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I'm preparing to launch a new website and content in the new year and my question is about timing. I want to ensure I miss the holiday season (since my field generally shuts down) and be ready to go when everyone gets back. My gut says mid January. Thoughts?

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Living in a capitalist country with consumerist values might indicate that people would only view value in terms that can be monetised, but this is not necessarily the case. While the marketing minds who help power, consumerism are extremely adept at identifying ideas or movements, this relationship responds to the powerful authenticity generated by independent and charismatic individuals working against the grain. And endeavours that have no intrinsic value, which are undertaken purely for the joy of doing them, continue to stay one step ahead of efforts to sell unnecessary products. In such a world, achievements that are difficult but have no utility become especially admirable.
Few Northern Europeans or North Americans can reconcile themselves to the multi-active use of time. Germans and Swiss, unless they reach an understanding of the underlying psychology, will be driven to distraction. Germans see compartmentalisation of programmes, schedules, procedures and production as the surest route to efficiency. The Swiss, even more time and regulation dominated, have made precision a national symbol. This applies to their watch industry, their optical instruments, their pharmaceutical products, their banking. Planes, buses, and trains leave on the dot. Accordingly, everything can be exactly calculated and predicted. In countries inhabited by linear-active people, time is clock and calendar-related, segmented in an abstract manner for our convenience, measurement, and disposal. In multi-active cultures like the Arab and Latin spheres, time is event or personality-related, a subjective commodity which can be manipulated, moulded, stretched, or dispensed with, irrespective of what the clock says.
To attract the most customers and generate the most revenue, you want your product launch to time perfectly to the point when the marketplace is most anxious for the features and benefits offered. While hitting the exact day is challenging, launching during the basic window of opportunity to appeal to customers is critical. If you launch too early, customers may not be ready to understand the value. Launch too late, and you may miss the point at which customers want the benefits offered.
In a competitive market, the timing of your launch is also affected by the timing of products launched by other companies. First-movers try to beat customers to the market to attract eager buyers. Other companies prefer a second-mover or follow-up strategy to wait until the market becomes familiar with the product features and demand begins to grow. This strategy protects against a negative reaction that may result from the product version offered by the first mover.
The timing of your launch may also affect the quality of the product at offering. In some cases, companies rush through production and quality checks to get a product to market quickly. This is especially true in technology, where product life cycles are often short. Microsoft dealt with some bugs and customer issues when it launched its Xbox360 video game system. The company used the negative response to the first batch of products to adjust the next wave of products distributed to retailers.
To determine the right time, keep the following points in mind:
1. The Readiness of the Product: In general, the best time to launch is as soon as your product is ready. Release a product as soon as it is working. It must perform the stated function, and that’s all. Do all the honing and perfecting when it is already in the market. You can start profiting from your product before you start tweaking it. Take advantage of customer excitement. Then sell the refined versions later. That is not to say you should release something inferior to the public, of course. It describes a different way of looking at product development. Product development should be a never-ending process. It is a lifelong struggle for perfection that is never actually achieved. Knowing that, why not make money as soon as the product is viable? If Apple waited until the first iPhone could do what the latest ones can, we would still be flipping open our Motorola.
2. Sales Cycles: The exact time of the year, month, or even week you choose can make a difference. Ask yourself these questions:
1. Is there a particular time when your target audience will want to use that product?
2. When would they enjoy your product most?
Research proves that Tuesday is the best day for launching a product. On Mondays, consumers are too focused on the coming week. While on Fridays, people look forward to the weekend. On Tuesdays, you can be sure that people have already dealt with issues from the previous week. It also gives you enough time - a total of three days - to spread your message and follow-up on questions.
A seasonal product will itself determine the best time of the year to launch. Self-improvement products can work well in January to help fulfil New Year's resolutions. While outdoor products are best for spring and summer.
The time of the year matters as well. It does not make sense to reveal your product before a major holiday. People tend to travel back home and have no time to read when surrounded by family and friends.
3. Your Schedule: Your ideal launch time will also depend on your own schedule. Schedule the launch when you have as little going on as possible. so that you can devote the needed time and energy for the launch. It makes sense to focus on product launches over other considerations. You only get one shot at a successful launch! Expect glitches, customer service issues, and other unpredictable demands on your attention. It is important to have all hands-on deck, and yourself at the helm, ready to execute the launch with 100% presence.
4. Launch Conditions: There are conditions you need to meet to have a successful product launch.
1. First, establish your brand’s credibility to justify excitement for your new product. If you have not already given your consumer base a reason to trust you, it’s time to lay that groundwork down. More customers will be willing to gamble on the certainty that a product will meet their needs.
2. Make sure that you prepare your business infrastructure for the spike in sales. Is your distribution system in place? Is your payment system glitch-free? Do you have team members standing by for customer service and tech support? Expect success, and you’ll guarantee it.
3. Finally, time the launch in relation to existing products and their performance. The best time to launch a new product is when another product of yours is reaching the peak of its success. You can ride that momentum into the next wave of sales.
5. Marketing and Communication: The best way to ensure that your launch goes well is to have a unique and creative product in the first place. Beyond that, it is a matter of marketing and communication. Stay in touch with your audience. Use email and social media to build excitement around your product and be there to usher it into the market. Expect the unexpected. Be ready to handle questions, concerns, and other feedback from your audience. Stand by your product but look for ways to incorporate feedback quickly. You will need to know what went well, and what did not. The day of your big launch is the day you start preparing for the next one.
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