eight tips for staying one step ahead of the competition (and maybe the client, too)<\/a><\/p>\nthe marketing professional can do a great deal. he or she may be able to write an article or a brochure, but needs the input of the practitioner. the marketing professional may be able to design and run a seminar, or arrange for a speech, but the practitioner must supply the content. the marketing professional may be able to place the story in the media, but the practitioner must supply the story.<\/p>\n
and all of these activities must be managed. they must be prioritized. they must be made to happen, whether at the behest of a marketing professional or a partner in charge of marketing. they must be timed, and coordinated.<\/p>\n
expectations<\/strong><\/p>\ndelineating expectations, as part of defining objectives, serves another purpose, albeit one just as useful.<\/p>\n
if the prospect doesn’t have vast experience in marketing, or in any of its parts, it has no way of knowing what to expect from marketing efforts. why shouldn’t anyone expect a rush of clients, for example, from a single ad — unless that person has been educated very specifically in what an ad can and can’t do? why shouldn\u2019t a marketing campaign produce a rapid return of inquires from a well-developed ad campaign?<\/p>\n
there are too many cases of partners expecting that press releases will be printed verbatim, that interviews will be reported accurately, that a three-day sales training course will double the size of the clientele within weeks. this is why expectations must be precisely delineated, and why marketers must be educators.<\/p>\n
what you should expect from an effective marketing campaign is…<\/p>\n
\nname recognition.<\/li>\n that a great deal is known about your firm and its capabilities.<\/li>\n that the market will view your firm favorably and will retain a sufficient measure of the campaign\u2019s message to remember the firm when the need for its services arises,<\/li>\n that the market will identify a problem or a need that it has or expects to have, within the context of your firm\u2019s capabilities and skills.<\/li>\n that the market will believe that your firm has the capability to understand and solve the problem.<\/li>\n that some action, such as an inquiry, be taken (if appropriate), or that the reader be receptive to a follow up call.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nmeasuring marketing results is one of the discipline’s thorniest problems. there is simply no tangible measure that offers any valuable information that goes beyond the pragmatic or subjective.<\/p>\n
the best that can be expected of it is to serve as a red carpet to develop a personal meeting. it does it by pre-selling; by educating; by whetting the appetite for a solution to a problem that you\u2019ve identified and understand. but don’t expect anybody to call and say “i liked your letter (or ad, or blog). start monday.”<\/p>\n
in other words, the expectations are tempered by the quality of the way in which the medium is used. poor advertising, poor public relations, poor direct mail — all mean sharply diminished performance. to ask more than the medium is capable of producing, or that level of quality can deliver, is a vast self-deception.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/a>click to buy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nbruce w. marcus is a pioneer in professional services marketing and coauthor of “client at the core.” this is adapted from his new book, “professional services marketing 3.0,” available for purchase here<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\ncopyright 2011. used by permission.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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