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Tipical Mistakes in Marketing

 
< P > T o p r e v e n t t h e r i s k s o f a p r o m o t i o n c a m p a i g n f o r o u r p r o d u c t s o r s e r v i c e s , I ' m t a l k i n g a b o u t e m a i l c a m p a i g n s , i t i s r e c o m m e n d e d t o s t u d y s o m e o f t h e m o s t c o m m o n m i s t a k e s t h a t c a n b e m a d e i n t h i s s i t u a t i o n : < / P > < P > 1 . T h e d e s i r e o f i m m e d i a t e s u c c e s s < / P > < P > L a u n c h i n g a p r o m o t i o n c a m p a i g n t h r o u g h e m a i l c a n b e c o m p a r e d t h e s i t u a t i o n i n w h i c h w e w a n t t o r e a c h t h e t o p o f a h i l l w i t h o u r c a r , s t a r t i n g f r o m t h e b a s e . I t i s o b v i o u s t h a t w e w o n ’ t s u c c e e d o n t h e f i r s t t r y a n d i t r e q u i r e s a l i t t l e m o r e t i m e u n t i l w e r e a c h t h e p r o p e r s p e e d . I n s o m e c a s e s w e g e t t o w o n d e r i f o u r c a r i s c a p a b l e o f s u c h a t a s k . I t t a k e s p a t i e n c e ! < / P > < P > O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , e x p e r t s s a y t h a t t h e o n l y v a r i a b l e t h a t i n f l u e n c e s t h e s u c c e s s o f a n y m a r k e t i n g c a m p a i g n i s “ t h e f o r c e o f t h e m e s s a g e ” . T h a t ’ s w h y a c a m p a i g n n e e d s t o b e f o c u s e d , f a i t h f u l t o t h e p r o m o t e d m e s s a g e a n d y o u n e e d t o a r m y o u r s e l f w i t h A L O T o f p a t i e n c e . < / P > < P > 2 . T r y i n g t o r e a c h a b i g g e r a u d i e n c e t h e n y o u r b u d g e t a l l o w s . < / P > < P > W h i c h w o u l d b e t h e r i g h t o p t i o n ? T o h a v e y o u r m e s s a g e r e a c h t h e w h o l e t a r g e t g r o u p a n d t o i n f l u e n c e o n l y 1 0 % o r t o h a v e y o u r m e s s a g e r e a c h o n l y 1 0 % o f t h e t a r g e t e d g r o u p b u t t o i n f l u e n c e a l l t h e m e m b e r s ? < / P > < P > T o u n d e r s t a n d b e t t e r h o w m a r k e t i n g e f f o r t s c a n g e t m o r e e f f i c i e n t t a k e a l o o k a t t h i s a n a l o g y : y o u r m e s s a g e i s t h e “ n a i l ” , r e p e a t i n g a c t i o n i s t h e “ h a m m e r ” a n d t h e c l i e n t i s a “ c h u c k o f w o o d ” . I f t h e “ n a i l ” i s s h a r p a n d t h e h a m m e r i s u s e d e f f i c i e n t l y y o u c a n p i e r c e t h r o u g h t h e c h u c k o f w o o d a n d c a t c h t h e c l i e n t . < / P > < P > O h w e l l m a y b e i t w a s n ’ t t h e r i g h t a n a l o g y b u t I ’ m s u r e y o u g o t t h e m e s s a g e ? < / P > < P > L e t ’ s m o v e o n . . . < / P > < P > 3 . T h e a s s u m p t i o n t h a t t h e b u s i n e s s o w n e r i s a l w a y s r i g h t o r “ k n o w s b e s t ” . T h e r e a r e s i t u a t i o n s i n l i f e ( l i k e f a m i l y e n v i r o n m e n t , p r o f e s s i o n , h o b b i e s ) , w h e n a r e a r e a l l e m o t i o n a l i m p l i c a t e d a n d w e r i s k t o l o s e o b j e c t i v i t y . T h e e x c e s s o f i n f o r m a t i o n r e l a t e d t o o u r c o m p a n y , t h e s e r v i c e s a n d p r o d u c t s w e o f f e r , m a k e s u s a n s w e r q u e s t i o n s t h a t a r e n e v e r a s k e d . < / P > < P > " W h e n y o u a r e c l o s e d i n a b o t t l e i t ’ s h a r d t o r e a d y o u r o w n l a b e l " . I n t h i s c a s e , t h e o p i n i o n o f a “ o u t s i d e r ” c a n h e l p . . b i g t i m e ! < / P > < P > 4 . U n f o n d e d c o m p l a i n t s < / P > < P > A l o t o f s e r v i c e p r o v i d e r s a r e c o m p l a i n i n g t h a t t h e y d o n ’ t i d e n t i f y c o r r e c t l y t h e r e q u e s t o f t h e i r c l i e n t s a n d t h e y e n d u p b y l o s i n g t h e m . I n t h i s s i t u a t i o n , i t ’ s b e s t t o b e s p e c i f i c i n y o u r p r e s e n t a t i o n , o f f e r s , i n t h e w a y y o u c o n d u c t y o u r b u s i n e s s b e c a u s e i t ’ s b e t t e r t o b e s p e c i f i c t h e n t o g e n e r a l i z e . < / P > < P > 5 . S e n d i n g s i n g l e e m a i l s i n s t e a d o f e m a i l c a m p a i g n s < / P > < P > J u s t l i k e R o m e w a s n ’ t b u i l t i n a s i n g l e d a y , o r l i k e f r i e n d s h i p d o e s n ’ t m e a n j u s t o n e d a t e , a s i n g l e a d v e r t i s i n g a d d o e s n ’ t p r o v i d e t h e i m p a c t o f a n e n t i r e a d v e r t i s i n g c a m p a i g n . W h i l e d e v e l o p i n g a a d v e r t i s i n g c a m p a i g n t h e r e n e e d s t o b e a c o n n e c t i o n , a l i n k , a l o g i c f l u i d i t y . A l l e m a i l s y o u s e n d c a n b e c o m p a r e d t o p i e c e s o f a p u z z l e g a m e t h a t r e p r e s e n t s y o u r c o m p a n y ’ s i m a g e . < / P > < P > 6 . O b e d i e n c e t o t h e u n w r i t t e n r u l e s . < / P > < P > Y o u c e r t a i n l y w a n t t o b e u n i q u e , d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e o t h e r s . I f y o u a c t l i k e i t , y o u c e r t a i n l y w i l l b e n o t i c e d . < / P > < P > 7 . I g n o r i n g t h e a d e q u a t e m o m e n t f o r s e n d i n g e m a i l s . < / P > < P > 8 . S e l e c t i n g t h e t a r g e t a u d i e n c e . < / P > < P > T h e f a c t t h a t t h e a d v e r t i s i n g m e s s a g e n e e d s t o r e a c h t h e d e c i s i o n f a c t o r s ( p e o p l e t h a t m a k e d e c i s i o n s ) o f a c o m p a n y d o e s n ’ t m e a n t h a t y o u r c a m p a i g n i s s u c c e s s f u l . T h e t r u t h i s t h a t , t h e b i g m a j o r i t y o f t h e d e c i s i o n s a r e p r e s e n t e d t o t h e p e o p l e w i t h i n t h e c o m p a n y : c o w o r k e r s , e m p l o y e e s , a n d s o o n . T h e y m a k e t h e d e c i s i o n s t o g e t h e r . < / P > < P > 9 . I g n o r i n g t h e w o r d s w i t h i m p a c t . < / P > < P > W o r d s l i k e : a g i l e , s m a r t , c u t e , c r e a t i v e , a r e j u s t s u r r o g a t e s f o r w o r d s l i k e : i n f o r m a t i v e , c r e d i b l e , m e m o r a b l e a n d p e r s u a s i v e . T h e n a m e o f t h e e - c o m m e r c e g a m e i s “ p e r s u a s i v e n e s s ” , i n f l u e n c i n g p o t e n t i a l b u y e r s t o r e a l l y b u y y o u r m e r c h a n d i s e . T h i s i s w h a t r e a l l y b r i n g s y o u m o n e y a n d s u c c e s s . < / P >
Author: Stefan D
 
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