Here are some idea starters to help you revive your business.
Send a survey to customers and employees. If possible, send the sales team out to get the score on your business performance. Find out what customers value most.
Ask yourself: "What is the news about our product?" People want to know the news.
Create news by devising a new application. Brainstorm the possibilities with us.
Discover the online implications for your industry; do online research to see what your competitors are up to.
Do reverse brainstorming. Make a list of negative attributes to serve as a basis for discussing improvements.
Think of your offering as the profits it offers the customer's business. Sell it as such.
Adopt a new service mark or slogan. Then make sure everyone knows it.
Introduce a contest. People love getting something for nothing. Have a drawing and then add the names submitted to beef up your database.
Remember how to REAP rewards:
Respect your clients. Customers today are better educated and more demanding. Stop seeing prospects as targets, and consider how you might best engage them. Your aim is to connect. One message probably isn’t enough. Respect differences.
Explore media opportunities or find an agency that is enthusiastic about doing so. The proliferation of media can be viewed by marketers either as an overwhelming maze or an exciting challenge. Choose the latter. Seek out new ways to advertise. Consider sponsoring a special event, advertising on video games or bus wraps, or participating in a trade show or convention of a group you are not familiar with. And what about SMS (short “text” messages) among staff, along with every other internet and telecommunications advance, to stay on top of your marketing mission?
Audit your marketing program– A marketing audit will enable you to: 1. Evaluate your current situation; 2. Identify marketing opportunities 3. List some marketing objectives, leading you to: 4. Outline strategies and action plans, and 5. Develop budget estimates. Those five items comprise a one-year marketing plan. See The Zer0-based Marketing Audit.
Provoke people, but in good ways. To stand out, don’t forget what people respond to: rhyme, alliteration, musical jingles, colors, and of course, your genuine concern. Pique their curiosity, evoke emotion, but DON’T manipulate. Remember, respect!