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Core Market™

Delineate the customers—and the geographies—where your business can win fastest. A guided program that teaches your leadership team how to define a focused Core Market so your strategy, messaging, and resources hit a clear target.

What Is Core Market™?

Core Market™ is a program that helps you clearly define the select customers who are most responsive to your offering—and the geographies that represent the best “low-hanging fruit” right now.

Because most growing businesses don’t have the resources to serve everyone everywhere, Core Market™ teaches you how to focus—so your strategy becomes executable and your marketing becomes economical.

Why Core Market™ Matters

A focused Core Market creates:

  • Stronger messaging and market awareness (less fragmentation)
  • Better use of limited resources (time, money, attention)
  • Faster momentum by concentrating effort where you can achieve a breakthrough

What You’ll Learn in the Core Market™ Session

B2B (Business-to-Business) Core Market

If you sell to businesses, B2B Core Market™ teaches you how to define your target organizations by answering four key questions:

  1. Which industries and sectors benefit most from your product/service?
  2. What type and size of organizations benefit most?
  3. Which functions use your product (the users)?
  4. Which roles drive or influence purchasing decisions (the decision-makers)?

The session also teaches the difference between users and buyers, and how to reach and educate both groups.

B2C (Business-to-Consumer) Core Market™

If you sell to consumers, B2C Core Market™ teaches you how to build customer “avatars” based on: demographics, psychographics, income, lifestyle, location, needs, and the problems they’re trying to solve.

Your Target Geography

Core Market™ also includes geography selection—because casting a broad net often makes your message weaker and your execution harder.

In the program, you’ll identify:

  • The geographic area where you can win most efficiently right now
  • Whether remote delivery expands your realistic service radius
  • Where complexity (time zones, regulations, language barriers) creates diminishing returns

Next Steps

Ready to define a Core Market™ your team can execute against?

Request a free 60-minute
Summit OS® Overview Session
with a certified Summit OS Guide™.