a message to the universe which will in turn conspire to make this thought become a reality. One just needs to stay focused on this great desire to make it happen.
The mind can be trained to focus. More precisely, the mind can be trained to build a long-term habit of consistent, powerful focus. This article will talk about how you can apply this powerful skill in designing your marketing strategies.
In order to understand the word 'focus,' let us first talk about what it is not. Well, it is not the uncompromising determination to stay the course against any temptations. Losing 50 pounds is a goal that you can achieve with sheer determination. Focus.
How can we then apply this skill to marketing strategies? Focus is commitment. When you decide to stride along a particular marketing path, then you have to make sure that everything that will be done will achieve a particular desired outcome. For instance, your marketing collaterals such as print posters, brochures, flyers, etc. must all be geared towards sending a particular message. This poster printing, for example, must complement the message of your other collaterals. They must complement each other. Your message should add up to emphasize the focus.
This is where focus is rooted. Focus is rooted on a particular course and while distractions can arise at any time, the willingness to stay on track is deeply ingrained. This is what is referred to as will power. Your marketing strategies must be able remain on track despite glitches. You must make it a point to continue the strategy you have started and that you should be unwilling to give up working on this strategy no matter what. For instance, if you embarked on poster printing and they dont seem to work because there is no remarkable movement in market patterns, you should not fret and abandon the goal. Pursue it and make changes to make this particular strategy work.
There are opposing ideas that would suggest that if your marketing collateral, say your print posters, are not working, you should immediately abandon efforts to reorganize and refocus. This is to suggest that businesses should be analytical in their marketing efforts, so much so that before a failure occurs, you can already drop the entire print poster campaign altogether. This is exactly the opposite of what is being proposed here. The idea here is to make things work even if it appears to be headed for a disaster. These opposing schools of thought have their own advantages and disadvantages. As a business practitioner, it is up to you to determine which among these principles suit your business best.
If you are a small business, better cut clean and fast. But if you are a conglomeration with lots of resources to back you up, you may try to pursue and refine your strategy. At the end of the day, it is up to you to determine which works best for your business.
This is sheer willpower. This is the willingness to cling to how important your goals are. Master the art of staying in course because in the end you will enjoy the fruits of your determination.
