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In practice

• Talk to your current and potential customers. What do they

    value? What are their concerns? What do they want?

• Find out what businesses in other industries are doing to attract

    customers.

• Ask people at all levels of your business, including the “extended

    family” such as retailers or distributors, how they would keep
    the product appealing.

• Plan a series of product enhancements and sales initiatives. A

    constant series of incentives to buy is better than a desperate
    splurge (or a complacent lack of activity).

• Be prepared to test a range of ideas and initiatives. Find out what

    works best, where and why, and see whether it can be replicated
    elsewhere.

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