Marketing Strategy: New Tools, Old Rules. by Bambi Gordon

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With a stack of new communication tools marketers still need to focus, in the first instance, on strategy. A well crafted marketing strategy will make it much easier to choose the best new tools and traditional media to promote your business. This slideshow supports a presentation given at the Brew Small Business Expo South Australia. www.thewoo.com.au

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Strategic marketing:

New ToolsTools | Old RulesRules

Perception is more

important than reality

The market is spoiltspoilt for choice

And so are the marketersmarketers.....

Consumer magazines 1990 = 417Consumer magazines 2008 = 1100

"Mobile-phone "Mobile-phone marketing today is marketing today is where Internet where Internet advertising was in advertising was in 1996 -- it's about to 1996 -- it's about to take off...take off...There are already more mobile phones in use worldwide than televisions and computers put together."

Point of sale

All this stuff is just the new tools All this stuff is just the new tools that we can use to communicatethat we can use to communicate

All this stuff is just the new tools All this stuff is just the new tools that we can use to communicatethat we can use to communicate

The old

rules still

apply

1964 Competition entry forms & barrel

Media conference at Essendon Airport

Special edition promo newspaper

A-frame walkers

On pack promotion – Streets Ice Creams

Hot air balloon stunt

Whatever the tool you need to Whatever the tool you need to know how to use it....know how to use it....

Whatever the tool you need to Whatever the tool you need to know how to use it....know how to use it....

Strategy• An overview - what you have to achieve to get

to your goal• Far reaching, broad

Strategic thinking• Focused – VS Scatter gun• Pro-active – VS Re-active• Determined/Decided - VS Ad hoc

Rule number onenumber one

It’s not about you

Age

Lifestage

Demographics

Values

Beliefs

Personality

EmploymentIncome

Role

FriendsFamily

InfluencesMedia

PastimesInterestsHobbiesPolitics

??

• Ask• Research• Internal data• External data• Watch• Listen

Rule

2

It’s not aboutyour product or service

It’s about what it MEANS....Not just what it IS

"In the factory we make cosmetics…

In the store we sell hope"

Product focused

Customer focused

What is the unfulfilled desire that

your product

fills?

RULE 3

It’s not about what you know…. it’s about what they think

In the of your customer

What is the Position of your product?

Where are your competitors?

What is the word you want to own?

Safe car VolvoToothpaste

ColgateDog food

Pal

Safest airline? Number one TV? Hamburgers?

Fun airlineVirgin

Once you have the:

1. Who (your target)2. What (your

product)3. How (your position)

| the strategy |

Your marketing plan will fall into place.......

Promote

• Branding• Advertising• Promotion• Communication

Bambi GordonThe Woo• marketing training for small biz owners M: 0418 47 97 35

Credits....Mobile phone quote: Michael Baker, President, Enpocket,

Digital ad revenue figures: Advertising Age,

May, 2008

PICS: Dreamstime.com

Consumer magazines:Sunday Life, Sept, 08

Hope Quote: Charles Revson, Revlon

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