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The Fizzle Show

Episode 152: Wants vs Needs — How to Spot the “Pain Point” in Hobby Businesses (FS152)

The Fizzle Show

fizzle.co

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers, Freelancing, Marketing, Small Business

4.8648 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

    <p>One of the liveliest conversations this week in the Fizzle forums was about how to successfully market when your business topic is a hobby like knitting, book binding, scrap booking. Marketers often talk about finding the “pain point,” but this *pain* language can be misleading when your business addresses desires instead of pain alleviation. For example, I want to know how to knit. It would give me something to do with my hands, I could make gifts for people, I could make some things to use around the house. I don’t NEED to knit; my life doesn’t depend on it. But I WANT to. How can you market effectively when your business focuses on a WANT not a NEED? That’s what we get into today. Enjoy! fizzleshow.co/152</p>

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Fizzle Show.

0:09.6

This is The Fizzle Show, a weekly talk show for those who want to do great work.

0:16.8

Dent the universe and support yourself doing something that you care about. Your hosts are

0:22.0

Barrett, Steph, Corbett, and me, Chase. We Run Fizzle.com, honest training and genuine community

0:29.8

for people building businesses. Learn from video courses just in time instead of constantly consuming

0:36.2

info across the web.

0:43.3

Membership costs about $35 a month, and as a listener, you can get your first five weeks for free when you go to fizzle.co slash try five.

0:48.2

Okay, on this episode, one of the liveliest conversations this week in the Fizzle forums was about how to successfully market when your business topic is like a hobby,

1:01.0

knitting, bookbinding, scrapbooking, all sorts of things like that.

1:05.0

Marketers often talk about finding the, quote, pain point, but this pain language can be misleading

1:12.3

when your business addresses more of a desire

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instead of alleviates a pain.

1:18.1

So how can you market effectively

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when your business focuses on a want, but not a need?

1:25.0

That's what we get into on the show today.

1:27.8

Follow along at fizzleshow.co slash 152.

1:32.6

I'll be back after this conversation to fill in any gaps.

1:36.9

I'm Chase Wardman Reeves.

1:38.8

I'm Corbitt Bar.

1:40.3

I'm Barrett Brooks.

1:41.8

I am Steph Crowder.

1:43.5

And this is the Fizzle Show.

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