How to Market Your Small Business in 2014

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View this presentation as a free online webinar at: http://www.prescriptionsforonlinesuccess.com/register-small-business-recorded-webinar/ Learn core marketing concepts that will help you understand how to make your small business or organization be more effective online. From the 4 pillars of marketing success to tips to make your marketing mobile-friendly, you’ll learn how today’s marketing techniques, can help you grow. Small businesses and organizations need to be as effective as possible in their marketing efforts. But with so many different types of marketing activities to choose from, they often miss some of the important, core marketing concepts that will help them understand why those activities are so important and which ones would be the most effective for their unique situation. In this presentation, you’ll learn core concepts in online marketing and how a little bit of marketing knowledge can go a long way. You'll learn: What marketing in 2014, really is (and isn’t). How marketing has changed in the past 10 to 20 years in ways that benefit small businesses. How you must set goals and objectives for your marketing efforts. The 4 Pillars of Marketing Success – a framework that shows how different marketing activities all fit together, and can be easily implemented by small businesses. It’s ok to start small. Learn ideas for where to begin. Start to build a foundation of marketing knowledge today.

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How to Market Your Small Business in 2014

A framework for small businessesand organizations.

© 2014

Marketing has changed

Goals and objectives

4 Pillars of Marketing SuccessGet found (discoverability)

Nurture relationships, grow your lists,increase loyalty

Use campaigns that drive action

Analytics and decision-making

Next steps

Agenda

Marketing | Goals & objectives | 4 pillars | Next steps

MarketingYou have an advantageYou can be your authentic self

marketing

Marketing

At its core, marketing is abouteliciting a physical and measureable

response

Marketing

It’s pretty simple

1. Define an audience 2. Run a campaign that targets those people

3. Elicit a physical, measurable response

Marketing

Marketing has changed.

Find

Marketing then. Marketing now.

Convert

Keep

© Constant Contact 2012

Marketing

Engagement marketing

~10%Newbusiness

~90%Currentcustomers

Marketing

Engagement marketing

newbusiness

~90%Word of mouth

~10%New prospects

Newbusiness

Marketing

Engagement marketing

~9%Word of mouth

~1%New prospects

~90%Currentcustomers

Marketing

Engagement marketingis marketing for the other 99%

99%

Marketing

Engagement is the new word of mouth

20

Marketing

Small business marketing

isn’tColor schemes

Catchy slogans

Super Bowl ads

“Pretty” emails

Marketing

Small business marketing

isGetting

measureableresults

Delivering onyour promise

Nurturing relationships

Marketing | Goals & objectives | 4 pillars | Next steps

Goals & objectives

Marketing goals

new customers, donorsReach

repeat business, supportDrive

leads and relationshipsNurture

members, advocates, volunteersEngage

donations, revenueIncrease

Goals & objectives

Get more specific with objectives

donations this monthDrive

content to tradeshow leadsDeliver

seats on a SundayFill

Goals & objectives

Get more specific with objectives

seats on a SundayFill

Goals & objectives

Is it a good objective?Three questions to ask

Will achieving this objective help my business grow?

1 2

Is this objective attainable?

3

How will I measure it, ormy progress towards it?

Marketing | Goals & objectives | 4 pillars | Next steps

4 Pillars

Getting found & discoverability

Engage & nurture

relationships

Campaigns that drive action

Analytics & making

decisions

4 Pillars

Getting found & discoverability

Engage & nurture

relationships

Campaigns that drive action

Analytics & making

decisions

Mobile

Search & SEO

Social

ListingsOpen

4 Pillars

Getting found & discoverability

Engage & nurture

relationships

Campaigns that drive action

Analytics & making

decisions

Engagement marketing

List growth & management

Loyalty

PermissionCAN-SPAM compliance

THANKYOU

BonusOff

Mobile

Search & SEO

Social

ListingsOpen

Engagement marketing

List growth & management

Loyalty

PermissionCAN-SPAM compliance

THANKYOU

BonusOff

4 Pillars

Newsletters & Announcements

Feedback & Surveys

Offers & Promotions

Events & Registration

Getting found & discoverability

Engage & nurture

relationships

Campaigns that drive action

Analytics & making

decisions

Mobile

Search & SEO

Social

ListingsOpen

Results & reporting

Analytics – “so what?”

Adjustment and iteration

Hypothesis testing

Newsletters & Announcements

Feedback & Surveys

Offers & Promotions

Events & Registration

Engagement marketing

List growth & management

Loyalty

PermissionCAN-SPAM compliance

THANKYOU

BonusOff

4 Pillars

Getting Found & Discoverability

Engage & Nurture

Relationships

Campaigns That Drive Action

Analytics & Making

Decisions

?

Mobile

Search & SEO

Social

ListingsOpen

4 Pillars

Getting Found & Discoverability

Engage & Nurture

Relationships

Campaigns That Drive Action

Analytics & Making

Decisions

Newsletters & Announcements

Feedback & Surveys

Offers & Promotions

Events & Registration

Engagement marketing

List growth & management

Loyalty

PermissionCAN-SPAM compliance

THANKYOU

BonusOff

Results & reporting

Analytics – “so what?”

Adjustment and iteration

Hypothesis testing?

Mobile

Search & SEO

Social

ListingsOpen

Marketing | Goals & objectives | 4 pillars | Next steps

Next steps

This is important

Next steps

You can do this!

Next steps

Start where you areAnd where your customers andrelationships are.

SAVE!

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