Most entrepreneurs start their business with great enthusiasm. There are many sacrifices made to start and grow’s activities, it focuses attention on every detail, from production to packaging, from pre-sales service after-sales service. Unfortunately, a large proportion of entrepreneurs is focused on short sale real and poses the following questions: how to sell the product, which proposes to offer commercial customers, such as raising awareness of the product and the company. In short, it pays little attention to planning an effective marketing strategy.
Regardless of the size of your company, your marketing strategy has to do with all the ideas and techniques to use with your clients to know and buy the product.
At this point you’re wondering how to plan an effective marketing strategy, and here we list some tips to get started:
- Establish sales targets: Plan sales targets for the short, medium and long term. Obviously not enough to want to sell now and then, the goals must be realistic and objective. Also should be studied so as to enable you to assess both the human resources (sellers) and the promotional activities undertaken.
- Establish the necessary resources to achieve goals. Once you have defined objectives, it is necessary to quantify the necessary resources (human and financial) to achieve those goals. It is therefore necessary to plan a budget to promote and publicize the activities in order to attract potential customers.
- Review your progress monthly. As part of normal sales activities should monitor progress monthly. If for example you have 3 and each trader has monthly sales target 10 should be monitored monthly to achieve the target. This assessment will allow you to have the situation under control and to face the market quickly if sales differ greatly from the objectives. Obviously, this process contemplates that the seller is enabled to be able to sell the product (offers, brochures, etc.).
What resources are available?
In order to develop a good marketing strategy needs to consider the use of resources that will enable you to achieve sales targets:
Market Report
This involves the application of marketing techniques in place to determine what customers are looking for, where you are looking for, where to find it, what is their buying behavior and consumption, etc.. Etc…
Advertisement
Advertising is an important tool to attract the attention of your customers. There are many ways and means to get publicity (newspapers, radio, TV, internet, etc…) Some more expensive than others, some more successful than others.. However, it is said that half expensive is necessarily the most effective for your product.
It ‘s very important to the message transmitted, how it is transmitted and product details to highlight. This is why contact with professionals can help you choose an effective message that reflects not only on sales but also on product recognition.
Business Contacts
They have to do with human relationships that revolve around your business. They are needed to strengthen and to publicize your business. Thanks to the “contact” you can build alliances, find clients, suppliers and find helpful information.
Public Relations
Public relations should be part of the strategy. Through Public Relations will have the opportunity to present your product / service to the media? Periodically prepare press releases to be sent to the media, someone might give way to your company and attract consumers’ attention on you.