PrintStop @ Backbone Marketing

 

Get some BACKBONE in your MARKETING

Struggling to get clients in the door February-25-2010

 

The first place to go for new business is your existing customers.

Don't know who  your existing customers are?   Then you should - ask us about referral programmes and loyalty schemes....

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 Here is how we can help your business...

We have a range of programmes & modules which can be matched to your business. It's important for us

to find out as much about your business up front so that we can work with you to implement strategies that

make the biggest difference. These modules or work books are easy to follow and will be a valuable resource

for you.   

Business Strategy 

This module concentrates on the unique selling proposition (USP) and the team of people required to deliver on that promise. It helps the business clearly define (or redefine) their USP and ensure that it is tied to every aspect of their business. Therefore your clients will clearly understand why they do business with as opposed to your competitors. 


Getting More of the Right Customers

This module concentrates on defining a target market and gives strategies on how to reach that market. We show you how to write effective copy and sales letters as well as how to design print ads that really work.  It covers telemarketing, phone skills and scripts.  Joint ventures and referrals are also covered in depth.  This module contains enormous amounts of information, strategies and examples that we work with you to implement. 


Getting the Most Out of Your People

This module focusses on how to develop a performance benchmarking system for your team as a method of getting the most out of your people. It is an 8 step process based on your business strategy and gives an effective process for defining, measuring and creating your benchmarks and key performance indicators. It also covers how to incorporate reviews and rewards. This module contains the templates needed to put this process into practice as well as giving practical examples. 


How to Turn Lookers into Buyers 

This module talks about handling different types of enquires including phone calls, walk-ins and promotional events.  It also covers the important aspect of outbound communication including phone scripts, quoted, mail outs and internet.  It shows an effective 6 step process on how to handle enquiries as well as providing sample scripts and quotes.

The use of Guarantees and how they alone can be the mechanism to turn your looker into a buyer is also a practical part of this module.  It also looks at why a sale wasn’t converted so that a solution can then be incorporated into the strategy for handling the enquiry.  


Image and Branding

This module defines image and branding and their relevance to a business. It also defines their differences and gives a comprehensive process for defining the image and brand of a business in relation to customer service standards, customer relationship standards and physical standards. Brand promotion is also covered in detail. This module is a simple and effective approach to an often difficult and costly exercise. 


Increasing the Average Sale Value 

This module covers in depth up-selling or cross-selling techniques as well as explaining in detail the power of packaging. By increasing average sale value, the business will make more money or can make the same amount of money by serving fewer customers. We help you put in place systems in your business to make this happen.   


Increase the Number Of Times Your Customer Buys

This module shows you how to calculate the value of a customer and explains how to set up a strategy for back-end selling including direct mail, email, faxing and telemarketing. It also looks at the value of loyalty programs and affiliate programs and how all of these can lead your customer to buy more often which has a direct impact on your businesses profits.

 


Increasing the Profit Per Sale

This module shows how to calculate the gross and net dollar profit per sale as well as the gross and net percentage profit per sale. The more profit that is made from each sale, the more that can be put towards covering operational costs, or a higher personal income for the owner as well as making more money available for re-investing to ensure future growth and development. It specifically looks at the simple yet very effective strategies of price increases (including how to successfully differentiate products) and cost reduction.

 


One Hour Business Plan

This module is a great starting point for a business that doesn’t have a current business plan in place. An integral part of this exercise is the SWOT analysis. This 1 Hour Plan defines all the essentials of the business in a concise and simple manner and best of all only takes a short time to complete. 


Systems

This module is extremely comprehensive and shows how to identify, document, test, teach, update, control and track and measure your systems. It also includes a large list of systems that can be taken and used as part of the strategic business development.  


Winning the Customer’s Heart

This module looks at the cost of getting and keeping a customer and how you can retain more custmomers by introducing a great customer care program.  It also defines the difference between customer care and customer experience and has worksheets that can be used as templates. You’ll also find 15 ways to nurture existing customers and 11 extreme customer care initiatives that can be applied to any business wanting to keep customers coming back. 

 

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