You have unique set of needs that are custom to your industry and the brand you have built.
As a business owner, you are the janitor, the CEO and the marketing team 24/7.
You’re busy working IN the business and don’t really ever have a chance to work ON the business.
Referrals are awesome, but you can’t just sit and wait for your next customer. You need to share your story in the right place, at the right time, to the right people. Your organization needs a solid marketing foundation to keep new customers coming in. We call this Brand Amplification.
Marketing your business doesn’t have to be complex or mysterious. We’ll walk alongside you to find natural, engaging ways to expand your reach and keep a constant flow of new business coming in month after month.
Success cannot be measured without defining what it looks like for your organization. To use a gross marketing term (yuck), these are KPIs or Key Performance Indicators. We’ve found that these are the major areas of focus for every brand, but they look different in execution from client to client:
Awareness (Likes, Follows, Traffic)
Engagement (Comments, Shares, Re-posts)
Education (Read, Watch, Listen)
Retention (Receive Perks & Surprises, Support, Education)
Contribution (Reviews & Feedback, Referrals, Return Purchase)
You can waste precious energy and resources if you’re talking to a wall. We need to define which channels your tribes are already engaged on, then start to build conversations there. Your channels might include some of the following:
Medium
Automation isn’t the devil, but it also isn’t a silver bullet. There’s a balance to be kept between automating the process for ease and consistency, and staying human and connected. People know when they are speaking to a robot, so we approach everything from a “strategy first, technology second” frame of mind. We use these tools to help:
Zapier
Social Report
Outgrow
The common misconception is that a social post is a social post. Share a picture and you are done. This couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s SO MUCH that you can do to interact with your tribes, but you need to figure out which aligns to your KPI and current resources. These include:
Quizzes, Polls, and Questionnaires
Educational Material
Assessments
Photography and Videos
Reviews & Case Studies
Marketing (simplified for your enjoyment) is essentially this:
Try some shit, measure the success of the shit, adjust the shit, then try some new shit.
There’s no magic formula that guarantees a knock out of the park on the first try. Sometimes it takes a month or two to get into a groove and find your voice. But we do know this: Doing SOMETHING is 1000% better than doing nothing.
Consistent marketing builds recognition and trust, and in-turn, builds your brand.
WE LEAD BRANDS INTO BRAVERY.
Brave Little Beast is a strategy-first branding agency located in Columbus, Ohio. We help businesses find their magic through clear strategy, brilliant design, and simple amplification.© 2019 BRAVE LITTLE BEAST. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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