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Bottom-Up More Advantageous for Small Companies Characteristics, Pitfalls, Techniques and Conclusions Mi-Card** As A Value Medium, Magic Comes from Values Magic Directory and Magic Icon: DBCC, NYMTC, i800-Health, Online Shopping
Tactic and Strategic Thinking Behind Magic Marketing Solution Application of Magic Marketing to Promotion of Online Shopping
Creating Magic Information Card Building Online Shopping Business Community for Long term re;ationship
Conclusions
**Mi-Card -- Magic Information Card, An Extremely Effective Marketing Medium with ClickCall Benefiting the Business Community
Find Out What Customers Want and Give It to Them - Tim Cohn Peter Drucker's Definition of Marketing:"Marketing and innovation are the two chief functions of business. You get paid for creating a customer, which is marketing. And you get paid for creating a new dimension of performance, which is innovation. Everything else is a cost center." A General Definition of Marketing: The act or process of buying and selling in a market. Another Marketing Definition: The commercial functions involved in transferring goods from producer to consumer. Process Related Definition: The Traditional 4P and Customer Services Marketing Is A Strategy. Strategy Is Not Just A Goal but A Guided Direction. Strategy Can Only Succeed with A Plan - Al Ries and Jack Trout Marketing Is Like A War. The Larger the Army and the More Supply, the Greater the Advantage to Win the War Unless Someone Uses A Brilliant Tactic to Win A Crucial Battle And Then Win the War. Finding the Right Tactic Is The Only Alternative A Cash Scarce Business Can Do To Fight A Marketing War - Ifay Chang
Product, Price, Place (Distribution) and Promotion (Traditional 4P) Customer Services (Key Element for Keeping Customers/Market Share) Strategic Thinking, Segmenting the Markets (Businesses) and Targeting the People (Customers) Will Give You Competitive Advantages
Analyze and Determine What Customers Needs and Wants Investigate the Business Environment and Plan How to Serve Customers Needs and Wants Satisfactorily and Profitably Develop A Plan with Products and Services to Sell at What Price Via Which Distribution Channel with What Promotion and Advertising Means Implement A Tactic Plan Consistent with the Strategic Plan
Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up of Development of Marketing Strategy and Plan (See Figure Later)
Internet Is Challenging the Traditional Marketing Strategies Internet Is Increasing the Marketing Capabilities, Conceptually and Technologically The Changes Are in Specific Marketing Strategy and Tactics to Take to Implement the Strategy
Development of Strategic Plan to Implementation of Tactic Plan Is Still the Same process but Faster Feedback and More Dynamic Correction with Internet Leveraging on Internet Enters in Both Strategic Plan and Tactic Implementation Telemarketing (Internet Assisted), Email Direct Marketing and Internet (Web) Marketing and Advertising Exploited Because of Low Cost Recognition of the Value of World Wide Web for Business Processes Especially Marketing Internet Has Impact on Both Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches in Marketing
Marketing It Is Generally Better to Adopt the Bottom-Up Approach Especially for Small Businesses
Plan
Externally Oriented Aiming at Short Term Success Going to the Market to Find a Competitive Edge Coming back to HQ & Making Changes to Exploit the Edge Look for Information through Market Investigation
PR Through News Media, TV/Newspaper/Magazine Interview or Article Publications in Journals, White Paper, Product Brochures and Press Releases Seminar Presentations, Tradeshows and Networking Events TV, Radio and Print Advertising Brand Name and Product Promotion by Offering Free Samples or Gifts or Discount Coupons Web Site Marketing and Advertising Direct Marketing by Mail and Email Telemarketing Other Media Such As Bill Boards (Highway, Public Transportation, Public Space) Video/Audio Tape and CD
For Small Businesses, Most Items above Are Not Affordable Due to Capital Constraints On the Other Hand, Any Business Big or Small Must Do Marketing to Succeed Telemarketing and Direct Emailing Are Selected for Low Cost Not for Effectiveness
Characteristics
Limited Market Analysis and People Knowledge (Area Code) More Sales Oriented Than Promotion or Consulting (Little Value) Inexperienced Caller with Limited Product and Service Knowledge Random Selection of Numerous 15 Second Opening Lines Marketing Process Depersonalized Low Probability of Success ( P of Right Phone List x P of Right Person Answering Call x P of the Right Time to Call x P of Matched Interest in Product and Services = Small Number, Ps ) Must Offer Immediate Value Like Sales Discount and Promotional Gifts Unable to Engage in Broad Based Promotion or Positioning Under Tremendous Time Pressure to Conclude Pitch and Lead to Transaction or Follow-Up Most of the Time Annoyed or Alienated the Big Number (1-Ps ), Gain One Customer by Killing One Hundred Prospects
Pitfalls
Consultative Selling Instead of Product selling to Offer Value to Clients, Focus on Clients, Finding Needs Before Selling. Be Extremely Knowledgeable about Products and Related Questions Follow A Framework: Opening, Client needs, Product Info/Positioning of Ideas, Listen and Resolve Objections, Closing and Set Up Action or Follow-up Critical Skills: Presence, Relating, Questioning, Listening, Positioning, Checking Use Open-ended Questions Not Yes or No Questions Do Homework, Set up Objective, Concentrate (100%) on the Call Cold Call Is A Low Yield, Possibly Damaging, Marketing Method Telephone Is Still A useful Communication Device for Marketing and Sales but Need to Prime Prospects and Have the Right Real-time Environment, For Example, Online Web Browsing and Shopping Search for Value Offering Marketing Methods, More Discussion to Follow
Conclusions
Characteristics
Large List with Little Knowledge of People or Business Profile (Zip Code) Fixed Message or Canned Pitch Reply Not Accepted for Fear of Spam Backfire (Receives Million Returns) Evolving Into Email Newsletter Trying to Add Content Value Low Probability of Success ( P of Right Email List x P of Right Person Receiving Mail x P of Not Being Deleted x P of Matched Interest in Product and Services = A Very Small Number, Ps ) Can Not Offer Instant Contact When A Potential Customer Is Reached. No Way to Predict When Customer Will Contact Through What Means to Follow Up. Most of the Time the Email Is Deleted Creating A Bad Name among the Big Number (1-Ps )
Pitfalls
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Use Personal Name and Meaningful Subject Title to Avoid Filter Use Automated Emailing Tool with Rich Library and Framing Function Imbed Interesting and Relevant Links (More Info Value) Develop and Use Opt-in Mailing List Per Product Category Use Credible Referrals and Short-to-the Point Writing Schedule Timely Follow-Up Calls or Appointments Client Only Desires Content with Significant Value Action and Follow Up Difficult to Arrange and Expect by Mail Hot Leads May Turn Cold Since Mail Is Not Real-time Interactive Should Explore Multimedia Information Rich Medium with Hyperlink if Possible, For Example, CD (Better Yet Mi-Card See Discussion Later)
Conclusions
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You Got the Stores/Products/Services, You Offer Discounts/Coupons/Sales, How Do You Get Customers to Buy Online?
Understand Customers Values - Want To Make Informed Purchasing Decisions in a No-Hassle Way (Valuable Content, Utility Tools and Convenience) Use Web Call Icon to Provide Such Values and as A Convenience Tool Add True ClickCall Value to Directory with Clear Advantages Over Yellow Pages and Other On-line Directory to Get Shoppers to Use the Magic Directory, in Turn Engage Online Shopping Distribute Magic Information Card with Lots of Values, Multimedia & Interactive Communication, and Persistent Links and Future Hooks to Retain Customers Market Collectively Magic Marketing Solution Offers Value Marketing, The Magic Comes from Values. Collectively, More Values Can Be Offered hence More Magic Performed Place to Market (Distribution) Magic Information Card Creates Its Own Medium and Can Work Persistently and Synergistically with Business Web Sites to Maintain and Update Values and Draw Customers
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Conclusions
Magic Marketing Is An Innovative Solution with Effective Media and Components, Priced Extremely Competitive and Advantageous Over Any Other Marketing Solution. Magic Marketing Is Synergistic with Business Web Sites Hence Can Leverage the Internet Value. (ClikcCall Directories, Persistent Links and Utility Values) Many Existing Values Perceived by Customers Can Be Easily integrated into a Concept Offering (For Example, Contents, Directories and Merchant Offerings for Promoting The MWS Online Shopping Mart Collectively) Its Simple to Implement, Low Budget, Tractable (via Online Interaction) and Continuous and Persistent in Building a Long Term Customer Relationship Recognizing the Magic Marketing Solutions Are Building and Binding Business Communities Where Merchants Can Market Their Products and Services Cost Effectively and Customers Can Have Value and Convenience to Perform Informed Purchasing Decisions. in The Present Hard Time, the Magic Marketing Solution Is a Survival Solution for All Businesses. Do Browse the Pages Which Describe the Magic Marketing in Action for MWS Online Shopping Mart, Click here.
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