Strategy at a Million Miles a Minute Katie Mayes, director of marketing services Ashley Martin, client manager
Where do I start?
Who has time for an audit? That doesn’t sound like fun.
**Plus, isn’t marketing supposed to be fun!**
When do I need to do an audit?
OLD Engineering pieces from Michael
NEW Engineering pieces from Michael
Goals versus Objectives You mean they aren’t the same thing? Oy!
Goal: to raise awareness about my program Objective: to increase inquiries 25 percent over the next six months
What are you trying to accomplish? Publicizing an event? Filling a new program’s roster? Developing a year-round branding campaign?
Who am I talking to?
Things to consider: age, race, gender, interests, likes/dislikes, media habits psychographic demographic geographic
Demographics Male 60+ Married $60,000+ annual income Psychographics Golfer Moderate Republican Lifetime member of the NRA Ice fisherman
Demographics Female Single Less than $20,000 annual income Psychographics English major who loves Shakespeare (Juliet, anyone?) Spends online $300/month at ModCloth.com (vintage clothing website) Tweets all day, every day Posts often to GoodReadS
How do you find out what your audience likes and/or responds to?
The step skipped by most:
Measurement = Control Being able to prove what works allows us to manage our workload and, ideally, stop doing what doesn’t work.
Strategy: Targeting Prioritize audiences Consider communication pathways and touchpoints Develop media mix
Strategy: Positioning Answer: Why go to your event over another? Why choose your program over another? Why care?
Strategy: Messaging Creative solution to positioning Prioritize facts and figures Fuel your objectives with words and visuals
Visual – the look and feel Virtual – online presence Verbal – not just words Video – not effective for all audiences Venue – getting out into the world
Owning the process We work together
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