Blue Ocean Strategy - Chapt. 5&6 - OC Book Club
Just finished diving into Chapters 5 & 6 of Blue Ocean Strategy, here's the breakdown: KEY INSIGHTS FROM THE BOOK: Chapter 5 – Reach Beyond Existing Demand Most businesses fight for the same clients already shopping in the market. But real growth comes from creating demand outside that market — pulling in non-customers. There are 3 tiers of non-customers: 1. Soon-to-be buyers → People considering hiring a coach, but not convinced yet. 2. Refusers → People who actively say coaching is a scam or not worth it. 3. Unexplored → People who’ve never even considered coaching as a solution. 👉 Your content, offer, and brand should be designed to tap all 3. Chapter 6 – Getting the Strategic Sequence Right: You can’t just have a great idea — it needs to follow a specific path: 1. Buyer Utility – Does this actually help people solve a real problem? 2. Price – Is the price strategic? (Not “cheap,” not “random.” Strategic.) 3. Cost – Can you deliver this profitably without burning out? 4. Adoption Hurdles – What might stop them from saying yes (risk, confusion, delivery, etc.)? Most coaches jump straight to Step 2 or 3 — but if your idea isn’t useful or easy to adopt, it’ll never work. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR COACHES: Let’s be honest — the market is flooded with lookalike coaches teaching the same thing with the same offers, same funnels, and same jargon. The ones who win are those who create their own lane, reposition their offer, and design demand for it. That’s how you open a blue ocean: By being different in a way that actually solves a problem better. Community Question: What did you learn most from these two chapters? Otherwise, here are three prompted questions you can answer below: - Which of the 3 non-customer tiers could you start targeting in your content or messaging? - Which part of the strategic sequence are you skipping or ignoring right now? - What are you going to shift, rework, or rethink based on these chapters?