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Introduction to Database Marketing
Reg Gupton, [email protected] http://businesssuccessvideos.comhttp://www.growthseminars.com303.544.0340 office303.544.0358 fax
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Your Goals for today
My job is to reduce your stress and increase your profits!
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A quick self test
• Does your product require repeat purchases?
• Do you have multiple or related products for the same market?
• Do you upgrade periodically?• Do you sell high priced products?• Do you have average or high
margins?
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Marketing Cost Reduction
• Fact: marketing to existing customers is less costly than marketing to prospects
• Fact: you make money marketing to customers and lose money marketing to prospects.
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Your goal should be!
• Deliver the RIGHT message• To the RIGHT target market• At the RIGHT time• Via the MOST cost-efficient means.
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Marketing Fundamentals
• Marketing is the culmination of all the components, techniques, tactics and strategies utilized to promote the use of a product, person or service.
Not just print media advertising
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Marketing is not
A battle of products, people or services, it’s a battle of perceptions! For most people, perceptions are, or
becomereality!
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This I know!
• 50% of my promotion and advertising is wasted. I just don’t know which half.
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Marketing Elements
• Targeted• Continuous• Deliberate process• Repetitive• Measure responses• Marketing Mix
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What concept comes to mind?
• Crest• Mercedes• Volvo• Starbucks• Nordstro
m
•Cavity prevention•Engineering•Safety•Coffee•Service
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Why you need to have TOMA
• Today's buyer uses an information oriented decision process
• Gather information • Review alternatives • Choose one alternative • Evaluate the decision after the fact.
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When they bought
• 15% - Bought within the first three months • 24% - Bought within four to six months• 34% - Bought within seven to twelve
months• 27% - Bought more than twelve months
later
• Source: Chilton research
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What is a database?
• Automated rolodex• Puts contacts in group/categories• Maintains large amount of • information on each contact• Maintains history of contacts/notes• Will automatically run marketing
campaigns• Can send letters, cards, emails directly.
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A definition: Database Marketing
• An accountable form of marketing• based on detailed knowledge • of the target market• stored in a marketing database• used to drive targeted communications • thru a range of media • directly to customers and prospects.
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What are the benefits?
• Test ideas before full commitment• Target a niche market• Cost effective alternative to mass
media• Develop loyal customers and reward
them.
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How it flows
Customers Prospects
MarketingDatabase
Direct Marketing
Build Loyalty
Build Value
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What are the steps
• Collect names, addresses and e mails
• Collect additional marketing and demographic information
• Use to build loyalty and sales.
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How do I collect? Paper
• coupon responses• order forms• letters• inquiries• exhibition/trade show leads• sales/service records• questionnaires.
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How do I collect? Computer
• accounting system• sales order processing system• sales management system• mailing lists
• Purchased• In-house
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One contact won't get it
Even if you have identified a niche market and it is targeted, you must become of value and earn the right to a relationship.
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Stanford Research
• 6-9 contacts to be aware of what you do
• 16 contacts to be familiar with you• 20-24 contacts to consider you.
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Not a Courage IssueA time Issue
You have to increase your contact count by a factor of 9-20 before they even recognize what you do• Nordstrom 16 per/yr• Paper Direct 16 per/yr• L L Bean 20+ per/year
Take a Clue from these folks.
You don’t sell people Coke when they are thirsty
You sell it long before that
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Your most important asset
Great, educated, discriminating, loyal customers
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Your Most Fertile Field
• Current Clients/Customers• Past Clients/Customers• Friends/Acquaintances• New Customers.
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Your ideal customer??
• Demographics• who?
• Psychographics1
• why?.
1 The characteristics of an target audience based on its values, beliefs and attitudes.
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When need meets supply
Customer needYour product/service offering
A Sale
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Continuing dialogue
Capitalize on their lifetime value as customers
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Marketing to New Customers
• Direct Mail• Purchased Media
• T. V. & Radio• Magazines & Newspapers• Billboards & Bus Signs• Yellow Pages
• In Store Promotions• Word of Mouth.
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Marketing to past customers
• Direct mail(postcards, catalogs, letters)
• E mail• Phone• Print Media Advertising• In Store Promotions• Face to face.
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Be aware and afraid
Most low price leaders go out of business while trying to provide high levels of service.
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Nine steps to Technology Salvation
1 - Acquire the Software• Contact Manager- ACT, Goldmine, Top
Producer• Communication Software
•Winfax•Eudora •Access/Outlook• Internet Explorer
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How Do I Choose?
• Has the software been tested?• Are there any recommendations?• Is the documentation clear and complete?• Is there telephone support available?• Will it handle campaign marketing?• Is the developer a stable company?.
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2 - Acquire or Upgrade Hardware• Pentium IV or faster
• 512 megabytes of RAM (memory) minimum
• At least 30 Gigabyte hard drive
• Backup system (CD/tape)
• CD-ROM
• Modem w/Fax 56k baud and/or DSL line
• Color monitor
• Laser Printer 600 dot per inch
• Inkjet/wax Printer
Nine steps to Technology Salvation (cont.)
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Nine steps to Technology Salvation (cont.)
3. Assemble and enter your name listPast clients/customersFriends/familySphere of influence
4. Hire Strategic Consultant
5. Develop and order/print spaced-repetition contact pieces
6. Program quarterly phone calls to your name list
7. Write out your monthly mailing system8. Develop profitable Web Site9. Log all new customers/prospects.
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Is it a good investment?
• Hardware• $500-2,000
• Software• $500-2,000
• Training• $300-600
• Return on investment
3-5 times your money.
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Your touchstones for the future
• Supplier/Vendor of Choice• Focus on Actual Source of
Business• Use of the web
•e commerce•on line brochure
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Your touchstones for the future
• Automate your business with databases
• Target Marketing• Become Computer literate-Web/e mail• Understand your customers• Value-added vs. price• Use Relationship Marketing/Selling• Form strategic alliances.
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Your take aways for today
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Help is at hand
When you are ready to move forward and implement proven strategies that can help you utilize the techniques discussed, call before it is too late.
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