Basic Marketing Dope
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THE WINNING ADVANTAGE eZINE
Saturday, June 18, 2005
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Published by Earl Savage
ES World Marketing
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In This Issue:
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1. Message from the Editor
2. Feature Article - "Basic Marketing Dope"
by Joy Gendusa
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=>> Feature Article
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Basic Marketing Dope
by Joy Gendusa
Sometimes the simplest data is the best. Marketing is not
complex if you know the basics - that's true with anything by
the way. Here are some tools that are brilliantly simple and
with them you really won't have to sweat the small stuff.
Hot Dope #1) The more that your potential customers see your
name in front of them, the more likely they are to call your
number (and not someone else's) when they need the services you
offer.
Many marketing efforts go unrewarded, not because they were off
target but simply because they weren't given enough of an
opportunity to work. Showing your TV commercial one time,
running an ad in the newspaper once, or doing one mailing of
postcards may not be enough to grab and keep the audience's
attention.
Get your name out there, do it on a regular basis and people
will remember you when they need someone in your line of
business. Actually, this particular "Hot Dope" cannot be
stressed enough - and failure to adhere to it is the #1 reason
new businesses fail.
You should also know that taking the time to really see which
pieces will generate the response you want will pay off. Don't
just totally give up when a response is low - persistence is
vital.
Hot dope # 2) Measure your Return On Investment (ROI) in terms
of actual MONEY not response rate. An advertising vehicle is
working when the MONEY that it brings in has more value than
the MONEY and time that is spent on the marketing.
Don't fall into the trap of becoming discouraged by a small
number of callers responding to a large number of pieces. If
you spend several hundred dollars to be in the view of a few
thousand possible leads, it may only take a few customers
responding for you to make enough of a profit for this type of
marketing to be valuable. The usefulness of any vehicle can
only be determined after the amount of income generated by the
promotion has been calculated. If you spend 1/5 of what you
generate or generate 5 times what you spend, your campaign was
successful.
Hot dope #3) It is much easier to "sell" a prospect once you
get them to call or come in to your store. In 2-Step Marketing,
step 1 is to get them interested; step 2 is having them speak to
a representative to get all the details - and get "closed" by
that representative.
Your design must be eye catching and informative, but don't try
to close the sale by explaining all of the details in one piece
of advertising. The details of a business transaction often
take many more words to explain than the main concept of what
is being sold. For example, if your company offers great prices
depending on the quantity purchased, there is no need to list
the prices for every quantity that you sell. Simply give
examples of two or three different quantities and state
somewhere in the advertisement that other discounts are
available for other quantities. This will prompt them to call
to get the rest of the details once you have gotten their
interest.
Marketing can be as simple as 1-2-3 when you know the basics.
By no means have I given you all the basics here, but by
learning and implementing these 3 marketing fundamentals, you
are already on your way to marketing success!
About The Author: Joy Gendusa founded PostcardMania in 1998,
her only assets a computer and a phone. By 2004 the company did
$9 million in sales and employed over 60 people. She attributes
her explosive growth to her ability to choose incredible staff
and her innate marketing savvy. Visit www.postcardmania.com
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