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Landscape of Technology Adoption LifeCycle
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Technology Enthusiasts - Innovators
Innovators:
a. Explore latest innovationsb. Possess a significant influence
over product perception by
othersc. Usually lack resource
commitments
d. Try things out but move on to
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Visionaries early adopters
a. These customers desire toexploit innovation for acompetitive advantage.
a. These customers are truerevolutionaries inbusiness, but newtechnologies need to bemore customized for this
group (i.e., expensive).
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Pragmatists Early Majority
These customers:
a. Make the bulk of technologicalpurchases
b. Believe in technologicalevolution (not revolution)
c. Seek products that have proven
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Skeptics - Laggards
These are potentialcustomers
They are ever-present criticsof hype around new
technology
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Strategy for High TechAdoption
1. Put innovative products in the hands oftechnology enthusiasts.
1. After a while visionaries will see thevalue of the new technology and willbegin to view it in business terms.
1. New technologies usually enjoy ahoneymoon reception from enthusiasts
and visionaries, however sales begin tofalter a chasm forms
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Chasm
A Chasm is a period of time where sales falter(and sometimes plummet) due to differencesbetween Visionaries and Pragmatists.
Visionaries want change (revolution) whereasPragmatists want change (evolution). ButPragmatists make most buying decisions inorganizations.
Pragmatists are the gateway to themainstream market. If that chasm gap cantbe bridged, often products become part ofancient history.
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Strategies to Cross theChasm
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One strategy to cross thechasm is for the marketer toprovide pragmatists with 100%solutions to their problemsusing the new technology.
Too many companies onlysupply a part of a solution.They are trying to besomething to all, not 100% tosome. That is unacceptable to
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Bowling Alley Strategy
Each market is like a bowlingpin. The momentum of movingone pin (with good technology
products) successfully carriesover into surroundingsegments.
The bowling alley is wheremainstream market segmentsbegins to accept the new
product, but it still has a way to
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This strategy assumes a producthas very wide appeal. Thesellers strategy is to:
1. Move as quickly as possible in gettingthe product out to the market.
2. Build distribution ASAP.
3. Drive price down to next lower pricebreak ASAP.
. This strategy demands product
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Main Street
Once the mainstream has adoptedthe product, the aftermarketphenomenon occurs:
a. Mass marketers of the products begins tosubside.
b. Competitors force supply to exceeddemand.
c. Prices fall.d. High tech product becomes a commodity.
e. Profit growth can no longer come fromselling the commodity.
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B2B Product Offerings
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B2B Product Offerings
Physical Attributes
Size, shape, material composition and physicalproperties.
Service Elements Delivery, training, complaint resolution.
Advice Giving
Applications advice, Best Practice Sharing,Efficiency Enhancement.
Adaptive Space
Ability of the supplier to customize, improveproduct design or specifications to add value to
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Types of B2B ProductOfferings
Proprietary or Catalog Products
Products of pre-defined specifications, madeand stocked in anticipation of orders.
Custom-built Products A set of basic units with numerous accessories
and options. Supplied as per the selection ofoptions by customer.
Custom-Designed Products
Products designed and engineered to customerspecifications. OR designed based on ananticpated untapped need. (Airbus Super
Jumbo)
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B2B Product Positioning
Commodities
HighlyDifferentiatedProductsor
Monopoly
Products
Pricing
Buyers CoercivePower
Differentiated
Products
Supply-DemandBased
Minimal
Competitive
High
Premium
Relatively Low
Margin Market Driven Average to Low High
Role ofBranding
Corporate Branding(Service Driven)
Umbrella Branding Distinct ProductBranding