Multiple Streams Of New Prospects,
And Convert Them Into Lifetime
Customers That Deliver The Profits To Guarantee
Your Financial Success!
When you have confirmed your marketing strategy, you will know exactly which segments of your market you are going to target, and you will have worked out why they should prefer to buy from you, rather than your competitors. 1). Create initial enquiries and sales leads from qualified prospects (not time wasters)
2). Deliver a welcomed and value-giving series of communications which provide more advice, guidance and value than your competitors, and clearly demonstrates and explains why the prospect should take the buying decision.
3). Nurtures an ongoing lifetime relationship with customers to keep them delighted and loyal to your company, deliver long-term value to customers, and profits to your bottom line.
Based on who you are targeting you need to come up with a list of relevant media options that most closely reaches this prospect group, with minimum wastage. This might include a combination of offline activity e.g. advertsing, direct mail, seminars and exhibitions, and telemarketing, plus online methods including web sites, email marketing and sponsored llinks e.g. Google Adwords.
You must also decide how you are going to measure the success of each test activity.
Here's a summary of a marketing plan for a softwware company which will illustrate some of the activities to consider:
LEAD GENERATION
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Direct Mail
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Personalised sales letter and response mechanism from
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Partner Principals
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Test 30 day free trial/scanner with selected resellers
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Case study-based mailers or post cards
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Invitations to road-shows or regionalized seminars and events
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Test and optimise web site landing pages
Test alternative media to develop turn-key system to grow business across other vertical markets over coming years:
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Advertising in Business Supplements and Industry Magazines?
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Telemarketing as the first point of contact - particularly larger prospects
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Develop Market-specific Special Reports and Soft offers
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Email Marketing to drive traffic to new Web Site
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Pay per click / On-line industry directories
CONVERSION TO SALES
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Review existing sales aids for resellers and proposals for overcoming typical objections
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Evidence of Results - testimonials and possibly streaming video or CD based case studies?
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Risk Reversal and guarantees - how can Resellers adopt these?
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Systematic follow-up and nurturing - what happens after product trial to those who don't proceed?
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Role of Web Site as reference source to convince serious enquirers
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Develop regular programme of communication to educate, nurture and inform via E-bulletin or newsletters
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