Needs assessment: methods, methods and examples
What is the need assessment important for? The need for market performance is an important piece of information The assessment of needs therefore plays a central role in the management of companies. Methods and procedures for determining requirements Identification of long-term needs for corporate orientation In order to determine the long-term market need for a …
Reach and Target Customer Focus
If you want to market your service, you need reach with your marketing activities. Reach is achieved primarily through advertising, public relations and optimisation of your online presence. Target customer focus Activity is good. But because marketing costs money, you should avoid wastage. So the reach should not be arbitrary, but should be focused on …
Inbound marketing: definition, measures, literature
How do I attract customers to my business? One way is to simply wait for customers to randomly come into the store and buy. This is what spiders do with their webs. The effect could be improved by adding an attractive store window to the store. Similarly, a web-based store will have an attractive website …
Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
What is SEM? The goal of website operators is to direct as many users as possible to the website. This can be achieved if the website ranks as high as possible in the search engine results output. SEM is the abbreviation of search engine marketing and includes all measures for search engine optimization of websites …
In a multi-level sales approach, you as a manufacturer can not only support your resellers directly, you can also target their buyers and channel them to your resellers. What large branded companies do with their television advertising, medium-sized companies can also do. You attract end customers to your resellers (pull marketing). There are ways to …
Print Marketing or Online Marketing
When planning direct marketing, the question always arises as to whether you are more likely to reach your customers via print and more likely online. You’ve probably asked yourself the same question. Print is usually expensive. If you want to send , there are costs for printing, possibly also for envelopes, but in any case …
What is affiliate marketing?
An option for inbound marketing that was also practiced before the availability of the Internet, but has become widespread due to the Internet, is affiliate marketing. As a manufacturer, service provider or retailer, you look for cooperation partners who have a connection to your target groups and have these cooperation partners refer you. The cooperation …
Classic public relations work
Unlike advertising, public relations (PR) allows you to inform the stakeholders around your company and position your brand and corporate identity (CI). With PR you can win over opinion leaders and influencers in the public for your company, but you can also promote the loyalty of your employees to your company. PR clearly distinguishes itself …
Website and SEO: Organic reach via search engines
Your website is your business card on the Internet. People who have met you can find out about your brand and your offer on your website. But your website should also be used to attract new contacts. To do this, it must be referred to in the places where your target customers move around the …
Outbound marketing simply explained
Outbound marketing allows you to communicate with prospects whose contact information you already have and are allowed to use. Implement a double opt-in process to have prospects approve the use of contact data. Grow the list of approved contact data as a repository for your (“Earned Customer List”). The more you know about your prospects …