GHOST // Find Your Market
RECON / SECTOR 01 / BUYER INTELLIGENCE

KNOW WHO
YOU ARE CHASING.

Reachability comes after reality. Investigate buying situations, separate evidence from assumptions, and create useful answers people might actually want to read. This is a field laboratory, not a demographic worksheet.

BUYER / TRIGGER
EVIDENCE / REACH
VERIFICATION REQUIRED
YOUR FIRST INVESTIGATION

A buyer group is not a buying situation.

“Small businesses” is a large and imprecise category. “Independent contractors hiring their first employee” describes a particular transition with concrete questions worth researching. This is an illustrative example, not evidence of a validated market. The job here is to discover whether that situation exists, how people discuss it, and what help they value.

WHO is changing?WHAT just happened?WHY now?WHERE might they seek help?WHAT is still unknown?
FIELD EXAMPLES / ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY

Four very different moments of demand.

LOCAL SERVICE

Homeowners after a property inspection

A newly discovered issue may drive immediate research. A useful public question-and-answer page could address uncertainty before a quote enquiry.

Investigate: What do inspection reports leave homeowners unsure about?

CREATOR ECONOMY

A first paid newsletter launch

Creators might need pricing, onboarding or subscriber-promise help more urgently than another content idea.

Investigate: What task blocks the first paid issue?

B2B PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Professional firms opening a second office

Expansion may alter administrative needs, communication, reporting and buying authority.

Investigate: Who experiences the issue, and who approves change?

STANDALONE SOFTWARE

Coaches moving away from manual bookings

Buyers may care more about preventing missed appointments than about technology or automation.

Investigate: What happened the last time the existing method failed?

GHOST LAYER / FUTURE CUSTOMER TIME MACHINE

The market might be changing without you noticing.

What has changed in people's working habits, tools, responsibilities or business stages that could create new urgency? Treat emerging possibilities as research hypotheses; look for actual signals before investing.