Know your target customer and build for them.

Your target customer has needs:

Understand your customers through this lens and you will be able to service them better.

Customer Needs Come First

Form Follows Function. - Dieter Rams

Remember:

Technology: Customers don't need 16GB of RAM. Customers need fast computing.
Features: Customers don't need emoji reactions. Customers need a quick way to communicate with their friends and colleagues.
Messaging: Customers don't need your brand strategy. Customers need a quick way to remember you.

What's the smallest common denominator?

Customer need comes first. Implementation comes second.

How to Identify Customer Needs?

Each brand has its own context. We cannot generalize.

Yet, generally speaking, you want to keep a close connection with your target customers?

Behavior: How do they interact with the brand? How do they talk about the brand? What do they use the brand for?
Feedback: What do they like? What don't they like? What do they rave about?

When you have a clear customer in mind you can start servicing them.

You service them by listening carefully and responding with a suitable offering.

Serving the customer's needs is an ongoing process.

Customers evolve, so should your brand's offering.

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