Monthly Archives: January 2011

Marketing is about you not me

So What!?

This was a lesson I learnt shortly after launching Coo Marketing. I don’t want to sound arrogant but I was really proud of my corporate career and I was really excited to finally be turning my attention to my number 1 passion – helping smaller business build brands.

I wanted to shout from the roof tops about my academic achievements, My First Class Degree & Masters in Marketing & my Chartered Institute of Marketing Post Grad Diploma. I ended up droning on about how many millions of pounds I had added to the household brands I had worked on for international businesses and how all this information was now available to smaller businesses….

Then it hit me square in the face like a big sloppy fish. Nobody really cared! Well that’s not quite true (& I love all of you who listened to me waffle on)…but I am the first to admit I had been whipped up into a frenzy of talking about “me me me” when all people wanted to hear was what was in it for them. If you like marketing jargon, think of it as a radio station called “WIN-FM”. What Is In It For Me & it’s an important station to tune into.

Think of your customers. It does not matter if you sell sausages, satellites, solicitor services or salamanders….you need to explain to your customers what is in it for them rather than falling into the trap I did. This will make your customers be at the very heart of your business – just where we like them!

The moral of is this. Make your business “You You You” not “Me Me Me”. If you would like to hear about my background including stories about throwing vodka and coke around a room full of directors of the biggest UK companies – I’d love to chew your ear ;) ….but until then this blog is for you.

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Claire


Why I give away free marketing information

Tomorrow I have been invited to speak on a webinar about the benefits of marketing to less people with niche marketing. It is completely free to join but I have had a number of people ask me why I would give away valuable information free of charge so what better way to explain than with a quick blog…

The first reason is a (potentially sickly) genuine one. I love marketing! I love helping businesses get to grips with it. I love watching businesses grow. I decided to specialise in marketing many years ago and I now enjoy helping business owners that have not submerged themselves in strategies for business growth as much as I have.

The second reason is a hard commercial one because free information is a very good marketing tool! People are sceptical. People need to know you before they will buy. You need to work with people who like you and trust you so what better way than build up trust than with a free taster of what you are all about?

So there is the truth. Free marketing tips act as bait. They give you a flavour of how I work. Same principle as the tasters you are offered while you do your weekly shop.

Can you think of ways that you could give free tasters or free trials of your products or service so that you can break down the barriers? Works for me, so could work for you too…

And on that subject, why not take a sample. No pressure, just free information to help you grow your business. What have you to loose?

Get free marketing tips by registering at http://www.coomarketing.co.uk/ or if you are quick, free webinar access to learn why marketing to less people will bring in more profits at http://bit.ly/gArJjh

After all, free is the best price of all!

Enjoy,

Claire


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