Virtually everything we do or buy is to change the way we feel. We are emotional creatures. It’s been said we buy with our emotions and back it up with logic. The following list is what I believe controls our entire economy.
Need Met + Easy = Delight I realize that you as a business owner are swarmed with issues on a daily basis that make you feel like it’s not this simple. But from a consumer standpoint, it is this simple.
How you recruit can say a lot about your company to both prospective employees and prospective customers alike. Some tips: As with any advertising, involve the applicant. It's not about money. Use current employees.
Sheep are best known for their strong flocking (herding) and following instinct. They will run from what frightens them and band together in large groups for protection. This is the only protection they have from predators.
If you try to buy attention without a story, you’ll strike out. This is what happens to most advertising and marketing efforts. People buy “exposure” via advertising and presume that they’ve also purchased attention...
Formulas do exist in marketing: Quantitative research, KPIs, customer acquisition costs, pricing strategies, etc. But there are also malleable recipes: Customer experience, value perception, elegant logo design, and positive public relations.
The best way to drive exponential traffic to your front door is to stop targeting your advertising to the 7% of today’s buyers and start bonding with the 68% of all buyers.
Good strategy always contains three elements and bad strategy doesn’t. Let’s look at each of these three defining elements before presenting a streamlined version specific for Advertising Strategy.
For example, let’s say that, through targeted media, I could reach 10 of my ideal, target customers for $10 a piece. Or, I could reach 100 customers for $1 a piece, but only 20% of them would be my ideal customer.
If you’re going to invest six figures or more, you’ll want a clear plan for persuasion that’s mapped to a business strategy.
As a Sales Operations Specialist, I am the first person to say that I am not a marketer. What I can say with 100% conviction is that a relational buyer is a way easier person to close.
Whatever you’re paying per click, it’s extortionately, shockingly too much. No use arguing about it; let’s just do the math together.
Getting your ad in front of the most people is the top priority of businesses. But it should be the third thing on your list. If you have to choose between talking to 100 people once or 50 people four times, pick the latter. Every time.
What if you broadcast a flaming, un-ignorable ad that hits people between the eyes?
If your message is relevant, memorable and delivered frequently customers will come. And the better your message and media strategy, the more and more customers will come.