{"id":34836,"date":"2014-07-06t05:51:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-06t09:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=34836"},"modified":"2024-09-01t14:48:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01t18:48:53","slug":"the-secret-formula-for-getting-new-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2014\/07\/06\/the-secret-formula-for-getting-new-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"the secret formula for getting new clients"},"content":{"rendered":"
the 16-step plan to focus on landing one new client at a time. by bruce w. marcus<\/em> here\u2019s a little secret about accounting marketing:\u00a0it always comes down to selling the individual clients\u00a0\u2013 one by one.<\/p>\n <\/strong>more professional services marketing 3.0:<\/strong> <\/strong>what we\u2019ve learned since accounting marketing was legalized<\/a> \u2022 do accounting firms really want an \u2018image\u2019?<\/a> \u2022 what accounting firms need to learn from personal financial planning specialists<\/a> \u2022 the delicate art of positioning your firm in the mind of the prospect<\/a> \u2022 even a random disaster can be controlled with risk management<\/a> \u2022 <\/em><\/p>\n you can talk about strategies<\/em>, and image<\/em>, and niche marketing<\/em> and branding<\/em>. you can talk about blogs<\/em>, and social media<\/em>, and press releases<\/em> and webinars<\/em>. but it always comes down to selling the individual clients\u00a0\u2013 one by one.<\/p>\n well… if you’re going to have to do that anyway, why not start with target marketing to begin with?<\/p>\n one of the greatest ads of its kind, for mcgraw hill, says it all. it showed a dour, forbidding looking man, seated in a chair, glowering off the page straight at you.<\/p>\n he is saying,<\/p>\n \u201ci don\u2019t know who you are\u2026 i don\u2019t know your company\u2026 i don\u2019t know your company\u2019s product\u2026 i don\u2019t know what your company stands for\u2026 i don\u2019t know your company\u2019s customers\u2026 i don\u2019t know your company\u2019s record\u2026 i don\u2019t know your company\u2019s reputation. now, what was it you wanted to sell me?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n all those tools and strategies of marketing build a context to facilitate getting to the individual client prospect, and supplying a background to target marketing. in the highly competitive arena that now constitutes professional services, all of the mass marketing techniques build reputation and name recognition. they attract prospects, and define a firm as a foundation for moving those contacts into your arena. then target marketing comes into play, enhanced by a kind of pre-selling. this is why marketing efforts, prior to the face-to-face contact, are important.<\/p>\n what does target marketing mean? it means identifying and choosing your prospective client by name, and going after that prospect with a broad spectrum of techniques, supported by a mass market campaign.<\/p>\n let’s take it step by step.<\/p>\n there’s a large element of networking in targeted marketing, as there is in any professional services marketing. it can’t be done from a distance, in the abstract, like product marketing. somebody has got to get out there and meet and court the prospect in order to make it happen.<\/p>\n there is one more important factor in target marketing, one that’s perhaps the most important of all, especially for a growing firm.<\/p>\n a manufacturing company is defined by its products. a professional firm is defined by its client base, and the services the firm offers those clients.<\/p>\n target marketing\u00a0\u2013 choosing your clients and then going after them with whatever it takes to win them\u00a0\u2013 defines your practice and defines your firm. if you are what you serve, and to whom you serve it, then you’re better off hand-picking your clients than you are firing a load of buckshot and eating whatever it is that you hit. that’s why target marketing is better than mass marketing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" the 16-step plan to focus on landing one new client at a time. by bruce w. marcus professional services marketing 3.0 here\u2019s a little secret about accounting marketing:\u00a0it always comes down to selling the individual clients\u00a0\u2013 one by one. more … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1340,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2271,5],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-34836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marketing","category-outlook","tag-marketing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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