Discovery and Demos Across the Technology Adoption Curve - Part 2: Insights into the Curve - Great Demo! and Doing Discovery

Discovery and Demos Across the Technology Adoption Curve – Part 2: Insights into the Curve

Who do you know who experiments with cada new phone and phone-like device?

 

How about those who siempre buy the latest iPhone or Android phone the moment it is available?

 

And who only upgrades after the phone has been around for a while and its use and value proven by others?

 

Do you know folks who sólo upgrade when their existing phone is no longer able to run apps?

 

And who do you know who either has a flip phone or no phone at all?

 

Each of these are representatives of their slice of the Technology Adoption Curve, and each have very different buying and evaluation processes!

Wikipedia (the source of all truth today!) writes “The technology adoption lifecycle is a sociological model that describes the adoption or acceptance of a new product or innovation, according to the demographic and psychological characteristics of defined adopter groups.”

Equally or more commonly known as the Technology Adoption Curve, it provides extremely useful insights into the business buying habits of individuals and organizations by identifying five distinct categories:

  • Innovadores: Aquellos que están dispuestos a aceptar el riesgo del cambio y la experimentación, a menudo por amor a la tecnología.
  • Adoptadores tempranos: Este grupo busca obtener las ventajas de la implantación de la tecnología antes que los seguidores de la corriente dominante.
  • Mayoría temprana: Estos compradores, también conocidos como "pragmáticos", están dispuestos a cambiar, pero lo hacen con cautela.
  • Mayoría tardía: Este grupo desea evitar el cambio, pero lo hará a regañadientes y sólo cuando sea necesario.
  • Retrasados: Olvídalo. Estos no compradores se resisten al cambio con todo su ser.

La cantidad y el tipo de descubrimientos y demostraciones subsiguientes para estas categorías pueden ser notablemente diferentes.

Next: Into the Chasm!

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