There is a time and place to play it “safely.” Unfortunately, your marketing strategy isn’t necessarily that time. As you grow your business and look to connect with your target audience, you will need to test out new methods to be ahead of the crowd. It may sound scary, but there are many reasons why you should embrace the risk of marketing!
Failure is an Option
The first concept you want to embrace and encourage your employees to understand is that anything worth having involves some risk. That’s true of any investment or when you try something that’s never been done before.
You must be ok with some inevitable undesired results from trying new things. But you also want to budget and plan for the unexpected.
Letting your team know that your expectation is for them to try new ways of reaching leads, clients, and customers, even if it may not work precisely as planned, will encourage them to take those measured risks. You want to build a team of people who have experience in overcoming challenges when they arise and are skilled at pivoting to compensate for the damages.
Do It Anyway!
The greatest failure you could experience is not taking risks in marketing but not trying new things. Sometimes you need to “reinvent the wheel” to accommodate the ongoing changes in the industry and society.
You may experience several risks in your marketing:
- Need to include your target audience.
- Missing a trend.
- Needing to truly understand your brand in the field.
Regardless, it is still crucial to take those risks while also mitigating potential miscues.
Risk Management
Risk management is just as crucial as calculated risks, so you want to ensure you and your team have anticipated possible failures and come up with a recovery plan should it be needed.
As much as you can, you want to make sure you identify all potential risks as you plan to take them. You also want to analyze and monitor the stakes, as it will help you avoid undesirable marketing pitfalls ahead of time and for future reference.