Happy New Year! Now is a great time to examine trends in your field as there are many articles published on trends. You may even want to write one for publication. Take trends a step further by thinking about how many your firm embraces. Are you truly on the cutting edge?
A word about exceptionalism. What is exceptional about your product or service or company? That’s the thing to brand or promote because it distinguishes you. ProTip: “we care about our customers” doesn’t count unless you provide specifics about what caring action you take.
How to overcome a larger competitor with a price advantage? Use marketing to become the industry thought leader. In other words, be the smartest player in the industry, the one with the solutions to help them, not just the products.
Should your marketing goal be to produce leads? It can be. But isn’t your sales team is doing that? Why duplicate them? Leads from marketing tend to be random vs sales people go for the higher percentage prospect. Better to goal for awareness, thought leadership, information gathering etc.
It’s December 17, do you know where your marketing budget is? Many companies wait until all the company financials are in before committing to a marketing budget. Taking time to implement, companies lose time and marketing potential during the valuable Q1.
An idea for you: looking for free public relations media coverage? Write about some trends and send it to a key editor or two in your area. Media likes to write about trends as we go into the new year. Or call and we can help you.
Budgeting for 2020? Here’s a trick…check your budget from 5 years ago and what it included. If it’s similar in components and in dollar figure, you’re stuck in the past. Time to explore some new ideas.
Are your in-house marketing people torn between working on marketing projects & other projects for your company? Does your marketing program get shortchanged? Compare that to an outside agency who’s KPI is 100% focused on your marketing success.
Budgeting for 2020? Marketing budgeting is not all about leads and sales. How do potential customers research their needs aka your products? How do they stay connected during the sales process? Achieving those goals may be more important and more valuable to track.
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