The view from the frontline
Steven WibberleyBritish Lung Foundation
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About us…
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Support
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Research
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Campaigns
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• Established a trading company – BLF Services:
• Income of around £220,000 per year
• Two main product lines..
Our trading company
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Self management publications
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Campaigns and events
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Money…
Priorities…
Change…
Culture…
Challenges selling to the NHS
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This isn’t…
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Purpose
Product
People
Policy
Promotion
Price
Going back to basics
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• Why are we doing this?• Relationship with charitable activity• To make money or to deliver services?
Purpose
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Product – a new development process
Ideas Develop Concept
Market strategy
Market testing
Marcomms and
Launch
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• Who are (could be) our customers?• Historic purchasing• Their needs• Their budgets• Purchasers and beneficiaries
People – understanding our customers
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Policy – use as a lever
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• Segmented, multichannel strategy• Good evaluation and monitoring• Build on word of mouth• Challenge of general practice
Promotion
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• Understand our costs• How price sensitive is the market?• …but we are a charity
Price
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Purpose
Product
People
Policy
Promotion
Price
Going back to basics
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