Hive Marketing, by Brigham Iraheta

WELCOME! A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HIVE MARKETING.

I always loved the idea viral marketing, the idea of a concept spreading like crazy with minimal effort, but the variables of it are so great that it becomes difficult to control 100% of it.

There had to be a better way to create similar results with a higher degree of predictability. How could I have an idea or concept reach across vast numbers of people without having to have created the coolest thing since sliced bread.

Of course, create a Hive of dyed in the wool fans who will spread this message for you, for one simple reason: they LOVE your idea, product, ideals, what you stand for or whatever it is you have to offer.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Win fans!

How does Robert Kiyosaki do it? He has so many books that all end up saying the same thing. He has a couple of homeruns, but for the most part the rest of them are extremely alike with Rich Dad Poor Dad.

Even so, when he puts out a new book - especially one written by him - it almost instantly becomes a Best Seller. Why? Because he has a fan base, not just a customer base, a fan base. People who feel about him the same way you felt about your favorite band. You didn't care what it costed, as soon as the new album came out, it was yours!

You went to see them in concert, no matter what the condition, mosh-pitting or location of your seat, you just wanted to be there.

This is the secreto to Hive Marketing. People buy Robert's books, play the game and they go see him when his seminars come to town. He is their rock star. He has touched them in a way that makes it personal for them, offering something they obviously couldn't find before.

So, what are you doing to become your customers' rock star?

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Create a culture, create a marketig machine.

There's marketing, there's niche marketing, and then there's Hive Marketing. 

What's the difference, you ask? In marketing, YOU market. In niche marketing, YOU market to a NICHE. In Hive Marketing YOUR Hive does the marketing for you.

How's a Hive different from a Niche? A niche is a group of people who share something in common, like their taste, or an interest, or ethnicity. They don't have to share anything other than a demografic quality.

A Hive, is a group of people - potential customers - who all have the same mentality, the same mission or goals, whose purpose is to perpetuate that which they believe is most important. That something should be your ideas, product, service, etc.

What Is Hive Marketing?
Hive Marketing is basically Niche marketing which is an advertising strategy that focuses on a unique target market. Instead of marketing to everyone who could benefit from a product or service, this strategy focuses exclusively on one group—a niche market—or demographic of potential customers who would most benefit from the offerings.

A niche market could stand apart from others because of:

Geographic area
Lifestyle
Occasion
Profession
Style
Culture
Activity or habits
Behavior
Demographic
Need
Feature reduction or addition
Read more: 4 Types of Market Segmentation With Examples

The benefit of niche marketing is that it allows brands to differentiate themselves, appear as a unique authority, and resonate more deeply with a distinct set of customers. Rather than blend in with the many other brands that offer the same type of product or service, a brand can use niche marketing to stand out, appear more valuable, reach its growth potential, and build a stronger, longer-lasting connection with its ideal audience.

Now, the difference with niche and hive is that with hive marketing you build yourself into the queen bee. So rather than tell you, I'm going to ask you...

How would you do that?
What is your project and does it have the room to let you become a queen bee?
If you knew of a queen bee in your niche, what does it look like?

By putting your imagination to work you can create something incredible and perhaps (hopefully) something that hasn't existed before. How exciting would that be? So, go ahead, and dream on. Create your own hive.