Tag Archive for marketing campaigns

What is Your Magnetic Force?

What’s Your “Thing?”

Businesses have a tendency to focus on their products or services rather than the benefits of having that product/service.  Make two lists side by side. On the first column, list your product(s) and service(s). On the other list, name the benefits of clients coming to you for this product(s) and/or service(s).  Why should they buy from you?

Social Media Marketing

In an attempt to draw attention to your business, prepare some graphics and list the benefits (really big) and post a picture or write the product(s)/service(s) and make it relevant. Ask yourself this question. Why would anyone want to deal with my business…. and put that answer.  Hopefully, you have more than one answer. do a mini-series of social media campaign and each week, focus on one of your answers. Post your graphic on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and whatever other social media tool that you might prefer.

Keep it real, light and fun!  Write about your company as a whole, not just the products and services. You can talk about the fun events and community efforts you might be involved with. This brings the bigger picture of who you are to the world and it adds the personal touch.

How’s Your Customer Service?

The author Jeanne Bliss asks relevant questions in her book “I Love You More Than My Dog.” She asks “What can you do to let customers know of your sincerity to serve them? What gesture can you offer that helps your customers and draws them to you?”  No matter what business you’re in, the element of relationship will always be one of the most important magnet for your business.

Make it a great day!

If you need help with your marketing or web-design, contact me helene@rainandcompany.com or visit my website http://www.rainandcompany.com

Till next time,

Helene

 

Trust & Marketing

How To Establish Trust In Marketing

How does a company go about establishing trust? We have all seen various marketing campaigns that promote a product or service and they’re the best and a MUST have!  We all know that those are just “wha, wha” sentences and to be truthful, most people don’t respond either way to such claims or promises. In this society of social media, advertising and gadgets, people have become somewhat immuned by such statements.

Let Your Customers Brag!

It’s one thing to hear a company claim the moon and the stars. It’s another to have a customer promote your product or services. There’s nothing like hearing it from the consumer. Encourage your customers to post about your products/services on your blog, your Facebook pages, ask them to Tweet about it and explain why they love your product/services so much.

Trust is important and experience is the proof. Let the voice of experience speak for your company. Offer incentives for people to talk about your products/services. You could even hold a contest with the most creative video about your product/services!

People can argue with a point of view, but one can never argue with experience!

Make it a great week!

Helene

Marketing – Schmarketing! How To Relate in Marketing

Don’t Waste My Time Please!

So many marketers focus on doing busy work at having something “out there” and all they’re doing is that…. creating busy work for themselves with no results!

How To Make an Impact

Scott Stratten, author of UnMarketing did a survey of 1,000 business owners. He asked them “Why do you buy?” Sounds like a simple question, but the answer is a lot more personal as the bottom results are tied in with relationship and reputation.

Trust Is A Golden Key!

My clients are more than just clients. I take the time to know them and develop a relationship. This enables me to improve on communication and get an understanding of what they want, how they want it and it allows me to for-see what they will need in the near and long-term future. In the end, it’s not just a business deal, it’s my reputation on the line. The most important element of my business is customer satisfaction.  My customers trust me and they know I will go above and beyond. It’s called “I’ve got your back!”

Referrals

When I need a service or a product, referrals are my first search option. I will speak to friends, colleagues, family members and ask if anyone knows a good “name the product/service” and if they do, I feel much more at ease and will be more likely to contact those people. If I sense a trust after my phone call, then I can pair that with the recommendation that other people gave me and a new partnership begins.

Keep It Real

One of my favorite sayings is “Don’t just be different, make a difference!” How can I set myself apart from business a,b,c?  There is always going to be one factor that sets me apart by leaps and bounds…. that’s ME!  There’s only one you and if you remain genuine and true to who you are, it will shine through your work!

Go ahead and make a difference this week!
Helene