Research is vital to the success of your marketing campaigns. You need to know who your competitors are, what they are doing to take some of the market share, what your target market responds to and is actively looking at, and then you need to know what avenues are available for you to use within your marketing campaign so you choose the right methods to market your business effectively.
Competitor Research |
Knowing who your competitor is vital to the success of any marketing campaign. We research your top 5 competitors; we look at their marketing campaigns, what they do well, what they do badly and what you can mimic. |
Target Market Research |
It is important to define your target market/s (you may have more than one). By defining these groups we are then able to build campaigns that target these groups specifically. The broad brush approach just doesn't work. Refine, niche and promote. We will investigate what the people in these groups do, where they go, what they read, how they travel and report back to you. |
Advertising Research |
Knowing where to advertise and what advertising options you have is important. Some of the advertising you are doing may not be yielding results and there may be a good reason for this, we will research the avenues you could take and report back with costs and media kits for later discussion at the Marketing planning stage. |
Keyword Research |
Keywords help your website to be found, we will work out what keywords your competitors use, which ones you should use and provide you with a report of suggested keywords and key phrases to use in the web copy and within your Google adwords campaigns. |
Website Analysis |
Your competitor’s websites are what is stopping your website from getting hits, if they are taking the lion share we need to find out why. We will look at your website and compare it to your top 5 competitors. We look for the functionality of website, ease of navigation, use of keyword rich copy, use of meta tags and descriptions, call to action, and ease of how to contact you. |
Online Directories |
You need to ensure your business is listed in all of the well respected online directories and in some of the specialised ones for your industry. We will locate the directories and give you a report of which ones we feel you should be in and what you need to say on each one. We will also look at some good and relevant paid directories and add them to the Marketing Plan for consideration before finalizing the plan for action. |
Networking opportunities |
Networking works, we will locate all of the opportunities that exist near you and send you a list with costs to join and how often they meet. |
Tradeshows |
Exhibiting at Trade shows can be worthwhile of you go to the right ones, that are well organised and you follow up every single lead afterwards. We will compile a list of tradeshows worth considering in your marketing campaign. |
TV |
TV works for some small businesses, regional TV can be great if done properly. We can develop a list of TV stations you could appear on and find out the rates to advertise. |
Radio |
Radio is great for small business, both community and commercial radio can have a positive impact on your business. We can compile a list of stations to consider and get some quotes for a specific campaign and duration. |
What your Sales Team need |
Your sales Team will need very specific items to be able to get the potential client excited. These may include things like forms, marketing material, spec sheets and samples. We will work with your sales team and even go out on one sales meeting with them to identify the areas that need to be improved and how we can make it happen on a marketing level. |
Customer Surveys |
Your existing loyal customers buy from you for a very good reason, its important to know why they keep coming back so we do not change it and we keep doing it - only better. We will survey your top 10 customers and ask them for their feedback then report back to you with our recommendations for ongoing sales and marketing support. |