Building Lasting Relationships via Marketing

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Building Lasting Relationships via Marketing Live Session Date: May 7, 2014 Time: 11am PT/ 2pm ET Presenter: Stephanie Redcross

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In your business, many of your biggest opportunities will come form the relationships you’ve built along the way. You know, that referral that helped you secure your biggest client. The recommendation that helped you get a 6-book deal. The email that started the flurry of paid speaking engagements. The social media endorsement that sent an insane amount of traffic to your website.. It can some times feel like these opportunities fall out of the sky, but often they are the result of building loyal and lasting relationships with customers, colleagues and key influencers. So, in this webinar we will discuss the benefits of identifying relationships that foster your long term business goals and how to become a influential leader, yourself to change someone else’s life or business in an extraordinary way. 

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Building Lasting Relationships via Marketing

Live Session !Date: May 7, 2014 !Time: 11am PT/ 2pm ET

Presenter: Stephanie Redcross

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Marketing Isn’t A Dirty Word

✓ Strategic In Nature!✓ Make A Commitment To Get

It Done!✓ Understand The Value!✓ Become A Standard Business

Practice

Dedicate At Least 10% Of Your Time Weekly To Relationship Building

Focus On The Relationship Marketing Is The Tool

✓ Increase Your People Skills!✓ Learn How To Help Others!✓ Understand Industry Trends!✓ Well Informed!✓ Collaboration Opportunities!✓ Enhance Personal Life

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Who To ContactStrategic Prospects

Community Leaders

Partnerships

• Wholesale & Distributors!• Target Customer List!• Individualized Support

• Promotions!• Adjacent Market!• Common Interest!• Growth Opportunity

• Target Market !• Local & Regional!• Industry Leaders!

Reliable Customers

People You’ve Met

Existing Relationship

• VIP/Above & Beyond!• Your Tribe (endorsers) !• Instrumental In Success

• Worked Together!• Live In Community!• Worked For You!• Non-Work Interaction

• Event & Classes!• Recommended We Talk!• Common Interest!

Identify People That Can Help You & You Can Help In A Significant Way

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Organizing Relationships

Who Is This Contact?

Potential!‣ Lead Type!‣ Lead Status!‣ Size Of Oppty!‣ Type Of Oppty

Experience!‣ Prospect!‣ Friend!‣ Free Service!‣ Customer

Interactions!‣ Met In Person!‣ Phone!‣ Online Chat!‣ Friend In Common

Industry!‣ Veg or Vegan!‣ Type Of Biz!‣ Skills/Expertise

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The Follow Up - Do’s & Don’ts

Don’t Limited Yourself To Email

1. Choose A Frequency - Establish a rhythm for followup with standard timelines like weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually!

2. Have A Reason To Connect - Birthday, special event, recent article published, etc!3. Always Provide Something Helpful - Include something that will be of value to the

person that you are contacting!4. Keep It Short, Don’t Ramble - The easier it is for your contact to read your email,

the more likely they will take the time to read it. !5. Be Timely! - Within 48 hours of any major event — meeting someone, book

launched, surgery, new baby, new job, etc !6. Plan Ahead - Create task, develop templates and set up tools to track information

about highly valuable relationships!7. 80/20 Rule - 80% of your follow ups, shouldn’t include anything sales related!8. Leverage Social - Check your contacts social media accounts before hitting send

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• Big Deals!• Large Scale Proposals!• Long-Term Partnerships!• New Opportunities!• Enter New Markets

Unlock Larger Opportunities

Don’t Chase The Money - Build Sustanability

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• Develop Your Database!• Integrated with Social Media

and Mobile Accessible!• Document Everything!• Track Deals & Proposals

The Tools

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Presenter: Stephanie Redcross

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✴ Initial Assessment Of Current Business Practices with Recommendations!✴Weekly To Do List & Deliverables!✴Weekly Meetings Including Training or Working Session [Screen Shares]!✴Online Training Videos!✴Email Question Support!✴Final Report with Weekly Accomplishments and Project Timelines For The New 3 Months

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