Truly successful marketing communications campaigns begin with a highly creative and brilliant idea. That’s why they attract so much attention. But many campaigns fail to build a really interested following among even the marketer’s best customers. When you stop to consider that the average home page receives less than five seconds of attention it’s easy to see the importance of making your story really stand out.
To increase a marketing campaign’s chances of success, consider a few quick questions to see how you can improve your next launch:
Do you have an introductory campaign that is specially designed for prospect customers who know nothing about your company’s products or services? This particular type of program is extremely educational and takes nothing for granted. It’s a lot like teaching level one Algebra. You start slow and build from the last level of concept learned. The easier it is to learn about your company and the more enjoyable you make it, the more your prospect customers will want to learn about you.
Is your marketing offer particularly relevant to your prospects’ business needs? Purchase decisions are only made after a significant degree of relevance has been proven for a prospect’s specific business environment and needs. There is no faking it here or trying to cover too many bases. Either your product does exactly what prospects need or it doesn’t. Today, there are no grey lines. You’re either in or out.
Does your campaign function as a series of touches on your prospect? Is it one huge conversation or a series of small chats that lead your prospect by providing him/her with the information they need?
Here’s a pet peeve of mine: If you’re including a download, then let them download it for free without having to give you any information. Consider this scenario: you are in a store looking at a product and a clerk comes up and tells you that in order to continue learning about the product you will need to provide your e-mail address! You would walk out.
Same with downloads. A lot of people go somewhere else. Maybe that’s why your SEO program isn’t working? You’ve mixed up the timing of when things should be free and open, and when you should charge for them.
The main point of all of this is to create engaging experiences that will make it easy and enjoyable for your prospects to become your customers—and not someone else’s! This takes imagination and hard work, but is worth the effort once you see new customers being added to your company.
Tom Wants to Hear Your Branding Issues:
If you are a printing company or product/services company serving the print-media market and would like to be considered for a feature in this blog, please contact Tom Marin for an interview.
Follow MarketCues on Twitter for branding and social media tips, as well as the latest trends. Tom also welcomes e-mails, new LinkedIn connections, calls to 407.330.7708 or visit www.marketcues.com. How can he help solve your branding issues?
- Categories:
- Business Management - Marketing/Sales
Tom Marin is the Founder and President of MarketCues, Inc., a national consulting firm. He has worked for some of the world’s largest corporations and middle-market firms. Tom’s focus is to help CEOs drive their strategy shifts and strategic growth programs. Follow MarketCues on Twitter. Tom also welcomes emails new LinkedIn connections or calls to (919) 908-6145.