VOLUME III
Question 56. What’s holding you back from doing more and better consistent marketing? ....................1044
Question 57. What would make your current marketing strategy more effective?...................................1064
Question 58. Do you know what the highest and best performing marketing approaches you have
available are and how they are best used? ......................................................................................1081
Question 59. Do you continuously repeat successful market sales/lend generating activities on a
systematic scheduled basis..............................................................................................................1082
Question 60. How often do you send clients interesting information that is not about your product
but could be relevant to them or their business? If often---example of what you include. .............1082
Question 61. Do you or your people contact every active and inactive client at least once every 3-
6 months?........................................................................................................................................1082
Question 62. Do you know what your attrition rate is? If so, do you have programming in plan to
reduce or eliminate? List perspective. ............................................................................................1082
Question 63. Do you have your database segmented by category, products, geography, and etc? ..........1082
Question 64. How often do you follow-up with each category of buyer/prospect? Every day,
week, month or year?......................................................................................................................1082
Question 65. How often is your company in touch with clients as a corporate initiative, not
something that depends on the mood or skills of an individual rep? ..............................................1082
Question 66. Describe the company’s overcoming marketing philosophy...............................................1082
Question 67. What is your own true attitude toward marketing? .............................................................1082
Question 68. Do you use advertising tactically or strategically: give example? ......................................1082
Question 69. Do you have a PR effort? If so, what does it consist of? How often do you do it?
How does it work? What benefit have you accepted? ....................................................................1082
Question 70. Describe your direct-mail efforts? Type, frequency, objective, and results. .......................1082
Question 71. Do you use my three ways to grow a business model? If so, describe each category
of what you do. ...............................................................................................................................1082
Question 72. Do you have a regular scheduled hours of communication, e-mail, newsletter,
monthly update letter and etc.? .......................................................................................................1082
Question 73. How do clients perceive your company among everyone else in the industry? ..................1082
Question 74. How do clients perceive your products/services/sales people and marketing? ...................1082
Question 75. Do you have a database? If so, describe all the ways you use it for ongoing
marketing purposes.........................................................................................................................1082
Question 76. Where does most of your business come from? (Products or services, types of
customer and geography industry.).................................................................................................1082
Question 77. Describe every successful advertising, selling or marketing program you have
engaged in for the last three years that has worked. Indicate whether you’ve repeated it
continuously....................................................................................................................................1082
Question 78. Do you have a marketing budget? What is it? How is it allocated? How has it been
used in the past?..............................................................................................................................1082
Question 79. Do you understand maximum allowable cost factor as it relates to lifetime
value/marginal net worth of a client?..............................................................................................1082
Question 80. What-strategic alliances, if any, do you have or have you ever had in place? How
did they fare and how did they affect your business? .....................................................................1082
Question 81. Who stands to gain more than you if you grow, i.e., people who have products or
services that are purchased after your products or services arc purchased, or concurrent to
the purchase service, etc.?...............................................................................................................1082
Question 82. What are this year’s strategic goals? ...................................................................................1082
Question 83. What is the marketing philosophy that your business has been built on? ...........................1082
Question 84. What people, what books, what other factors have influenced and impacted you the
most about marketing?....................................................................................................................1082
Question 85. Explain where all your marketing effort, time and money is being spent versus
where it should be spent..................................................................................................................1082
Question 86. How much of your business comes from referrals? How much from advertising?
How much from direct sales? .........................................................................................................1082
Question 87. Go through all 30 of the standard options in the “Three Ways to Grow a Business
Model” and tell me how many you do and each one has favor and how........................................1082
Question 88. Describe your marketing positioning: .................................................................................1082
1. $ (2)
2. A clear understanding of how to construct a coordinated (force X) strategic
program.
3. A combination of no support from upper management with regards to implementing
a marketing strategy (they are very old school) and no funds given in the areas of
marketing tactics.
4. A comprehensive, strategic plan.
5. a continual guidance and coaching, instant response when we have challenges
6. A disorganized mind. Scarcity of time to relax and start reading/learning.
7. A lack of resources and specific knowledge in how to create an effective marketing
campaign tailored to my target audience. I have the basis for it from your programs
but I don’t have the mechanics of it.
8. A lack of time. Since I don’t yet have a large infrastructure and don’t have any
employees, I have to postpone the implementation of many of my ideas. I also
have an aversion to bureaucracy.
9. A more detailed plan with the content of the plan along with the funding to
implement the plan
10. A patent application completed and filed.
11. A sound overall strategic plan for the business and marketing – then more
knowledge, more skill and much more persistent (& effective) action.
12. A system.
13. A template of a marketing model. Knowing how to put it all together for my unique
needs.
14. Ability to burn more money testing
15. Actual pen to paper and diligence to carry through
16. Actually nothing. I am preparing the arsenal during my planning stages. Probably I
would need more time.
17. after progressed this far with this test, I have to say a solid marketing strategy. I
must admit, though, that I do not have marketing knowledge, yet.
18. All three of us are running more than one business but over the next months are
pulling out of them to concentrate on this one.
19. An organized, customized plan to follow.
20. apathy
21. As above, a detailed step by step system that can be individualized and applied to a
business for a good price and guarantee.
22. As the Director/Doctor of the practice my attention is often diverted to other areas
that either require my time or attention. It is the old problem of working in the
practice, instead of on the practice.
23. As the only sales and marketing person at our small company, my time is spread
very thin. I also manage projects, maintain our website, cold call prospects, go to
meetings with clients, and much more. We hope that a couple of decent-sized sales
1. $
2. 1st, we need to have a true, documented, and mutually accepted corporate
marketing strategy for the China and Asia markets. As I’ve stated, today we don’t.
Each of our independent business units have, in significantly varying degrees, their
own unique marketing strategy. To have a regional corporate strategy, when then
is fed into each business unit strategy, is absolutely essential, and is the single key
most important action (and is now underway). 2nd, as also stated before, a unified
branding strategy in the China market is essential to give our company a solid and
respected brand name recognition.
3. A bigger budget.
4. A brochure or pamphlet or letter that explained the seminar options
5. A clearly defined USP and benefits
6. A clearly-articulated strategy that becomes part everything the company does and
that is pursued consistently, with discipline and a long-term perspective.
7. A complete, formalized plan for all customers.
8. A comprehensive marketing plan and regularly scheduled time set aside for it.
9. A concise passionate statement of the way of Marketing for the staff and leadership.
A grid to judge my efforts by
10. A dedicated marketing person on staff
11. A deeper understanding of strategy. How to fully develop it, from master business
strategy, to master marketing strategy, to command strategies, etc.
12. A demonstrable plan of action I could do myself, with printed materials already
designed.
13. A focus of presentation; integration of materials; a systematic approach
14. A formal plan and schedule so I’m always marketing, not just when I need additional
work.
15. A Good sound program.
16. A good testing method for every thing I’m doing.
17. A higher commitment on my part as owner and someone to keep me more
accountable for results.
18. A little extra finance and employment of a marketing co-ordinator
19. A lot of things. Planned system for implementing.
20. A magic pitch that will make the client take action.
21. A marketing expert working IN the company.
22. A more cohesive approach where all tactics support each other and our overall
strategy.
23. A more concise/clear strategy
24. a more in-depth study of possible competitors in the wider area we intend servicing.
Better market segmentation of the prospective client base in order to adapt to each
segment’s specific requirements.
25. A more integrated approach
125. Consistently measuring our selling systems effectiveness and improving it.
126. Consistently spending the time planning and implementing.
127. Continual experimentation and improvement of how I do things.
128. Continued efforts to make contacts. Improved advertising.
129. Continuous deployment
130. creating it
131. Creating it in a form easily understood and easy to implement
132. Creating one would be the first step
133. Credibility (references)
134. Define a strategic plan based on identifiable goals and execute the necessary
tactics to make it happen.
135. Define a strategy
136. Defining a strategy.
137. defining the strategy and implementing consistently
138. Delegate certain task to key people and take small steps each day.
139. Delegation
140. Detailed market research.
141. Develop a comprehensive strategic plan.
142. Developing a cohesive strategy, deciding on tactics, testing and follow-through.
143. Developing a plan and utilizing several tactics at a time to cover a broader spectrum
of prospects and income production.
144. Developing a strategy would help.
145. Developing better systems and applying them
146. Devote more time more compelling offers to potential existing customers. better
referral system internet marketing improved pricing strategy
147. Devote more time to it
148. Devote more time, creativity and dollars to it.
149. Devoting more time to marketing and learning more about the Jay Abraham
methods.
150. Devoting the time necessary to do the real planning that is necessary for success.
151. direct mail and a pro telemarketer.
152. Discipline
153. Discipline & time
154. Diversification and direct marketing.
155. Do more of the things you thought us continuously
156. Do not have one.
157. Doing it
158. Doing more of it
159. Don’t have one yet.
194. Funding
195. Gain more insight
196. Game plan and follow thru
197. Generate cohesive business/marketing plan.
198. Get better access to potential customers
199. Get on paid sites
200. Get our literature created for the Client to have so they can sturdy our program. It is
so new and different, a lot of education is required for them to be comfortable with
our company, our associates and with the program.
201. Get started!
202. getting it into a repeatable system.
203. Getting me and other people into a fulltime sales role.
204. Getting my manufacturers to do the programs I want to try
205. Getting one to begin with
206. Getting others in my office to do most of the work vs us having to check up on it all
of the time or requiring us to do it all ourselves.
207. Getting over my grief.
208. Getting someone to help do the hands on part of the business and deliveries so I
could have time to work on the marketing and follow up more. Also working with a
mentor such as you Jay.
209. Getting started in new business
210. Getting the message out in other ways than enewsletter. For eg. Advertising on
internet and registering with search engines.
211. Getting through the stuff in 56.Completing my automation and project
customer/prospect praxeological mapping and dialogue work.
212. Go through your materials more often
213. Good question
214. Greater direction. I have minimal business skills
215. Growth in membership
216. Have one.
217. Have to think of getting (and investing) in a better email listing.
218. Having if be more concrete and clearly defined
219. Having a decent one and understanding step by step what I need to implement and
do to create a total marketing strategy and plan and not a day by day one.
220. Having a marketing strategy
221. Having a part time or full time marketing director!
222. Having a plan.
223. Having a side income that would allow me to quit my present job and focus 100%
on developing and implementing marketing strategy.
224. Having a strategic plan, More consistency in execution, Adding new approaches
225. Having a Strategy
317. Low cost ideas to get a business off the ground until pricier ideas can be realistically
implemented.
318. Make a plan. Meet with at least one prospective client every day.
319. Making a plan and sticking to it.
320. Making a plan and sticking to it.
321. Making it more automatic – easier for a one man band to execute.
322. manageable debt
323. Marketing manager
324. Material that actually worked in a business similar to mine in an area similar to
mone.
325. Maybe to see some actually ideas for my business that could be started in the right
direction. At times everything I'm reading and listening to becomes a bit
overwhelming and sorting through it has been difficult to know if I'm understanding
or grasping what you actually mean.
326. Money
327. Money and expertise.
328. Money and knowledge
329. Money time, and consistency
330. More “touches” with the prospects and clients. That’s one reason why I am adding
the newsletter!
331. More Action- assistant, for execution
332. More action.
333. More aggressive outreach to area businesses.
334. More and better ideas. Examples from similar industries in other countries or other
industries.
335. More appropriateness to our industry (relevance).
336. More budget
337. More clarity fused with massive educated action.
338. More clear and systematic application of our tools and resources
339. More concentrated efforts
340. More consistency with the plan.
341. More consistent effort and focus as well as incorporating a broader range of
strategies and tactics.
342. More consistent follow-up and ongoing marketing to the sources of our referrals.
343. More consistent implementation. Also, adding other lead generation techniques.
344. More consultants, a better affiliate tracking and commission tracking method.
345. More customer involvement
346. More daring to offer more risk free products to customer to reduce their
apprehension or hesitation
347. More delegation of duties
348. More direct select mailing,
382. More testing, trained personnel in these techniques & mind-set. Optimal R&D and
product development Exploiting my ”Marketing Materials and J.A. Library”
systematically. Systemizing Feedback from my personnel and (prospective) clients.
383. More time (4)
384. More time and energy to focus on it – be able to quit my stressful job
385. More time and money.
386. More time and money.
387. More time for implementation
388. More time for me as the key player. I am most effective in particular areas of the
business but I do many other functions where I am not knowledgeable and
therefore am slower and less effective. Have tried to deal with this by setting up
systems for as much as possible but business growth has pumped up activity so
much that the systems probably need revising. Therefore probably mixture of extra
people once I find out what we can afford and also revamp of systems to make
them even more effective.
389. More time on my part
390. More time or resources.
391. More time spent on it and the conceptualization of it
392. More time to build relationships
393. More time to properly implement, a more customizable website to format properly
for marketing purposes (we’re currently a Yahoo! Store), and more resources to
implement into our current system for new marketing options
394. More time to set up an internet-page.
395. More time to think about it.
396. More time, more money, great knowledge about what to do and how to best do it
397. More tracking of results
398. More wins to generate a continual upward spiral of profitability.
399. Multiple prongs of attack
400. My focus
401. My personal marketing strategy hasn’t begun. I think I’ve mentioned things that our
marketing department could do to be more effective.
402. My understanding of how to market my company in our line of work.
403. N.a. Currently do not execute on mktg strategy, defining it as we speak.
404. Negotiation skills. Selling skills. Knowledge.
405. Not applicable at this point.
406. Not sure
407. Not sure (possibly a better plan)
408. Not sure or I would implement it. But if I had the time to acquire more Buying
Groups I believe that we could do much more business.
409. Not sure, unless I stumbled on it. Other than that, it would be staff doing what I am
doing currently.
410. Not sure.
411. Nothing
412. Nothing I can think of
413. Nothing really. My pricing/positioning strategy has worked quite well.
414. Of course.
415. Once I begin to generate a more powerful and reliable stream of cash flow, I can
hire people who will be able to assist me in my marketing and follow-up efforts and
delegate prospects to colleagues of mine whose marketing efforts are not producing
prospects.
416. Organized system
417. Outside resources
418. Overcoming the shyness. (Working on it)
419. People.
420. People.
421. Persistence and regularity, to be honest. It’s often ad hoc
422. Plan it, Schedule it, have my team go thu the materials from Jay. Get Buyin from
the whole organization that this is the way we are going, then march together
towards the goal.
423. Planning an overview.
424. PR, stronger understanding by employees
425. Probably an outsiders point of view and guidance.
426. Probably better copywriting skills. Marketing online is very much like direct
marketing and if you can convincingly convey the message of your product in a way
that keeps the reader from "clicking" away you stand a much better chance.
427. Probably just doing something
428. Probably, a more defined targeted marketing strategy
429. Proven effective plans for marketing and enterprise. Personnel, time, and support
staff to carry out plans
430. Pulling the trigger
431. Putting it into action.
432. Putting more time and concentration and emphasizing its importance
433. Putting one into place
434. Real time analysis so we could measure what is working/not working and respond
quicker
435. Recruit more people and try Jay’s other methods
436. Regular email infos.
437. Regularity
438. Replace it with my new strategy – the old one didn’t work very well.
439. resources
440. Restructuring products
441. Reviewing what I am doing, and how I could improve it.
442. reviewing writing a new plan (haven’t rewritten and looked at for several years).
509. Two weeks of intense focus to spend reviewing materials, developing strategies,
planning and beginning to implement plans. We may start hiring independent
contractors to help us do some of the things we have been doing in-house to help
free up some time and to help get things done.
510. Under Revue
511. Understand the psychology of selling and closing a sale
512. Understanding the parts of a plan and having some examples as a template to
follow.
513. Unknown
514. Use what I know
515. Using Jay’s marketing ideas and concepts-would love to get the results of the
seminar and research Jay is going to uncover in the next month. I know I shall be
effectively using these tactics
516. Using more of your methods with the commitment of the other owners of the
business.
517. Venture capital
518. Watching a real marketing master at work.
519. We are trying and just need more time.
520. We have tried to get our practice high-end…and we need to redo the entire office
so it is consistent with everything else that we do and offer. We have to make sure
this “high-end, high-quality, high level of comfort and service is consistently weaver
throughout everything that we do.
521. Weekly structured sales meetings that work on memorizing and rehearsing scripts
for approaching prospects and answering objections, along with practice of a
defined selling process similar to that taught by Sandler.
522. Where to get maximum leverage/ROI?
523. Winning the lottery would allow me to hire others to actually implement various
marketing techniques.
524. Wish I knew!
525. Working on that now.
526. Write out a plan, with well thought out strategic thinking
Additional comments:
1. Advertising probably is the best. Gets our name out there and gives a discount.
2. Affiliate Program – I'm building one with marketing howtos not only – here are your
banners and go play.
3. Almost to the point of being on that level I believe to completely deploy my priority
tactical approach through the top 2% of the market segments would be the best use
of time and resources to start.
4. Articles and presentations -- focusing now on both
5. Ask me in 6 months
6. At least we track which of the ones we use are the most cost effective. Perhaps
there are some approaches we are NOT using that could be better.
7. At the moment, the internet seems to bring 50% of my business – especially the
ezines I send out.
8. Based on what we have tried in the past, such as trade shows and advertsing in
magazines, it is visiting customers and just being around when they need
something
9. Business Seminars
10. But only for now
11. But will start testing once I get underway to see which approaches work best.
12. Conduct frequent ROI analysis on different marketing approaches
13. Cross-referral, high industry profile
14. Currently networking is the best performing for me
15. Currently, it is our personal consultative selling by two company principals, which
severely limits our scope. The completion of #57 above will greatly expand our
marketing program.
16. Customer referrals is probably the best for us.
17. Direct Mail
18. Direct mail is my most powerful tool at the moment and I”ve studied the best at it:
Carlton and Halbert. Wom is the next best as my prospect and client base build. JV
are the method of choice on the net especially!
19. Direct mail with phone followup
20. Direct Mail works the best. Tells complete story so calling is easier.
21. Direct mail, telephone then follow up process that wears the clients down.
22. Direct mail.
23. Direct marketing
Additional comments:
26. Articles that are written by well known author that speaks on our product.
27. As I find the information. It can be an article or a website link.
28. As I run across interesting articles –shows that your are thinking of them
29. As mentioned six weekly and / or quarterly Newsletters. Include details of
upcoming courses; Some study hints; Some educational info for parents;
30. As often as I can I clip and laminate articles from local paper for donors and
prospects.
31. As often as I find it
32. As often as possible. Related materials on the subject of education eg govt
policies, educational games etc
33. As often as possible. I follow both national and regional newspapers and always
keep my eyes open for industry / competitive news that may affect my clients /
prospects. Clip and fax with a handwritten personal note.
34. As soon as we start our marketing program, we will be building a customer list. We
plan to mail (email) to our customer list at least once every 30 to 45 days with a
backend sales opportunity.
35. As stated above in my thank-you letter, I include some wise, fun or informational
words that could be of value to themselves or their business.
36. At least once a month in our newsletter.
37. At least quarterly
38. At this time none. Starting next month a monthly letter will be delivered to all
shopping center clients and previous clients. Health tips “Did you know?”
information will be included within the letter.
39. Bi monthly
40. Bi- monthly; reports, tips, case studies, success stories and brief reviews of books
that could help them in various areas.
41. Bi-annually
42. Bimonthly
43. Bimonthly newsletter
44. Books, Articles, CD’s, Reprints
45. By email when someone asks for advice. Otherwise no.
46. Currently about 2/yr. Not often enough – due to lack of time to research and
develop the information.
47. Depends on the customer. 2-4 times a year.
48. Do not (8)
49. Don’t do it. (2)
50. Don’t send any
51. Don’t send.
52. Don’t yet
53. Don’t, but will consider.
54. Don’t, use to but stopped.
225. Not yet but I plan to. The plan is to continually wet their appetite and make them
say I want to do that too.
226. Not yet, but I plan to start doing it soon via a new announcement list I’ve just
launched.
227. Not yet, but I plan to start doing it soon via a new announcement list I’ve just
launched.
228. Not yet, but plan on sending monthly any articles on Alpaca ranching.
229. Not yet. Good idea. Thanks!
230. Not yet. Gradually when the newsletter is well established I will include more of
such information
231. Note very often. I want to be able to follow through properly before I start this.
232. Nothing currently.
233. Occasionally (9)
234. Occasionally- new products I have found that may help them do their job better.
New information sources such as websites.
235. Occasionally send info like a new woodland burial site opening in their area.
236. Occasionally...but not often enough to create a positive image.
237. Off and on
238. Often – we aim to be their expert on the fruit market in the USA. Will include info
on market conditions, changes to the retail environment etc.
239. Often – we inform them about new scientific studies on various health threats
240. Often, news articles, competitor information, cartoons that fit their personality,
toys
241. Often, whenever I run across something I think they’ll be interested in. It might be
an article I see in a business or trade magazine. Or it could be a new white paper
I’ve written.
242. On an ad hoc basis
243. On average, once a month with a newsletter, email (permission marketing)
244. On occasion but not on a regular basis
245. On occasion. . .not systematically
246. Once a month
247. Once a month news letter
248. Once a month. Free reports on ways to increase customer satisfaction, profit,
personal finance issues
249. Once a quarter
250. Once a year and only if the legislation has changed
251. Once a year there is an update letter direct from the artist to the customer telling
what he has been doin
252. Once every 2 weeks: market, product, company and competitor information;
regulatory information; trend surveys, etc etc
253. Once every three months.
311. The newsletters I send monthly sill often contain something along these lines.
Maybe a third of the articles I send them are along these lines.
312. This is a grand question and something that we are now giving a lot of thought to
313. This is an idea I haven’t yet implemented.
314. This is the purpose of the ezine/newsletter follow-up program.
315. This one I do, fairly regularly, as I’m a big reader. I clip articles and mail them with
a note, or I forward an e-mail with a note, close to daily.
316. Through Newsletter
317. Thru newsletter – once/mo or so.
318. Very Little
319. Very often – weekly emails etc. information on new legislation etc
320. Very rarely (2)
321. Very seldom (5)
322. Via email, sales tips, marketing tips, once a week.
323. We are affiliates with several companies, and will supply links to their sites
324. We are implementing a drip marketing system that will generate something of
general interest to all clients and prospects every six weeks. In addition, as we
identify interesting information specific to them, we email them a link with a short
explanation.
325. We are just now starting to implement several other services to each client after
they close on our program.
326. We do not send materials that is not about our products.
327. We don’t (7)
328. We don’t – they seem to regard us as just another rep – maybe even more reason
to be doing this!!!
329. We don’t but may in the future.
330. We don’t, though I know this is a winning idea.
331. We haven’t had the dollars to do this but would like to.
332. We haven’t to date.
333. We just started doing this with other components of our business to happily involve
non- customers somewhere in our business to eventually upgrade into more
profitable areas.
334. We keep our Franchisees informed of competition, other industry-related
information, personal growth opportunities, general business and marketing
information.
335. We make weekly presentations relevant to a member’s life.
336. WE now do . e.g Survey from institute of Chartered Accountants about What
makes a profitable practice
337. We plan to do this at least once a month.
338. We plan to do this every month in our newsletter. As we are allied to health and
ecology we will include related information that will be of relevance to most of our
Additional comments:
33. My marketing is in the planning stages – this will definitely be part of the mix.
34. Myself
35. Never go more than 10 days without a form of contact – always finding excuses to
stay in touch.
36. New in the business, but already doing so.
37. New Mailing program automatically sends out post cards to clients monthly, if they
are on the current list.
38. No nothing consistent
39. No repeat business in this industry
40. Not every one but we do the dealerships
41. Not inactive Clients.
42. Not necessarily over the phone. It’s generally by e-mail.
43. Not necessarily. Most of them will get a mailing about every 6 months.
44. Not systematically.
45. Not very effectively
46. Now, monthly by mail.
47. On the mortgage side
48. Once every 2 weeks (4)
49. Only active clients
50. Only active ones
51. Only the active ones.
52. Only via the regular newsletters
53. Our clients technically are our two contractors and the President speaks with them
at least once a week
54. Planning to use MS CRM or expand Excel spreadsheet.
55. Probably more like 6-12 months
56. Random some sales people will but if things go 6 months without a new deal they
are forgotten about.
57. Selectively
58. Sporadically . Not in a systematic regular manner .
59. That is in the plan as a broad plank
60. There are some we never want to see again
61. They are supposed to but don’t.
62. This will change.
63. Tough to do in retail.
64. Try to don’t always succeed
65. Usually, but I think we could do better in this area.
66. Via newsletter, yes but not in person or by phone.
67. Via our newsletter; and some via networking occasions.
68. We are going to be working on a goal and strategy to increase this contact time to
Question 62. Do you know what your attrition rate is? If so, do you have
programming in plan to reduce or eliminate? List perspective.
Additional comments:
1. 0% attrition rate
2. 14%. We are reviewing the actual approach and evaluating the cost of training
and lost of new/in progress/mature dealers.
3. 15%, most of the time due to change into organization or sale to other company
4. 3% of telecom membership is subject to attrition in industry—we focus on MLM’s
and other associations where there is a financial interest for the group to stay put—
so our rate is 1.5%--less than ½ the industry average because of the focus we
have in identifying qualified customers
5. Although, once knowledge is imparted, I would hope they would be on their
own…as any student should. To fine tune or handle new obstacles would be in the
mix.
6. At the moment it is zero as everyone signs up for a 12 months subscription but as
yet we have not reached the end of the first 12 months
7. Attendance at arts & craft shows to sell artwork and attract new customers
8. Attrition is currently caused by the client’s perception of our skill set – as we
migrate up to Trusted Advisor attrition goes down. I have some relationships that
are 10 years old and are still producing revenue and referrals
9. Because of a lack of control
10. Better performance, better handholding and bonding.
11. Build better relationships
12. But I do ask why I haven’t had orders etc, usually told it is business is slow
because of uncertainty of Bush going to war and dragging us along.
13. Company too new.
14. Contact them on a continuous basis to acknowledge them as one of my ongoing
clients, resell them on the value of using my products and services and future pace
them on all the benefits they will gain by remaining a client, continually introduce
them to products and services that will take them to the next level.
15. Currently attrition equals new subscribers, so we’re holding at the same level. No
action is taken when they unsubscribe.
16. Customer Service Relations department and a 60 day to renewal 0 defects
program in place.
17. Develop new products that attract new clients.
18. Do not have a long enough business history to tell whether or not people would
buy from me multiple times; so far, everybody’s been a one-time purchaser, so in a
sense you could say I have a 100% attrition rate.
19. From opt-in list very low. Refunds hover between 5 – 10% depending when the
school reports come out. I have a good buyer’s remorse strategy in place: 1. We
try to qualify our clients also on the telephone. 2. We try to discourage lazy or
passive prospects from buying because they return the product without trying it out
3. We confirm on the invoice and later in a specially designed e-mail that the client
has made an excellent decision 4. We phone after delivery to help and encourage
if necessary. 5. I will intend to reconstruct our dyslexia games-set to make it even
easier and more attractive to use. Test: Shorten the refund time-span and
introduce valuable free bonuses after it.
20. Have a plan that hasn’t been implemented yet
21. Honestly no, I am familiar with the word but I can’t define it.
22. I am a member of an organization called NACFA (The National Association of
College Funding Advisors). From what I can gather, ,we have what I’m told is a
phenomenal renewal rate …40%. Now, you have to understand what we do,
but…we are certainly looking to improve, systemize and automate as much
“servicing” of our clients in order to “WOW” them.
23. I am developing my plan now. This is something I will examine. High attrition is
common in the PR business.
24. I am extremely proud that I don’t have an attrition rate. My very first client of 15
years ago is still a client today.
25. I do not know what the attrition rate is- Sometime it is quite high. I do have to
compile statistics. I have to develop a better method to identify/target more
valuable prospects.
26. I don’t know. I used sell real estate a few years ago for over 10 years and then
stepped out of the market trying to find my riches on the Internet. Back then I had
no client follow up system that worked well so I would lose a fairly high number of
my clients. However I don’t know what that percentage is.
27. I don’t think we have an attrition rate. Now we have no follow on sales.
28. I have a sense of but have not gone thru the hard numbers
29. I have been in business for over ten years and I am sorry to say that through my
own lack of foresightedness and lack of intelligent marketing the attrition rate has
been yearly .
30. I have them backtrack to a list of expect results and make a comparison to the
results in place now compare that to market condition changes. This comparison
always (90%) of the time produces something to continue working on.
31. I know the clients I have sold love my stuff and are open to suggestions I might
have for them.
32. I lose about 5 subscribers per month, but I pick up about 200-300 new ones.
33. I seem to lose a client or two every year. Usually, it's because they haven't had
enough sales to justify continuing their website. I don't mind it too much. There
are always new prospects out there all the time. I would really like to implement
my planned marketing programs.
34. I should figure this out
35. I stay in close contact frequently
36. I tend to work with a client for a year or 2, usually stopping only if their situation
changes. I ask for referrals.
37. I want to replace poor clients with affluent clients who can pay me higher fees and
pay on time., rather than paying me late.
38. I went through in January and mailed to all inactive clients. This with a follow up
call brought in more business. It provided a new base to measure attrition. My
client list is now up to date. I have gotten rid of the names of businesses no longer
is business and contacts who have gone away. I now have a fresh list and quite a
few new contacts at businesses.
From what I know, it involves contacting customers who have already expressed a
desire to leave or which our analyses tell us are likely to leave and through
personal contact or incentive, keep these customers and ideally, re-commit them to
new contracts.
100. The number of clients are too small to be meaningful, especially since I’ve only
published a couple of reports so far, and they are not on the same topic that would
necessarily appeal to the same client.
101. There are simply too many people not buying a second time...I would say 50% of
the customers do not order twice...they were mostly impulse buys and the results
of the product (b12, b6 and folic acid taken sublingually is the main product on the
infomercials) are scientifically valid but people don't FEEL a difference so they
don't reorder
102. This is a good point, I will develop something to track and eliminate this in the
future.
103. This is an area that I have had my programmers work (figuring out the attrition
rate). We have some numbers but they are not as accurate as I would like.
104. This results mainly from students moving on tho higher education
105. This will blow you away! We rarely lose a good client. Some are lost due to life
changes etc. but keep and grow most of our top clients. But!!!!!! I lost a $500,000
corporate client with 60 stores over the past couple of years due to a personality
conflict and it has kicked the sh—out of my business. We have been continuously
gaining other new business but this one is tough. We were their top vendor
supplying the best product, best programs and best service but I couldn’t get along
with the bitch they had for a buyer and neither could any of my staff. In my efforts
to solve the problem I went over her head and blew it big time .
106. Total attrition since financial crisis in 1997, to present doldrums Plan? No clients
left to eliminate. Requires starting from scratch.
107. Trying to implement tools to track this better. We are testing in this area, but as yet
have no real answers.
108. Usually lost due to unsuccessful bid, still get the opportunity on the next job. Two
clients that I can think of that we have lost we wouldn’t want back anyway.
109. Very little attrition in karate, but kickboxing has high attrition. We will begin a
graduated system similar to the belt system.
110. Very Low Attrition
111. Way too high, which is why I have been working steadily since the training program
to improve it before I work on the marketing.
112. We are going to calculate latency between orders, and then contact clients who
exceed the average latency. As we learn more about our clients, we should be
able to further segregate latency.
113. We are in growing phase and are not losing customers.
114. We are so young as a company we have a 100% retention rate so far.
115. We do track the number of clients who leave, and their stated reasons for leaving.
Over the last 6 months, the bulk of clients who have left have been those outside
our ideal client spec
116. We don’t have exact statistics. However, we review monthly.
117. We don’t have one yet, but that is built in to the plan. We will reduce (we don’t
expect to entirely eliminate) attrition with low cost attractive incentives to renew the
rentals
118. We don’t lose many realtors, but we followup with an problems and know who is
unhappy
119. We have a recall program that happens in stages over the first month that a patient
gets out of the habit of coming in for their care. First, they are called by the
assistant to be reminded of missed appointments. Second, they are sent a recall
card or letter to remind them of the importance of their commitment to their health
care. Finally, they are called by the doctor to determine if there is a problem that
can be addressed or if they have changed their minds about their health care with
us. Beyond that they are placed into our inactive contact program unless they tell
us not to contact them anymore.
120. We have a very good idea what our attrition rate is and it seems to be around 6
months. After 6 months, if we have not converted him, it seems it will not happen,
so he is dropped or eliminated.
121. We have actually only lost one client in the past five years and that was because
we decided they were not worth the effort.
122. We have had no attrition w/ dealerships the last few years
123. We have increased advertising and community contact to offset increased attrition
due to dot gone in the area. The number of customers no longer in the area after
six months is doubled from 15% to 30%
124. We have lost customers because we fired them. Sounds cocky but that’s the truth.
125. We have very little attrition. Try to give them awesome service
126. We haven’t been in this business long enough to suffer attrition.
127. We know it is much too large and the result of not staying in contact. I have talked
to the company about changing this and they are receptive. We will certainly
contact our own clients, customers and prospects from here on with a systematic
approach.
128. We need to be better about following up with inactives
129. We only ever dealt in small numbers of clients, so percentages are huge
130. We rarely lose clients, most times they use us, they keep coming back.
131. We try to minimize it by keeping in regular contact with existing clients
132. We usually only lose customers when the family moves them to a nursing home,
assisted living, or they pass away. We constantly try to help the families keep their
relative living at home
133. We VERY seldom lose clients, once they begin working with us, until it is
appropriate for them to leave. I guess it is obvious that I am a great practitioner
but a lousy strategic thinker these days.
134. When I bring the client into compliance his need for my services goes down by
95%
135. When we loose them it is because they have lost sight of their original goal.
136. With the high quality service that I provide and the simple but conscientious things
I do to retain my clients, my attrition rate is almost nonexistent. I can see now that
this gives me an enormous marketing advantage even over huge massage parlors
and the like who have a lot more money to spend on marketing than I do, because
I can afford to spend way more per new client gained than they can.
137. Would love to know and understand this
138. Yearly – about 5-10%, most of our people leave because they move or can’t afford
it.
139. Yes – attrition to date has been very low but we have been working very hard on
being the best in our field. Expect that once we have become the big dog on the
block we become the target and will have to fight hard to keep our position.
140. Yes contact active, no for inactive
141. Yes- mailings to keep in contact.
142. Yes, and we want to eliminate that through over the top service.
143. Yes, I try to add another value at no, or incidental cost, that I may have discovered.
144. Yes, we track our Client Retention for New and Regular Clients by store and by
Stylist. Bounce-back coupons, loyalty programs and continual emphasis on Client
Service and new products and services to keep the experience fresh.
145. Yes. it is only 4% per year. i really am not worried about it.
Additional comments:
1. 1 - 2 times year
2. 1/4ly
3. 1-6 months if I have the time.
4. 2 months
5. 2 times a year
6. 2-3 a week for 2 weeks. After that point they have bought elsewhere.
7. 2-3 months
8. 2-3 times a year.
9. 2-3 times per year
10. 2x year depending on department
11. 3 Months interval
12. 3 or 4 times per year
13. 3 times a month
14. 3 times a year (2)
15. 3 to 4 months usually
16. 3 to 6 months.
17. 30 days after the program
18. 3-4 times/yr
19. 3-6 months
20. 3-6 months
21. 3mths at the longest
22. 4 times a year
23. 4 times per year
24. 4-6 weeks
25. 48n hours
26. 4x/year
27. 5 or 6 months
28. 6 mo but by mail
29. 6 months (5)
30. 6 months to a year
31. 90 days max
32. A buyer – weekly; B buyer – monthly; C buyer – quarterly.
33. A clients quarterly phone, visit, lunch or golf: B,semiannually and C, once every
year or two
34. A= top prospects B=other prospects C=top clients D= other clients P= personal
/friends/dripmonthly newsletter, A,B,C mail or e-mail quarterly newsletter all phone
contact, A,C bimonthly phone contact, B,D semi annual acct review triannuale-mail
308. Should do it
309. Six months (2)
310. Some each week, some monthly
311. Some monthly, some quarterly, some yearly
312. Sometimes
313. Sporadically (7)
314. Sporadically, not systematically
315. Start up still
316. The newsletter—twice monthly
317. The plan is monthly
318. There is currently no follow up system in place. It is haphazard at best.
319. This has not yet been determined.
320. This is one of my great weaknesses [Or rather has been in the past].
321. Three times a year
322. Three+ times per month
323. Trying to do it once a month at least.
324. Twice a month if they are on our email list. Otherwise, once or twice a year.
325. Twice a year (2)
326. Two months or so.
327. Usually monthly do to the email/fax information program we just instituted.
328. Usually monthly.
329. Usually yearly
330. Varies (4)
331. Varies on category
332. Varies on product line and which customers are active
333. Varies with size of client and potential opportunity ie pending move or relocation
due to growth which stimulates demand for a new interior.
334. Varies, A’s and B’s try 90days, C’s and D’s annually.
335. Very inactive prospects – every couple of months. Active prospects every couple
of weeks.
336. Very irregular
337. Very irregular, perhaps once a year only.
338. Virtually, never
339. We are setting follow up system in our new database
340. We attempt to match our contact with client buying patterns as much as possible.
341. We do not follow up by that method
342. We don’t aside from initial thank you letter
343. We don’t. We followup with each Case Worker on a monthly basis
344. We don’t
379. Yes
1. ? (36)
2. Abundance - there is more than enough for everyone's needs
3. All Service And constant contact, we hold their hand, & provide them with info,
which others don’t either offer
4. All*Star Sports-Themed Haircutting Experience for Men and Boys.
5. Already stated.
6. Apply the principles badly rather than struggling to perfect them in order to begin.
7. As stated at the beginning : Service. which I know now is NOT enough.
8. Ask for referrals
9. Assisting the client to become more successful on an ongoing basis.
10. At this time, the company is Productivity Driven, not Market Driven.
11. Attentive service—competitive prices
12. Based on salesmen effort.
13. Basically Jay’s philosophy.
14. Be a good bridge.
15. Be better at customer service, provide the information the customer wants and
needs and ship the order as quickly as possible. Our focus is on businesses, but
we have non-business customers that are gravy.
16. Be different, answer client needs
17. Be first, customize, give great value
18. Be the best
19. Be the best by partnering with everyone.
20. Be there when they need us
21. Becoming our clients trusted business advisors.
22. Becoming viral
23. Being the best in the area we’ve demarcated as our turf
24. Biz and Techie communications through using WORDS
25. Build a client base of willing investors satisfied with the service and previous
satisfactory deals
26. Build consensus
27. Build long term relationships with clients by becoming a trusted, caring and
valuable resource for them. Keep finding additional ways to serve them in their
never ending journey to get from where they are to where they want to be.
28. Business comes to us
29. Business relationship
30. Buy low, sell at high margin, vertical market (bubbles), product differentiation
31. By doing good work more people will arrive
32. Call, contact and renew our name in their minds
33. Can’t (3)
206. Referrals
207. Repetition.
208. Responsive Service builds strong relationships
209. Satisfied customers will refer others to me.
210. Sell more to the existing clients while constantly adding more clients.
211. Send clients information about problems others are facing, ask them if they are
having the same problems and invite them to a seminar that will offer solutions
212. Send out offers through rented email lists.
213. Serve the needs of the clients.
214. Service above self
215. Service the best that you can. Deliver what the client wants.
216. Shoot from the hip and tr to be innovative
217. Size is best approach (which I don't agree with)
218. Solve my customer’s needs in a timely and polite fashion
219. Spend a dollar if it will bring back more than one dollar.
220. Spend as much money that is available on marketing.
221. Start telling our benefits we offer
222. Still in construction
223. Stubbornness and afraid of loosing control.
224. Stunted approach
225. Support the client with a wide range of help and a product offering to match
226. Survive.
227. Target ideal clients and obtain referrals to them from centers of influence Identify
back end products to sell to current clients and contact database. Want to sell to
targeted lists
228. Technology transfer through local partners.
229. Tell the truth and solve real problems.
230. That partnering with strategic partners and providing inexpensive, high value
solutions will ultimately win.
231. The better we do, the less we have to market
232. The key to continuing business & employee success is consistent profitable new
revenue.
233. The marketing philosophy is based on offering goods (Information and Nutrition
products) and services from which the clients can derive benefits. I do not offer any
products which is of no use to me. If I can derive benefits by using a product I will
also offer this product to customers/clients.
234. The more people I contact the more lives that are changed
235. The overcoming marketing philosophy of our company is to get in contact with all
of the decision makers in oil companies and companies that provide cellular
telecommunication infrastructure who are engaged in activities which would require
non-metallic shelters for protecting their equipment and then keeping in touch with
those people on a regular basis. We do however want to expand our marketing
efforts to encompass more than this single prong approach.
1. ? (2)
2. 100 % FOLLOW AND BELIEVE
3. A combination of Networking, Forums, WEB sites and e-mail sigs to suit.
4. A critical skill to be mastered that will then open up the whole world of business as
a profession and an investment.
5. A miracle worker when implemented
6. A necessary evil, like most other business time.
7. A necessary evil; however, if I become excited that we can deliver what we
promise or more, I look forward to marketing
8. A part of any successful business that is more important than the product itself!
9. A true believer.
10. A unique product that was co-developed with prospects/clients and offered at a
competitive price with great logistics and customer service and an expanding
business should have customers happily coming to us.
11. A vitally necessary part of any business which determines the success and profits,
regardless of the quality of a product (by this I mean a great product can flop
without good marketing, and vice versa)
12. Absolutely Necessary. Could not exist without it
13. Absolutely the most important thing in doing business – marketing IS doing
business
14. Absolutely no interest in Cold calling – marketing individual stock and options
trading – Financial planning and managed money investment
15. Actually it is a little daunting to me. I don’t really have a background in marketing.
It is even more frightening to think that my entire success relies on effective
marketing.
16. Again, I don’t understand the question. Is “true attitude” a buzzword? My attitude
toward marketing is that it’s obviously critical since it’s the source of customers.
17. Aggressive and assertive
18. Aggressive and provide true benefits to the client
19. Aggressive, make something happen
20. Along with constant innovation of services, marketing is the most important activity
of any business entity.
21. Along with writing, it is my passion
22. Although I now create database applications for a living, my resume has been built
in the marketing and sales departments of the companies I worked for. I told one
past employer that if they moved me into the IT department I would quit. I really
enjoy marketing and, like Jay, believe it is the only place in a company that you
can multiply returns while doing the same quantity of work—just working smarter.
23. Always put the clients’ needs ahead of the companies mandate to generate
revenue.
24. An absolute and most essential part of what we are and do.
25. An investment to be utilized wisely
158. I greatly respect it and am aware of its incredible value, I also fear failure.
159. I hate being sold, but I do like being made aware of how to solve a problem
160. I hate it.
161. I have difficulty going from a problem solving attitude to a marketing attitude. For
an engineer they are quite different.
162. I have often been reluctant to contact a lot of people. I am much better at
organizing and training but know that getting better at working the front line will
change this and bring more success.
163. I have to
164. I know I need it
165. I know I need to compete
166. I know it can be the single most important factor, but spend little time at it.
167. I know it is of prime concern but don’t know where to start
168. I know it needs to be done, but I do not really understand the complete process.
169. I know its critical, struggle to get beyond the tactical.
170. I know its needed but do not know how.
171. I know lots more than I practice
172. I know marketing and quality control are prime focus to grow to $2 million in 2004
173. I know that by applying the principles of marketing I can increase my business
because I will be simplifying it as I will be more focused on my customer rather
than chasing maybes
174. I know the value of marketing but haven developed a cohesive program aligned to
a strategy
175. I know what to do but can't get mine self to do it
176. I like it but need more knowledge
177. I like it I just need some guidance.
178. I like it, and should do more.
179. I like it, it is what makes my think about other thing than engineering and I see lost
of way my client could run their business better
180. I like it. (2)
181. I like it. However it is risky and need a cold face. You should be willing to try out
anything.
182. I like marketing, I want to do a lot more, but I am a major income producer, and
now that we are short staffed because of the recession, I have even less time to
spend in marketing. The sales effort is having to roll on without the supervision
and support that it needs. The sales guy is not a marketing guy.
183. I like new challenges, I get bored with reputation
184. I like the concept of expansive, multi-faceted marketing, sort of like Robert Allen’s
Multiple Streams of Income.
185. I like the concepts. But I’m not great at follow thru
186. I like the experimentation and trying to test and improve what we are doing. I’m
realizing how much I don’t know about marketing (conscious incompetence?)
187. I like to sell
294. I’m not that comfortable with it. I know I need to do it and I need to get better at it.
295. I’m simultaneously fascinated and annoyed by effective mkt. campaigns. I’m
definitely intrigued by, and susceptible to ads that are related to my areas of
interest. I’m somewhat annoyed by the fact that effective ads (necessarily)
primarily manipulate very basic emotions. I view this as a necessary evil.
296. I’m tentative
297. I’m treading through a minefield – not knowing what will work and what will not.
$$$ a large consideration. Some hesitancy in ‘pushing
298. I’m trying to overcome my “fear” of harassing clients by being a nuisance and
overwhelming them with marketing messages.
299. I’m untrained and have absolutely no experience.
300. If used properly, can make a world of difference
301. If you don't watch out, it gets you broke.
302. Ignorant
303. I'm developing my skills and I like the results I get when I implement strategy and
tactics well.
304. I'm frustrated because I can not understand why the ideas proposed, that
supposedly work wonders with others, don't seem to have any long term and
lasting impact in our market.
305. In many ways it has been a chore that comes with the territory, but I always
recognized it as the frontier that would allow me the most expansion if I made it my
priority
306. Inquisitiveness and open-mindedness
307. Interested, but never really studied the subject. Believe it is a key step in building a
profitable business
308. Interesting and exciting
309. It a great game!
310. It can be the difference between struggle, and massive success.
311. It can be very profitable or very expensive
312. It can be very useful if the right people is in charge.
313. It can truly make or break a company.
314. It clearly helps us if done correctly and will greatly enhance the efficiency and
effectiveness of our organization.
315. It costs to much time and money
316. It drives the business
317. It has changed drastically during the past year. Good marketing provides a
prospect with information he/she may be able to use. It is client-needs based and
shows how the prospect benefits from using the product/service.
318. It is a critical component for a business to succeed on going.
319. It is a critical part of business success. I am eager to learn and implement. Have
had limited exposure to marketing in the past, it has been all direct B to B sales on
the phone or face to face. Hunting the hard way.
320. It is a key part of any successful business, without
321. It is a necessary evil to do what I want which is construction and making money to
518. Offer targeted prospects the best deal they’ll ever get
519. Offer value first, then offer solutions that they would have to pay for. (related to the
free stuff you provide at first, to build/start a relationship.)
520. Once a quality product is developed, I think it is everything.
521. One day I’ll be a master marketer.
522. One that is in its R & D infancy.
523. Ongoing education of the end user
524. Only just becoming aware of its importance to my business
525. Only true way to Success.
526. Organization lives and dies by the customer (or lack of it)
527. Our company is market driven. Everyone is involved directly or indirectly in some
aspect of a marketing tactic.
528. Out do them
529. Painfully aware after five years in this business that I need to learn or my superior
product will never produce the benefits it deserves
530. People have to know what we are about—when the do, they are better informed
and will make more intelligent decisions
531. Personal attitude
532. Pivotal in creating client trust and understanding of professionalism, integrity,
services and business development opportunities
533. Play till you discover what works and then use it. Change only by testing and stay
disciplined. Don’t waiver from your resolve.
534. Poor
535. Positive (2)
536. Positive - I think we are marketing in everything we do or say .
537. Positive and necessary
538. Positive, but must be done right!
539. Positively, even if I have had to embrace it rather belatedly in my professional life.
540. Prefer to do work and marketing is a necessary evil
541. Quality service and marketing are the principle drivers to business growth.
542. Results are minimal due to various factors: salespeople, front end costs to follow
etc.
543. Same as above plus the actions and behavior of the company should back up the
marketing efforts. You can’t market your company one way and behave another
way.
544. Scared
545. Skeptical of a lot of marketing – Do they really deliver what they say they will??
546. Sell what sells.
547. Selling is getting rid of what you have. Marketing is providing what people want.
548. Send out offers through affiliates, give them a high return to market for us.
549. Service service service
Additional comments:
107. More tactically. Yellow page ads just list services offered.
108. More towards bring revenue to the company. Mainly sales offer etc…
109. Mostly tactically, but the strategy is to get people to mention us when the topic of
listing a house comes up.
110. Mostly tactically, but we try to emphasize USP (our focus and uniqueness) directly
or indirectly.
111. Mostly tactically. I use various tactics to build my list.
112. My tactics are the mailers or personal contacts. The strategies are the referral
requests and follow up letters to new clients combined with the monthly follow up
call. We work with other retailers that promote our services and in return. We
recommend their services and products if they do something that we don’t do.
113. National importer advertises sort of strategically – to gain brand awareness – but
with no call to action ! At a local level use it to gain awareness but also build
relationships with retailers by using host parasite offers in the advertising.
114. Neither, yet to advertise
115. Neither. We only advertise in radio and canvass
116. News is strategic programming is tactical
117. No ads have been cost effective
118. No advertising (5)
119. Not at all. We should begin using it tactically.
120. Not proactive in advertising
121. Not really doing advertising, just P.R. and direct mail.
122. Not yet. Intent to do strategically.
123. Nothing strategic about it.
124. Of the small amount of advertising we have done it would have simply been
tactical. We’re not fully persuaded that advertising would work for our product. Our
small classified ad in a weekly regional has yielded consistent results, but the case
stating increasing the ad size results in increased business has yet to be
demonstrated.
125. Only tactically at the present time.
126. Only advertising is the web
127. Our ads are pointed at people who have a need to be scratched
128. Our ads set up a problem and show us as the solution.
129. Our advertising is Direct Mail and Fax. Strategically it educates, creates desire and
generates leads. The act of sending it out is the tactic
130. Our aim is to get into people’s homes so we need phone and address for that
important meeting. We also need the wife (or husband) to be there as the cost to
get in is a family affair ($6250)
131. Our commercials are all weight loss with before and after examples.
132. Outside direct mail, we almost don’t use any form of advertising. Trials have been
tactical. For example we tried an advert for a product recently when there was a
relevant legal change.
133. Perhaps tactically (ad hoc). If we have a special promotion/event, we place ads.
Only that.
Question 69. Do you have a PR effort? If so, what does it consist of? How often do
you do it? How does it work? What benefit have you accepted?
Additional comments:
46. I put out the occasional press release via PRWeb.com but haven’t tracked the
efficiency in a measurable manner. I’ve started to think its wasted money, though I
could be wrong.
47. I put out the occasional press release via PRWeb.com but haven’t tracked the
efficiency in a measurable manner. I’ve started to think its wasted money, though I
could be wrong.
48. I use my personal name in pr.
49. I used to do seminars and also to send out press releases, with good results. I
anticipate doing those things again, as I enjoyed the contact with people and also
the increased sales.
50. I write a few press releases and articles each year
51. I write articles and submit them to trade journal and ezines in my target niches.
Monthly. I make friends with the publisher and provide them with content that is
valuable to their readers. I include contact information and an offer to receive a
free report at the end of the article. Then I capture contact info on the respondents
and put them in my marketing pipeline for continuous follow-ups. I did this for the
restaurant industry and received several new clients.
52. I write articles, appear on radio shows or send out press releases. Little direct
benefit.
53. I write regularly to the business magazines, I had many interviews, we send books
to the press to review, we organize press conferences, we invite journalists to
experience our products etc.
54. I’ve sent press releases to a few local news agencies, and I’ve placed them on
news web sites. Trying to promote inexpensive word of mouth. Too early to tell
whether it’s working.
55. In China, we have attempted to have a formal PR role, primarily as it relates to PR
associated with the government. But the person was inadequate for the role. I
believe that a PR role will roll out as a necessary ingredient of our new China
marketing strategy. Not clear on the details and scope of the role, as of yet.
56. In concert with my publisher, Broadway Books, we received a review from
Publishers Weekly, placement in One Spirit Bookclub. The first printing sold out in
less that three months! I didn't understand how to continue once Broadway was
"done" ... and then I ran out of money, and didn't realize I could just email rather
than use print.
57. In trade journals.
58. In conjunction with being in the magazines. I’m a journo by trade (or degree rather)
and also studied PR so write my own copy. Also a photographer so can provide
high res images if needed.
59. Informative articles in the local paper. About once a month. Most articles have
generated more interest and sales.
60. Infrequent and only articles I have personally written.
61. Interesting possibility for the future
62. Internet website
63. It doesn’t work very well numbers-wise, but has produced some sales (about 3,
which is about one sale from every 8th article – not high)
64. It has been pretty ad hoc but we take every opportunity to present publicly or to be
written up in the papers etc. We need to be more proactive with PR.
65. It is limited to chamber of commerce events on a monthly basis.
about my new ebooks. I only know of one, however, that has been successful,
although I’ve picked up some people mentioning a TV program when they sign up
for my newsletter as the referral to them. If any of my releases are being printed or
used, I’m only really aware of one, and it wasn’t the press release it was just a
mention of my web site.
98. One or two newsletters per year plus media releases and advertising for each
event.
99. Only intermittently. Through the very occasional press release.
100. Only what is outlined.. Am considering presentations at school Parent and Citizen
Groups on relevant areas.
101. Our new web site has a news section. We will start writing press releases in the
near future for distribution.
102. Our PR is aimed at making people aware of the ecological systems that need our
help, such as the “Cleanup Australia” campaign, the “Greening Australia”
campaign and so on. We will be using this heavily at launch (at a zoo) and
continually associating our company with ecological issues thereafter.
103. Our PR program centers around community involvement. Sponsoring sports
teams, taking care of the HS wrestling team, serving on the Chamber of
Commerce Wellness Committee (chairman) and other visibility efforts. However,
we usually put a very low key emphasis on our business in these endeavors
(except the Chamber) which is probable a mistake. I just don’t know how to
ethically put our business in a benefit position in doing these things or even if I
should be trying to.
104. Our product involves a PR aspect and this does help in the generation of business.
105. PACKING DEMOS - in past have sent Press Releases to newspapers and radio
stations. Twice in past couple decades, they put article or spot in, onee featuring
incorrect dates. All other attempts to get PR in newspaper or radio were to no
avail. Packing Demos do generate a fair amount of word of mouth PR - people
frequently call asking when the next one will be.
106. People use word of mouth
107. Please give further explanation on this one.
108. Posting to vendor newsgroups, and occasionally writing articles that get published
either on vendor web site or in an industry magazine. This years biggest client is a
direct result of that.
109. PR – Press release Not often How does it work? Press contacts What benefit?
None accepted
110. PR appears to be limited to official press releases.
111. PR at shows and retail outlets, which I find hard to measure at this stage
112. PR effort has begun only recently by hiring a PR agency on retainership basis .
Press interviews , product launch news etc.
113. PR group tries to issue releases with customer testimonials but this is rare. Many
are released announcing our partnerships, ie host-beneficiary relationships. Often
have 1 release per quarter.
114. PR leads with Dan Janal – articles in modern bride, redbook – very good!
115. PR was used at launch – we have use it only once locally to get an article about a
visit of our celebrity endorser – struggle to find enough news about one product!
116. PR work is done by one person infrequently, or by those attending conferences
and meetings indirectly. It doesn’t operate effectively as the person is not readily
trained or not having the motivation to do it, or it’s also the top management
inaptitude to provide guidance.
117. Press Release, trade shows and check out www.HotterBalls.com (it’s a golf
product I just introduced). I use beautiful models like Ron Rice did with Hawaiian
Tropic and Hooter’s does.
118. Press releases at A, B and C levels. Freq 2/7Article placements, with pieces
written by engineers or scientists Freq 2/12 Don’t know the benefit. Company
didn’t conduct a survey on whether prospect or customer had seen or read our
articles. Web seminars 1/12 -- getting leads
119. Press releases, articles, workshops, media interviews. Monthly.
120. Press releases, contact with writers, media, invite writers to resorts and hotels.
121. Press releases, to be started this month, at least once per month.
122. Press Releases. Bi monthly. No visible response. None
123. Pretty much what I do on a day to day basis. Probably need to formalize this and
build into the strategy.
124. PRLeads, ExpertClick, local NSA newsletter, media releases – at least monthly I
do something. I’ve gotten business from PR.
125. Reaching out to key beat reporters and editors with story pitches. Also offer
company president as resource for stories about corporate security. We’re holding
back on this somewhat until the web site is revamped, as reporters typically go to
the web site before they’ll call. However, we take advantage of security issues in
the news. We’ve had coverage in The New York Times (quotes and photo), a
couple of Connecticut publications (where we’re based) and an interview on a local
news TV show (in Fairfield County, Connecticut).
126. Relationship building, gain trust
127. See mkt plan
128. Seminars, workshops, articles
129. Sending press releases at intervals throughout the year touting awards we’ve
received, but pointing the credit to the client. . .lead with their name
130. Simply making the rounds – nothing beats a face-to-face, although I would like to
be able to do this with less personally-perceived effort
131. Slight benefits, we were doing an annual golf tourney and that stopped 2 years
ago. We do a walk a thon fund raiser that has been stopped as well. Thinking of
doing a every other year open and barbeque and a golf tourney for charity on the
off year. We may do it this year because we are in out 25th year of business and
we could tie it in as a anniversary party and client thank you and appreciation
event.
132. Some ads in magazines such as Southwest Art, ets.
133. Sponsorship of community events, e.g. maths competition for schools and cycle
race. Association with client companies and public awareness as well as client and
prospect awareness. Good corporate citizen.
134. Taking on a leadership role in the T’ai Chi Chih community so the teachers get to
know me & my video. It has worked to double my sales in 2 years.
135. Talk to anyone who will listen. Cold calls. Ask the question what if?
136. Tested PR but was expensive failure
137. The only PR comes thru users of the Stick
138. The periodic mailings… annually/bi-annually… usually generates several leads…
we have broken out of the elementary school market and are now competing for
secondary schools.
139. The public relation effort is designed to listen to an entity which is wanting to
achieve a success in communication. We want them to know that we feel the
communications can be helped both technically and behaviorally and we feel that
they can benefit from the utilization of both and we care that their wishes are
fulfilled. We do not shirk from approaching the issue comprehensively and do not
intend to have the problem approached piece meal.
140. This is in ‘the works’. We’re thinking in terms of speaking to groups. We will do
this at least once a week.
141. This is where we need to put our emphasis.
142. This is why I do networking.
143. Three times a year
144. Tradeshows, faxing – builds our relationships
145. Twice interviewed for the paper
146. Use it all the time. Consists of keeping key journalists informed of products &
developments of company. Recent coverage included regional TV
147. Very small efforts here – again time and manpower constraints. We do recognize
our customers birthdays every year, which gets great feedback – particularly from
people who would expect us to have forgotten them as they weren’t the decision
maker (for example) or because it ahs been a while since they did business with
us. They forget how we found out in the first place! We do make minor attempts
to publish news worthy articles in the daily press, and occasionally arrange
interviews on radio.
148. Virtually none. I’m too busy
149. We approach well known publications in the finance sector and tell them how cool
and sexy our product is. We do it often and consistently. It works well. We have
had articles in Time, Kiplinger’s Money, the Wall Street Journal (online and print)
and the Dallas Morning News (picked up by 45 other daily newspapers).
150. We are always trying to get good deeds well known in the community via radio,
print, or word of mouth. As the situation arises. It gives us a good name in the
community as people who care.
151. We are having our first annual convention for our Internet directory listing
customers in June..
152. We are just moving into doing more in this area just now
153. We do little, if any, PR
154. We do not…hired a PR firm who never did anything…we didn’t pay them
155. We have a local person interview us for press releases monthly and she sends
them out to the various media outlets. We have had free press.
156. We have email list of other web sites who often publicize our initiatives as we do
theirs.
157. We have not done a specific PR effort only, but try to subtly incorporate PR in
everything we do
158. We have written some press releases, but there is no real schedule and I realize
this is an untapped marketing source. We didn’t have a huge response to our
previous press releases, but I we can get a good response, I’m confident of it.
159. We help promote events and schools. Our customers love it, and they happily
179. Yes but needs improvement. Speakers bureau 2x’s month and wait to respond
180. Yes we do technical papers regularly for the industry. They are prepared at a rate
of two per year.
181. Yes, I am serving as chairman of the technical engineering society associated with
the electrical and electronics industry. Hence my name and company name are
visible before my customers, many of whom attend these society meetings that I
help to plan.
182. Yes, maximizing contacts in the media – magazines, newspapers, radio and TV.
183. Yes, monthly. We don’t track its effect. Unknown.
Question 70. Describe your direct-mail efforts? Type, frequency, objective, and
results.
1. 1. We offer $30 off any service with no expiration date. 2. We offer a free trail
toner cartridge with no risk or obligation.
2. 10,000 a month in our real estate business but its over promise with no back up.
3. 1-2page letter, 1 - 2 times annually, keep in touch with customers and make sales
4. 1-5% appointment after following up by telephone. 1 project out of 500 letters. Still
profitable.
5. 150 sale letters aimed at printing companies, 15 responses, one sale. This was
the first of four times I will be using this approach.
6. 2 times a year a one page flyer
7. 25 - 30 per year - Seasonal and general - to inspire a desire to purchase - fair
8. 4 times a year postcard generally with a topical promotion, generally for a quantity
purchase.
9. 50,000 letterbox distributions when we are not busy
10. 6X8 postcards sent monthly to drive reorders and request referrals. We get a 15 to
1 return on our mail
11. 70
12. 99% of my advertising is direct mail. I wont spend a dime on institutional
advertising. I do it by mail (plain text only) and I'am one of not so many hard selling
direct e-marketers in Poland... you see, 3 pages long sales letter is sth unusual
here and sth shortest for me to give all my thoughts.
13. About once a month to our top 50 prospects. 2 to 4 pages, sometimes with a
brochure included.
14. Ad cards in a mailing pack. Tried once. Had zero responses.
15. Ad-hoc, objective to generate enquiries (and raise company profile), poor results
16. All e-mail
17. Already covered in terms of type frequency 10 letters per advisor every week to
secure four appointments every week.
18. A marketing consultant came in 2 years ago and sent out a few hundred letters to
furniture removalists in one shot. We received no enquiries, and there was no
phone follow up. It was an expensive disaster. Recently we sent out 7 letters to a
small network of cold-store warehouses and followed them up with phone calls and
received a long term hire ($30 a day for 78 weeks) plus 4 very interested in
keeping information on us in their files for future reference. We sent out another 12
to regional cold-store warehouses of a national food distributor, with 8 happy to
receive promotional information for their files. The lesson we learn is that tight
targeting is better than broad-brush, and roll-out should be in small lots to enable
effective phone follow up. The best result we can hope for via direct mail is that
information about us will be received and put on file so that when a need for us
arises, our information is available.
19. Announcing new products/ services/ specials
20. Annual newsletter. That’s it. Sad isn’t it?
21. Annually holiday cards Periodic new product or service intro postcards
22. Answered earlier. At this point the results are nothing to brag about. Need more
presence in front of them - remind them we are still handling real estate needs..
48. Direct e-mail only – lower cost
49. Direct mail and one off.
50. Direct mail has been sales letters accompanied by a 1-page mini article about
some aspect of training, sourced from a good journal, describing a problem. My
covering letter draws attention to the problem (the article is my evidence), and how
I can help companies address it.
51. Direct mail letter to alternative health minded individuals with objective to educate
on chelation and offered in conjunction with a seminar for them to attend. The
results have been extremely positive and we have increased mailing from once
every 4 months to every 10 weeks and seminar to follow.
52. Direct mail letters to one of my target markets, once a year to get them to visit my
website
53. Direct mail post cards that direct traffic to website, 2 step sale approach.
54. Direct mail to purchased mail lists, about 3 times a year .to increase cash flow
during the slow periods of the year
55. DM (both postal and email) is one of the main pillars of our strategic marketing
program. These DM programs will be run continuously and our objective is to
generate leads and sales.
56. DM is primarily used for seminars and events. We usually get 20-30% unsolicited
response
57. Do not have any
58. Do not have one
59. Do not use
60. do not use any more after the first two years of losing money doing it and not
getting any business
61. Do not use.
62. Don’t do direct mail
63. Don’t do it yet.
64. Don’t do it.
65. Don’t use.
66. don't have one
67. Due to cost and time savings, I have mostly been using email lately, but may rely
on direct mail in combination with email and the fax machine for a future event I
am planning.
68. Early days but we send out direct mail letters with some kind of offer, preferably
with some 3D element to the contents or packaging. Too early to ascertain results.
69. Educate them on our product and try to create their need and want and hopefully
they will buy our product.
70. Email – 2 to 5 % order response. Objective is to get repeat sales, Frequency once
per moth
71. Email direct
72. Email direct
73. E-mail newsletters and endorsements. About once per month. To provide value
works. when we do we will go after it in a big way...with cell tech we had a tape
that worked and we sent millions out..we don't have a tape that pulls the necessary
results yet...we have had decent response but not good closing...maybe our price
point was high $700 to get in with 24-48 customers...I thought the value was
awesome but the public did not
103. Haven’t done any at this time(5)
104. Highly targeted at specific individuals who I know are the right people to buy my
service. No mass mailings at all. Each letter is slightly tailored to what I know
about a prospect. A few sent every day.
105. Hit and miss postcard and letters
106. HIT AND MISS. NO CONSISTENT PROGRAM
107. I am actually in the process of putting together my first one. I am having the fitness
center that owns the building where I have my office here offer, as part of their
marketing plan, a free massage (on me) to their new members as a new-member
benefit. They will be mailing out to their new members certificates for a free
massage from me (which include a description of the benefits of massage), along
with a cover letter from them. The objective, of course, is to “get them on my
table”. The frequency of our repeating this will of course depend upon the results.
108. I am beginning a new campaign next week. I described in some of the above
questions.
109. I am just doing my first direct mail its off a list from a trade group I belong to.
110. I am not sure if I will do direct-mail campaigns, I may try and stick with the Internet
and direct-email.
111. I am using monthly E-mails to update customers about new products, services,
and technologies that can be of benefit to them.
112. I did one mailing of 1000 pieces to my target market and did not generate one
inquiry. I did two mailings of 1000 each to the same prospect base with another
product and did not generate a single response.
113. I don´t have of my own
114. I don't believe direct mail will work except for contacting potential dealers and
venture partners etc. Although the marginal net worth of a client once calculated or
estimated fairly closely will determine if I it can be viable. The response to the
pieces going out will also factor greatly in this equation.
115. I don't.
116. I find email is much more cost effective with no cash outlay. I can reach tens of
millions for nothing and only pay for results.
117. I have attempt to write a few sales letters and mailed out a couple hundred letters
with no results…that’s basically it
118. I have developed a direct mail letter and have sent it to two batches of prospects. I
need to repeat it to a much wider audience.
119. I have not done this yet.
120. I have not used it at all.
121. I haven’t attempted a mail effort with this company yet. I previously tried a mail
effort with a project and learned how fast you can go through $10,000 when you
don’t study marketing beforehand.
122. I inform my clients of added value services that I can provide. Have just started
doing it in order to continue to establish relationships with my clients. I have had
139. In the past I’ve used direct mail to attract clients. It has been effective.
140. In the past very inconsistent, it is getting better. Shooting for a client contact
1/month.
141. In the process of developing a mailing list. We’re going after certain professions
and we’re seeking those who do not yet have a website. We’re also studying those
who do have a website that we feel we can make better.
142. Inconsistent, tends to be based on whim
143. Individual personalized letters with a follow-up.
144. Infrequent and usually through distributor mailings
145. Initially through postcards, to get them to ask for a free report. I get about 1%
response rate. Very disappointing.
146. Intermittent mailing to clients that don’t seem to produce much results
147. Intermittent with poor results
148. Irregular
149. It is a two page letter that starts of talking about the situation they are in right now
and how they might want to consider an opportunity to improve their business. It
also describes some of the benefits clients have received. There is an offer at the
end to call and they will receive a gift. I used to do this on a weekly basis and
discovered that many didn’t read the letter even when they received it. Mail was
sent out in handwritten envelopes with no return address to maintain
mysteriousness. The objective was to introduce myself to them and offer an
chance to meet up with a fellow business owner who can share ways in which they
can grow their business. As most don’t like to read and some don’t even read
English, I found that it was not very productive use of time and resources.
150. It is haphazard.
151. It will be a three-monthly DM directed to prospects who do not order immediately
and postpone decision. This DM is planned to be send a month after presentation
with announcement of half a year production capability constraint and then after
announced time information about production ready period – again a short period
that will require additional months to get the order.
152. Just coupons in ValPak.
153. Just letters to follow up with contacts that I have made
154. Just started
155. Just starting. Directed at prime accounts, our “best possible customer” prospects.
156. least used at this time- no current stat’s
157. Letter of introduction. Infrequent. Opportunity offer services, minimal.
158. Letter on a random basis to obtain leads for a seminar. Periodic thank you letters
159. Letter to current clients, with personal info, update on clinic, offer, results are
typically a 3-400% ROI
160. Letter, annual, raise awareness of possible need, some call backs
161. Letter, emails, post cards, phone calls, requests for referrals. 500k plus per year.
162. Letter In frequent to known buyers Offered services at reduced cost to a specific
market Make a couple of sales
163. Letters , every 2-3 months, objective: gain new customers, get a trial order.
164. Letters after 1 year
165. Letters and brochures – when I can afford to – new customers – very poor
166. Letters monthly good results
167. Letters sent on weekly monthly basic Informative, and sales Referral letters And
follow up letter
168. Letters to top officers at target companies, whenever I identify a target company, to
get a meeting at their office. Results: low conversion rate so far
169. Letters, three times a year, to get clients, a 1% success rate.
170. Limited
171. Little.
172. mail advertising, about once a month, to make people know our company, the
result is pretty good.
173. Mail postcards to neighborhoods for new listings and sales, some positive results.
174. Mail postcards to top 400 realtors monthly Mail letters to top 400 realtors
monthly Have 3rd party mail (title, other realtors) to top 400 realtors Mailed
audio tape with 20 top realtors in-depth comments about us
175. MAIL WHEN I WANT MORE BUSINESS ONLY
176. Mailed a 4-page brochure advertising a seminar to 1040 chamber members; got
three requests for more information and one call. Was sent too close to date,
should have gone 1st class instead of standard and – most important – should
have had a banner that said, “Special Offer to Chamber Members”
177. Mailers and postcards on a monthly basis
178. Mailing from a mailing list—results are not that great, so I shy away from such.
179. Mainly consist with engineering letters of endorsements for host to send.
180. Mainly through email to potential and existing suppliers/partners(limited number of
people). Type and frequency dependent on product and season. Results to date
fairly good but combined with other approaches.
181. Mass mailings, once per month, to give them valuable information and position us
in their mind so that when they are ready to sell their home, they will call us. This is
what works best for us.
182. Mentioned _ newsletters quarterly
183. Minimal
184. Miserable failure. Qualified list, killer letter, follow up phone call. Zero results.
185. monthly
186. Monthly – PRODUCES ABOUT 5% RETURN RATE PER PERSON MAILED.
187. Monthly commission mail outs to practitioners with occasional information.
188. Monthly mailing to educate clients and prospects with a call to action Email to
educate clients and prospects with a call to action.
189. monthly mailouts of cards (free quick over the net home evaluation), free video,
mailouts of 8-page color magazine.
190. Monthly newsletter we get compliments on it but I think it is only a stepping stone
to actually get the professionals to refer to us I am still trying to figure out how to
get them to refer everyone they see that we can help to us
191. monthly newsletter, A,B,C MAIL OR E-MAILQUARTERLY NEWSLETTER ALL
Looking at starting 7000 piece mailings to target niche – mainly quarterly seminar
focused
192. Monthly normally linked with promotions. Results = 0
193. Monthly offers for us to watch children while the parents go out on a "date"
194. Monthly postcards, top of mind marketing, new clients
195. Monthly to established accounts with statements generally sales messages to
increase sales varied results
196. Monthly with telsales follow up.
197. monthly, tried to get people to our free seminar, did not pay for itself
198. Monthly. Objective is to keep people interested and informed, and remind them we
have books for sale.
199. Most of our marketing efforts are based around direct marketing. The results have
been dismal. Whether our sales material is not good enough, our sales letters our
offers, our pricing, results to date have been very discouraging. I’m not sure
whether the same concepts transpose to Australia. I believe t hey should but our
results to date do not support it.
200. MOST TO READ,
201. My goal will be to test a specific list/offer and roll out when successful.
202. My Office –Type Question 38 Frequency Bi-monthly to about 5,000 homes
Objective Obtain new listings Results About 10 new listings every mailing, or
0.2%Personal – NONE
203. N.A.(27)
204. Never had to do it so far. I am all curious how we will do this summer or fall with
our number one attempt
205. Never!
206. newsletter every three mos or so
207. Newsletter sent quarterly to active clients. This is starting to become more effective
as my newsletter as taken on a more professional look and style by showcasing
alot of my framing of my clients art. My objective was to show what can be done
with the right style of framing and the results have been very favorable. Clients call
and comment that they enjoy the newsletter, call to talk about a particular item
featured or to ask about having something of theirs framed that way. In listening to
our tapes about seminar giving and giving to your clients, I put into my 1st quarter
newsletter that I would hold a free "How to stretch/block needlework for framing"
workshop for a limited amount of people. The workshop isn't until March 27th but
by the first week in February I had to start a waiting list. The list of attendees
included 2 inactive clients that I haven't seen in almost 2 1/2 years and they are
both bringing people that have never been here. The other direct mail effort has
been to the prospects names that I receive monthly. They initially receive a
postcard from me thanking them for their interest along with an opening invitation
to the gallery. There is an offer for 20% off at the bottom of the card as a P.S.
These are sent monthly with an objective to bring in new clients. So far the results
have been less than stellar.
208. Newsletter to list once a month. Just getting this one off of the ground, so no
results yet.
209. Newsletter, and 1-year check-up
210. Newsletters, quarterly, “top of mind awareness” and to get referrals, we do
generate some referrals from this—enough to justify the cost
211. Nil(8)
212. No(3)
213. No direct mail activity is being done presently.
214. no direct mail although we do a lot of fax marketing.
215. No direct mail effort that I’ve seen.
216. No direct mail efforts unless its to inform our clients of a change in Regulations
217. No direct mail efforts.
218. No direct mail efforts. Would like to implement a Postcard system, a Sales letter
system.
219. No direct mail program in place due to cost and nature of business
220. No direct mail so far. Just email
221. No direct mail.
222. No direct mail.
223. No direct mails
224. No Direct mail planned in early months. A direct mail marketing plan will be
developed for licensees after early marketing has been done.
225. no efforts
226. No response--we are a start-up business preparing to launch
227. Non existent(3)
228. NONE(94)
229. None – thinking about it.
230. None apart from the Internet
231. None as of yet!! Coming soon hopefully
232. None at present and none planned
233. None at present.
234. None at this moment we think about e-mailing soon.
235. None at this point.
236. None at this time(2)
237. None at this time beyond hand written thank you cards
238. None at this time.
239. None but a few dozen cold prospecting letters every few months
240. None currently
241. None existent
242. None exists
243. None in last 3 years
244. None in recent years.
245. NONE OTHER THAN MAIL TO PAST CUSTOMERS AND CURRENT ONES.
THUS FAR NOT MADE MEASURABLE IMPACT.
246. None recently. In the past tried only short time
247. None so far
283. Occasional programs using direct mail – letter, phone call, letter, phone call, etc. –
to make contact with new clients. These efforts have resulted in some new client
contacts but would probably be highly productive if they were more consistent and
approached from a long-term perspective.
284. Offering courses. See attachments.
285. Once - flier and invitation to hold a mini-workshop. Objective: provide awareness
to market place of our existence; obtain participants in workshop and eventually
sales coaching clients. Results: held one workshop - no clients obtained.
286. Once a year targeted mailing.
287. Once a year, we mail out a brochure to a targeted mailing list.
288. Once a year: catalog; other efforts include special gifts to top 10,000 clients at
Christmas, to referrers at other times. . . .
289. Once every 3 months – get 5 calls
290. once every 6 weeks: usually copies (reprints) of articles referred to in Q69 or other
informative material, often with an incentive (eg a free report) to make contact
291. Once every other week with 5,000 menus to homes for each store to get our
regular customers to order from us and bring us new ones-help us to increase our
business by 8-15%
292. Once or twice a year – always when business is down
293. Once or twice a year at most, we usually break even on the mailing, that’s about it.
294. Once to twice a year. Generally a product brochure and possibly a new product
release.
295. Once. That is all.
296. One a month, get a client, marginally effective
297. One direct mail campaign…no results
298. One in a while – 2-3% response rate, 1% new business; could do more, resources
permitting.
299. One-time mailing to paper’s former subscribers by a respected church media
expert to get those people to visit website, answer the question and hopefully
become full subscribers once again.
300. Only as pre trade show work. Mail announcement and invitations
301. ONLY DID DIRECT MAIL ONCE IN 1990.. WAS NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AS
WORD OF MOUTH AND EVOLVING CLIENTS
302. Only invites to seminars
303. Only on email. Very sporadic
304. Only tried once – dismal results
305. Only use e-mail and obtain 1% to 3%.
306. Only when I started my business in 1981. Used direct mail and local seminars as
my lead generation vehicles. Have never had to do it since.
307. Only when sending official receipts and other related docs.
308. Our direct mail campaign is generally once a month . This campaign is primarily
targeted to the refi market since interest rates are at a historic all Time low.
309. Our direct-mail efforts are limited today. We use them for the following:-
Quarterly Newsletter, describing our company, our products & solutions, our
project case studies- Good News newsletter, to share weekly among our
employees and among select longer-term customers (thinking of expanding to
more customers)- Product Specials and Introductory Offers – this latter has
resulted in significant, but short-lived incremental business on select cases.
310. Our only direct-mail effort is to purchase mailing lists and send a newsletter and
audio tape about our lead product. Our response is 1 - 2% depending on the list.
311. Over my agent. Flyers followed by followup 'phone calls.
312. Over the past year I've sent out less than 300 letters - always to senior finance
execs, never with any success. Always one-offs (no sequence), and with very little
telephone follow-up (fear/procrastination).A few weeks ago I had my first
successes. First by offering to work for free if I didn't recover at least £10,000
which got one prospect to accept, and secondly a local government internal audit
dept requested a copy of a report I've written on the issue.
313. Payup and renewal sequences for subscriptions. Monthly. Keep doing them as
long as they pull (could track better).
314. Periodic mailings.
315. periodic newsletters sent to clients and prospects - have had some limited positive
results of obtaining new clients
316. Personal contact works far better in our business
317. Personalized letters, every 4-6 weeks, get leads, not very good. Less than 1%.
318. Post cards in nearby neighborhood only
319. postcard for maintenance Spring & Fall
320. Postcard, 800#, FOD, follow-up faxes. Follow-up is 3 times at 2 week intervals.
Consistent lead generation
321. Postcards, lousy results.
322. PPC ads – daily. Website text – daily. Newsletter – monthly (sort of). Average of
12 new subscribers daily. Daily turnover from Website 600,00 Euro. Last special
report:12000.00 Euro in 7 days from a 1600 subscriber base.
323. Practically none. Some time ago I sent post cards to trucking companies with very
little results.
324. Predominately initiated by manufacturers programs
325. Previous 20 questions
326. Putting data from prospects I find in various media in a database Sending them a
personalized e-mail that should appeal to their needs, catogorised according the
need expressed when collecting the data. By example: a shop placed an and for
the opening of a new shop, they might need models for a fashion show following
two weeks or month after the opening. They're new hired staff might need a
course in selling too. And since they are located near the border, or near the
airport, language courses for the staff are maybe needed too. Maybe the shop
doesn't have a website yet, so we can provide that too. Confirming the e-mail by
regular (snail) mail. Calling them by phone to sell'm a meeting. During the meeting
a sales conversation followed by an order (in half of the cases).If we only do the e-
mail and expect them to call. No response. If we do it via regular mail and don't
call'm: 1/10.000. If we send them personalized e-mail, followed by personalized
letter, and call'm up, we get appointment in 1/25 cases. And at 1 on 2 we write an
order down.
327. Quarterly……send information of interest and as mentioned above.
349. Sending out one info-package and 2 follow ups. Objective is to get them to visit my
free seminar. Results: Lousy.
350. Series of letters followed by telephone call over about 4 weeks objective to raise
awareness and get an appointment
351. Service letters asking for inquiries and work, 1-2% response rate
352. Since the web has transformed our business. Our Direct mailing is now 5% of our
business and is held to new catalogs to customers and desired contacts and to
special events or product releases. E-mail allows us to reach more people for a
tenth of cost with almost the same results in sales.
353. Single letter to open the relationship and alert the client of a phone call.
354. Single mailing with email follow up. As high as a 25% response rate with a 10%
conversion rate.
355. Smartmail…not as targeted as it should be. Also believe snail mail is more
effective.
356. So far they are working pretty well.
357. Something is always happening on a daily basis with actual contacts set on a
monthly basis.
358. Special promotions linked to our slogan backed with a call
359. Specific to the service. Give to all.
360. Spent $5000 on a direct mail postcard to 10,000 people early this year and
received not even one response!! Now I am totally unsure of this.
361. Sporadic , bring in new prospects
362. Sporadic at best. Letter format about a “hot” regulatory issue. The response is
usually 10-15%.
363. Sporadic frequency. Objectives were to educate and thus motivate to produce
sales results. Success rate last time: 1% (sales, that is)
364. Sporadic at best: I send all my mailing list people twice yearly gift certificates to
drum up business.
365. Started and then stopped.-funding
366. Starting new project and am testing for results
367. STILL FORMULATING THIS
368. Still in the process of formulating.
369. Still not off the ground.
370. Tapes and letters are sent in an effort to recruit people who want to build a home
base business with residual income potential, Repeat mailings are usually not
done to the same prospects
371. That’s something I’d like to do. I’ll do this later on.
372. The aforementioned postcards were sent to individuals in our media database;
afterwards, we monitored our site for “hit” frequency, to determine the extent to
which the postcards generated responses. Direct mail does not work as well as the
search engine ads: We want visits, and the easiest thing for a potential visitor to do
is to click on an ad (by contrast, the direct mail recipient must 1) boot his computer,
2) boot his browser, 3) enter the URL ... much more complicated by comparison).
373. The closest thing to direct mail that I have done in the past 10 years is newspaper
insert advertising. Results when I did use mail were dismal.
374. The metal building manufacturer we buy from has a direct mail campaign we
subscribe to. Lots of leads but no immediate sales which is the nature of the
business but frustrates my partners to no end. They conclude once again that
marketing is a waste of time and money.
375. The newest form of marketing for us. We are combining post cards with follow-up
sales letters. We do not have a frequency yet since we just started and are
currently testing headlines, and incentive offers. We are getting results in from our
first mailing just this week
376. The only consistent direct mail effort is a monthly magazine.
377. They are usually selling courses (sometimes with other products offered in the
mailing). They happen about every 6 months. We get about 2% bookings. They
are intended to sell the entire thing in a single mailing. We mail about 15,000 at a
time (the size of our “universe”)
378. This is one area that will not be done by us for a very long time. We would waste
time and money and, at best, not be that effective. We have too much success
with going right to the source of county records or having simple classified ads
work for us.
379. Thought about it last year…did not do.
380. TRIED A FEW TIMES DIDN’T PAY FOR ITSELF
381. Tried in a limited area, but response not great. Must re-examine message and
reach.
382. Tried it once – a few leads of which none converted to customers.
383. Tried it twice. Very poor return. Not great for our high-ticket market.
384. TRY AND DO A 10K – ONCE A MONTH HOPE FOR A 0.5% RESPONSE RATE
385. TWICE A YEAR IN VITATION TO ALL CUSTOMERS AND PROSPECTS TO
VISIT OUR SHOWROOM OR A FAIR
386. TWICE-YEARLY RESPONSE ABOUT 1%
387. Two attempts this year to interest prospective clinics in our Internet directory listing
service. Results were poor.
388. Two page letter with order form, twice a year to each list, to create new customers,
0.35-1.5% new customer creation rate
389. Two sequential email solicitations a) two months and b) one month prior to two
scheduled training seminars.
390. Type – land post Frequency – monthly during school terms Objective – to sell
products supporting delivery of our specialist topic. We are now starting to publish
our own books and programmes. Results – we trial in small batches and have
mixed results. We trial three times in batches of 500/1000. We average about
2.5% response which is breakeven for us. Still struggling to ‘crack’ this one.
391. Type LETTER , frequency NOT FREQUENT , objective TO GET SALES , and
results 2 % RETURN .
392. Type: e-mailing Objective: generate sales (using special offers) Frequency:
appr. Every month Results: CTR: appr. 20% on our customer list Sales: apr. 1.5%
on our own customer list
393. Type: sales letters – promotions. Frequency: as & when we have new sales
product/service or promotion. Objective: generate sales. Results: 20 –30%
394. Typically about a .5% response rate. Objective is to generate leads and done
maybe quarterly
395. Under development. We intend to combine email and printed mail, first to active
and inactive clients, then expanding to relocation consultants and beyond,
prospects that did not buy, and more. We will test mailing monthly to any single
recipient. Objective: 100% increase in repeat sales, 200% increase in new sales.
396. Up till this point, our main office has put together mailing pieces about every 8-9
months. They have been poorly designed as institutional ads for the most part.
They do have telemarketers who follow up, but when we tried to follow up on some
leads which they said were dead, we ended up setting the appointments. I’m
rewriting materials for this also.
397. Use both sales letters and educational letters ala Abraham. Try to get out 3-4
sendings per year. Results have been fair, this is due to lack of consistently
making scheduled sendings. Results have helped us maintain fair growth .
398. Use direct mail as a follow up strategy – generally with prospects that need more
layers of exposure. Mailer includes something of value (i.e. third party reprint of an
article that would be of interest to the CEO).
399. Use e-mail now.
400. Used successfully to current clients but has been hit or miss for prospects. For
instance, we have yet to really identify highly successful lists for generating
prospects. The house list works well.
401. USUALLY EITHER AN 8 ½ X 11 OR AN 11 X 17 IN A COLORED ENVELOPE,
UNLESS WE ARE ABLE TO CREATE A TIGHT FOCUS AND THEN WE GET
REALLY CREATIVE.
402. Val-Pack and ADVO or similar. For new stores, we run weekly for the first three
months with rather steep discounts. Quarterly drops for more established stores
with less steep discounts, special offers, etc.
403. Varied, bimonthly
404. varies
405. Varies by sales team. Typically weekly to purchased lists of potential prospects.
Results are normally in the 1-2% range
406. Vendor printed mailers, Sporadic but we try to do one per month, find projects or
generate interest, increase sales, we get 2 or 3 % return.
407. Very limited, with no overall plan in place; not generally successful due to lack of
strategic integration and active follow-up
408. Very little
409. Very little direct mail except for letters of introduction to people we believe may
need our services, such as governmental agencies. We have very recently begun
this effort; we will follow up initial letter with phone calls every one to two weeks.
Results so far have been interesting, with return calls from 2 of 11 agencies
contacted on the initial try.
410. Very sporadic and unclear. We haven’t put together anything effectively to even
have accurate test.
411. Very successful when have written isolated direct-mail style letters regarding
particular project to a particular client.. Have not done it for myself on mass level.
412. We are just beginning our direct-mail. We are sending 100 a week out and are
getting between one and three percent return. I am given to understand that this is
to be expected since we are new and the product is new.
413. We are planning on a direct mail letter to qualified leads in the very near future.
We want to use it for lead generation.
Additional comments:
1. # I always try to get more clients #2 I‘m recently trying more to upsell.
2. (1) We make it easy for our customers to buy. (2) We use test marketing to
maximize our sales results. (3) We use our USP in our sales.
3. (a) increasing the number of clients of the type I want to have (a) increasing the
number of times clients come back(c) increasing the average value of each sale
(d) increasing the effectiveness of each process in the business.
4. (maybe)
5. but not systematically. . .we talk about the three ways and then decide how to
allocate work best toward either acquiring more clients, creating a higher gross
profit on all existing sales, and how also to sell more services to existing clients. . .
6. .More customers, more sales per customers, more frequent purchases: Marketing,
Product development,
7. 1) I try to add new clients as my time allows. 2) I look for ways to become more
valuable to my clients so they are willing to pay more per hour for my service. 3)
Also, I look for ways to increase the frequency of service so they are using my
services more consistently.
8. 1) Sell 2) Service 3) Integrate
9. 1. More Clients – advertising, local store marketing, referral programs. 2. Sell
More to Existing Clients – Promotions, contests, in-store signage, new services
and products. 3. More often – Bounce back coupons to encourage returns within
30 days, complimentary neck trims between cuts to get Clients in the habit of
coming in plus opportunity to sell them products and services on that visit and to
give them something extra, a USP.
10. 1. Sell more products/services. Working on this one. Will add standard
transmission truck. Have added schoolbus already for clients to get passenger
endorsement. 2. Increase the unit of sale ($). Have increased it somewhat but
not that much. 3. Sell more often. My products do not lend to repetitive sales.
11. 1. Try to focus on growing customers by telecanvassing, sometimes on the back of
a direct mailshot 2. Always try to sell more of our portfolio of services on an
ongoing basis – have been very successful at this 3. Difficult to increase the
frequency as they have set contracts
12. 1.) I work on building my list by making free offers, special reports. 2) I endorse to
the list at least once every 2 months with back-end products. 3. I haven't yet
worked on the 3rd one. i.e. I haven't been selling higher ticket items.
13. 2 of the 3. We increased the size of the seminars from 80 to 100 to 140 now to
200 attendees a time. We increased prices from $1096.70 to $1497 with no sign
of price resistance. We are not getting them back to repurchase yet.
14. Acquire more new clients: primarily with jv’s and host-beneficiary endorsements.
Increase the unit of sale: up sell bump at time of purchase of product by offering a
deluxe version; package consulting services instead of selling just one. Increase
frequency of purchase and extend the LTV: continuously keep in contact with
56. I am sure they are great but I would need to know more about them.
57. I attempt to get more customers and to offer new products.
58. I bring in new clients with outreach such as writing, speaking, seminars. I increase
purchases by being more exposed to clients and exposing more services we can
offer, and I increase the amount of each purchase by emphasizing value
59. I do not know the details of such model.
60. I do not know these please let us know.
61. I do not know what that is yet
62. I don’t know what these three ways you are referring to are.
63. I don’t know what they are.
64. I don’t know what your 3 ways are.
65. I don’t remember what those are.
66. I don't know your three ways.
67. I have never yet heard of it.
68. I have trouble with this as we have a low volume product and only one product. SO
we cannot increase frequency or size of order ???
69. I HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET.
70. I intend to increase # of customers, amount of purchases, frequency of purchases
later
71. I just really understood your 3 ways of growing the business in December of 2002,
I believe 1) increase profit, 2) increase frequency and 3) increase stuff you sell
them (complimentary items) – now that I cam more aware of this I am getting
better at this –
72. I know I should know this… but if I can’t remember the details of it, clearly we
aren’t doing it. (Have to go home & read up again!)
73. I know I’ve read it, but cannot recall.
74. I know what to do but I don’t.
75. I need to review exactly what they are.
76. I think I have above
77. I think I know what your three ways are:1) Get the names and addresses of
customers - Yes, I do that now.2) Contact these customers repeatedly over time
asking them to look at other offers I have - thus creating more business. - Yes, I do
this also.3) Offer some sort of gift - No and yes. I offer a free eBook to newsletter
subscribers but I haven't begun to offer something of value across the board to
entice prospects and previous customers to buy more. The good news is that you
just reminded me to do this! (If this is the "Three Ways To Grow A Business
Model" you are talking about)
78. I try to do more business with each client, and I am continually asking for referrals
to new clients.
79. I try to get more clients to pay me more money more often by taking excellent care
of them, telling them that I take excellent care of them and by providing them with
a great product and asking them to tell their friends.
80. I try to increase the size of client hence greater revenue per sale. I want to put new
ideas in front of clients regularly
108. increase unit sales, increase number of new clients do not use frequency.
109. INCREASED FREQUENCY
110. Increasing clients. Mail out-referral-Up-weighted purchase-additional courses
Frequency- series of courses.
111. Is this increase number of customers, sales/profit margin and frequency of
purchase?
112. It has everything to do with shaping my business strategy within the confines of
what I have to work with.
113. I try to sell the same data more often to different companies, I try to sell high value
products to companies that just buy small projects.
114. Its part of the sales process.
115. Just recently learnt this further and have yet to apply
116. Just thinking if I know what you mean: A. Frequency of purchase, B. Size of
purchase, and C. ???
117. Know of – but no system to implement
118. Look for new clients, primarily through JVs; Go back to past clients for subsequent
assignments. Sometimes an assignment has an opportunity for growth in size.
119. Mail, calls, strategies alliances, seminars
120. Mainly concentrate on increasing number of clients. Once the price is set it is
difficult to increase the value of the transaction.or the frequency of purchase.
121. More clients – referral program, more volume per transaction – volume discounts,
more transactions – lump sum pre-payment discounts.
122. More clients – through ezine; more sales per client – through ezine and
autoresponder follow-ups.
123. More clients –ask for refurals, more sales – offer more services
124. More Clients: my general marketing stuff More Money: upselling More Often:
started offering 4 hour evening events for the Teacher Advisors Thinking of
offering three hour long follow up “strategy workshops” for alumni. Offering to
come to their school and do a tailored event
125. More Customers – direct mail, web, referrals, JV Increasing Average Sale Amount
– Upsell at point of purchase Increase number of transactions – only by me doing
JV endorsements of other people.
126. More customers: More website links generates traffic and more clients. Higher
Transaction Value: Our average loan size has steadily gone up from $20K to
$35K. We are now going after private mortgages because those loans are larger.
More Frequent Purchasing Pattern: A Monthly newsletter and formalized referral
system means more frequent purchases from the same customer.
127. More prospects: have added pillars, started with seminars only as a distribution
channel, added a broking firm, and now setting aup a sports organization to alert
its members re cancellations via SMS etc
128. More sales to existing accounts by identifying every product they use in their
business and provide them a fluid management approach/savings program as well
as methods to grow their business. Sell them more often by being their regularly
with a sales and service van that replenishes their fluids without the need to call
us.
129. More services to one client ie consulting and hire of telephone bridge More $’s per
156. Obtain more clients by talking to people. Obtain more clients by promoting a
website. Sell more to a client. I do advise people about the essential products to
purchase. Quite often their available funds are seriously limited. Offline: Sell to an
existing client again and again. This is easy and I often do this. Online: I do have a
problem with up-selling and back-ending.
157. Once new customers and/or IBO’s are recruited, efforts are made to increase the
number of different products that the individual uses and he is encouraged to find
others who might benefit from involvement with the company
158. Only growing new clients slowly at the moment. Always seek to get client onto a
monthly payment program
159. only to get more customers
160. Our business model is based on: new products, market to old clients, and price
incentives
161. P.R., Direct Mail, Telemarketing (some), Referrals, follow-up with newsletter
(communication)
162. Perhaps my mind is turning to mush with all these questions, but can't even say
what the 3 ways are?!
163. Please tell me about this model!
164. Primarily geared toward grabbing new prospects. Some effort to maximize
revenue/sale. Very little to increase number of transactions/customer.
165. Prospect to increase customers We offer specials to increase frequency of
purchase We bundle products to increase amount of purchase
166. Rate- new customer acquisition; Frequency- customers buy more often; Money-
customers spend more with each purchase
167. React, react, react.
168. Referral Risk Reversal More value than we receive
169. Referrals, New Products and services. Diversified revenue generation streams and
back end revenue generation – workshops and seminars
170. Results still dismal. We have difficulty getting people to want to undertake the full
business development program,
171. Right now working most on getting more clients
172. Right now, we are focusing on increasing N, the number of clients
173. See answer to question #87
174. Sell more ot each client, cross sell and get more referrals
175. Sell new services to existing clients, market for new clients,
176. Service plans for greater frequency. Cold calls for more clients. Inside reps to
penetrate the account
177. Since learning this model I have always thought of it as a core mind set to the
overall business approach. Knowing what our customers spend allow me to know
what I can spend on marketing. Watching the no. of sales per month tells me if my
marketing efforts are attracting previous customers or brining in new ones.
178. So far only increase the no. of clients
179. Some, I try to get them to buy more (quantity discounts buy for your friends, I try to
get them to buy more often for gifts, and I’m trying to develop backends of other
products.
180. Sorry, can’t recall then off hand, but I kep thinking of focusing on the USP, referral
system and frequent customer contact.
181. Still learning, I increase the amount of the purchase by offering tiered solutions,
and increase the frequency of the purchase by contacting clients about new
services and products available
182. The mail outs mention above
183. This is definitely something we should be focused on.
184. Try to increase the average sale
185. Unaware of them. (Sorry!)
186. Unsure what you mean.
187. Upsell client (offer new products), referrals (increase number of clients), increase
the frequency (allowing customers to by time periods)
188. Utilize two of three. I obtain more clients thru referrals and speaking exposure, and
increased my fees
189. Very few of our customers are repeat customers by nature, so we cannot resell
them. If a customer orders a survey, for instance, it is generally not possible to
upgrade the nature of the survey or to sell him additional surveys.
190. We add customers, we seek to make each customer more profitable and create a
residual back end. We are seeing success, but are so far from having it where we
want it.
191. We add on items at the time of sale.
192. We are constantly trying to get MORE clients. We will sometimes upsell clients on
specific projects to increase the selling price of a project by upgrading the paper,
adding varnishes and coatings, suggesting special packaging, and suggesting a
larger quantity order because the incremental cost of additional quantities is low
compared to smaller quantities. We will also try to increase the frequency of
purchases by trying to produce more of the projects produced by clients.
193. We are upselling all the time when people call in—new products related
194. We do upsell but don't push the repeat & referral aspects enough.
195. We go through a client’s methodology in getting a new customer, discuss how to
increase the initial transaction or upgrade, and mostly discuss the way to maximize
the customer list potential.
196. We got more clients. Increasing frequency and transaction value was negligible
increases but intake of clients substantially improved.
197. We have “add-ons” to sell further to our current clients
198. We have been very focused on increasing the average annual client spend
199. We have begun meetings with staff to make them understand the 3 ways and the
value of a patient. We have focused most of our efforts of getting them to buy
more and buy other products. We already have a great recall stystem in place.
200. We have increased the amount of the purchase by adding more products and add
on modules and training services. We have increased the frequency of purchase
by adding the more consumables (labels and boxes) and requiring reps to call
every 90 days of lose the account. We have increased the number of people that
buy by joint venturing/partnering with the USPS and other players in the industry.
201. We have tried to increase the frequency of customers purchases by trying to find
different pains once we demonstrate our abilities. We have tried to increase the
222. Working on the plan, but we will gain new customers via mailings, follow ups, and
referrals, also putting in place the dream 100 plan. Size of order: being more
proactive regarding suggesting additional services & project work. Frequency:
Will be putting in host/beneficiary plans. In most cases, we are already there every
day.
223. Working our current and past customer list Client referrals Personal selling by
company principals Selling by part time commission agents Risk reversal – 100%
lifetime performance guarantee Website presentation to search engine browsers
Joint Ventures Host/beneficiary affiliations
224. yes try too I have raised the prices Also raised the bulk meat prices to encourage
clients to shop more often and encourage clients to buy a treat for their pet
because they have spent over $ 10 I will give them 50 cents off any treat
225. Yes, but too immature to disclose yet.
226. Yes, I think the best thing I have gotten out of the three ways is to grow new
customers to get larger and buy more of our service. What we are looking at is
adding new services to sell to the same customers.
227. Yes, More customers, we encourage trail usage. More for each sale, we offer other
products with courses (for example the last mailing for a course offered a discount
on a tape series), more back end - cross selling and trying to get them to buy
subscription products.
228. Yes, partially as I try to resell new interventions
229. Yes, this is included in our marketing plan,
Additional comments:
1. 6 weekly
2. A bimonthly newsletter
3. Aim to do this.
4. All of our email go out at 3am eastern time so the message is in the prospect's in
box when they get to the office.
5. All these are in the business plan although not yet in effect
6. Already covered Newsletter not by e-mail.
7. As far as regularly scheduled hours, I always try to start at a decent hour, not build
Rome in a day, but feel good when I review my body of work for that day
8. As far as regularly scheduled hours, I always try to start at a decent hour, not build
Rome in a day, but feel good when I review my body of work for that day
9. As needed.
10. at this time no but we are working on that.
11. bi-monthly newsletter
12. But right now it is not properly followed. We are working on correcting this.
13. But that is slow improving.
14. Confused by this question as worded, but I assume do we have a regular schedule
of communication. If that is the meaning, then yes.
15. currently under development.
16. Definitely
17. early A.M., late evening
18. electronic newsletter
19. email
20. Email 3+ times per month Mail once per month
21. email only – no set schedule
22. Email weekly.
23. Every month I mail a letter of my activities. I pass along a lot of other information
but its not scheduled.
24. First thing in the morning (instead of exercising, which I need & would love) and
from 10:30pm to 12 midnight.
25. for flier distribution and for my newsletter (though I have no specific time allotted
for the this; just a start and completion period).
26. For my product line and our sisters, we send out a monthly product update via e-
mail with a PDF file attachment of product status updates and breaking news. I’m
1. ?(4)
2. 98% of our clients perceive us as good to excellent in their overall service
experience. Many clients have been coming to us for 20+ years and we now work
on their children’s cars.
3. A firm of high integrity
4. A good second place supplier.
5. A NEW APPRAOCH AND A LOT OF NEW KNOWLEDGE
6. A new company with great products.
7. A small business with great knowledge of communication, and how to confer their
technical message in a selling way.
8. A small but dynamic start-up
9. Above average
10. Actually pretty good
11. Affordable alternative to high cost training
12. amateur to semi pro.
13. Among the easiest to do business with
14. An innovative leader
15. Apparently not well or we would have more business. Small and in-experienced.
16. As “normal” company with “normal” prices
17. As a established ,thriving ,busy dental practice
18. as a leader – well known
19. As a leader in our field offering outstanding service and a willingness to help.
20. As a leading, small, cool and agile company doing the right things and holding
much potential. Everyone we talk to walks away energized and goes out for us
selling and marketing our stuff. Word of mouth is great! Generating 30+ leads in
the last two months we’ve just increased our efforts here.
21. As a low-priced provider who has good experience and who is smart.
22. As a marketing specialist
23. As a quality service
24. As a seller of quality fine art and original paintings that has some of the highest
quality standards in the industry at a reasonable price
25. As a small but valued resource for information and products but is not a major
source of the main clinic supplies and information.
26. As a small startup. I haven’t yet achieved my goal of being perceived as different.
27. As a unique approach to conaulting.
28. as a upstart. but being very honest
29. As a very small fish in the multitude.
30. As an innovator, As the lower cost provider for each product line. As someone that
has catered to the smaller companies in the industry (though we have many of the
205. I’m more diversified, plus I’ll listen to a customer even if it’s off topic
206. I’m not sure(2)
207. I’m the only one they can divulge their inmost secretes to
208. If they are referred I am the first and many times only one they recommend. I have
been fortunate to have to superb reputation and been in same community for 14
years.
209. If they could only read my mind………………
210. I'm not sure. Probably as a small business that puts a lot of effort and care into
each individual property. Small enough to care as if it were our own home.
211. I'm perceived by HFC Bank as an invaluable expert. Certain managers there have
marketed me internally (and to their US parent) extremely well (all their doing, not
mine)
212. Image is important – they compare with the competition. Cleaner image, more up-
to-date information and use of internet strategies are important.
213. In response to our questions about this, they see us as a company focuses on high
quality, a company that will work closely with its clients to help them achieve
success with their workers.
214. In some markets we are seen as the best provider and in other markets we are still
gaining credibility with clients.
215. In the top 50%
216. In top 3 of probably 25 competitors
217. Independent, responsive, easy to work with.
218. Infant organization but with fast responsibly introducing many new initiatives to
them
219. Initial response has been positive,.
220. Innovative
221. Innovative and personal.
222. Internet, my seminars, reference through my clients
223. It has a good image.
224. It is considered very strong. I think that is one of the reasons why anyone does
work with us.
225. It is very personal, and they have a high regard for me and very little knowledge of
others in the industry
226. It’s about price and how soon
227. I've done branding test 7 months ago. I give the my newsletter name and asked for
the first thing to come to their mind. They were:- professionalism– practical
information– easy to understand info– Peter MajewskiI would have to check them.
But if you read thewordsthatsell.com reports for Entrepreneurs – my clients say
about me what authors of this report said is most wanted from Entrepreneurs – so
it is very good situation. I just have to get my name behind those who don't know
me – affiliate program will help me.
228. Just starting
229. Knowledgeable, supportive
230. Knowledgeable, trustworthy and nice.
231. Large, well respected, will do the jobs no one else wants.
232. Leading source
233. Like us and our service
234. Limited to stock trading
235. Long time in the business with an A+ reputation all of which counts for nothing. It is
a price driven business.
236. Many of the clients who have provided us with referrals have indicated that we are
among the best in the industry and that they are very pleased with the level of
service, solutions, and commitment we provide.
237. Maverick, anti-hype approach to marketing & advertising
238. Maybe 100.
239. Midsize, but we are among the top 5 in terms of value added, professionalism,
relationship building
240. More conservative in investing.
241. More creative & innovative, and working for the highest good
242. More educational.
243. More entertaining
244. more highly specialized than any of the others
245. more highly specialized than any of the others
246. more highly specialized than any of the others
247. more highly specialized than any of the others
248. More personal without loss of professional competency. My clients feel they get
the value of the dollar they spend with me in therapy.
249. Most caring, personable, effective, informative comprehensive with regard to
Learning Disabilities and Attention-Deficit-Disorder. Demandingly competent
250. Most feel that we’re as good as or better than others.
251. Most of our clients stick with us and feel we offer a more personal service and
have more knowledge of our product than some competitors.
252. Most of our clients think we are unique.
253. Most respected provider of financial communications and investor relations
services in Canada by the professional investment community and public markets
as a whole.
254. Most seem to feel we are a good firm for their needs
255. Mostly good
256. Mostly very positive. They like our product, are pleased with our service and also
think the price is very reasonable. However, they can make higher profits from
selling more expensive coffins than ours.
257. My clients are happy with what I’ve done for them. To my knowledge no one has
offered them similar service
258. My clients generally see my biz as a reliable source of information. Many of them
consider me as a friend. I have created a biz that they trust. Which is nice.
259. My clients perceive me as a leader in education on mortgages
291. Not well known even though we’re associated with a large US financial company.
292. Nothing unique
293. Offer a boutique service
294. Okay as good as top competition
295. Once they fall in love, they stay in love forever. They see us as being genuinely
concerned about their future and their businesses. Clients take us out to lunch and
invite us for barbeques and invite us over to stay with them when in their town and
meet their families. We’re personal. In some cases, we even know if there’s been a
birth and death in the family. We’re family to our clients. And good family too!
296. Once they’re with us we’re the Bently Turbo
297. One of the 2 companies which merged to become Unicity Network was the Rexall
company which is generally perceived as a company with high integrity
298. One of our clients put it perfectly. While our price was higher than another
company they use, we always deliver when promised, have a wider selection of
products and have better records and customer service.
299. One of the best
300. One of the best in the business Good quality manufacture Deliver what is asked for
when it asked for
301. One of the best.
302. One of the better ones in terms of service and knowledge
303. One of the most active ones
304. Only by knowing me personally
305. Only one direct competitor – we are more active.
306. Our clients love us, the problem is that not many know about us.
307. Our clients are loyal. They perceive value in the monies they invest.
308. Our CLIENTS generally believe that our people are very professional and helpful
and fun to work with compared to other printing companies they have worked with
in the past.
309. Our clients generally love us and give us a lot of follow on work, and tell us we are
unique.
310. Our clients perceive our service as far superior to others they work with on similar
mailing and communications projects.
311. Our clients perceive us as a well-rounded business who is reliable. We have all
their needs met in one place.
312. Our clients really like us – like trusted and knowledgeable friends, and most are
very loyal (willing to pay list price in many cases where our competitors will charge
10-20% less)
313. Our clients seem well-pleased with us and, from what I know, appreciate us as a
small, but very attentive, service company.
314. Our clients use to love us and our services very much. We trust in what we do.
315. Our company is now six years old and has a very good reputation in the Industry.
We are growing while many are not and we have an excellent mix of Reps and
Customers - unlike some sister companies.
316. Our current clients think we are a resource to their organization
349. Reliable small player who offers good service but does not have sufficient
marketing to generate pull-through of end-users to their retail outlet.
350. Reliable, honest, trustworthy, able to perform what was promised
351. Reliable, solid
352. Reliable. High standard. Caring
353. Resourceful.
354. Respectful, dignifies, and professional
355. Results oriented but expensive compared to competition
356. Running ads, writing articles on the newspapers
357. Same ol same ol – real estate
358. See it as genuine, helpful and trustworthy, We have the right product
359. Seems to be positive, but I can’t say with accuracy.
360. Serious, results oriented, competent and overall a good partner
361. Seriously, we are the market leaders in this industry.
362. Significantly higher degree of knowledge, offering more choice and specialty
programs.
363. Since we are small, they know who will be working on their site.
364. Skeptical
365. Small and aggressive. Willing to listen.
366. Small and not adequately defined
367. SMALL AND PERSONALIZED
368. Small and unsophisticated.
369. Small boutique type of operation that gets things done that most don’t get done.
370. Small but competent. Experts.
371. Small but good
372. Small but good
373. Small but good at what we do
374. Small but highly innovative
375. small friendly company offering good products that they are pleased with
376. Small One Man Band
377. Small player, can’t handle big jobs, upstart. Knowledgeable, quality conscious,
reliable, consistent.
378. Small player, relatively unknown.
379. Small, connected, competent one-man-band.
380. Small, specialized and good at what we do
381. Some clients do appreciate my efforts and do value the value I add. However, they
also consider me as a “ME TOO” marketer.
382. Some clients perceive us as similar others think we have a very good one stop
shop that is very convenient,
383. Some have said other software is too complex and had too much for what they
410. The reception we received during the two months in operation is very positive –
prospective clients express their conviction that there is a definite need for an
Innovative Business Services provider that can be accessed via one telephone
call.
411. The reception we received during the two months in operation is very positive –
prospective clients express their conviction that there is a definite need for an
Innovative Business Services provider that can be accessed via one telephone
call.
412. The video business has gotten very competitive and who know how they perceive
us. And for the Log Home business we are perceived pretty well because we have
built homes for some NASCAR drivers & the president of the NASCAR track owner
in Atlanta.
413. THEY ALL SAY THAT WE OFFER A GREAT SERVICE. WITH COMPETITIVE
PRICING.
414. They appreciate my “expertise” ; appreciate that I provide personalized service,
and appreciate the fact that my “business” is to help solve their problem(s).
415. They appreciate our ability to LISTEN to their needs.
416. They are happy to deal with me when they see what I can provide.
417. THEY ARE IMPRESSED WITH THE INTEGRITY OF HOW WE HANDLE OUR
SELVES, AND THEY ARE IMPRESSED WTH THE SCIENCE BEHIND OUR
PRODUCT, BUT MOSTLY THEY ARE IN DISBELIEF BY THE EFFECTS OF THE
PRODUCT ONCE THEY TRY IT.
418. They are satisfied. Some think I am a little bit pricey. They would like to see
guaranteed job placement after I help them get their Commercial Driver's License.
419. They are the best. But they are very expansive
420. They are totally unaware
421. They believe our visions good
422. They buy me as I am the brand
423. They don’t know about me
424. They don’t know us. When they do, we work hard to achieve the image of best of
class.
425. They don’t seem to think about that so much. I usually tell them that we are much
different and the client seems to realize that right away.
426. They express they find us more effective and more enjoyable.
427. They have told me that they really like my marketing and they love my services.
428. They know we are smaller and more responsive
429. They like it once they know us
430. They like me personally and like the results they get
431. They like to deal with me personally
432. They look at it as a boutique or a specialty company versus a major player in the
game of finance.
433. They look at me as a smart and very sensitive guy but not as a firm
434. They love us.
435. They perceive me as very knowledgeable, creative, competent and offering a
460. To expensive and fees up front is not good. But they keep using the service. We
joke about the fees.
461. To new to know.
462. Too early to say.
463. Too soon to say
464. Too young to tell.
465. top
466. Top quality perceived reliable service, better customer service when there are
problems, most coverage in the state of Oregon and they trust us.
467. Trusted
468. Trusted, easy to do business with, friendly and caring, professional, solid.
469. Trustworth consultant
470. Trustworthy
471. Trustworthy, friendly and easy to do business with
472. Unique(3)
473. UNIQUE and GUTSY – We deliver on an outrageous promise
474. Unique in my overall strategy
475. Unique! Down to earth, ordinary blokes who inspire by a combination of their
ordinariness and their success (Both multi-millionaires)
476. Unique, comprehensive, caring
477. Unique, honest, on time, get results.
478. Unique, professional, high quality service. Some feel rates are high, others not.
479. Unknown(5)
480. Unlimited earning potential
481. Unsure(2)
482. UP AND COMING BUT SPORADIC.
483. Upper 30%
484. Upper end
485. Usually not a direct competitive thing with other consultants.
486. Varying perceptions. Those who have not used us before, if they know who we
are, think that there must be some kind of “catch” if they go with us, such as them
having to do all the work, that there must be some kind of limitations if they go with
us, that it would take longer to sell their property, that it would be “risky” to list their
property with us and safer to go with a larger traditional firm. Those who have used
us before, in most cases, think that we’re great, and that we deliver what they
bargained for.
487. Very approachable and high integrity
488. Very cost effective and very accurate.
489. Very effective
490. Very effective
491. Very effective and good to great
1. ?(8)
2. ?? works good
3. ??????? I’m not sure.
4. 93% like my product. About 7% ask for a refund.
5. A very high satisfaction rate with products and services
6. About to find out by a client survey
7. Above average(2)
8. According to independent yearly study by IBM we rank in the 95% percentile in
customer satisfaction, well above the average IBM business partner and most of
our competitors
9. Actually I'm not sure.
10. Again we get very good reports
11. Again, they see our staff who are responsible for instruction and management as
professional and committed to quality.
12. Again, we haven’t asked. However, we tend to get repeat business from most
customers.
13. Again, we provide quality products and our people know what is available and are
helpful in providing solutions
14. All are perceived as being top notch
15. All in a very positive light, especially compared with others.
16. All our clients love, we just need more clients.
17. All our services and products are the best quality.
18. Among the best
19. Ample, but not as grandiose as my big name competition.
20. Annoying.
21. Apparently very well.
22. As professional, of mid to high quality, fairly priced.
23. As a good value
24. As a newer company with little experience.
25. As a partner serving their needs.
26. AS ABOVE:GOOD!
27. as an also ran
28. As comparable with others but not as widespread but they like how they’re treated.
29. As far as I can ascertain at this stage the service is respected. Our sales people ie
Franchisee’s have to be people’s people or it doesn’t work, on the whole I think
they are respected
30. As good value for the money paid.
31. As helpful to assist them in resolving their current problems
32. As I mentioned, I’m the new guy. I’ve had to undo some of the bad images created
by a couple of previous less-than-responsible sales people. So I’m starting anew
here.
33. As in 73. Don’t think they have any perception of sales and marketing.
34. As knowledgeable, truthful, competent people.
35. As ok, but there is better around
36. as unique, as a benefit
37. As very high quality and very effective.
38. As we are weak in marketing area there is no feedback in that area. However,
clients are satisfied and happy with our product and service.
39. AT THE TOP!
40. Awesome people
41. Best hair color available, friendly, fast service
42. Better quality with very good prices
43. Better than most.
44. CALL ME WHEN THEY CAN’T FIND OUT HOW TO DO IT. DESPERATION.
45. Caring, supportive, to the point, effective, practical
46. Clients are beginning to perceiver me a quite knowledgeable and capable.
47. Clients are impressed with our products. Our service is probably 75% of what it
should be. The sales people we have are good and appreciated by our clients. Our
marketing needs planning and implementation.
48. Clients like the fact that our reports are concise and not wordy or unnecessarily
long. They also appreciate the convenience of ordering online for immediate
download. In addition, many have commented that, unlike many other research
firms, our prices are reasonable. Finally, several clients have mentioned that our
money-back guarantee, while not necessarily being the factor that convinced them
to buy, demonstrated our commitment to their satisfaction and our confidence in
the quality of our work.
49. Clients love and swear by our product, like the service and sales ... don't know
about the marketing.
50. Clients offer very positive feedback on our services; have not collected data on
sales people and marketing efforts.
51. Clients perceive that we don't do enough marketing of our services on an ongoing
basis.
52. Clients perceive our products / services as being creative, of high-quality, thorough
and arrived at honestly. The President / Owner does all the selling and marketing
as well as the execution of assignments so the same customer perception would
apply to sales people.
53. Clients tell me they love my work. But I think it would be a good idea to do a survey
and get the real scoop.
54. Clients ultimately realize after several hours of education in meetings that they can
derive enduring value from my products and services, and I believe that my
marketing does capture their attention.
55. Clients view products as technically superior with outstanding support. Technical
staff viewed with deep respect. Marketing viewed as weak
56. common
57. Common business practice.
58. Competent; honest; hard-working
59. cost effective.
60. Customer friendly, innovative.
61. Definitely superior in response time, performance and price.
62. Different than the conventional.
63. Differentiation and branding are a process not yet complete
64. Do not know(25)
65. Don ‘t know for sure. Never asked.
66. DON’T KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT SERVICES. THE PRODUCTS ARE WELL-
KNOWN NATIONAL BRANDS.
67. Don’t know, but we seem to be well-received
68. don’t know. Satisfied , but maybe we should ask.
69. Don’t really know
70. Each business different, but most don’t really know
71. Eager, but sometimes lacking necessary test information and documentation
72. Easy to understand and implement. Produce fast results. Cost effective. What they
need to know has been distilled down to a simple formula, ie., system. Everything
has been tested , documented and proven which minimizes their downside risk.
Niche specific.
73. Effective but expensive
74. Effective.
75. Elimination of pain of the problems
76. Excellent - as far as we can tell (or they tell us)
77. Excellent (Marketing not included) They just ask that I keep my doors open ALL
the time (impossible)
78. Excellent and improving
79. Excellent!
80. Exceptional and loyal.
81. EXISTING CIENTS HAVE HIGH REGARD FOR ALL THE ABOVE. PROSPECTS
DON’T KNOW US.
82. expensive
83. Expensive looking.
84. Expensive, worth it, competent
85. Experienced knowledgeable professionals.
86. Expert, caring
87. Extremely low key, to date at least.
88. FANTASTIC PRODUCT. WHY IS IT NOT AT HOME DEPOT? THIS QUESTION
WE GET ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE. IF
SOMETHING IS WRONG WE REPLACE AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
89. Favorably(7)
90. Feedback is always positive.
91. Feedback on those areas is good. “Professional.”
92. First contractor acts like we're screwing him and slacking insisting it wasn't raining
or too cold for our exterior work. Second contractor comments on the good work
and jokes around with the crew. No formal marketing taking place in either case.
93. Friendly, quick, trusting, higher than the world but worth it.
94. From what I can tell, they seem comfortable and pleased with them.
95. Generally favorable
96. Generally good
97. Generally our people are viewed the experts in the field, very knowledgeable.
98. Generally satisfactory.
99. Gets the academic results
100. Good(10)
101. Good (we think)
102. Good but costly
103. Good but sometimes I’m too abrupt
104. good except we don’t have marketing
105. Good guestion.
106. Good people, no pressure, and god listener, well educated on the products.
107. Good personal relationships. Good value
108. Good product
109. Good product / services but could do better in the marketing environment
110. Good products and services and probably just average marketing
111. Good products, good service and knowledgeable sales personnel.
112. Good products. Many reliable, some maybe not so. Sales people and marketing
attentive.
113. Good service, good people, knowledgeable, but seen as a small company.
114. Good service, knowledgeable people, likeable sales people, considerate and
empathetic.
115. Good service.
116. Good services
117. Good to excellent.(2)
118. good, but have never asked
119. Good, good, good, okay.
120. Good, so far
121. Good, useful
122. great
123. Great company within this industry, very approachable and trustworthy.
124. Great products and service, great people but not brilliant at marketing
125. Great value, high quality at a reasonable price.
126. Great value—honest—no recurring/hidden fees
127. Guests grade us in several categories as an average 3.5 on 4,0 scale
128. helpful, easy to understand, comfortable
129. high
130. High End / Valuable
131. High marks
132. High Quality & Professional. Tasteful marketing.
133. High quality and performing to satisfaction
134. High quality product Good relationship Always pay in advance and get the goods
at factory.
135. High quality, but low output.
136. High quality, expensive, thorough, results driven and personal service.
137. Higher leverage, more effective
138. Higher quality, knowledgeable, and greater selection.
139. Highest caliber.
140. Highly(2)
141. Highly personalized, weak staff
142. Honest , trying to solve the pr
143. honest and fair, no games.
144. Honest, direct and research-based
145. Honest, open, integer, loyal.
146. Honesty, trustworthy, knowledgeable, friendly and open.
147. Hopefully the same
148. I am all the above – good from past performance for those that know me or on my
list.
149. I am all three of those people tied into one.
150. I am my service really, so see 73.
151. I am not sure
152. I am perceived in the same league as most other manufacturers agents. I want to
be perceived as better than most!
153. I am the only one and my clients are have stated that they are very appreciative
and pleased with my work on their behalf.
154. I believe as a top notch, “High Touch” team. (my strategic partners and myself)
155. I believe our clients perceive they receive good, quality service from us and seem
to enjoy our mail outs.
156. I believe people who are aware of our products have a high opinion of them. I
personally am well-thought of, and no-one accuses us of bad marketing practices.
157. I believe that my clients value my service to them and appreciate the genuine effort
252. One of a kind service, but fuzzy on exact services offered and wins completed.
253. Only by knowing me personally
254. Our clients love us (most of them anyway)
255. Our customers perceive us as small but professional .
256. Our patients seem to be happy about our services. The problem is, I need them to
be EXCITED, ENTHUSIASTIC, INSPIRED about my service so they will be moved
to spread the word of me to everyone they know. We need to stir their passion.
257. Our product and service OK, but they do not perceive any marketing.
258. Our product is good but expensive.
259. Our products are perceived as a commodity, which indeed they are. In general
sales customers tend to be less persuaded by our customer service standards
than hire customers who are more demanding concerning their requirements. In
general, customers tend to think of themselves as ‘belonging’ to one of our three
salespeople, preferring to deal with their person with whom they’ve developed a
rapport.
260. Our products are very good, we have people who understand what they want
261. Our products are well received, our service is refund or replace not question no
hassle, sales people are well trained and friendly
262. Our service is highly regarded, not sure about marketing.
263. Our services are perceived very highly. I am the primary sales person; people
trust me and I believe regard me highly.
264. Overall, quite good.
265. Overwhelming
266. Partners do a better job than managers but we are working on this.
267. People are perceived as persistent, pleasant, and knowledgeable.
268. People had rave reviews of my small test-marketing of a postcard mailing.
Website has had good reviews
269. -people say our seminars are the best, customer service could improve, don’t
know about marketing and sales people
270. People think I’m an amazing marketer... more so than I do. I haven’t got brilliant
results yet, other than with word of mouth. People like my products because I give
a lot more than they ask for and I go for quality.
271. Perceive our services and products as some of the very best available
272. poor
273. Poor as far the sales is concerned, but competent and serious as far as
Consultance is concerned
274. Positive
275. Positive and provide good feedback
276. Positive impressions, unique combination of sports and haircuts make people
remember us and our ads, and encourage them to talk about us to their friends.
Men typically don’t talk about where they get their hair cut, but with Sport Clips this
happens a lot.
277. Positive, however we lack credibility.
278. Positive.
279. Positively
280. Positively viewed
281. Pretty good.
282. Pretty well, but I do realize that this is an area that we can improve.
283. Price is medium and company is arm with professional people though office
infrastructure is not well established yet.
284. Probably as "mickey mouse". Cheap. Just enough to get by.
285. Probably as dispensable
286. Probably no different than other medical practices
287. Probably the same with little distinction at this time.
288. Probably very low key – word of mouth
289. Product very good
290. Product great marketing and promotion suks. They know I drop the ball sometimes
291. Product is good, no one else has our functionality. It looks (and is) dated. This is
negatively affecting our perceived value in comparison with competition. Service is
head and heels above competitors. Marketing is non-existent (no pressure).
292. Product is good, well respected. Has stood the test of time. Got a lot of criticism
about the fall of Enron & Worldcom – we did not see it coming. This perception is a
bit unfair! We can only analyze / comment on what we are given or have access
too. Both the above companies withheld a lot of information. However perception is
reality.
293. Product, and services are great. Marketing has been 0
294. Products – high quality, durable products. Services – of good quality but not
consistently on a timely basis. Sales People – low key and perhaps not around
often enough. Marketing – almost non-existant other than Yellow Pages
advertising and some trade directories.
295. Products – Sophisticated Sales People – Fair
296. Products = Good and high quality. Services = Good, actually have an infrastructure
to deliver our promises. Sales People = Professional, not pushy but consultative.
Marketing = Non existent.
297. Products and service are excellent. We have no dedicated sales or marketing
people. Waste of money you know.
298. products and service are perceived good. Sales and marketing are not good –
hard to buy except directly can’t go into local bookstore.
299. Products and services – as in 73. Sales and marketing – don’t know as we don’t
tell them our strategy/objectives from marketing. It’s not discussed.
300. Products are fantastic. Service is friendly but probably unprofessional. Marketing??
301. products are good, but sales technique is not convincing
302. products great, service good, sales slow
303. Products: we give them good, affordable rates Services: we handle their
complaints or concerns right away Sales people: very resourceful Marketing:
they aren’t too aware of what we do
304. PRODUCTS: Excellent to very good. SERVICE PEOPLE: Very helpful and
professional. SALES PEOPLE: Depends on the person. Top Sales Person: Very
helpful, knowledgeable, friendly, and fun to work with. Others: Friendly with
varying degrees of perceived professional and knowledgeable traits.
MARKETING: Unknown.
305. Professional(4)
306. Professional
307. professional
308. Professional , responsive, thorough and valuable.
309. Professional and aggressive.
310. Professional and committed.
311. Professional and friendly.
312. Professional but still a small organization
313. Professional long term partners and worth the money.
314. Professional. I train my people on how to talk on the phone. We answer the phone
by the third ring (my AT&T days). Special orders are handed directly to our
production manager!
315. progressive
316. Providing a very expensive but sometimes very needed and valuable service
317. Quality
318. Quality and expeditious treatment. Friendly, helpful staff
319. Quality materials and people
320. Quality offering
321. Quality products, sales people who aren’t afraid to tell them that they shouldn’t buy
something.
322. quiet different from others
323. Reasonableness
324. REGULAR PRAISE FOR HIGH QUALITY WORK PRODUCT.
325. Reliable(2)
326. Reliable, High standard of ‘delivery
327. Repeat business suggests they mostly like what I do
328. Response to products has been very positive. Have to work on reach to new
customers.
329. Results are varied and individual, but on the whole most people appreciate the
service. I try to remember to treat them as protected clients, as you described.
330. Results focused
331. Same ol same ol – real estate
332. Same way
333. SATIFACTORY?
334. Satisfied.
335. See above ( we are only 4 people in total)
365. the one customer we sold perceived us as professional and the path of least
resistance
366. the ones that buy seem to like it but there is still too much attrition
367. The two of us seem to be well liked, but we have not dome any independent
survey to know the real attitude toward us.
368. there is only me that they encounter on the phone. They like my honesty and
warmth and confidence.
369. THEY ALL LIKE OUR SALES PEOPLE, ME, OUR PRODUCTS WORK WELL
AND WE COMMUNICATE REGULARLY WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, BETTER
THAN WITH OUR PROSPECTS.
370. They appreciate our openness and willingness to approach a project from THEIR
needs, not ours.
371. They are glad they chose us.
372. They are perceived to be of high quality and, probably, of relatively high cost.
373. They are satisfied with training program, enjoyed a lot
374. They are very impressed. Once in a while I get a sour grape.
375. They believe its worth it
376. THEY CAN GET A LOAN FROM ABOUT ANYBODY
377. They feel that my services and products are of a high order and products are
delivered very rapidly and that I am very helpful and approachable.
378. They feel that we are OK, but we have nothing to move them to action except
when their business is down…
379. They find my services valuable – today’s feedback – “you are inspiring!”
380. They have a positive view in general.
381. They have always expressed great satisfaction with my service
382. they know that we are hands on and professional, but probably are able to
perceive that we are very small
383. They lick our sales people as they are not pushy. Some do complain about the
number of emails they receive.
384. They like our personal attention. We treat their businesses as if they were ours.
385. They like the products, service, salesperson, but probably aren’t too aware of the
marketing
386. They like them but try and get services for free
387. They like them.
388. They like us.
389. They love it. They love being sold to because they know its not just for our benefit
but for them as well.
390. They love our system. They love the information they get on our website.
391. They love them as they start to understand the value of what they now have.
392. They notice that we are more aggressive marketers than most in the industry and
our people are considered great.
393. THEY PERCEIVE ME AS MORE THAN JUST A SELLER OF GOODS
394. They perceive my products as value for money and products that they like and
want to use.
395. They perceive our product to be the vanguard of the industry. Our sales people are
perceived as being knowledgeable, polite, and accurate. Our marketing has to be
perceived as being good to very good (I personally think it is excellent) because it
is generating about an 8 percent response rate for leads.
396. They perceive our services as quite amazing in terms of the healing benefits that
are achieved. We would like them to perceive that te marketing is part of an effort
to help more people who are suffering unnecessarily, though I haven't actually
suffered that so can't really say how it is perceived.
397. They perceive us as people who know what we are doing and can be trusted to
help them.
398. THEY PROBABLY DON’T REALLY NOTICE IT. RECENTLY AGFTYER WE
STARTED THE MAILINGS OF SUCCESS STGORIES, SOME PEOPLE
ACTUALLY COMPLAINED!!!!
399. They refer enough new members to allow us a growth of over 10% while we loose
35%.
400. They respect our salespeople on their knowledge of the hazardous waste industry
401. They say they sleep better at night.
402. They say we have excellent resources.
403. They seam to like the brochure and my calls, or a least most of them
404. they see our weekly email-newsletter as being aggressive (but it works)
405. They see us as a helping hand rather than just a sales force
406. They seem positive, but I haven’t asked.
407. They seem quite happy with the products. We have requested—and received—
numerous testimonials from them. We offer them a free refill on their chemicals
(about a $60 value) in return for a testimonial letter.
408. They seem to accept it well. Unsubscribe requests are minimal, and we have only
ever had ONE person claim on our 100% Money Back guarantee. (in over 2000
attendees!)
409. They seem to be relaxing after realizing that they finally encountered a “normal”
manufacturer.
410. They tell me they’re impressed
411. They think we are expensive but the best
412. They think we should do more. They want us to put on seminars.
413. They will perceive me as distinctly different.
414. They would consider our marketing efforts as weak.
415. They write that the product is fabulous, as it is.
416. Those that buy from us have expressed complete satisfaction - - one person
decided after committing to work with us – but then decided to back out – she felt
completely comfortable and non-pressured – so that is a good “story of someone
who took advantage of our guarantee”
417. Those who talk to us, love it and Mark.
418. Today, our marketing is perceived as VERY WEAK compared to our competition.
Question 75. Do you have a database? If so, describe all the ways you use it for
ongoing marketing purposes.
Additional comments:
1. (too small)
2. 1) E-Zine, 2) Offers 3) Special Mailings 4) Invitations
3. 1) Segmentation of target audience2) Sales force allocation3) Customized
messaging4) Inclusion for Projects, clinical studies5) Influencing other customers
4. 1-year check-ups
5. A robust d-base is now being developed
6. Account rounding, notification of additional products, etc.
7. ACT
8. ACT – started using it enthusiastically but then got out of habit as seemed little
point since I wasn't using it for marketing. Not quite sure how to use it fully so I
think the true power is wasted right now.
9. Active clients-quarterly newsletter. Inactive clients-postcard reminder that we
haven't seen them in awhile and hope everything is fine. Framer Select Prospects-
postcard initial contact, brochure/business card/letter on second contact. I'm not
sure if I should send them a newsletter for the 3rd contact or not.
10. ad tracking prospect tracking customer tracking geographic tracking site traffic
customer frequency customer purchases customer feed back contact management
auto emailing
11. ADDRESS LIST from purchases, listing major merchandise purchased.
Maintained/Updated manually from checks received, and those transactions we
write up a detailed ticket on - the minority, I'm afraid. Since we've not done well
past years at writing up tickets (time saver, but lose data), don't have much
confidence in it as a list of who purchased what. Use it for mailing 7-8,000
postcards 2 to 3 times a year.
12. After sales service and product information.
13. All clients are captured for future product offerings
14. All people who have responded and ordered a free report. I don’t use it at the
moment.
15. All the ways? Obviously another area for improvement.
16. Analysis of results efficiency of sales process and order management maintenance
of contact with prospects and clients
17. As a mailing list and phone list for special events and activities like summer camp
for kids
18. As a resource base to answer questions or do due diligence on related people
19. As a source of contacts to send brochures to and as people with whom we follow
up.
20. As discussed above, am designing it.
21. At this time just for mailing the newsletter
have a CRM system but its difficult to work with, especially in mass marketing and
sequential marketing efforts.
52. Demographic analysis of where our Clients come from, their sex and age,
performance data on stores and employees at any level of detail desired, hourly
load reports/scheduling module helps us to have Stylists available when we need
them…when the Clients are there…to minimize wait times and to increase
productivity, reduce payroll costs.
53. Described earlier.
54. Did have one but its way out of date
55. Direct mail and telephone calls.
56. Direct mail, email, phone sales, faxes, statement stuffers, SBU specific
57. Direct mail, e-zines, referrals to placement agencies
58. Direct mail, phone contacts, holiday cards.
59. Direct mail, phone follow up, contacting dormant accounts,
60. Direct mail, telemarketing, special offers, directing people to our web site.
61. Direct mail, telesales, emails
62. Direct mail, telesales, emails
63. Direct mailing efforts.
64. Direct marketing
65. Do not use
66. Don’t(3)
67. Don’t really use it at all other than keeping track of info.
68. Don’t use existing data base for marketing – don’t have to. . For new projects we
develop new data bases as needed and use them. We use them for telephone and
mail campaigns.
69. Don’t use it effectively
70. Don’t use it much
71. Don’t use it(4).
72. E- newsletter
73. Each stage of the process is registered
74. Education and prospecting
75. email
76. Email 3+ timers per month Mailing once per month
77. Email across all at present but could be segmented by location a nd previous
products purchased
78. Email and phone number list of existing vs potential or target clients.
79. Email campaign to 2000 realtors: 3 emails per week using Greg Frost’s pdf’s Mail:
mail postcards to top 400 realtors monthly Mail letters to top 400 realtors
monthly Have 3rd party mail (title, other realtors) to top 400 realtors Mailed
audio tape with 20 top realtors in-depth comments about us Voice broadcast;
trouble implementing, but plan to top 400 realtors monthly
80. Email communication, obtaining referrals
81. Email distribution lists
82. Email marketing campaigns to raise product awareness Mail campaigns to deliver
sector specific reports to players in the relevant sector General Contact
Management System
83. Email marketing; send announcements by zip code when I make a live
appearance
84. Email new products—free minute awards for referrals, etc
85. Email newsletter
86. Email our ezine monthly. Other general “chat” when stuff comes up. Advise them
when we are on TV.
87. Email, and planning on some direct mail. Cold calling, prospecting. Still in the
process of gathering this database.
88. email, direct mail, surveys
89. Emailing them regular offers and updating them on my events.
90. emails
91. Emails and newsletter
92. Emails frequently and for letters and follow-up.
93. Emails, news letters, prospect letters
94. Evaluate procedures done. Frequency
95. Every possible medium you can imagine. Though email is the most
96. Every prospect and customer is in one category or another that shows me where
they are in the sales cycle and I’m automatically notified when it’s time to
communicate with them again and how.
97. Everything goes through our extensive database.
98. Everything to do with CRM is captured – and often copies of show data is kept as
well.
99. Follow up phone calls, letters with additional service offers.
100. Follow-up phone calls to see if they’re interested in a house at this time.
101. For at-need mailings only
102. For contact information ie: address phone
103. For direct mail labels
104. For email blasts
105. for follow up campaign
106. For prospecting, making offers, customer surveys, market analysis, RFM analysis
107. For specific fund drives for golf, heart, cancer, etc.
108. FOR TELEMARKETING, DIRECT MAIL AND NEWSLETTERS
109. For two mail outs a year
110. General database for mailings. A database for prospects that call in. We call them
for a short period of time after they call in and either they convert to a client or we
drop them. We have an active database to service existing clients. We have a past
client database which we have not followed up on. We have a database of email
addresses which we have email letter campaigns with the use of autoresponders.
111. Generally only as a sales contact management database.
139. I haven’t used it for ongoing marketing purposes. However, I have tried (without
success) to think of other businesses/uses that I could use the data base for..
140. I haven't really implemented any database marketing.
141. I loose it once in a while in that beast on my desk. I wished I had the time to work it
and I will do a mailing later this year to find out how many people are still looking
for my kind of product and also to eliminate old addresses.
142. I mainly use it as a backend generator, and sometimes use it to run a few surveys,
to get some feedback on what kind of products they would like, what their biggest
challenges are, etc.
143. I now send out my weekly “Must-Know” InfoTM Bulletin to about 200 people. I am
about to notify these 200 people, as well as about another 300 people, of my
Network Exchange, which I have just added to my Web site. I plan to get referrals
from people who want to list their business or profession on my Network
Exchange. I then plan to offer a Special Report to all the people on my email
distribution list who provide me with six referrals who agree to receive my “Must-
Know” InfoTM Bulletin. I then plan to make a special offer to obtain 100 people to
request and complete confidential Questionnaires by a certain date. Thereafter, I
want to create seminars so I can invite all the people on my list to participate. And
I also want to sell books and tapes created by others and myself on my Web site.
144. I only use it for mailings
145. I search through it to find business opportunities.
146. I use
147. I use it for filing purposes only. My product is to be renewed yearly.
148. I use it only for my monthly newsletter and periodic follow up calls and referral
requests.
149. I use it to stay in touch, market new products and generate referrals maintain
customer satisfaction.
150. I use the database to manage my mailing list, customers orders, and marketing (
direct mailing campaigns) frequency and effectiveness, as well as use the data
base as a appointment scheduler and task remainder.
151. I’m more of a boutique so I basically use it to manage correspondence and
“touches”
152. I’m using it to now trak active and inactive clients. For mailers and to see who
purchased the previous month so I can call them back and make sure what we did
is still working for them and see if they have any other new needs.
153. Identify needs from the database, then fill the needs.
154. Identify needs from the database, then fill the needs.
155. Identify those who fall away - identify which product categories customer
overlooks.
156. In a rudimentary phase. Building on it.
157. In Access—it is available for segmenting by zip, city, product, water source (well
vs. city), date of sale. So we can target people who use a certain type of
product—though we seldom use it that way. The info is there. We have about
1150 names on it. I would estimate that close to half of those have been active in
the past 2 years.
158. In development stage.
159. In process of working with computer arch. to build one.
188. It’s the heart of the business and makes the direct mail, email, etc possible.
189. Just call them and keep adding names.
190. Just for attendance and waiting list purposes.
191. Just for mailings and to record current issues
192. Just started building it
193. Just starting to put it together
194. Just to track prescriptions.
195. Just use it for billing purposes and contact information.
196. Keep track of all customers for quarterly newsletter.
197. -letters
198. Letters, e-mails, invoices.
199. Letters/newsletters
200. List prospects
201. Local publications offer such…in raw form. Not used only stored for the future.
202. Look at frequency, spend patterns, products purchased etc.
203. Looking into it
204. Mail merge basically
205. Mail outs
206. Mail, Phone, Act software, Invoicing, email, catalogue, fliers,
207. Mailings(3)
208. Mailing list basically
209. Mailing list of alls chools in nearby counties.
210. MAILING LIST WITH INFO ON FOLLOW UP CALLING
211. Mailing lists
212. Mailing monthly to prospects.
213. Mailings, birthdays, review scheduling
214. Mailings, calls and emails
215. Mailings, demographics studies
216. Mailings, telemarketing
217. Mailouts, demographic research.
218. Mainly as a tool for maintaining “top of mind awareness”, i.e., to keep our
relationships from getting cold and stale
219. Mainly for ad hoc campaigns and for sales to contact directly
220. MAINLY FOR SERVICE RECORDS
221. Mainly I use the call back tickler to make sure that I don’t forget to call them back
at a critical juncture also enter any personal tidbit that I canto casually mention
later so that the person gets the impression that I remember them more I tha really
do perhaps
222. Mainly telephone follow up and also mail merge for our direct mail targets.
223. Maintain client contact details in Outlook (connected to a Microsoft Exchange
server). Whilst this is not a typical CRM database it suits us for the moment
however I have considered looking at alternatives (eg Goldmine). Not currently
used for marketing apart from emails to a distribution list occasionally
224. Marketing updates
225. Minimal info – no marketing use except for rare follow up with student prospects
and occasional mailing to skin care clients
226. MONBTHLY MAILINS, BIRTHDAY MAILINGS.
227. More of a mailing list than a database, used for specials and newsletter.
228. Mostly email.
229. Mostly for sales letters and seminars and faxes
230. Mostly for sending emails and faxes to “Keep in touch”
231. Mostly mailing label generation.
232. Mostly to guide follow-up work
233. Much of it is addresses, not names. The real contacts that I make become names
with addresses and notes and provide me with a timetable as to when to contact
with what sort of marketing approach.
234. MUST SET UP AN EFFECTIVE DATABASE
235. My database is constructed so that I can easily identify my prospects according to
any criteria I choose. I will call from this database every day until I get my partner.
236. My secretary is not highly skilled, and our marketing follow-up efforts are meager
and spotty.
237. Networking calls
238. Never
239. Never used for referrals or marketing purpose. Ultra conservative. Mistake
240. New product intro, seminar training opportunities, targeting inactive accounts.
241. Newsletter and announcements of training courses
242. Newsletter and follow up
243. Newsletters(3)
244. newsletters and postcards
245. newsletters only right now.
246. Newsletters, Reports
247. newsletters. not in enough ways
248. No but looking at using MS CRM.
249. No response--we are a start-up business preparing to launch
250. No use.
251. None(9)
252. Not applicable at this point.
253. Not current
254. Not currently using other than 6 month ”recall” contacts by phone or postcard
255. Not for marketing
256. Not for marketing. Only marketing communications.
a la #65 above.
293. Outlook… used for emails and newsletters
294. phone and mail
295. Phone calling and enewsletter.
296. Phone calls and emails
297. Phone calls, emails
298. Postcard mailing and phone sales
299. Primarily to generate mailings to prospective clients
300. Primarily used as an address book
301. Printing the labels, timely call follow up
302. product information
303. Prospect campaigns…client for life campaigns
304. Quickbooks & Outlook Contacts/sometimes send emails
305. Rarely—For reactivation
306. Really only use it for seminar invites
307. Record contacts, dates and notes, reminders for follow-ups. Reporting on
marketing to Board,
308. Reminders to contact, information to build relationships, resources for other clients,
developing tactics.
309. Renting my database.
310. Right now, I am using ‘Act 2000” software program to keep tabs on both clients
and investors.
311. Right now, I track who buys what and look for tends such as frequency and
purchase amounts. I give special attention to the committed buyers and keep
informing the ones that only get the newsletters.
312. Right now, just using it to send out newsletters and some small offers.
313. Sadly enough, only an annual newsletter, sometimes a collection letter ;-)
314. we go after industry vertical, installed users by geography, by size, by #employees,
by preferred technology, etc.
315. See above re letters etc. Also by keeping good notes about what my clients like
etc.
316. Segment sales dollar, SIC, frequency,
317. Seldom used- primarily for mailing out reports
318. Send our mailing.
319. Send e-mails for all promotion, send letters, sometimes do targeted mailings
320. Send out similar offers on the internet
321. sending out updates, new services.
322. Sending out weekly updates
323. Set up by category, product, region, customer spend – used to systematically
target specific areas and augment National campaigns by our Major suppliers
324. Several. We are consolidating them. Direct mail, personal contacts, logging
contact results, email.
doing.
386. We do no formal testing of approaches. Database is customers and contact
information. Used primarily to share information between all people who contact
customers and prospects.
387. We do not at present
388. WE DO NOT USE IT FOR MARKETING
389. We do not use it formally for any type of ongoing marketing.
390. We do not use it.
391. we don’t
392. We don’t – database of customers so that we can collect fees
393. We don’t send out mail.
394. We don’t use it at all.
395. WE DON’T USE IT FOR ONGOING PURPOSES
396. We don’t use it much.
397. we don't utilize it.
398. We have a database software program called Goldmine but we are still in the
learning process as to how to best utilize it for customer date and customer
relations management.
399. We have a best practices database that shows the bes of what we have found at
subsidiaries and an audit tracking database that people can use to see what we
have found at various locations.
400. We have a simple database of names, company names, and e-mail addresses
from people in the industry who we believe would be interested in our products.
We use this list to convert them to Registered Users, which are people who sign
up at our website, free of charge, to receive special offers, our monthly free e-
newsletter, and other benefits. To sign up, they give their contact information, the
type of company, how they heard about us, and the any or all of 21 different
research topics that they’re interested in. We sort through this information and
track our Registered Users’ nationality, type of company, reference source, and
topics of interest.
401. We have a small database consisting of our engineering clients, our survey clients
and our drafting clients. Survey clients are generally not repeat clients.
Engineering and drafting clients can be repeat clients. We generally use the
database to send greetings or small gifts.
402. We have a very simple data base. We keep documentation in folders, sub-folders,
sub-sub folders. We also keep our received and sent emails in folders. We
duplicate automatically the data base to avoid loss.
403. We have access to various data bases and will use it to target various sectors.
404. We have all email address, we plan to send regular emails with constant new
offers in each one.
405. We have identified the Independent School clients.
406. We have many databases and market to our affiliate databases.
407. We have only used it once
408. We have subscriber and vendor data bases. They are used to sell subs and
advertising.
432. We use the contact management software ACT to record our enquiries, and a
proprietary stock control database we developed to keep track of our hires & sales.
We have only just commenced working with the data for marketing purposes,
identifying industries and market segments Very early days in this area.
433. We use the database for being hosts in joint venture endeavor.
434. We use the database to track the progress of each member. We have placed it on
the web where we can each utilize it and so each of us can be informed. Charlie
and I are located in different cities.
435. We will use it for upcoming direct mail and email campaigns, primarily segmenting
it into the following categories: clients, both active and inactive; referral sources,
corporate real estate; eNewsletter subscribers; active prospects; prospects that
declined services; as well as tracking which services clients have purchased,
when, and how much.
436. Weekly e-mails
437. Well, we convert Quickbooks data into excel spreadsheets to better determine how
our business is running. Quickbooks gives us valuable database information on
sales, reps and customers. Such as what product types are being purchased by
our customers. I may then change the wording I have in an advertisement and
watch the sales change.
438. When a new book comes out and marketing new nutritional program
439. Who got a loan from us and see if need or have referrals
440. Will be building one soon.
441. Will be used when seminars and audio programs are complete
442. Working on creating it
443. Working on developing it better. We have it split in three Dream patients, active
patients and inactive patients. We have not separated it any further than that
YET…and we have developed communication programs to address and sell to
each of these three markets.
444. working on it(2)
445. Yearly follow ups, not repackaged, but I’m starting to realize its potential.
446. Yearly mailing.
447. Yes – referrals, testimonials, updates, information for future assignments
448. Yes, I have Goldmine software to manage my customer database and to facilitate
my sending my news E-mails.
449. Yes, none so far – just getting started
450. YES. MAILING AND PHONE CALLS
451. Yes. We use it for scheduling sales calls and finding new dealerships to call.
452. Yes. Has all the usual info. I use it as described elsewhere.
453. Yes. We haven't started using it
454. Yes; I used it for follow up the prospection activity
Question 76. Where does most of your business come from? (Products or services,
types of customer and geography industry.)
1. (Products or services services, types of customer oil and gas operating companies
(estimated 85% plus) and geography estimated 60% offshore Gulf of Mexico, 30%
offshore international, 10% other industry rig surveys estimated 85%, consulting
10%, training 5%.)
2. 1) FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN 3 - 5 mile radius of our shop2) FROM
PEOPLE WHO are perhaps more concerned with value than price - who want
more knowledgeable sales force than they will find at Dept/Mass Mdse Stores.3)
FREQUENT FLYERS/TRAVELLERS who have become dissatisfied with run of
mill mass market merchandise and want to know what will really work for them.4)
MERCHANISE MIX BREAKDOWN: Luggage 43%, Personal Leather Goods &
Gifts 20%, Business Cases 13%, Travel Accessories 7%
3. 1. The Foreclosure Rescue Program. 2. All people who need help getting out of
foreclosure.
4. 100% comes from companies that want to use the USPS better. 75% of software
revenue is renewals.. In the mail side the new business comes from upgrades and
some expansion due to web site and referrals. On the Package side 90% of new
business come from USPS sales reps.
5. 100% referrals. The typical profile: business owner, middle-aged, married with
children or children who have moved out of the home, travel extensively,
sophisticated tastes, decisive decision makers, very personable.
6. 100% through referrals.
7. 20% telemarketing, 30% publishing, 20 seminars, 10% newsletter, 20%
consulting. Most of our business comes from small companies and individuals.
8. 25% from referrals and 75% from fax marketing leads.
9. 50% weight loss, 10% chronic pain, 10% allergies, 25% chelation, and 5% other
10. 50/50 prod & service anybody who prints or faxes Greater Htfd, ct & western mass
area.
11. 60% Products; 40% Service
12. 70% USA 30% Europe 11 different product lines.3 account for 80% of sales
13. 75% is return customers, 15% new customers from advertising, 10% new
customers from community work, 5% referrals of new customers by existing
customers
14. 8 VERTICAL MARKETS, ACROSS THE USA VIA OUR FIVE LOCATIONS
15. 80% from local clients, 20% internet.
16. 90% service, 98% men (20-30% under 12, varies by location), half come from work
, others from home, half have boys at home, half of those come in regularly with
their sons to get cuts.
17. 95% of our revenues are derived from teaching tennis lessons.
18. A wide variety of businesses under $5M in revenue in NY metro area.
19. About 60% of $ from sales, 40% from service, supplies.
20. About 72% of our business in from the U.S., and the largest single type of
customer is a cable operator. All of our business currently comes from published
research reports.
21. Advising, Counseling, in sales and marketing for local and international trade
22. advisory fees from middle-upper income pre-retirees
23. All of our business comes locally within 20 miles of our office. Our demographics
of our clients is avg. salary= $120,000, Parents with college bound high school
children.
24. All of the above(2)
25. All of them, Products (Beauty Aids), Services (Distribution), Types of customer
(Retail Chains) and Geography (Mexico)
26. All over the place healthcare; manufacturing; high tech, biotech, etc
27. All over the UK. Our carriers can deliver our coffins to anywhere in the UK by next
working day, so this is what we can offer.
28. All services. Customers are any one with a car and other assets. The company is
currently in the process of expanding Australia wide
29. ALL.
30. American businesses who find me online, mostly b-c clients who want to sell more
31. Annual awards program accounts for 95% of our business. We have three types of
clients primarily: Real Estate, Retail, and Restaurant chains. We have a few
others, but these are the most common. We have clients in all 50 states!
32. At present it comes from custom software and web development. The largest of
these is a County Entity.
33. At the moment own funds as we slowly build the business
34. At this point I only have a front end product which is a how to program.
35. Banks, Mortgage Brokers, Attorneys, Private individuals through the Yellow Pages
36. Basic Finance courses, small to medium size companies, Johannesburg area, all
industries
37. Beauty salons in Australia via Direct Mail
38. Blue & white collar workers wanting crisis intervention or problem prevention and
court appointed people for substance abuse help
39. book sales, online subscriptions
40. books sales and classes in California with individual customer and a growing
number of chiropractors and other practioneers who buy and resell to their clients.
41. Both product and services. Local business.
42. Brokerage, Individual wealthy clients
43. Business Owners who attend a business seminar
44. Business brokers, CPA’s for referrals
45. Business comes from Islamabad, Pakistan. Targeting Exporters, Software firms,
etc.
46. Business owners and investors
47. business will come from products, services and focus on the fitness/healthclub
niche
48. Businesses having functions in the Sydney C.B.D.
49. Businesses in our SMA.
50. Businesses managed by their owners, high tech, oil field related, all Alberta based
51. Businesses that maintain open accounts in the Treasure Valley of Idaho (Caldwell
to Twin Falls, but mainly Boise and the surrounding areas)
52. Business people, services
53. Busy professional business men and women.
54. California/Hawaii Restaurants/Hotels/Office Buildings/Health Clubs
55. Call centers, large corporate clients, Middle Tennessee
56. Canada 50%, USA 35%, Europe 15%.
57. Canvassing blue collar sites
58. Car Dealers Western and central NY, Commercial Trucking companies, Govt. bids
and non bid accounts, Industrial users of fluids
59. Caribbean cruises from local (Houston-area) customers.
60. CATALOG CUSTOMERS
61. CEOs of manufacturing and service organizations $5mil and up
62. Chemical cleaning products, chemical manufactures, national
63. Churches and Sunday Schools, appropriate products.
64. Classified ads, There’s only one product so far and that’s houses. Customer is
middle class to lower middle class.
65. Cleaning and Sanitation services, large single site, Northwest region- Some
national through joint ventures or alliances.
66. Client or associate referrals
67. Closely held business owners who are advised by their attorney/CPA/banker to
work with us.
68. Club members and people that they know, some word of mouth. Most
geographically within 15 miles
69. COLD CALL AND REFER LEAD
70. cold calls, and referrals, direct mailers
71. cold leads or sales call
72. combination of referral, internet,-
73. comes from products- ebooks, audio books, off the internet
74. Companies in a growth mode, non-profit organizations
75. company 98% ind stocks and options tradingmine 70% mutual funds 20%
annuities 10% life insurance
76. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Companies with 100 to 1000
employees in manufacturing, business services. Also boarding schools, private
prep schools.
77. Construction & automotive
78. Consultants give us 75% of our business. All of the customers are in our city.
79. consulting
80. Consulting engagements, large hospitals or hospital chains, nationwide.
81. Consulting engineering services to the New Zealand Oil & Gas industry.
82. Consulting services
83. Consulting services sold to CIOs (Chief Information Officers) within medium to
large companies. But I’m trying to develop a new service right now that is focused
on smaller customers. Much higher volume, but much lower revenue per
customer.
84. Consulting services through referrals to national firms in the utility industries. (I am
currently changing the focus of the business.)
85. Consulting services to Fortune 200 companies on East Coast
86. consulting services, Fortune 500 and small high-growth cos.
87. Consulting to small businesses within Australia
88. Consulting, owners, dayspas
89. Consumer refinancing and home purchase
90. CONSUTLING AND SALES OF PRODUCTS TO WOMEN, AGED 35-55,
WORKING WOMEN, MARRIED OR NOT. WIOTH CHILDREN OR NOT.
91. continuing education providers, most of our clients are private providers, we do
work with some universities and see the university market as our most promising
area in which to expand.
92. Contract agencies, large consultancies and Networking.
93. Corporate business within Austria, Germany and the US are picking up
94. CORPORATE NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, AND LOCAL CORPORATE ACCOUNTS
95. Cost Reduction, Cash Flow, Outsourcing, Purchase Strategy Professional services
and Financial Services
96. credit union members
97. Crosses many industries and we attempt to apply all our service lines and
consulting.
98. currently about 50% healthcare (they are very needy), now (after a lot of travel)
focused on full west coast, Leadership Modeling and Measurement is getting a lot
of interest.
99. currently from floor time at C21 office, open houses and ads. LA, ORANGE
CO.and Riverside Co.
100. Currently, physicians in Mississippi. One year goal is to cookie cutter our operation
into other states. We offer reimbursement consulting and services for certain
specialties, allied health products for specific specialties, website development for
all clinics.
101. customer type
102. Custom picture framing. Customers are generally 30+ in age, two income family,
professional within a 15 mile radius. A large percentage of them are female
involved in needlework (cross-stitch and needlepoint)
103. Customer referrals, centers of influence
104. customers
105. dental services
106. Dentistry from patient contacts advertising and a few referrals
107. Design licensing, Slovenia, Italy
108. designs and models; to jewelry manufacturers mostly in new york
109. Diocese of Saginaw church members who are also potential and current
subscribers of church newspaper.
171. I do consulting primarily to validate my marketing systems with case studies and
create products I can roll out to specific niches. My products are marketed
internationally primarily on the Internet.
172. I do not have the complete data to distinguish this
173. I don’t know exactly…from all over.
174. I don’t know who our end buyers are, I only know about the dealers. Our best
ones are tourist destinations who also carry Lladro and love sculpture.
175. I don’t know.
176. I have no business.
177. I have sold one item so far, it was to a colleague who liked what my sales letter
offered.
178. I sell list of companies employees fto peole at my clients who want to recruit and
hire them. Sometimes I sell information about potential prospects that my clients
are trying to do business with.
179. implementation services from one customer
180. In order of importance, dollars: Japan, Taiwan, Korea, EMEA, North America,
181. Individual readers.(3)
182. Individuals mainly. Services for corporate.
183. Individuals seeking Internet marketing opportunities
184. Individuals, doctors, retail stores, book distributors buy my books. They are
throughout the entire U.S. and some to Canada
185. Industrial Customer Whole seller
186. Industrial offices attached to production facilities, medical facilities
187. Information products marketed offline on CD is doing quite well. People in South
Africa do not like the idea of doing purchases online.
188. Information technology companies.
189. Institutional customers. South Zone & West Zone.
190. Institutional lenders and mortgage companies; mostly from within our local area
191. Internet users. Mostly women. A good number from Asia, mostly Japan.
Considering the small amount of traffic I get from Australia, I’m getting a pretty
good conversion rate.
192. Internet web site.
193. investments and insurance; retirees and biz owners
194. It comes from the the services that we provide, the primary one being the
chiropractic adjustment. Our best customers tend to be females, between the ages
of 30 and 55, who work, who have some higher education beyond high school, and
live within a 10-mile radius of our office.
195. IT professionals.
196. Just started unable to provide specific data
197. Just started; does not apply.
198. JV to sell information products to a worldwide customer range – but mainly from
US and Europe.
199. Large organizations, govt and private, mainly because of our unique expertise
PCs.
232. Managed Modem Service sold to ISPs
233. Manufacturing in the central US primarily
234. MANUFACTURING OF SPECIALS. POINT OF PURCHASE DISPLAYS
PROMOTIONS FOR THEIR PRODUCT.
235. Markets
236. martial artists and people seeking enlightenment worldwide
237. Memorials from the spouse of someone who has died in our area.
238. Microsoft Office development: Small to medium enterprises: We operate in a
provincial rural environment (pop 50,000)
239. Mid-Atlantic region (within 200 miles of Wash DC) contains 75 % of our customers.
The balance are spread across all other states.
240. middle to upper class, middle age
241. midwest
242. Midwest and East coast because of our broker referrals and strategic partnership
243. Midwest, 25-35 years, female
244. Most of our business comes from engraving plaques for government agencies and
corporate customers in the metro Washington DC area.
245. more geographic
246. MORTGAGES: within 40 mile radius. All are residential mortgages with add ons
like life assurance products and household insurance. ACCOUNTANCY:
customers are generally small businesses (sole traders/partnerships/limited liability
companies). Services provided include preparation of accounts and tax returns as
well as filing of other statutory documents. Most clients are again with 40 or 50
miles of office
247. Most calls come from our radio advertising
248. Most of business comes from training services – programmes and short
workshops. Customers are typically individuals with a special interest in topic and
therefore work role that is evolving to include it who are funded by their school or
setting to attend CPD programme. Geography – national (UK)
249. Most of it comes from our western Canadian market, but we have helped
companies in the US, Britain and South Africa.
250. --Most of my business is local, although I have created projects for a customers in
Virginia and in Fargo, ND. I provide custom database applications. Sales and
marketing databases go to smaller clients, and task specific databases go to larger
clients. I do work for many different types of industries—that is part of what I enjoy
about what I do.
251. Most of my business now is for resume writing with some coaching; customers are
traditionally ages 35-55 and well-off – earning about $125K+ on average;
geography is primarily local
252. Most of our business at this stage comes from referrals for the three products we
have – managed account, venture capital investment and Automated On Line
System of being your own dealer in the forex market. Or customers are from all
walks of life in the Edmonton and regional area of Alberta.
253. Most of our business comes from projects for oil or chemical companies taking a
mixture of software, training and consulting services. Geographical distribution
changes from year to year depending on many factors. Middle east and far east
dominated the last three years but middle east projects have been stopped since
last fall (Iraq situation)
254. Most of our business comes from the business-to-business arena (as opposed to
retail/domestic user). The split would be 70% B2B, 30% domestic. Our enquiries
come from all over the place: Bakeries Schools Supermarkets Dairies Vineyards
Chemical manufacturers Abattoirs Builders and plumbers Florists Furniture
removalists Furniture and bedding retailers Mechanic workshops And on and on
255. Most of our business comes from the corporate sector across any industry within
the East and West Midlands in the UK
256. Most of our business comes from the little amount of advertising that we do and
referrals.
257. Most of our business comes from the local area (within 300 miles) and the type of
customers are high schools and corporate clients. We only provide entertainment
service at present.
258. Most of our business is wholesale, referred from key vendors and throughout the
nation.
259. Most of our clients are people with health challenges who respond to one of our
products. We have not done a good job of keeping in contact with them, getting
referrals and up selling them.
260. Most of our customers come through referrals.
261. Most of our patients are families with one to three kids who come to us largely from
referrals from family and friends who have discovered our services and approach.
262. Most of the business comes from referrals from the manicurists and hairdressers
within the salon, followed by walk-ins.
263. Most our business comes from refinance customers who live primarily in southwest
and central Ohio.
264. Most sales come from sale of parts, while biggest profit percentage is from supply
of maintenance services
265. Mostly large retailers with big cash intake (like grocers) that require armored car
pick up and delivery to a vault where high speed machines can cut the cost of
counting and verifying their banknotes and coin deposits.
266. Mostly products. Fraternity sales are local. No pattern to Internet sales.
267. Mostly SF Bay area.
268. Mostly small to medium companies that offer various products and services.
269. Mostly will come from Central Texas with some sales nationwide
270. mouth-to-mouth propaganda, client to client
271. Mutual fund sales, local friends and relatives
272. my business can apply to any industry since we offer electronic means to process
payments B2B and B2C
273. My business comes from all over the world because people move. When service
people move overseas they contact me. Everyone that has jewelry is a prospect.
274. My business is just starting to grow again but in the past it came from my ‘Farm’
areas and then as I implemented some of the other strategies I am using now, it
come from these also.
275. My ideal client is a married homeowner with children who has good cash flow from
a solid job or business, and a good outlook on life. Such a person is likely to
appreciate the long-term benefits of owning enduring life insurance.
276. My own marketing methods(mail follow-up etc)
277. my own networking and some referral.
278. My prospects are any business that wants to promote their business or give
Incentives to employees.
279. N.A.
280. N/A Co-opted when presented. To use that which exists….no wheel factory am I
constructing.
281. national market, small companies, start ups ad departments of larger companies
282. networking. Different kinds of clients
283. New home buyers, move-up buyers, divorces, downsizers, retirees
284. New insurance clients
285. New Zealand Film and TV Industry
286. NO SPECIFIC SECTOR
287. northeast and middle Atlantic states
288. Not applicable at this point.
289. not locally, I always wonder why?
290. not locally, I always wonder why?
291. nothing so far.
292. Notification services, medium to large size businesses, San Francisco Bay Area,
wide range of industries.
293. now three areas consulting, engineering and equipment sales
294. Nutritional products, phone services, lead generation service, automated business
systems, Network Marketing Industry
295. Of my three business lines, the Internet directory service is my most active.
296. of the four quadrants in our city, 75% of our business is generated by two
quadrants and 50% of our front end sales are from 2 product lines.
297. Off the street, from the hospital, or from coupons.
298. Oil and Gas…small to medium sized companies
299. Oil/gas industry, building products retailers
300. One client, one talk, given constantly.
301. ONE PRODUCT. ANY PERSON WHO IS ALIVE IS A POSSIBLE PROSPECT.
WELLNESS INDUSTRY. MOST COUNTRIES
302. online customers, consulting, seminars and teleseminars
303. Online Families whose children suffer from learning disabilities – middle income
bracket, white collar.
304. Online manuals and reports. Customers who are interested in 'secret' type
information. Not sure of the industry.
305. Online Marketing efforts, wellness products, internet marketing products and
services, customers are other internet marketers and people trying to start a biz.
306. Only from Mexico City, and the close cities of Toluca and Cuernacava. It’s a
service and those who don´t live in extreme poverty conditions can buy it.
307. ONLY IN TEL AVIV AREA.
308. Only our bracelet.
309. ophthalmology and other medical specialties
310. Other business professionals; small manufacturer.
311. other professional services firms (accountants, solicitors etc), manufacturing
companies, retail companies, not for profit (charities). No specific geographical
area – we are not limited by this. Typically small to medium businesses
312. Our best targets are retail stores that are larger and service companies. Best is
>$250,000 a year in revenue.
313. Our business comes for services used by customers having new
telecommunication technologies, mostly foreign customers, or from the
government for studies.
314. Our business comes from one product and a reoccurring monthly service fee for
that product. Customers are motorcycle owner. Geography is the entire United
States and bits of Canada. Where ever there is a motorcycle dealer we sell our
product and service.
315. Our business comes from our customers giving a chain reaction meaning that their
customers go with us and our services passes around. Our customers primarily
come for US, Victoria, the Island and Greater Vancouver
316. Our business will come initially from rental of product, followed closely by
intermittent or contract service followed later by product sales. Products will also
need regular maintenance which must be performed by a qualified service person.
Rental clients will largely come from health, hospitality, professional and
accommodation sectors, Service business will come from the private residential
sector and the product sales will cover all fields.
317. OUR FOCUS IS THE MIDWEST, MANUFACTURERS, MINING AND
AGRICULTURAL ARE OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES, WE SELL BULK BAGS,
AND SERVICE OUR CUSTOMERS WITH A JUST IN TIME INVENTORY
PROGRAM.
318. Our own direct marketing efforts. Type of customer is a retailer based in UK.
319. Our primary business source is from the general public, our secondary business
source is from home builders, and our ternary business source is from
independent home builders.
320. Our services for high net worth individuals.
321. Outdoor enthusiasts of all kinds in all parts of the land.
322. Over 60% of Americans are obese. I suspect that most of my customers will be
women between the ages of 25-55.
323. paint sales commercial accounts 15 miles radius + retail D_I_Y
324. Parents of Private Secondary School Students, who value Quality and don’t want
their child ‘messed around’
325. Parents wanting to give their kids the best education
326. Partner referrals.
327. Patient driven
328. People interested in marketing their business online.
329. People have read my book, either from a review or seeing it in the bookstore, go
391. Provision of simple taxation services to musicians and other contacts passed on
through word of mouth.
392. Purchased mailing list, referrals.
393. Radio and television spots for advertising agencies, and industrial videos for
corporations.
394. Radio, customer referral; customers in most of the 50 states.
395. Real estate agents(2)
396. realtors 95% until recently with larger refi business, realtors at 80% even though
more loans from realtors
397. Referrals from clients, personal trainers, chiropractor, and physicians who do
business with our Fitness facility.
398. Referrals(17)
399. referral from accounting firm home loans
400. Referral of professionals or consumer direct
401. Referral or self generating
402. Referrals and calls off signs or advertisements from houses (ie brand awareness).
403. Referrals and copy handouts distributed out at wind seminars and conferences.
404. Referrals and through a third party screening service
405. Referrals and word of mouth
406. Referrals by M.D.’s or other health professionals, plus many from existing
customers/clients.
407. Referrals from customers.
408. Referrals from existing clients
409. referrals from existing clients and from referral sources
410. Referrals from M.D.
411. referrals from my partners friends and acquaintances
412. Referrals from other businesses and from search engines on the internet.
413. Referrals from other businesses and from search engines on the internet.
414. Referrals from others clients
415. referrals from past clients
416. Referrals from realtors, attorneys ,financial planners, lenders, investors, builders,
developers and past clients.
417. Referrals of small companies experiencing some kind of business problem.
418. referrals, locals, some international, worldwide
419. Referrals/Cold Calls
420. Referrals-and services.
421. refferals
422. Regionally
423. repeat and referral(2)
424. Repeat business or word of mouth.
425. Repeat clients
539. telephone answering service – medical, real estate and service industries
540. The business which I am referring to in this questionnaire is focused on the China
and Asia geographic markets. Today, our growth is all coming from China and
other select minor markets in Asia. Our growth is primarily in offering integrated
solutions to our China commercial building customers. Today, our business is
about 50% product and system sales to our third-party partners, and about 50%
through our direct operations channels.
541. The larger industrial companies who need to get a rating and then maintain it to
get access to / preserve their access to finance on the international debt markets.
Main geography is Northern Western Europe but increasingly seeing more growth
prospects Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union as they become more
conversant with the ways of the international capital markets.
542. the majority of the clients are home improvement or related businesses
543. the need for creative, design, and print solutions, the need for strategic input. .
.High end resort real estate developers, leading ski industry companies, consumer
products companies, resort land planning companies. . .Colorado and Rocky
Mountain region, Hawaii
544. The service industry catering to the wedding services
545. The single family home owner.
546. THE WEALTHIER BUSINESS OWNERS AND SALESPEOPLE IN THE AREA –
CPA’S, RESTERAUNT OWNERS, BANKERS, PRESEDENTS, CEO’S.
547. This is changing, but most of the business comes from Southern California and
includes total solutions where the customer buys hardware, software and
professional services, or buys hardware and professional services to extend a
legacy system – most customers are small to medium sized distributors or
manufacturers.
548. too early and not enough reliable data to draw conclusions
549. Training and speeches; marketing and management consulting.
550. training courses mostly for mid-management in project management, types of
customer-manufacturing, construction, few are financial services, property
management, geography-North-West of Russia and from all Russia who has
connection with Saint-Petersburg as second largest center in country.
551. Training, small business.
552. Type of customer
553. types of customer
554. Types, i.e. fundamentalists.
555. U.S. hair salons in the West and N.E.
556. Unsecured loans, equipment leases, and factoring; food wholesaler, doctors, and
executive transportation service; D.C. metro area.
557. Up to now, most of our business has been government jobs that we’ve obtained
through the bid process. Only in the past 5 – 6 years have we targeted the
commercial markets. And we’re still learning how that’s done effectively. A majority
of our business still comes from the government bid process.
558. Upper class people with an interest in the ocean.
559. US GOVT
560. US ICT companies trying to establish a presence in Europe
561. usually from people I know, and from small businesses that don’t really have any
marketing background
562. Value-driven home seller, fed up with traditional real estate commissions
563. Vancouver (local), some in the US
564. Varies depending on what I am offering
565. videos wholesaled to T’ai Chi Chih teachers
566. Volume comes from public courses nationally. Profitability comes from products
sold on the courses.
567. Walk in in a business district
568. We are a service company and it comes from our partners.
569. We have unparalleled demographics. Man or women, all ages, ethnicity, or
income bracket Worldwide
570. We have very diverse clients who are small and mid-size businesses.
Geographically we do business mostly in Calgary, and in some other area’s in
Alberta.
571. We market to 15 vertical markets in our local region. Products include marketing
communications materials, newsletters, magazines, catalogs, annual reports,
research books, special interest books, and direct mailers. Our largest markets
are Graphic Design Studios (25%); Associations and Non-Profits (15%);
Universities and Schools (10%); Health Care Organizations (9%); Advertising
Agencies (9%); Municipalities and Government (7%); Manufacturing Companies
(5%); High Technology and Health Services Companies and Service Companies.
572. We offer a customized product that performs a wide range of service for our
clients, primarily in the Philippines, but with a growing and significant USA sector.
The industries we serve vary from educational to governmental; manufacturers to
ATM card distributors; car rentals to accommodations; courier company services to
a chamber of commerce. The common denominator amongst all these clients is
our creation of an elegant website Administration Section, where our clients can
easily change and update their website content; and where they can access
enormous amounts of current data on their operations on a very orderly, useful
basis.
573. We only have one product – retailers who work best for us are those who have a
close relationship with their own clients (or end-users) eg personal trainers, beauty
clinics – but even here we are only a supplement to their main game and struggle
to remain top-of-mind with them.
574. we presently only have single customer type divided primarily by geographic
region .
575. We sell mostly services around Microsoft products. Our biggest industry right now
is the health care industry.
576. Web design and hosting. Small business owners. North America.
577. web site, mailouts
578. web surfing for Nessie.
579. website, referrals, retail stores..
580. Wellhead Shelters and Cellular Relay Station Housings. Oil Companies and
Telecommunication companies in the Alberta and Western Canada region.
581. Wholesale Distribution
582. with the video business it comes from government, schools, churches. And with
the log home business they come from the customers themselves.
583. within 5 mile radius
584. Within 50 miles, home buyers or refis.
585. Within our Monongalia County.
586. word of mouth(3)
587. Word of mouth in the public (and past clients)
588. Word of mouth or from a talk I have given.
589. Word of mouth so far.
590. word of mouth, mostly the new customers are last year students of chiropractic
schools or recent grads, mainly from the Province.
591. WORD OF MOUTH, REALTORS, BUILDERS, PAST CLIENTS
592. Word of mouth. Retail sales of uniforms, knives, books and videos. Customers
are 15 to 55 years old, middle income, some college, mostly male. Mostly
Southern California.
593. Word-of-mouth locally here in Indianapolis, IN
594. Word-of-mouth—networking
595. World wide
596. yellow pages and repeat business.
Additional comments:
1. #1- sending out the color map of our service coverage area is repeated periodically
and when we expand coverage has been very successful. Other efforts at new
service bundles, special pricing, new feature offerings and general advertisements
have had mixed results.
2. ?(3)
3. 1) Tele-seminars – Monthly; 2) E-Zines – Monthly; 3) New Book – Every 18 mos.
4) Web offers – Daily; 4) Speaking – 100+ per year
4. 1. Information guru strategy. Not repeated.
5. 1.Asking for referrals, especially at the holidays, whereby we encourage our clients
to send gift certificates to their friends and family (we provide the gift certificates at
no cost to the client). This is repeated at major holidays thru out the year. 2. Invited
clients to bring guests with them to in-office workshops. This is ongoing every two
weeks. 3 Radio advertising, having those people that call in win an introductory
package of services. This is repeated sporadically thru the year. 4. Lead
generation take one boxes. People fill out a brief survey and drop it in the box. We
call them to say they have won an intro. package of our services. This is constant
and ongoing..5. Outside lectures, whereby people are presented with information
regarding health and surveyed during the talk on their health. Then closed on a no
cost consultation and exam. This is done on an ongoing basis as speaking
locations are set up.
6. 1-2-3 – solid growth
7. 1—Service reminder card has generated, still does, thousands of $, sometimes per
month; has also resulted in upgrade sales. Very simple, direct card—“Time for a
Checkup?” type of card.. 2—We’ve had moderate success (1 of 800) on a direct—
here is the price—mailout card for cold prospects, mostly new home owners.
We’re not really going for the appointment, because I have been rather weak in
closing, but rather we go for the sale in the offering.
8. 2 step classified ads. No repetition.
9. 21 clubs where we take a new distributor into their warm market & do 21 magnetic
massages (to demo the products) in 7 days
10. Editorial on me in the Millionaire Magazine brought lots of interest
11. A mailer for software sales, included with another company’s mailout – has not
been repeated A mailer for healthcare products sent out with another company’s
mailer – 2 followup mailouts.
12. a) Networking ;b) Forms; c) Trade web sites.
13. AD Denver Business Journal, 13 responses per ad, did consistently for 3 years
until Papers format changed and response rate dropped to 1 for every 4 ads.
Speaking works consistently, repeated inconsistently.
107. Have not had a really successful strategic campaign. Doing the usual hit and miss,
nothing concentrated.
108. Have not really don’t much on a consistent basis.
109. Haven’t assessed results, so don’t know
110. Haven’t done any
111. Haven’t started one
112. Haven’t yet had one that I felt was successful
113. Helped financial professionals develop and present seminars to attract clients.
Used direct mail successfully by targeting specific markets.
114. Holy shit- I don’t advertise – selling programs I design and develop as a business-
Marketing I use a referral system regularly –
115. host/benefit
116. I am a start up so only lead generating newspaper ads and free seminars
117. I am ashamed to admit that we haven’t operated under a plan
118. I can’t say that we have had any truly outstanding advertising programs. We are
trying a barter system to increase sales, but we will see the results.
119. I distribute a strategy/tactical newsletter that’s both entertaining and applicable – I
get speaking engagements from that. I embed myself into centers of influence
organizations and groups and advise liberally – I help when and where I can – and
then they pay me.
120. I don not feel that I have conducted a continuous successful program to this point
in time.
121. I don´t have
122. I don’t advertise. Hmmm, maybe I should……
123. I don’t recall any specific program that worked well.
124. I don’t repeat because it wasn’t satisfactory
125. I give high value to patients and thank the people who refer them to me. I stopped
meeting various professional for lunch due to full schedule [used to tangibly thank
them and quiz them on how I could better assist them in helping them develop
people they worked with]
126. I have done none of the above during the last three years, but have sold books out
of my purse as a result of the elevator answer that has been my only sales or
marketing pursuit lately.
127. I have not been involved with marketing since 1990.
128. I have not used any plan other than referrals for the last three years.
129. I have one one client at this time and that was a door to door sale. The door to
door thing has been a hit and miss type thing because you can get very
discourage very quick
130. I HAVE USED A MAILER THAT HAS ALL OF JAY’S PRINCIPALS. I
GUARANTEE RESULTS WICH NO ONE ELSE IN THE INDUSTRY DOES. ---I
USE THE
131. I haven’t been in business that long!
173. Local residential mailout within 1 mile radius – unsuccessful Targeting business
segments that currently use our facilities – currently under way and looking very
promising
174. Magazine events yes yes
175. Mailing of high value offers to prospects, with back end repeat sales
176. Mailings,calls.
177. mailout cards, color magazine, 800#, tracking each ad, team system, guarantees,
free reports
178. Mailouts and telephone follow up. Once per month.
179. Mainly Referrals
180. Market research services – closed 3 contracts Photonics industry affiliation –
closed 4 contracts
181. marketed seminar series for biz owners looking to sell their businesses. Done
through the chamber of commerce. Was repeated 2 times per year.
182. Marketing a fairs 100%.
183. Marketing has largely been by association and reputation with others.
184. Media marketing, yellow pages advertising, press releases, follow up direct mail.
185. Most effective has been meeting contacts at trade association meetings, then
following up with a letter and some useful information, then pursuing with phone
calls, etc.
186. Most of direct mail efforts worked, most of telemarketing campaigns worked, some
advertising worked. We repeat direct mail all the time.
187. Most of our seminars have been successful in terms of getting clients there and
giving them a good experience. We haven’t had really big sales come out of the
events, but have generated some referrals. The best tactic for generating work
has been freeing the partners up from technical work to meet with clients and
identify opportunities for more work
188. Most successful campaign was a free book followed up by a telecanvass call - we
have never repeated it!
189. Most successful has been to offer classes for nomial fee at adult education centers
and sell them the books at the class, capture their address and continue to sell.
190. Most successful have been speeches to generate clients and publishing. These
are repeated bimonthly and quarterly.
191. Most successful is telephone prospecting campaigns to For sale by owners,
expired listings and cold calling. The second best is sign recognition with home
listings. Basic, yet that has brought the bulk of our business.
192. Most successful marketing program has been the creation and constant updating
of the web site. Responsible for vast majority of sales so far (in terms of revenue).
193. My best response other than telemarketing I faxing offers to real estate offices.
194. My business is only 6 months old.
195. My marketing program has basically been from friends, relatives, and some
referrals from them. Indicate whether you’ve repeated it continuously No.
196. My most successful selling program is with Nutribooks. They probably buy about ½
269. Only in business for last six months. No truly successful marketing strategies yet
270. Only one on one consistently
271. Only one, referral marketing.
272. Only selling at this time. My clients trust my skills, intuition and productivity. This
is what I repeat continuously. The strongest reason I know of why my clients keep
coming back.
273. Other business – TV – yes it is constantly repeated.
274. Our “No-Bank Qualify” plan to help people buy a property without a credit check or
mortgage is the first successful one. Out telemarketing for foreclosed upon people
is now the best for us.
275. Our advertising program consists of paying agents a good commission and they
then use part of the commission to entertain customers and pay for events.
276. Our book, make us travel to seminars and others.
277. Our email campaigns have generated many leads to we have kept going with this,
space advertising hasn't really worked so we have abandoned this
278. Our email campaigns have generated many leads to we have kept going with this,
space advertising hasn't really worked so we have abandoned this
279. Our existing customers often come back, we get a number of customers from our
vendors lead generation, and we get some form mailer we send out.
280. Our individual contacts through our direct involvement in meetings as a self
marketing performance have been very effective up to now, however, our web
posting doesn’t attract clients.
281. Our only truly successful marketing program has been a referral program through
relocation consulting firms. Yes, we repeat it continuously. We cultivate referral
relationships with any relocation consulting firm we are introduced to, and further
cold call additional relocation consulting firms with very positive results.
282. Our web site and it’s constant modification
283. Over the net market price for the genral public,
284. Over the past two years, I have been growing exclusively through networking and
referral. As I grow, I hope to use direct mail and other forms of marketing and
promotion.
285. Paris Air Show – new accounts and relationships – yes repeatElectronica trade
show – new orders and accounts - repeate
286. Personal contact, repeat and referral
287. Personal delivery of unique Xmas gifts to all key clients; annual high end
Valentine’s focusing on relationships. . .we do these every year
288. PHEW, MY MEMORY ISN’T THAT GREAT, BUT NOTHING REALLY HAS TO
STAND OUT AS SUCCESSFUL WHEN IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER TO DRIVE
THE RESULTS.
289. Placing articles has worked the best.
290. Placing classifieds, sending direct-mail (2-step-approach) hosting info-seminars,
telemarketing.
291. Post Grad certificate programme at University – marketing goes out through
university prospectus. Repeated. Post grad course Dudley – goes out through
Question 78. Do you have a marketing budget? What is it? How is it allocated?
How has it been used in the past?
Additional comments:
28. $5000.00 this year but understanding marginal net worth means it is not limited.
29. $5K It has been used sporadically
30. $65k; direct mail follow up materials; special reports; etc.
31. $70000.00/year. Direct mail, some radio and some sports ads.
32. $75,000, newsletters, lunches, breakfast presentation,
33. $800/mth. Advertising: 600, Room Rental: 200In the past, we did direct mails and
lots of telemarketing follow up which was a lot less and needed more effort and
time.
34. $95,000 – mainly user for personnel and web marketing.
35. Actually, it's just 25% of every sale that's almost immediatly spend on those
mailings. So, I don't know if that's exactly what you mean about 'budget'.
36. but not a systematically allocated budget
37. £100 per month, letter-phone-brochures.
38. £250,000 p.a.
39. £4,000 pa for expenses at networking meetings, conferences, taking prospects for
coffee, business cards
40. £480, 40/monthly
41. 1.25 MILL PER YEAR – TRY AND BASE IT OFF OF SALES
42. 10 000r / m - handbills
43. 10 grand, all in mailing.
44. 10%
45. 10% of revenues.
46. 10% of turnover. Less in the past
47. 10,000
48. 100K: Radio/Yellow Pages/Donuts/Give aways / Community Events, etc.
Allocation has been somewhat tactical. We went way over budget in '02
49. 15%
50. 15% of my gross commissions.
51. 3-5 % of revenue, yellow pages, direct mail
52. 35-40K. Yellow pages, part-time marketing person that is also a technician and he
spends 98% of his time on projects and not on marketing.
53. 4-7% of revenues.
54. 5%
55. 7% of revenues, sales salaries, commissions, direct mail, telemarketers, training.
56. 78A.
57. 80% magazine advertising 20% internet
58. A set amount each year.
59. A set amount per month for advertising and marketing but we don’t generally use it
all
60. About $100-$200 per month toward what seems to be working the best. Classified
ads and door hangers.
85. Basically at this point if I could just break even on marketing I would be happy to
increase my customer base which will generate more repeat clientele.
86. Basically I funding my marketing needs through credit cards or through my
personal or business account. So I’m basically doing this on a shoestring.
87. Basically, I create all pieces and get one of the LOBs that I support to produce it.
88. Being a new company, this is a brand new budget. The company will launch in two
states and the combined budget is $750,000.00. it has been allocated to media
advertising in those two states.
89. budget is limited to whatever cash + credit cards are available. Usually the more
we spend the more we get in return, no specific strategies
90. But it is very small... it is growing and waiting till I have CRs of my site to do safe
advertising. I believe that advertising is one of the safest business ventures
today... as Hopkins wrote 80 years ago.
91. But very ad hock. At the moment each Sub-Franchisor and Franchisee conducts
his or her own advertising
92. commission to pay the real estate agent
93. Developmentally
94. Developmentally
95. Direct marketing budget not including personnel is 6 % of Gross. We plan to
increase this to 10% for the coming year in order to gain 30% growth.
96. Don’t know.
97. Each salesperson handles their own marketing using a provided model as outlined
in #41 & 45 above
98. Employing low-cost methods to start.
99. Evaluate cost as needed but we invest time more than money and we apportion 3-
4 events/month.
100. Excluding sales people it is $12,000 fir PR, advertising and seminars
101. For telephone & visits to likely ex-clients/prospects
102. For travel to make presentation
103. Haphazardly
104. haphazardly when agent calls me
105. Has the need arises and when moneys are available….flyers, promotional
products, photo shoots, posters, stickers,
106. Haven’t established a formal marketing budget yet. It does need to be done.
107. However we could use some help with this one.
108. I allocate about 5% of gross sales to marketing. However, I am setting up some
affiliate programs to sell my digital products online and I will be paying about 40%
of gross to affiliates.
109. I am developing my marketing plan now. It will have a marketing budget although
the majority of marketing will be via email.
110. I am not privy to this information at this time.
111. I ask my boss and he thinks whether it is worth it
112. I believe in marketing, but our revenues have been so small that I haven’t allocated
any amount to it.
(some reds and lots of green). And the prospects name and company´s name are
included in some parts of it. Therefore, I can not make photocopies, color print outs
are a little expensive and <I mail them via certified mail. But that’s ok. With one
single sale of a company I’ll be able to print and mail many others.
139. It is based on re investing 30-40% of my check each month towards leveraging
others
140. it is based on the actual cost, with a bit extra for any unknown that may come up or
any change in marketing that we may do
141. It is not a constant amount, but varies according to profitability
142. It is not as big as it should and we tend to use it for hospitality events and one-off
direct mail campaigns
143. It is presently Indian Rupees 1 Million . All allocated to Print advertising in the
newspapers .
144. it is used every month
145. It is very small only £8,500 this is to cover research costs telesales and the
Newsletter.
146. It’s allocated for: seminars, traveling, salary, training etc.
147. It’s allocated to be put into areas where I can make contact with centers of
influence – whom I can meet and advise and ultimately do work for.
148. It’s not enough, but it is all we can afford. We expect it to be $150K by year end.
149. It’s reviewed as we go, so is ad-hoc. We tend to look at the events going on in the
industry and make decisions on the run.
150. It’s willy nilly
151. it's a % of gross
152. Its less marketing and more learning budget
153. I've done everything on a shoestring, with no particular budgeting.
154. Just for ads.
155. -Just my overhead for the above direct sales approach and I am starting to get
more top down support for event based marketing – educational workshops.
156. Largest part is sales commissions of up to $1 million per year, plus 5-10% of that
for support literature, showrooms, presentations.
157. Mail outs
158. Mailing and display advertising.
159. Mainly used for travel and time, all emphasizing personal contact
160. Marketing budget is 10% of sales. Budget is adjusted according to lull or peak
periods eg. schools holidays, examination time.
161. Marketing budget is based on volume of sales – we allocate $1 per unit sold for
local marketing initiatives – predicted sales were to be approx 20,000 units per
year (but this is proving to be way way too high – we are really struggling to get
sales) and at a national level 15% of sales re-orders.
162. Marketing budget is between $500-1M. I do not know how the number was
created. It will be used for many marketing efforts, may also include trade shows.
163. Marketing budget is not fixed, but measured by the ROI ... as long as the ROI is
potentially bigger than the marketing cost we are apt to go for the plan.98 % of it
used for booth spaces.
clear budget
248. We have a goal, but not a budget.
249. We have not allocated a particular amount or percentage for marketing. It is
allocated mostly on a case by case basis.
250. We have not really had a marketing budget.
251. We have some planned expenses for completing the web site.
252. We have three rounds of funding, co-branding campaign, and a “Huge” website
marketing launch campaign
253. WE JUMP FROM PROJECT TO PROJECT, OR IDEA TO IDEA.
254. We never sat down and budgeted our marketing efforts, which now sounds really
dumb. We generally decide what we are going to do and then find a way to do it
rather than plan it out with how we are going to pay for it.
255. We plan on allocating 10% of gross revenues into marketing efforts. This is divided
up as needed for ongoing methods, such as outside talks, lead boxes, etc. In the
past a very large portion of it went into the yellow pages, which we have pulled out
of altogether now.
256. We planned to spend $500 per customer that signs up for a $3,000 seminar, but
we haven't budgeted the marketing expenses.
257. We reinvest 10% to marketing new clients. 5% to client retention
258. We set aside about 5% of revenue to pure marketing. We look at trade shows,
writing, creative pieces, web site design.
259. We spend money sending samples out as needed. That’s basically it.
260. We spend money when we find good opportunities.
261. We spend what ever it takes, 1 average realtor is worth $20,000 per year
262. We spend what we need to spend when ideas arise.
263. WE TRY TO USE WHAT WE CAN AFFORD ON A MONTHLY BASIS. OFTEN
TIMES WE USE THE PROFITS FROM OUR SALES OF NUTRITIONALS TO
SEND OUT MAILERS.
264. We want to initially spend $60K and increase it from there. Most of it was used for
Yellow Page and newspaper advertising.
265. WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE SPENT.
266. When we market, we simply add in the costs of doing so
267. Will be providing for a marketing budget in our overall planning and corporate
budget as a strategic initiative
268. Word of mouth
269. Yes – based upon research identifying needs & opportunities
270. Yes but I don’t actually have the money it is in the cashflow plan
271. Yes, between 5% & 10% of gross annual sales. Direct Mail and follow-up. This is a
new venture, only 5 months old.
Additional comments:
1. Although I would guess that it’s higher than imagined at first blush if you think of a
customer as a lifetime cash flow
2. Although I would guess that it’s higher than imagined at first blush if you think of a
customer as a lifetime cash flow
3. At least the basic idea.
4. Basically… you can’t spend more than you will make and be profitable and you may
need to spend more top get more clients cause in the volume you will enrich everyone.
5. But don’t systematically apply it.
6. But I do not always apply it or figure it out on an account by account basis.
7. Can you acquire a client at break even or even at a slight loss (like you $19 coin
example) if the MNW is very high?
8. Do not spend more on a customer than their lifetime value otherwise you are losing
money not making profits.
9. Don’t think it applies to what we offer.
10. I am trying to calculate this cost, but first I need to develop a new range of product, to be
able to increase client’s life value and purchasing period.
11. I believe I do, but since I am new to your material, I will answer no for the time being.
12. I believe so
13. I believe you want to ascertain if I understand the principle of knowing what the
maximum cost would be to acquire a client taking into consideration how profitable that
client would be over the course of time that he remains a client.
14. I do know lifetime value
15. I get it conceptually; but not in practice
16. I have an idea of this concept, but am not clear on the specific details.
17. I have an understanding of it now, but didn’t when I was in business earlier.
18. I know my breakeven point on sales efforts.
19. I presume that you mean what percent can you afford to spend in the short tem to gain a
long term client. My present benchmark is not to create a negative cashflow situation.
20. I read up on the subject. I did find that it is essential to do a test- How much for what
result. Marketing cost may exceed revenue very easily and it can easily drive my Home
Based Biz into a bankrupt position. The marginal net worth of an existing client is very
high, i.e. it is worth my while to invest time, effort and money to sell to an existing client,
again and again. One of my frustrations was that I had a serious lack of statistics when I
got myself involved in MLM, i.e. what is the average life-time of a client? If a person
subscribes as a distributor then how much of the product do they use and how much do
they sell? This statistics is essential to make marketing decisions.
21. I recently readyour book and I'm currently trying to implement some of the strategies
22. I reckon you can lose money on acquiring a new client. But I have no back end yet.
23. I think I do but am not sure
24. I think it means that you can afford to even loose on your attempt to gain a client
because of the value that client is to you over the long haul.
25. I think so. Spend a certain amount as long as creates a long term value of that contact
that is greater than you spent.
26. I understand it but don’t fully utilize it.
27. I understand it but not used in my business yet.
28. I understand it I’m not so sure our upper management understands it.
29. I understand the concept and I think I apply it better than any other that you’ve taught us.
But I have never calculated—not sure I could—the exact value of each client.
30. I understand the lifetime value of a client; I don’t understand how to determine the
maximum allowable cost factor. I understand I need to make a profit, however, I need to
understand where to reasonably draw the line on the cost.
31. I understand this as: I can spend up to the LTV of a client, in order to buy them as a
customer, and still break even.
32. in theory
33. It seems complex to me.
34. It’s the cornerstone of any successful enterprise
35. Just getting to that now as I have begun reading more
36. Just not how I could calculate it for my services!
37. JUST READ ABOUT IT
38. Learning this have yet to allocate a $ figure for the maximum allowable cost.
39. Like to know more about this.
40. Maximum allowable cost factor is how much we are prepared to invest in marketing to
get 1 new client or more sales from an existing client, compared with lifetime value=total
income or profit from the client over all the years we work with them. Since I work with
many clients for 2 years, I could increase the maximum allowable cost factor.
41. Maximum cost to attract a client?
42. maybe
43. Minimally, but not how it would apply here.
44. More or less, but have a difficult time applying it to our current situation
45. Must dig into this. Thank you.
46. Never actually heard you speak of it but I understand what you mean. The maximum
that is allowed to be spent on any client.
47. never tried it
48. New term but I understand its self-explanatory nature and will give thought to applying
this!
49. No repeat business.
50. Not easy to figure out though since each wholesaler represents only the tip of the ice
1. ???
2. 2 current joint ventures, 1 is falling through due to complaints from his customers
about our coaching program.
3. A fluid waste disposal company alliance is in the making.
4. A large media company in NYC. . .helped to win the biggest media account we
had ever sold
5. A number of strategic alliances with other consultants and larger consulting
organizations in my industry. These have worked only to a modest degree
because of (a) differing motivations and objectives of the principals involved and
(b) the absence of early tangible results that would justify allocating more
resources to an alliance.
6. A small amount of business comes from a related financial services industry
7. Buying parts from specific Dlrships/ they refer work to us. (Excellent) b. Paint
vendor: Contract to purchase from them & they buy us equipment (Paint booths,
etc). Excellent except now they do it for about everyone
8. Accountants – poor Brokers – poor Travel agents – poor Manufacturing companies
- good
9. Accountants We send him business and sent people looking for loans Lawyers We
send him business and starting to them referrals from them Pow Wow Events they
Promote Robert Kiysokis Rich Dad Poor Dad in Australia, have just asked to email
our clients offering them his next Australia Seminars, we get $600 per lead who
goes to the event Simply Budgets, Budget monitors gives more cash flow more
access to our clients
10. affiliate
11. Agent referrals, cannot imburse them as it is illegal in this industry so rely on them
for business based on superior service. Currently challenge establishing this
relationship until skills are proven.
12. Aligned with studios in order to get business from their clients, and in return enable
them to provide a fuller service to their clients.
13. All my business is with a strategic partner
14. Alliance with Chartered marketer – no visible change
15. Alliance with national grocery chain – worked out very well. We sold a lot of books,
and raised our profile tremendously. Alliances with doctors – they refer
clients/patients to us. Alliances with clients who run corporations to obtain
corporate business – worked well.
16. Alliances are tactical - as needed.
17. Alliances with brokers, realtors
18. Alliances with end-users who move from show to show and specify our product
where they can (i.e. cannot do this when the US producers specify otherwise).
19. Alliances with the experts who do our seminars. Win-win situations.
20. Alliances with vendors such as Paul Mitchell salon products, other suppliers.
Mostly additional training of our people, some contests, support our national
convention with speakers or contributions to sponsor events, etc.
21. Always liked the idea but never put any in place.
22. Are beginning to build this.
23. AS I explained earlier – I have tried HOST BENEFICIARY and it has not worked,
even though I tried almost every conceivable combination – given that I could not
reciprocate because I have no customer base. I have not tried a JV yet – because
I want to remain in control of my fledgling business and not complicate the waters
too early. As I have explained I have learned that laser type focus is required to
get started successfully.
24. At first he hindered me marketing wise (still traditional) but he helped me with the
detail work.
25. At present I’m planning to set up a number online. Offline from 1997-2000 I worked
together with the Catholic Church setting up Tutorial Schools for Learning
Disabilities. It ran pretty well and made me good money.
26. At the time I’m checking some possibilities for strategic alliances.
27. Attempting to build strategic alliances with web-designers and hardware/software
re-sellers and other types of consultants. Haven’t worked very well so far.
28. Banks like our seminar and quite often sponsor one.
29. banks: refer their turn down clients to us as we can work with high risk clients. we
all won as their clients got merchant services. also with web designers as
described above.
30. Before Sept 11th increased cash flow and profits. a) Introduce Swiss products into
the UK market ;b) Agent for Digital Imaging Software; c) Agent for SME Supply
Chain Systems; d) M&A of UK IT Service org to larger European ones; e) Mentor
for Copy Writing, Sales Letters etc.
31. Beginning some now
32. Bio Concepts health care products manufacturer – continually helps to build and
grow my business NDL Pathology – helps to raise income from software & product
sales
33. Building some new ones currently based on what I learnt from Jay’s material Some
past ones have been one way streets ie they tapped into my network but minimal
return for me.
34. CAN THINK OF MANY BUT HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED THEM
35. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, TRADE ASSOCIATION
36. Chiropractors, non-competing trainers and consultants, bankers. They work out
well.
37. Concordia Publishing co-op catalog, participation on 2 web sites of other vendors.
Some what effective.
38. Coordination w/ accountants locally, marginal success
39. Country Club…hasn’t produced actual business yet
40. Coupon program now starting is aimed at improving strategic alliance
41. CPA for access to their business clients thru free marketing seminars
42. Cross marketing with financial planners.
43. Cross referrals with 3 groups – one was excellent and resulted in significant new
contracts, the others were not reciprocal. Just entered a new one with larger
referral percentages of 20%.
44. Currently we have an alliance with several outside regional rep firms. We are also
in the process of a developing a strategic alliance and coop marketing program
with a major motorcycle manufacture. In the past, when in the computer industry I
set up strategic relationships with systems integrators and IT/Networking
companies.
45. Denise Michaels’ No Fluff Marketing workshop; Dian Thomas’ PR seminar – I
speak at both and sell BOR products; have increased my business
46. Described above.
47. Did a joint venture with a fortune 500
48. Did in the past partner with hardware mfg.
49. Discussed a few but have generally gone for a distributor relationship rather than
an alliance. Some potential for hosting should come out of the directory that I am
compiling of high quality suppliers
50. Do not have any.(6)
51. Do to potential legal problems, we cannot recommend others or sell-away
business.
52. Don't have any strategic alliance in place, but need to have.
53. Every alliance we have had has seemed to fall apart. No one seems as committed
to our customer service levels. We are now scared to invest in these types of
relationships although I wish we could make it work.
54. Exclusive arrangements with list managers didn’t work. Currently trying
55. Few. My volumes are too unimpressive for me to obtain much in return at this
point.
56. Found out the hard way that one ego can wreck a consensus so that the alliance
will not work. Also, alliances may change direction at a moment's notice.
57. Giving more business
58. Good relationships with lawyers & bankers provide reasonable level of referrals
59. Gym, fared well
60. Had one with a local rating agency in South Africa – dissolved because it was not
delivering enough to us to justify the funding. Had a similar venture with a Russian
based agency. Bought them & integrated them into our business because this area
of the world offers a lot of potential in the medium to long term.
61. Have a de facto strategic alliance with our main local competitor. He specializes in
wholesale so we use him as a supplier of many of our low cost products. He does
not realize this and is always trying to compete against us in the retail arena by
lowering his retail prices. He is not interested in arrangements and this seriously
affects our business in both wholesale and retail. Just started an alliance with on of
my suppliers in order to supply ourselves with a higher quality product and to
enhance the visibility of his products.
62. Have had some and are entertaining some at present. Mixed results in the past.
63. Have many strategic alliances, but we also view many if not all them to be Host
beneficiary. If there is a difference between the two, I’m not clear of them.
64. Have not done this
65. Have on going alliance with attorney
66. Have one with a guy that helps people get Automobile Driver's License and it's
103. I have formed alliances with other online marketers. We agreed on endorsing each
other's products to our lists. It has been the most beneficial technique I have used
for grow my business.
104. I have formed an alliance with several well-drillers and a couple plumbers. They
provide me with about 30-40% of my sales for the year. I, in turn, refer them
clients and also send them a $100 bonus for every sale they refer to me. I have
also tried to get set up with a few large builders—lots of resistance, little success.
105. I have had none.
106. I have just sntered into an alliance with a general insurance broker where we will
be looking to offer my products and services to their client base
107. I have many of them and they have been my sole form of marketing.
108. I have none now.
109. I have one now with a collections attorney that charges my clients’ debtors and he
won’t take any percentage of the debt that is owed to my client! It has had a lot of
clout since we started together in January of this year.
110. I have one with a market research firm that has been quite positive with each of us
bringing the other in for approximately $ 250k of business.
111. I have recently entered into one and have a couple more that I'm working on.
These businesses offer products or services that enhance mine. They also have
customer lists that I don't have that, although we won't just be handing each other
our customer lists, we will be promoting each others products and services to our
own customer lists and as people come over they will grow our mutual lists. Make
sense?
112. I have several alliances in place with affiliated businesses, namely recruiting firms.
They have helped in a variety of ways: 1) Sending referrals 2) Placing my
candidates and sending referral fee 3) Being a source for my clients (candidates)
and making me look like an expert in my clients’ eyes 4) Electing me to their state
professional organization’s board of directors Some agencies have not been as
helpful as others, so I will probably need to eliminate them from my contact list OR
figure out a way to make them beneficial to me
113. I have some affiliate programs set up
114. I have strategic alliance agreements with two other independent agents who have
agreed to allow me to sell their product lines in my geography. In essence I am a
sub-agent under them. When I succeed I receive a split from the commission they
earn on my sales. It's working well under one of my strategic alliances; but not
working well under the other alliance.
115. I have strategic alliance with PMI(project management institute) largest
professional association in project management. It’s fare and gives recognition and
60% of clients
116. I have strategic alliances with both suppliers and clients and a couple of non
competing companies will be in place soon.
117. I have such an alliance in place with a plastic bag manufacturer. Because of the
volume buys in our branches and vaults, I argued that they extend the same
discounts to our clients who now use more of their bags but at the same prices the
bank enjoys. Meanwhile, I take a small upcharge on everything, which I use as my
“marketing budget.”
118. I have tried but most people never hold up their end.
119. I have worked in conjunction with many individuals, companies and organizations
393. We have strategic alliances with other hardware and software vendors. We work
with other IT Professionals along with other vendors who sell specific software
such as accounting packages to configure the client’s environment to support the
product being purchased.
394. We have strategic alliances with other state based depots to enable us to offer a
national service to customers. This enables us to have interstate drop-off points for
hired containers after a customer has finished with them. We then arrange for the
boxes to be returned to us from those depots. Other interstate companies have
that arrangement with us too. They’re the only alliances we have
395. We have suppliers ie manufacturers who make our products for us.
396. We have them with the USPS where they have bought thousands of discount
coupons from me so they can get companies up and running with a shipping
program very cost effectively. This was very successful We have made
relationships with another software provider in the industry – this has not
performed due to their lack of fulfillment of their obligations.
397. We have tried many strategic alliances, with mixed results. We ventured into
some without thinking. Those which have worked have been successful. Having
learned some lessons, we’re now better at evaluating potential alliances.
398. We have tried to use alliances to reduce our cost, gain economies of scale and
gain market share in out lying communities.
399. We have worked very hard in creating win-win alliances with several companies.
My name is our there, and everyone is excited about the IMPACT we can and will
have.
400. We have worked with some local businesses on employee benefit programs and
with local gyms on membership programs. The business programs worked well
initially until the companies changed insurance carriers and reduced benefits
scared the employees away. Our best alliance to date has been with the Chamber
of Commerce. We set up a Wellness Committee and ran its programs. Through
the Chamber, we have been able to gain access to places that would previously
slam the door on us. We implemented a Speakers Program where member
businesses could invite our member speakers in to give programs to their
employees. Our practice has had several invitations each year into some of the
largest employers in the area to put on wellness programs for their employees. In
2002, 30% of our new patients came from these programs.
401. We like to work with all our competitors where possible, buy products from them
and sell to our customer. This way we become customers of our competitors and
are no real threat. For us this strategic alliances are beneficial as we have access
to all their products. It is good for the customer as we can supply anyone’s
products if we want to. This way we are highly respected by most of our
competitors and are on friendly terms with them all. We also have alliances with
companies that complement our products or what is required to offer turnkey
solutions. We work with any company that can provide us with what our client
wants. This has worked very well for our business.
402. We mainly have one and it has been the our greatest source of new business and
new business relationships
403. We make 2200 a month having a mortgage broker in our office
404. WE now have alliances with other network members
405. We only have our in-house strategic alliances, our sister companies
406. We seek strategic alliances with key customers. They are very important to our
Question 81. Who stands to gain more than you if you grow, i.e., people who have
products or services that are purchased after your products or services arc
purchased, or concurrent to the purchase service, etc.?
1. ?(20)
2. 1. People who do what I do but struggle to find prospects. 2. My general agent,
and the insurance company that issues the policies I sell. 3. The company that
licenses the technology I use to me. 4. Trust companies that provide trustees. 5.
Attorneys who draft wills and trusts. 5. Real estate agents and mortgage brokers.
6. Stockbrokers and investment advisors. 7. Property and casualty agents.
3. A community of healthy people who live longer and have more expendable income
that they don’t have to waste on expensive insurance premiums and costly drugs
and surgery.
4. A cross section of providers of services more commonly required by businesses;
also providers of unusual, out of the ordinary services – but most commonly they
are not financially very strong and therefore cannot make meaningful financial
contributions in a strategic alliance.
5. A cross section of providers of services more commonly required by businesses;
also providers of unusual, out of the ordinary services – but most commonly they
are not financially very strong and therefore cannot make meaningful financial
contributions in a strategic alliance.
6. A very good question. The business I recommend could fall into this category…
7. Accountants, CPAs.
8. Ad agencies, printers, sales consultants etc. – These are the people I’m affiliated
with
9. ADSL Provider, Hardware provider, Software Providers
10. After market purchase
11. After service as I recommend or specify products or services
12. After the products are purchased
13. After the purchase(2)
14. After the sale. Once a home is purchased there are a litany of things that are
purchased. The situation is different, however, with an established homeowner
that is refinancing. In a refinance though, the desire is often to secure greater
financial flexibility and/or security. In both instances, however, it is after the sale.
15. After(8)
16. after-my clients will have money to spend in nice facilities and at home when they
get ill
17. All
18. All current customers would benefit due to an increase in exposure.
19. All my clients would receive better service
20. All my suppliers.
21. All of my associates and our Clients.
22. All of my clients would benefit and also I feel that more people would choose me
because I sell so much and they will benefit because I do truly care and do a great
job for my clients.
84. Constructors would have more to gain after our services were provided.
85. Consultant subcontractors as I intend to use them in order to release myself for
taking in charge the sales and mktg activity
86. consultants who complement one another, such as controlling/finance, quality
management, advertising
87. Custodial banks, soft dollar brokers and attorneys and accountants whose clients
who are well served, although probably less than we.
88. Definitely Microsoft, because our solutions tend to involve buying their service
products. Also Microsoft resellers, and hardware integrators.
89. Definitely my vendors and art publishers/artist. Others would included my landlord
and my clients.
90. Designers, printers, lawyers, accountants, software, money changers, restaurants,
real estate agents, travel agents,
91. Developers of software systems, since I do not do that.
92. DIFFICULT, BUT I ESTIMATE NO ONE
93. DJ’s, parents, teachers, motivational speakers and entertainers
94. Do not know(15)
95. don’t know, perhaps websites, people who advertise on tv?
96. Don’t really know.
97. Don’t understand question(10)
98. don't think its applicable
99. Don't understand the context of the question.
100. Employees and patients.
101. end users of the place we are working on…developers, etc
102. Entrepreneurs who purchase my system for sale to their prospects in their area.
103. equipment vendors
104. Eventually want to get a local religious retailer online, which I believe will grow its
business dramatically
105. every one gains
106. Every person who makes decisions is a potential customer.
107. Everyone(2)
108. Existing clients and new clients – essentially expanding the value of what we
already doas we provide a “one stop shop” for film production
109. fellow online experts, marketing experts with whom I’m aligned; my web design
partners
110. Financial advisors selling more capital insurances.
111. Future clients
112. Good question
113. Good question – don’t know at the moment.
114. Good question – I don’t have an answer
115. good question if I understand it; assuming we are very successful in our growth
goals, who most benefits, other than us or our clients. It is either our clients
owners (they make more profit) or our supplier we use, (but the more business we
have with them the more we press them into better terms).
116. Good question. I really don’t know the answer to that one off hand. Maybe
remedial contractors, safety supply houses, real estate developers, banks, HVAC
companies.
117. Good question. I'm not sure. Tire store...
118. Great question! My patients and their families and business will benefit more –
than grabs my attention and motivate me to further action. Thanks.
119. Great question, people who have already bought from us because we continue to
make investments in our technology, buildings and people.
120. have not looked into this
121. Have to think about this
122. Home Inspectors, furniture sales, paint stores,
123. hopefully our clients with better services
124. Hopefully, our clients.
125. Huh?(2)
126. I am at the end of the food chain as far as my business goes, but in reality I make
money from my sales, my husbands become heroes to their wives. So I think they
are the big winners.
127. I AM NOT CLEAR ABOUT THIS QUESTION
128. I am not sure if I understand this question, sorry.
129. I assume you are talking about joint ventures or strategic alliances here. I would
say after because most of the joint ventures I have or are looking at would involve
my customers purchasing after they have purchased from me - but not necessarily
limited to that (i.e.- newsletter subscribers). Hmmm... Not sure which really but I
think *after*.
130. I do and my family
131. I do not know!(4)
132. I do not understand your examples.
133. I don’t know of anyone who stands to gain MORE than we do if we grow . other
than our clients themselves.
134. I don’t know what your question means.
135. I don't understand the question.
136. I feel my clientele have more to gain than me. My work takes a toll on my body in
order for my clients to feel better, be healthier and pain free. Fortunately for me, I
have trained people who can work on me and take away my pain and remain
healthy.
137. I have no idea.
138. I haven’t thought about it.
139. I need to develop this perspective as I refocus the business.
140. I stand to grow at this time. There may be some opportunities for a back end JV
such as sales training, compression training, cash flow balancing, etc.
141. I think clients will benefit more.
142. I think everyone gains
256. Our Franchisees gain, their Team Members gain, our Clients gain, our suppliers
gain, we gain. Everyone wins.
257. Our ISP customers will benefit as we grow
258. our lawyer, real estate agent, accountant..
259. Our Network providers will benefit if we grow, the product providers and our
advisors.
260. our present and future clients will have better offerings and assistance from us,
suppliers o four will grow, partners will make more profits,
261. Our products do not form part of a process. The clients should grow and be more
successful
262. Our resellers, who sell consulting services.
263. Our retail clients have more to gain than we do from learning how to employ new
marketing tools and strategies to their businesses. We will gain on sales of our
products to them but they will gain from additional sales of all product!
264. Our sales associates, venue operators, (audio/video) product manufacturers.
265. Our service provider – ie our administration company.
266. Our suppliers
267. Our suppliers
268. Our suppliers and service providers
269. Our suppliers of dietary supplements and other products gain much from our
success.
270. OUR SUPPLIERS OF PRODUCTS.
271. Our vendor: our mutual customers will see that there is support for there products
in the area. Also, our mutual customers: They can build software the “right” way—
according to the way that best takes advantage of the tools being used, rather than
fumbling along with less than desired results.
272. our vendors and our value products
273. Our vendors: Paper and Equipment.
274. Over 37 different types of direct marketing related vendors stand to gain
tremendous recurring business along with our success.
275. People after my purchase.
276. People buying new from me, because now to attract new customers, I’m giving
away more instructive information for free than I ever have before!
277. People buying new from me, because now to attract new customers, I’m giving
away more instructive information for free than I ever have before!
278. People can go to work and don t have to be at home with health problems
279. People servicing the products.
280. people suffering form back pain.
281. PEOPLE THAT HAVE PRODUCTS
282. People that purchase concurrently
283. People that use the service is equal to the company benefit- Win-Win
284. People that will purchase products and services from us in the future.
285. People who already have had our services.
not grow.
368. The people we serve.
369. the people who have purchased our product
370. The people who have services that are purchased after my product (professional
services)
371. the practitioners taking the course and applying their new skills to treat patients.
The private health care industry if they adopt our methods of treatment because
they can produce better results more consistently, making patients better and more
satisfied and saving money on the long run (so I guess the insurance industry
could also benefit)
372. The printers and mail house that we contract with stand to gain significantly from
our growth. In addition, relocation consultants and others in the relocation industry
may also gain from our growth – unfortunately, however, our services tend to come
on the tail-end of the relocation process. Graphic designers might also benefit
significantly from our growth, as well as mass email services.
373. The print-shop.
374. The Processor for the service, CRS for the ECR service, PSI or ECHO for the
credit card services.
375. The prospects as I help them as much as I gain.
376. The public
377. The retailer.
378. The salespeople I support can sell other products to my clients.
379. The two facilities at which we will offer lessons etc. Perhaps some of our
equipment vendors and local businesses.
380. The USPS for the Postage, The Box manufactures for the Boxes, The label
manufacture for the labels The Printer Manufactures for the Printers the Scanner
manufactures for the scanners the Scale Manufactures for the Scales. Industry
Consultants for the Ad on consulting Industry resellers that want to resell our
products
381. There are a number of health related products and services that could benefit.
How about someone like Immuno Labs or Primezyme International
382. There are many more opportunities for additional sales of products and services.
383. They the purchaser stands to gain more I get paid –they get a compounding
system
384. This is a very good question. We are aware of several suppliers that depend on us,
but have not yet acted.
385. This is a very good question. We are aware of several suppliers that depend on us,
but have not yet acted.
386. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT WE NEED ANSWERED.
387. This is very important to the current strategic planning that I’m doing. As I’m
shifting the strategy to one of collaboration and cooperation with complementary,
like-minded individuals and businesses, I need to find these types of strategic
partners. For instance, a lot of our research has focused on the importance of
customer satisfaction in the cable industry. If we could do a conference call with
someone from a training or consulting firm that focuses on customer service or
loyalty, or work with that person or firm to provide something additional of value to
my clients, it could be very powerful. In this example, we would be doing more than
most, if not all, of our competitors, who probably stop at the research report, and
never provide anything more than a few recommendations for improvement. But
we already do all of that, and if we were then to offer preferred access to a
company that could help our clients implement our recommendations and improve
a certain aspect of their business operations, it would be many times more
valuable to our clients.
388. those who I am aligned with, example attorney, web designer, etc.
389. Those who products are bought concurrent to the purchase from me
390. those who purchase my product
391. Those who work with me…but as a service we don’t sell many products
392. Tower supply company (NRG), wind developers that landowners or municipals will
higher to develop a wind farm for them after our service.
393. Trucking companies - They will have more drivers at their disposal.
394. Ultimately the patients benefit the most if they get access to our product
395. Un Sure
396. Unknown(4)
397. Unsure
398. Us(2)
399. Usually concurrent to the sales process
400. Usually the equipment I sell needs to be installed and commissioned. and
sometimes that additional business does not come to me because the customer
wishes to place that with an outside contractor. Looks like could strike up some
sort of business relationship to mutual advantage with these "other parties".
401. Vendors
402. vendors and clients
403. Vendors to my niche market and trade associations that need to increase
membership and retain members by offering valuable resources.
404. We all win.
405. We are somewhat of an enp-point service provider. All we do is chiropractic
adjustments for correction of vertebral subluxation. We do not provide nutritional
counseling (illegal in our state) and we do not mix any other services in with ours.
Health clubs, gyms, exercise classes, karate schools may benefit as our patients
improve in their overall well-being and start to use their bodies differently.
406. We both (our company and our customers) stand to gain a lot as our company
grows, but in different ways. Our company will gain through acquiring more dollars
and our customers will gain through more and better products, including backend
sales.
407. We do
408. we do not know now but we will.
409. We do with products we sell after membership is attained at huge discounts in high
volumes.
410. We do… because few customers purchase all available items from our portfolio.
411. We don’t have serious suppliers.
412. We have an affiliate program designed to help those who help us grow.
413. We only have one partnership and the sale could be made concurrently or
subsequent to our sale.
414. We will put money in the consumers pocket so I guess there are a lot of products
and services who will benefit from our work.
415. We would both stand to gain the customer and myself.
416. We’ve been thinking about this: Cruise companies, potentially film / film developing
companies, luggage companies.
417. When, not if, I grow, people who have products that are purchased after mine.
418. Yes and No to both cases.
31. 3. Develop the partnerships with the CDC’s 2. Develop the partnerships with the
Planners & CPA’s. 1. Clearly define the policies & procedures required to support
& enhance growth consistent with our USP’s/Mission Statement (both of which are
yet to be clearly defined and written out).
32. 30% increase in fee revenue
33. 4 new clients who are turned to repeat customers (“Stammkunden”)Spread the
word of our new Coaching services
34. 4500 VEHICLES
35. 5 corporate clients billing $50K each
36. 5 MILLIONS PRODUCTION
37. 50 million in loans, 10 realtors, 5 builders working with us
38. 50%+ growth through more effective marketing efforts, more effective use of our
personnel, expansion of our personnel, more consistent follow up, systematic letter
campaigns, development of referral systems, and taking care of the customer in a
timely manner.
39. 700,000 in revenue, 64 new indiv clients, 24 business clients
40. 8 new customers $750,000 in sales
41. More marketing.
42. A minimum weekly sales and to make our brand widespread known by using the
highly effective ad methods sparking a word of mouth advertising.
43. A. Finish off the refinements of the ecommerce storefront package. B. Begin
telemarketing of services. C. Implement "Small Business and the Internet"
newsletter. D. Implement free 2-page website.
44. A. To have a full practice of individuals & 1 or 2 groups [15-20 hrs/wk].B. To have
the first 3 books written and e-published. C. To begin the patenting process. D.
To begin the process of seeking funding. E. To break the 100K & 150K barriers.
45. Achieve $120,000 turnover
46. Acquire 10 new clients.
47. Acquire 6 full year clients for me and 4 for my son, who just joined my business
last month after being laid off from 2 professional jobs in about 2 ½ years.
48. Actively assisting 4-5 clients with annual budgets of at least $250,000 and 1 client
with annual budget of at least $1,000,000
49. Actualize vision created last week while at dinner with my wife by bumping self
back up to full-time. Get back out into the public, as servant. Stay in
communication with my friends…err my clients on a more consistent basis.
50. add 5 more clients per month
51. Add 5 to 10 new clients and sell $1,000,000 in equipment ( I would get 4 to 8% of
that sales)
52. add 6 major revenue “leadership” clients which should double revenue.
53. Add more salespeople and sell more products.
54. Add six more strategic alliance partners. Develop methods to better manage
partners
55. Add ten clients to maintenance agreements
56. Affiliation with a major non-profit charity.
57. As a minimum, maintain current client base, service standards and financial
performance ensuring a smooth transition from previous ownership Grow Asia-
Pacific markets Design & implement strategic HR program
58. At least 5 units per months in each location.
59. At this stage we need to cover the geographical areas so we can service all
enquiries. At this time we are way off beam
60. Automate, automate, automate Orchestrate action plan and implement automated
system. Proceed to analyze niches, determine how to capture them and solidify
them as our territory. Assess potential alliances that will enable to capture
established niches and solidify them as our territories. Use aforementioned
activities to assess them and determine where we will achieve best pay off.
Broaden scope of seminar system and special events to capture customers and
build alliances.
61. Automatic online referral system on Host-Beneficiary basis. Sequence of Multi
Media Reports. Product Improvement. Introduction of Back End
62. Be number one in our field
63. Be number three. Be in designs of industry leaders.
64. be the number one office in the community
65. Because of the present state of our industry (it is shrinking and exposed to terrific
pricing pressure from customers) it is my goal to try to find additional applications
for our products in other industries.
66. Become a more global company
67. Become a much more formidable force to be reckoned with.
68. Become a significant player in the marketplace with $250,000 in sales
69. Become established as an expert in at least one of my target industries
70. Become globally known.
71. Become less personality based and get ourselves working outside of the practice
more so we can reach the masses and help a community to become healthier and
our office more successful.
72. Become nationally known as THE source of ammonia free hair color and establish
500 new accounts that reorder at least monthly
73. Become self funding and profitable
74. Become the indisputable authority on Strategy in Pakistan.
75. Become the industry standard, Dominate our niche. Generate profits
76. Become the top choice for academic institutions in the DC metro area for
personalized items.
77. Brand exposure
78. Break into outplacement; develop formal plan for growth and marketing; set up
separate e-mail lists for regular marketing; set aside regular time for marketing
each week; revamp website
79. Break the £250,000 mark and go full-time.
80. Bring $125,000 in GDC, 50 new planning clients.
81. Bring new marketing system to market.
82. Bring on 25 factoring clients, five business or mortgage note funded clients, one
mezzanine funded client and purchase one apartment building.
83. Bring out some key services based on customer demand and new technologies
that make these services possible
84. Build 50,000 subscribers; Sell $10,000 per month in online sales; Release 15 new
products; speak at 20 seminars
85. Build a cohesive strategy Rebuild the approach to clientele to gain a complete trust
and to enhance LR value to the business
86. Build a customer base from scratch.
87. Build a new facility
88. Build a solid client base and increase sales in nutritional supplements.
89. Build credibility. Induce reciprocation. Build relationships.
90. Build more top of the mind awareness.
91. Build my business to the point I can leave my corporate job by the end of the year
by gaining more clients, utilizing internet marketing strategies, publishing articles
and newsletters and offering workshops.
92. Build my database and re-establish contact with my clients
93. Capture at least five new clients
94. Clearly described earlier.
95. Clearly, to implement a proper marketing strategy.
96. Close more deals than the year before with more dollar volume
97. Coaching trainers training
98. Company has financial goals and product development goals.
99. Complete and implement marketing strategy. Focus on developing recognition for
easier access to potential long-term clients.
100. Complete B-Coach training program in June, and implement serious strategic
marketing continuously .
101. Complete our Pilot Program, use it to develop a full deployment.
102. Completion of our new catalogue. New web site selling direct to the public.
103. Consolidate two locations or add another provider
104. Continue to build and grow.
105. Continue to grow base business and find new profitable niches to expand into this
year
106. Continue to grow in spite of the economy.
107. Continued good service.
108. Continued growth – improved profitability.
109. Convert 19 Suspects to Clients
110. Create a plan, implement it consistently
111. Create a position in the consumer mind for easy visual learning. Build a marketing
and class implementation system easily replicable for growth through licensing
112. Create a revenue system that is 10 fold in sise and profit
113. Create a strategic marketing plan
114. Create large customers base as we are in the initial phase of building the
company. This is to give us critical mass to compete effectively with other
competitors
115. Create two new products that will be sold primarily on the Internet. I am working on
automating my business so it can grow without having to increase my overhead by
hiring employees.
116. creating a strategic alliance with other consultants
117. Creation of a solid network of revenue generating business contacts, Beginning of
my business second phase which entails the funding of accounts receivables using
company’s resources and NOT outside capital.
118. Currently under discussion.
119. Deeper with existing clients plus build the referrals
120. Define a strategy and plan make it 5Million revenues
121. Determine if I should even stay in this business or try to expand my small
manufacturing/assembly business. If I give up my water purification business, I
may have to give up the medical insurance as well, which keeps me tied to this
business in many ways. My wife cannot get any other medical insurance without
totally ridiculous premiums ($2000+ per month—but we’re already paying $800+
per month as it is, so it’s becoming quite a squeeze).
122. Develop a marketing program(2)
123. Develop a reproducible process for getting new clients. Develop a highly profitable
and consistent cash flow.
124. Develop a strategic plan.
125. Develop a website, no other major goals.
126. Develop an understanding of marketing. Create a plan and faithfully execute it.
Sell more books! Offer seminars and make money!
127. Develop and secure 2 clients in each of our nich markets, consistently contact our
potential clients by at least three methods, raise the proficiency of our sales staff,
better understand what current clients want and reshape our services to meet that,
be market driven, listen to what the market is telling us and act accordingly
128. Develop corporate accounts.
129. Develop downline in all fifty states.
130. Develop enough strategic alliance business to keep me active full time.
131. Develop on-going business stream
132. Develop relationship with key local brewery with a view to their nominating our
cyder as their only cyder on offer within their brewery
133. Develop Strategic Plan with Detailed Tactics
134. Devote more attention to development of drafting work to complement engineering,
which has very limited client base, and surveying, which has little repeat business.
135. DIVERSIFY CUSTOMER BASE
136. Do 10 seminars with 60 to 150 people
137. do 100,000 in business
138. Don’t get a heart attack
139. Don’t have a written plan.
140. Don’t have any specific strategic goals for this year on the table.
141. Don’t have any(4)
237. I plan on getting into alliances like the one mentioned earlier. I am also
considering targeting people in prominent positions in their companies and working
out a deal where they would refer my products to their company.
238. I wish to build a solid and reliable base of not less than 500 clients this financial
year who each pay at least $100 for services that I give to them. Once I have
achieved this I wish to generate return sales and provide value-adding services to
these client in order to both prove I can enable them to achieve their financial
independence more quickly and provide them with a service that is worthwhile, as
well as enabling myself to achieve financial independence sooner.
239. I’m staring a new email campaign and hope to increase our business in many
areas.
240. Ideally 10 discount real estate customers a month.
241. Identify new business products and services to offer, and to what specific group of
companies/clients
242. If I understand the question correctly, our goal is to match sales volume with the
capabilities of our current staff. This will mean four times more sales volume and
26 times more profit compared to our best
243. Image facelift and making a standardization in our art. Get more in front of our
customers to LIVE in their minds as the answer to all their problems.
244. Implement real estate component.
245. Improve processes in the following areas. Client fulfillment – add 8 key processes
that guarantee delivery (time, scope budget).Ultimate Roi – both Strategic and
tactical,
246. In though process currently. Jay’s insights will provide a clear and strategic
roadway for our planning to plan and achieve an effective marketing and business
strategy.
247. Increase 15%
248. Increase annual residual income by $ 1,000,000
249. Increase assets under management by $50 million.
250. Increase business size and expand into different related markets.
251. Increase business to brokers and attorneys
252. Increase business(2)
253. Increase customers by 20%
254. Increase direct mail and promote through thank you meetings at a local hotel.
255. Increase efficiency, lower costs, offer discounted pricing, increase revenues.
256. Increase exposure to my services.
257. Increase market share by improving the number of successful business alliances
258. Increase market share in a declining market (Office Furniture and Interiors)
259. increase my contact to past customers.
260. Increase our chargeable hours 20%.
261. Increase our Gross Profit by $610,000 with only adding $150,000 of additional
expense to generate it. Successfully transition the 12,000,000 new automotive
parts business to us on 6/30/03 and develop 3 new sales and service/automotive
detail product vans and routes. Form and execute the strategic alliance with the
fluid recovery company.
290. Maintain
291. Maintain comfortable relationships with current clients
292. Make $150,000 in revenue.
293. Make more money
294. Make more money than last year.
295. Make more sales = target = $1mill
296. Make my self available to all restaurants in adelaide
297. Make sure the operations are the best in the business, start up a multi-pillared
approach to marketing, gain more customer loyalty, build value into the business.
298. Market, Market, Market
299. Maybe this is more tactical….Generate enough work that we don’t have to worry
about whether we’ll have a paycheck coming, so that we can freely market and
generate more work, pay off our debts so they keep haunting us.
300. Meet and develop relationships with industry professionals who will be motivated
to help market my products/services. Develop cost-effective motivational
incentives.
301. Meet growth targets in all 5 revenue lines.
302. More clients, more profits
303. More marketing.
304. more of the same through better use of marketing tools, hopefully leading to 20%
growth against 15% growth last year
305. MORE OF THE SAME, STAY PROFITABLE,
306. More revenue, less subscriber turnover.
307. more strategic alliances with banks.
308. Move the business and strategy to develop the internet sites
309. My main strategic goal is to learn Jay’s material and apply it to setting strategies
with and for my clients. And possibly to see if I can make my employer a client.
310. My personal goal is to be responsible for bringing in 60% of the client base at
some point within my 2nd year with the company. Currently I have been on board
for 8 months and am already at 20% - pretty good since the company has been
running for almost 10 years.
311. My strategic goals are to dent the mortgage market by developing into a known
source for mortgage education
312. N/a
313. Need to be developed
314. Nil(2)
315. no
316. No layoffs, hopefully some growth.
317. no specific goals, yet
318. None as yet
319. None defined as yet.
320. None defined at this time
356. Remove me from the business operationally so that I can build a true, formalized
marketing plan.
357. Right now, just build the company and sell it.
358. Risk free referrals
359. Sales growth
360. Same old same old
361. see 5 items above
362. sell $300,000-not good so far
363. Sell 100 units per day.
364. Sell 5,000 units!
365. Sell 5-10 VAI & CMS with RANDR installs; sell 10 RANDR extension with RNADR
installs
366. Sell as many as possible.
367. Sell more, Get more referrals, retain longer. Be in public eye more.
368. Sell the house. Move to Florida. Continue looking at the new potential market
place to determine whether to re-enter the food business, or some other business.
Re-read your materials. Work up a business plan for a new business, using your
ideas.
369. Set up new business I am working on, go operational and maximize market share
370. SETTING – WE WANT TO ADD AN INCREASE OF 10% ON OUR CLIENT LIST
EACH AND EVERY MONTH.
371. So far, I just want to get started and put some of the tried and true strategies to
work.
372. Specific sales objectives for different departments
373. Start an email campaign Web Ad campaign Web Links & Alliances Find more
complimentary products to add to existing customers Find incentives to give away.
374. Start an new strategic real estate company
375. Start Jay Abrahams strategy!
376. Starting up, be recognized.
377. Start-up this year
378. Stay alive!(2)
379. Stay in business and make a proft. I want to do 400K in revenue this year, so I
can pay myself about 180K.
380. Stay in business long enough to formalize a strategic plan that will take us to new
heights between now and the end of 2003 – and see us never in this situation
again – ever.
381. Stay in business!(2)
382. Still in consultation, but a major goal is to give away 100,000 trees ready for
planting
383. Still lies on planning stage
384. Still thinking about that one.
385. Still working on them. Growth of revenue and significantly increase the efficiency
of our operations.
386. Strategic goals for 2003 are to roll out our educational strategy and gain a higher
percentage of our dream 100. We also plan to strengthen our finances and
achieve a 30% growth in sales.
387. Strategic Marketing plan, joint ventures, more frequent contact with existing clients
388. Strategic? Get more customers, expand.
389. Stronger ongoing alliances with Microsoft, Handango (sells most of the software),
Mobile Planet (sells most of hardware).Fully implement email campaigns for new
leads, payups, and renewals. Develop into significant profit center ancillary product
revenue – UseHandhelds.com in particular Develop alliances with Phone
companies (Sprint, AT&T, Verizon) etc who will be selling handhelds with phone
capabilities and phones with handheld capabilities. Create a set of useful regular
reports on marketing efforts Develop tests and test infrastructure for email
campaign Use web and email to survey customers on regular basis Expand
international distribution of mag Create comprehensive listing of marketing efforts
and prioritize
390. Survival – at this stage the future is not looking too promising….
391. Survival and developing a strategic marketing plan
392. Survival!(5)
393. Survive and grow
394. Survive the recession and stay in business
395. T win govt contract to hold business seminars. This will hopefully get us the
_brahams_ty and confidence and resources we need to spread the message
about our Business development program.
396. T6riple size of base without adding staff
397. TACTICAL OR STRATEGIC? Get more people to realize that we carry a wide
variety of products in price ranges from bargain basement to 'professionale'
quality, that we have very competitive prices (many people assume we're high
priced because we're a 'specialty store'), offer free services, and want to treat our
customers the way we would want to be treated. Break Even or better - make a
profit Train my two top staff members to be able to take over most of the jobs I've
always done - leading to partial retirement, or reaction to chronic disease & any
impairments.
398. Take the website to phase 2Build an ebay business Create at least 1 – 2 online
income sources Build the jewellery party income avenue Have staff manage the
market stalls more frequently Learn more about wholesale business Communicate
with customers via subscription email Have casual staff to make the jewellery
399. TATEMS is the No 1 Truck Maintenance program in the U.S. Selling 20,000
licenses per year.
400. Test few of my creations , create strategic alliance with manufacturer, and build
marketing team to market it
401. That is what I really need to decide.
402. The 100% systematization of the events and their marketing Hire an employee full
time to half time Create a bad ass website to automate much work, build a
powerful brand and help with marketing
403. The do marketing full time by end of year
404. The first is to turn off all the extra noise in my life and really concentrate on this
stuff
405. The strategic goal this year is to become the expert in cash flow services to small
businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
406. They are currently being reevaluated
407. This is a start-up company, with zero sales right now. By the end of 2003, sales
should be at $500,000. By the end of 2004, sales should be at $2,000,000. By the
end of 2005, sales should be at $5,000,000.
408. This is horrible…we only talk about ideas, but never have spent the time to put
something together. Honestly, I don’t think we know even where to begin, so we
just try half-heartily different approaches and pray they work.
409. This year’s strategic goal is to achieve 15% market share in the projector category
.
410. This year’s strategic goals are to position our practice as THE family oriented
chiropractic practice in our area with a strong focus on children’s health
411. This years strategic goals are to streamline the manufacturing process so that we
are able to manufacture more products and take advantage of economies to scale
in purchasing, labor, and space rental and utilities. The next step is to find a source
of capital (money), which will be able to fund rapid growth and the manufacture of
multiple shelters so that we may facilitate the growth we anticipate by changing
one critical aspect of our business. To date we have only sold our buildings to the
end user who may see the up front cost as being rather prohibitive. We know that
the oilfield sector is used to and very comfortable with renting equipment they
require on a long-term basis. This helps with their cash flow and breaks the
payments down into bite sized, tax deductible amounts each month rather than
taking a fairly large bite out of their capital budget – renting also does not affect
their balance sheet, making it a more favorable and easier transaction to get
approval for. The rates at which we could rent these buildings are such that they
would yield pretty favorable returns to the investors and the anticipated demand for
such a system (which currently is not being offered for our type of equipment) is
very strong because of the favorable cash flow and tax advantages it offers to the
end user. Our largest hurdle is being able to tap into a source of capital to initially
fund the shelters to be rented out on a long term basis, but once we have that in
place everything else will fall into place and selling will be much easier. There is a
great opportunity right now in attracting U.S. Dollar capital for two main reasons, 1)
the Canadian Dollar is starting to rise in value against the U.S. dollar and is
expected to do so for the next few years giving rise to an opportunity to take
advantage of profit from currency exchange appreciation as the interest is paid in
Canadian Dollars which are becoming more valuable against the U.S. Dollar and
yielding more income for the U.S. investor as these funds are converted back to
U.S. Dollars and 2) the initial interest rates are higher in Canada as our central
bank tries to fight inflation fueled by our relatively strong economy while the U.S.
Federal Reserve continues to drop rates in an attempt to stimulate the stalling U.S.
economy meaning that U.S. investors can get a higher absolute interest rate on
their investment. All we need is access to these funds (in the order of $ 3 – 5
million U.S. / year) to be able to start manufacturing at the accelerated rate and be
able to offer investors an attractive medium term (3-5 years) source of revenue
stream.
412. To achieve $500,000 gross revenue. To launch 1 of 3 bank end products.
413. To achieve 50 new clients yielding $200,000 in profits.
414. To achieve an annual turnover of $500k
415. To achieve targeted profits
416. To acquire at least 6 clients that use my consulting services
417. To acquire more customers and grow my pool of buyers. And to add a better line
of followup products to backend with.
418. To acquire my JV
419. To add 10 to 20 new massage clients that recurringly use massage on a weekly or
biweekly basis. Excel Communications add 20 more loyal customers and 10 fired
up reps under me this year.
420. To add 1000 people a month to my organization through warm and cold market
methods
421. To apply more strategy to improve marketing
422. to be better known in our market place Preeminence. The people to go when you
need mortgage
423. To be more effective and consistent. To plan a marketing strategy. Implement it
consistently and to efficiently follow through on the leads and record results
424. To be moving toward my 3 year goal.
425. To be the most effective marketer.
426. TO BECOME RECOGNIZED IN THE MARKET
427. To become the largest organized direct sales force
428. To become THE place to go for marketing of local businesses.
429. To begin shipping product.
430. To bring out a new product we have been working on for a year.
431. To build the business to gross $250,000.
432. To build-up an affiliate program, with a focus on practitioners.
433. To complete the business foundation with a modest number of successful ventures
434. To continue to shift our client base away from domestic customers to high net
worth clients
435. To continue what we are doing and add an additional 5,000 clients
436. To create a loyal following of investors willing to participate in on-going education
functions
437. To create a vision of the future and how we fit into it.
438. TO DEVELOP 10+ DIRECTORS IN MY DOWN-LINE
439. TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING STRATEGY
440. To develop a systematic marketing program.
441. To do 1 million in volume, to double number of distributors from 3000 to 6000
442. To do what I did last year. As long as I keep the company alive
443. To double (at least) our sales and maintain our excellent reputation.
444. To double my healthcare product, software and information sales.
445. To double my turnover!
446. To double number of coaching clients by end of this term. To open one franchise
447. To double our income, strengthen our customer base and build systems that will
be effective and ongoing.
448. To double sales. To get a workable database. To lay out the procedures for
sustained growth.
449. To double turnover. To cement current alliances and form a maximum of two more
(identified targets). To expand and build market in new geographic area
(Scotland).
450. To earn $80K in commissions. To add 3 new product lines.
451. To earn income as a bureau (Just in operation as a bureau one year.)
452. To establish 5 income streams, 2 being non-IT related.
453. To establish alliances with several people in complementary and reinforcing areas
of my business; people who can make it easier and more profitable for me to
produce research reports and other innovative products/services, and to distribute
and sell them to new markets. Also, to reposition my company as an entity much
greater and grander than a mere market research firm. Ours will be a company
that uses market research as a foundation to build an awe-inspiring, indestructible,
architectural structure that is supported by a variety of high value products and
services that none of my competitors offer. What type of architectural wonder will
this be? Envision The Parthenon… ;o)
454. To establish credibility
455. To establish name in the industry
456. To establish our company as leaders in the hydrogen and contaminated waste
management sectors. We will have several large contracts in place within the next
year.
457. To establish ourselves in our market place to the extent that the majority – if not all
– prospective clients within the geographic circle know about our existence, what
we offer, how and where they can get hold of us, who they should speak to; and
feel positively inclined towards Body & Mind Foundation as a possible multiple
service provider for their businesses.
458. To establish ourselves in our market place to the extent that the majority – if not all
– prospective clients within the geographic circle know about our existence, what
we offer, how and where they can get hold of us, who they should speak to; and
feel positively inclined towards Body & Mind Foundation as a possible multiple
service provider for their businesses.
459. To excel in our services as a unique brand, and to improve our web marketing
efforts, and to improve our web posting and other marketing means.
460. To expand readership of the newsletter, to become more aquatinted with our
customers through customer participation and feedback incentives, and become a
best-in-class provider of alternative health and self-development resources.
461. To fill our personal client base and systemize our service provision
462. To find 5 more first lines that wants to do this fulltime (in 6 year I have 2 fulltime)
463. To find work most in alignment with the business vision, with payment which
reflects the value of our service
464. To finish up the other websites and put the complete plan of generating traffic in
place. This is proprietary. We also want to have 5 million debit cards in place.
465. To focus on massively increasing the number and quality of contacts being made
with new clients thru low cost, high return methods such as referrals,
talks/workshops, and lead generation boxes, then presenting them with strong,
compelling evidence of their need for programs of corrective care leading to highly
satisfied clients who refer in family and friends on an ongoing basis, and who
chose to continue with wellness programs of care.
466. To focus on retaining our existing clients but providing value added services. To
consecutive months
524. To obtain the largest market share of any IBO in my geographic area and to
expand that on an ever widening scale
525. To open at least two new market segments
526. To position ourselves as leaders in the complete communication business. To
expand to the US. To use the possibility of global war to direct peoples thinking to
communication for the benefit of the planet.
527. To position ourselves as THE EXPERTS in IMPROVING PROFESSIONAL
PROFITS
528. To prospect 50 new people daily, to close new business daily, to recruit 10 new
directs per month. To compound my efforts daily and build a huge organization.
529. To prospect for a minimum of 3 hours a day and study my scripts
530. To put in place a marketing strategy that builds on the positive factors pointed out
in this questionnaire and avoids the negative factors pointed out herein. Whether
a factor brought out in this questionnaire is a positive contributor or its omission is
a negative indicator, may be a bit subjective but actually it’s pretty obvious.
531. To realize a second income stream!
532. To sell more homes, to create relationships and to develop passive streams of
income for myself. Pre paid legal and Care Entrée, and whatever else I can find to
add income.
533. To set the initial strategy of the business, build the tactical tools, and launchBy the
end of 2003:In the entrepreneurial/small business/direct commerce market
pursuing Master Strategy #1, to have signed 50 strategic alliance deals with
marketing consultants, and through them to have closed 150 new OrderMotion
accounts generating $3.6 million in revenue p.a.
534. To set up new manufacturing site and introduce a range of new products. Set up a
range of business in a box packages.
535. To set up two Round-Table groups and to have 10% of the business come in
passively, i.e., not directly connected to my own time.
536. To sign up 100 dealers.
537. To start doing something even if document production.
538. To super sell our products & services
539. To survive, stay in the business and try and work out how to make a decent living
out of it…
540. To take our heads out of the sand and prosper.
541. To take turnover to £200,000
542. To transfer the video to dvd, To develop a website & internet marketing program
to reach a new retail market
543. To use real estate as income to further my marketing career.
544. To grow at least 20% and I’ve got another sales person in and more direct mailings
545. Transition from refi to purchase business and create the perfect customer
experience
546. Triple Turnover
547. Try to devote one day per week for the sales activity
548. trying to setup something strategic
549. Turn 2 houses and add 3 additional homes to the business. Incorporate to provide
asset protection. Seek additional appropriate deductions/ tax strategies.
550. Under development
551. Under development as I refocus the business over the next month.
552. Under development, with a focus on a unified corporate business and market
strategy. Up to this point, the strategy has been to, for the Building Systems
business unit in China alone, is as described in the answer to question (2).
553. Under development. Tentatively, we seek to develop successful referral
relationships with 90% or more of the nation’s relocation management firms. In
addition, we intend to begin actively marketing to our existing and former clients,
and in so doing to at least double our profits. Further, we intend to increase sales
activity in 3 new geographic markets.
554. Understanding the value of the strategy, clients value, sells tacktikss and apply
them.
555. Undetermined at this point.
556. Unknown(2)
557. Up until this questionnaire, I never had any…
558. We are buying our retreat to build our own business in a regular basis.
559. We do not have any
560. We don’t have a strategic goal. We have a tactical goal to gain a tighter hold on
the way we handle our incoming enquiry, and sorting out our 5,000 plus database
so we can use it for direct marketing.
561. we have grown 5% per for 13 years. Now it’s time to grow 10 to 20%
562. We haven’t got any
563. We want to have 150-200 realtors using us, we now have 50
564. Web site , better ads in trade journals, production facility expanded and upgraded
to double the out put reducing cost per unit by 30%
565. WEB SITE REWORK FINISHED, EMAIL MARKETING IN USE, PROMOTIONS
BEING USED, PROSPECT POOL TO 1000, AND INCREASE SALES FROM
900K TO OVER 1.5 MILLION
566. Well… :)) to survive.
567. Working on it
568. Working on The dream 100 concept and build up more than one referral program.
Question 83. What is the marketing philosophy that your business has been built
on?
95. Do more that expected, for a lower cost and being a good neighbor.
96. Do more to earn our clients business than anyone else is doing and make a little
profit on a lot of sales.
97. Do not comprehend
98. Do what’s right for the client.
99. Doing very little marketing, very infrequently – it’s a scandal but it’s true.
100. Don’t believe there is any one philosophy that has prevailed.
101. Don’t fix it, if it ain’t broke.
102. Don’t have one
103. Don’t know.(2)
104. Don’t quite understand this question
105. Don’t sell what you can’t deliver.
106. Don't have one but I do prefer word of mouth.
107. Don't have one!
108. Duplication
109. Educate and educate some more, brutal honesty, give service above and beyond
anybody else.
110. Educate the client, and be a source of trusted information for clients.
111. Educate the prospect
112. Educate your market. Help them succeed.
113. Education(2)
114. Education of customers.
115. Ethical, honest, integral admiration of our products, vetted by our delighted
customers and buyers.
116. Ethical, honest, integral admiration of our products, vetted by our delighted
customers and buyers.
117. Excellent service
118. Explore all marketing opportunities. Maximize return on marketing dollars by
focusing resources on those initiatives that result in the highest return.
119. Feed a man fish you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you feed him for
a lifetime!
120. Find a market about which I am passionate, determine the needs and wants of the
members of that niche; then create or endorse products and services to help these
people solve problems they want to solve. Basically first to find out what a segment
of people want and then sell it to them.
121. Find how we are different from our competitors and create the sales message
accordingly. Be cost competitive. Deliver more than promised.
122. Find my clients the answers they need, help them save time and money, help them
improve the profitability of their projects or company.
123. Find the prospect, contact the prospect and sell the prospect.
124. First and foremost an excellent product or service, to under promise and over
deliver that product or service, to provide real solutions and benefits, to make
friends with our clients and never sell them short or treat them in a way that you
would not be liked to be treated yourself.
125. Focus on the client and what they want and deliver
business
197. I deliver much more than I receive in compensation.
198. I didn't develop any.
199. I do not think we ever followed any particular philosophy.
200. I don’t understand the difference between goals and marketing philosophy.
201. I don't know.. how about "If you build it, they will come."
202. I have always built my marketing philosophy on doing what is in the best interest of
my clients, by engaging them in sincere and mutually beneficial agreements.
203. i have no marketing philosophy
204. I have talents and expertise very, very few people have within the telemarketing
profession. Consequently, I want to be seen as indispensable as possible so that I
will be first choice to solve a company’s problems regarding increasing sales and
profits.
205. I need to do some marketing and stress benefits, not features
206. I provide a good service and help individuals.
207. I started with jay Abraham philosophy of doing business
208. I want to make people's lives easier and save them money.
209. I want to run a successful company that is recognized for high quality, high
professional standards and a focus on satisfying the needs of our clients.
210. I wanted it to be test and measure – but because of the lack of relationship with the
end-user I am struggling with how to measure accurately the effectiveness of
marketing approaches.
211. I wish we had one.
212. I work hard all day long till I can't go on any longer hoping that something that I do
will be correct and sales will start on a regular basis.
213. I'd built it on philosophy to help others do their marketing. Now I've changed to one
I've already wrote.
214. Identifying and satisfying clients needs profitably.
215. If we educate our customers they will buy from us.
216. If we give genuinely higher value and develop a great relationship with the
customer, not only will we get all the IT related work but practically there will be no
competition.
217. If we make good stuff, people will buy it.
218. If you have a good product people will buy it.
219. If you satisfy the need(s) of the customer not only to his satisfaction but to his
delight, the money will look after itself – the two winner concept.
220. If you satisfy the need(s) of the customer not only to his satisfaction but to his
delight, the money will look after itself – the two winner concept.
221. If your product is good, your customers will help you spread the word.
222. Improving the business processes in Accounting, Inventory, and Manufacturing
control systems
223. In order to produce good products, one needs to be big and put a lot of money and
time into the process. Which I believe is untrue.
224. in order: quality of product, service, and knowledge of product
225. Increase your sales and profits with low cost marketing strategies for small
businesses.
226. Increased cash flow, customer-base retainage, avoidance of pay outs to collection
agencies.
227. Increasing profit and reducing hassles recently protecting assets.
228. Inform our customers about the environmental advantages of our products as well
as personal advantages.
229. Integrity(2)
230. Integrity and helping those companies achieve their business financial goals.
231. Integrity with 30 plus years of service to same community.
232. It can be done…but will it and when?
233. It has been built on being the lowest prices producer
234. It has not had a marketing philosophy in the past
235. It hasn’t one
236. It must be a win-win-win situation.
237. It’s all about them, it’s not about you; never compromise on high ethical standards;
take the time to teach clients, always bring maximum value to a business or
organization.
238. It’s easier to sell to people you already know.
239. It’s good and speedy service eventually wins and keeps clients.
240. Jay’s philosophy
241. Keep trying.
242. Kind of piece meal, but based on offering the client more knowledge and
independence,
243. Knowledge of customer requirements and personal service.
244. Learn how to do it my self and pass it on.
245. Leverage existing client relationships.
246. Leveraging valuable info in return for new subscribers.
247. Local management should know their industries and, therefore, potential clients
248. Love your neighbor as yourself which requires that you learn to love yourself.
249. Low key and professional.
250. Low key, little risk, little effort and little personal reward. I provide customers more
than their money’s worth of my time and expertise.
251. Make a living by being a Creative Life Architect where we design the life they want
to live
252. Make contact with as many people as possible, present to them our alternative,
serve them with exceptional care, get results, and create long-term relationships.
253. Marketing a quality product at fairs and home shows. Educating client of the
benefits for them.
254. Marketing and innovation and 3 to 10% growth
255. Marketing drives this business. We trial everything.
256. Marketing from integrity and building reputation and referrals.
257. Marketing in novel (and profitable) ways is the only way to stay out from under the
elephants’ feet.
258. Marketing is a multi-pronged weapon that must be used consistently and
persistently. Use every means available and add to the arsenal over time. Refine
copy in ads, on web pages and in the autoresponder messages to get the highest
response rates. Give the customer what they want. A quality product delivered as
quickly as possible backed up with a rock solid guarantee. Back all this up by
always being professional, fair, honest and above board. Always tell the truth.
259. Max. client satisfaction @ max. profits using direct mail techniques
260. MONEY…
261. More and better explanations means more sales.
262. Most Respected. Best Practice Ethics.
263. My personality and training.
264. My philosophy about business and marketing is based on the principles of “Do
unto others as I expect other to do unto me!” – I do have a mission in my mind to
offer services, goods and opportunities to others from which they can derive
benefits. I do detest dishonest exploitation of people.
265. My skill creativity and referrals
266. N/A(3)
267. n/a at the moment – start-up phase but, a good question that I should have an
answer for.
268. nil
269. NO
270. --no marketing philosophy other than a happy client is a great salesperson.
271. No marketing philosophy to the business. We are young entrepreneurs with sales
experience but no formal marketing training or experience.
272. No response--we are a start-up business preparing to launch
273. no specific philosophy
274. None(20)
275. None in place, we are run by chemists and finance people not marketers, That’s
my challenge
276. None so far
277. none that I know of .
278. None yet.(2)
279. None, so far. That’s been the problem.
280. Non-threatening environment, educational and building relationships with my
clients.
281. Not at this phase of our development as we focus ingrowing
282. Not defined
283. Not got one
284. Not sure what to call our existing marketing philosophy… pick low hanging fruit,
acquire marquee customers, and leverage relationships with businesses that are
close to our clients.
285. Offer a top of the line product that makes a win-win-win situation with us, our
clients, and the environment.
286. Offer outstanding service, at a reasonable price and develop win-win relationships
with all involved parties
287. offer the best in a unique and beautiful way and beat the drum so that people
know you’re there
320. Promote.
321. Prompt and reliable service
322. Provide a complete resource of needed services for SMB’s to be successful online
323. Provide a good service and people will spread the word.
324. Provide a quality product and service at an affordable price for all areas of the
marketplace
325. Provide a quality service and the business has grown through referrals
326. Provide better service, give more value to clients than they paid for.
327. PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL VALUE & BE TRUTHFUL.
328. Provide far superior service, then spread the word
329. Provide HUGELY valuable services to our customers and now remind them of the
services we offer
330. provide quality service and products and let the customer's needs drive my efforts.
331. Provide superior service resulting in ongoing referrals
332. Provide the best valued added service for a fair price.
333. Provide training, sales promotions and programs to help my customers sell my
products to their customers
334. provide up to date training that provides workable solutions, not theoretical
information
335. Providing assistance for landowners to make good informed decisions when it
comes to measuring their wind…resulting in them requesting our services to install
an anemometer to measure their wind.
336. Providing exceptional value for the investment with a risk reversal for all work
done.
337. Providing good value to my clients/customers.
338. Providing high standard of professional services at affordable fees
339. Providing solutions to complex problems
340. Providing the highest ROI to clients
341. Optimization
342. Put out a quality product emphasizing direct mail and feature stories
343. Put the word out that you are there and of what you are doing and the people
needing your products/services will call you.
344. putting the clients in the centre of everything we do, enabling us to add value to
them
345. putting the clients in the centre of everything we do, enabling us to add value to
them
346. Quality
347. Quality & Customer Service Excellency.
348. Quality and specialty of offerings
349. QUALITY BRINGS REFERRALS
350. Quality of products and services
351. Quality of service
352. Quality product and service are the foundation of any business.
353. Quality products & developing a healthy balanced lifestlye
come.
451. To be a consultant for human being and not for “companies”. The human being is
in the middle of my efforts.
452. to be honest and give the customer more then they pay
453. To be of service
454. To be the foremost supplier of green coffins in the UK.
455. To become my client’s trusted advisor and to give them more than I promised, all
at my risk.
456. To bring awareness to the market about the hidden potential of a business and to
service, to the best of our ability, those who have a strong desire to change and
are willing to commit themselves to it.
457. TO BUILD A HUGE BUSINESS OF MANY CUSTOMERS, I MUST MARKET
MORE ON BUSINESS PARTNERS THAN PERSONAL CUSTOMERS.
458. To concentrate on
459. To contact as many potential customers as possible with the most effective system
and continually increase our residual income.
460. to continually discover new ways to benefit clients in our area of specialization and
innovate so that we can deliver these benefits
461. To deliver a quality solution to reduce any client’s potential slip-fall liability.
462. To educate clients
463. To give before you receive
464. To give maximum value to each person
465. To give whoever uses my products and services the best purchasing experience
and product satisfaction they have experienced.
466. To locate the appropriate and best funding that will meet or exceed each client’s
needs and objectives and maintain regular contact with them through
correspondence, phone, and/or other allied services on at least a quarterly basis.
467. To make cold calls everyday
468. To new to know.
469. To own the business of my intended Top 100 prospects
470. To promote new technologies in order to enhance the development of rural and
inaccessible areas, nationally and globally.
471. To provide a great product at a great price and to bring my clients joy while doing
so to the betterment of their lives.
472. To provide a superior product and service and offer guarantees to make us the
only logical choice.
473. To provide alternative health and self-development education and resources
through simple electronic access to everyone.
474. To provide analysis, conclusions and plans related to the client’s specific srea of
concern that the client can rely on in making decisions or resolving competing
positions.
475. To provide excellent results and make a positive difference in their business and
life
476. TO PROVIDE RELIABLE VENDING SERVICES TO LOCATIONS NOT
NORMALLY SERVED BY VENDORS.
477. To supply turnkey solutions to the print and marking trades.Rubber Stamp, Hot Foil
510. What is the marketing philosophy that your business has been built on? treat
people with respect and as you would your family
511. Win – Win. We believe that our products have to be a real value for the customer.
512. Wing it :o)
513. Word of mouth(7)
514. Word of mouth and referrals
515. word of mouth from satisfied patients
516. Word of mouth provides the very best quality of business for the least cost.
517. word of mouth will spread the news
518. Word of mouth works best.
519. Word of mouth. Worked for 70 years (mid 80’s).
520. Work on the business
521. Working on this one but to be the best in our line of business and to ensure that
our customers have an enjoyable, fun experience dealing with my company and
provide an effective perceived value in exchange for their parting with their hard-
earned dollars. Also in making their homes/offices looking out of this world
522. You have to give more to get more
523. You must get prospects to place that first order.
524. Your marketing investment should MAKE you money – measure it and only invest
in areas where you can get return
525. Your software project: On time, on budget, exactly as promised
526. Yours!
26. Allen Says, Jay Abraham, Bill Myers, Anthony Robbins, Robert Allen.
27. Already answered
28. Already asked and answered … but once again, Jay Abraham, Brian Tracy and Bill
Myers
29. Andy Andrews Jay Abraham Tony Robbins
30. ANOTHER REPEAT QUESTION. SEE ABOVE.
31. Anthony Robbins tapes & books, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracey, Jay Abraham.
32. Anthony Robbins, Tom Hopkins, John Maxwell, Zig Ziglar. I think the most
important thing I learned is that I must change and grow.
33. Any number…and, of course Jay’s. Success in another field also….
34. Artists of America because they were unique and successful
35. automatic
36. Ben and Jerry, Tom’s opf Maine, Suzie Reddacker (sp?) infusing their own values
into the corporate world
37. Besides your stuff, I like Gary Halbert, Ted Nicholas, Dan Kennedy, Joe Vitale,
Tony Robbins, and many others.
38. Bill Myers, Earl Nightingale, and their publications. Robert Allen and Mark Victor
Hansen (One Minute Millionaire)
39. Biographies of business leaders, jay abraham
40. Bob Harrison, Michael Gerber- E-myth, Systems thinking.
41. Bob Mackay, Jay Abraham
42. Bob Middleton (your student)
43. Books described above. Personal mentors within the business have used their
experience to shed light on where they believe we get the most commercial
leverage. Also from experimenting on my own.
44. Books: “Rain Making” by Ford Harding, “Value-Based Fees” by Alan Weiss.
45. Brain Tracy, Zig Ziglar and Robert Kiyosaki – Each has a unique way to sell.
46. Brett Rademacher
47. Brian Tracy
48. Brian Tracy and Anthony Robbins
49. Brian Tracy, Jay Abraham, Tom Peters, Ries and Trout, Jay Conrad Levinson.
50. Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn and my boss
51. Brian Tracy, Seth Godin, Hopkins, Hilton Johnson’s – The MLM coach and his
MLM university and teleclass “ Selling by Attraction”
52. Brian Tracy, Tony Robbins, Norman v. Peale
53. Brian Tracy, Y2Marketing
54. Brian Tracy Jim Rohn Zig Ziglar Fran Tarkinton
55. Business builders entrepreneurs win win relationships
56. Business in general – without consistent marketing the business withers and dies.
57. Can’t think of any unless it is the “AOL.com” biography by Kara Swisher.
58. CARNEGIE, SANDLER, PEALE
88. Dan Pfaff, Donovan Bailey, John Wooden, Phil Knight, and other unique
individuals from various Professional sports.
89. Dan Poynter, Og Mandino
90. Denise Michaels from Robert Allen’s group gives helpful marketing information in
her tele classes. Brian Tracy has all kinds of tapes and books regarding marketing
and selling that is helpful. Jay Conrad Levinson “Guerilla Publicity” also has helpful
tactics as well as Mark Joyner “ Mind Control Marketing . Com”. Your tape with
Drew Kaplan and Tony Robbins were full of valuable tactics.
91. Derek Gehl, Jay Abraham, Tom Peters and Ron LeGrand (Seeing how markets in
the real estate industry)
92. DIDN'T WE ALREADY ANSWER THAN FOR #8? Whats the name of the "E-Myth"
-doing it, doing it, doing it, guy?
93. Don’t know(2)
94. Doug Hall & Seth Godin
95. Dr. Paul Hartunian taught be the benefit of getting free advertising with the use of
press releases.
96. Dr. Singer and Anthony Robbins have helped us to improve ourselves and to keep
us on purpose so that we can overcame adversity an continue to have energy to
help other.
97. Dr. Thomas Stanley, “Networking With Millionaires” Audio CD
98. Drucker, Kennedy, Hall, Tracy, One to One Marketing.
99. Drucker, Ogilvy,
100. Ed poll, you, other lawyers
101. Eli Goldrath – The only thing that matters – an excellent business book that
encourages you to find your unique competitive advantage and then build the
business around this.
102. E-Myth Michael Gerber Setting Up Systems Solution Selling Michael Bosworth
Creating Buyers In Difficult Markets New Strategic Selling Heiman & Sanchez
Strategic Selling Let’s Get Real Mahan Khalsa Helping Clients Succeed Getting
Everything You Can Jay Abrham Optimization
103. E-Myth & Scientific Advertising
104. E-myth by Michael Gerber
105. Entrepreneurs / Anita Roddick , Richard Branson / Tomy Robbins
106. Everbody from Ian Ogilvy to Casey and Evoy.
107. Factors: 15 years working in direct marketing, and having great mentors in real life
business experiences.Books etc: Gary Halbert, Marlon Sanders, Gary North,
Napolean Hill, Claude Hopkins, Harvey Mackay, David Ogilvy
108. Family and friends.
109. Finding the win-win factor in everything. Being proactive. Mainly Jay Abraham, but
also Dan Kennedy
110. Floyd Wickman courses, Zig Zigglar, Selling to the affluent – Thomas Stanley
111. Focus Al Reisthe need for organizational focus Various Jay Abraham strategic
marketing alternatives
112. From my religion of loving kindness and compassionate
176. Jay A., Gary Halbert, Dan Kennedy, Mark Ford (Agora)
177. Jay Abraham(28)
178. Jay Abraham – How to get from where you are program.; 9 Drivers article. I like
ethical and common sense approach and your optimizing philosophy. I don’t yet,
but this assessment have lit a fire under me to follow through on that in the
marketing aspect. I do apply the optimizing ideas to other areas. Heard Dan
Kennedy at seminar and listened to his direct selling tapes – also applied it to
nutritional business – importance of headlines and repetition
179. Jay Abraham – Stealth Marketing, Getting All You Can Out Of All You’ve Got.
Stealth Marketing .Claude Hopkins – Scientific Advertising. Al Ries & Jack Trout –
Immutable Laws Of Marketing Gary Halbert Dan Kennedy
180. Jay Abraham & Dan Kennedy
181. Jay Abraham and Bob Serling
182. Jay Abraham and Dan Kennedy
183. Jay Abraham and his material has the most impact on me. Easy to understand and
comprehend. What it lacks is the how-to tools. But still his material is the best.
184. Jay Abraham and my experience of producing and writing infomercials in the late
eighties and early nineties.
185. Jay Abraham and the people he has referenced.
186. Jay Abraham has been one of the most influential of any marketing leader.
187. Jay Abraham has made me more aware of the importance and the impact
marketing can have on my business.
188. JAY ABRAHAM IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND MOST IN DEPTH ABOUT
THE LONG TERM VALUE OF STRAGETIC THINKING AND MAXIMIZING
LEVERAGE FROM EACH EFFORT
189. Jay Abraham is the only one I have really paid much attention to. Seems that his
ideas are most in line with mine. I loved his 100 marketing weapons.
190. JAY ABRAHAM MATERIALS BY FAR!!
191. Jay Abraham programs
192. Jay Abraham stuff, spin selling, culture of desire, tipping point, jump start your
business brain
193. Jay Abraham!
194. Jay Abraham, Selling with Integrity, Robert Fritz
195. Jay Abraham, Allen Says, Mark joyner, Tom Hua, Paul Myers. Other factors: the
Internet
196. Jay Abraham, Anthony Robbins
197. Jay Abraham, Bob Serling, and Brian Voiles
198. Jay Abraham, brian tracy, alan weiss(all), harry beckwith (all), Thomas Stanley
(selling to the affluent)
199. Jay Abraham, Brian Tracy,Tony Robbins, Mike Ferry.
200. Jay abraham, Charles Lewis
201. Jay Abraham, Chet Holmes, Harry Pickens, Gary Halbert, Michael Gerber, Jay
Conrad Levinson
260. Jay Abrahams-powertalk with Anthony Robbins, Anthony Robbins- get the Edge.
261. Jay Abrams and Gary Halibert
262. Jay and Dan Kennedy
263. Jay and his material is all I have
264. Jay books and materials, Trout and Ries, Jay Levinson
265. Jay Conrad Levinson, Dan Kennedy, Gary Halbert, Jay Abraham
266. Jay Conrad Levinson, Guerilla Marketing
267. Jay Goltz with FramerSelect in Chicago, IL. He was probally the first to introduce it
on a very small scale to me.
268. Jay has been a big influence on the way I think about marketing however I have
had some difficulty applying a great deal of the concepts and bringing them into
effective marketing plans for our type of business. I have approached many
service companies in the oil and gas sector of the economy to explore some
strategic alliances however I have met with resistance because they do not see the
benefit of working with us and offering their customers value added service by way
of discounted wellhead shelters or value added components to those shelters (they
are solely interested in their business and that is all). Other materials that have
influenced or impacted my marketing consciousness have been Think & Grow
Rich ( by Nepoleon Hill), How to Write Advertising that Sells (by Clyde Bedell), The
Double Win ( by Dr. Dennis Waitley), What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard
Business School ( by Mark H. McCormack) and The Circle of Innovation (by Tom
Peters)
269. Jay has been the biggest influence in marketing.
270. --Jay has definitely been the biggest impact. Prior to Jay the Peppers and Rogers
group taught me a lot about 1 to 1 marketing. Also my first marketing job taught
me about controls and testing, measuring success and list modeling.
271. Jay L Abraham
272. Jay Levinson
273. Jay Levinson and lastly, Jay Abraham
274. Jay Levinson, Cory Rudl, J. Abraham, Chet Holmes and Scott Hallmann
275. Jay literature- Tony Robbins-Robert Ciladini-Marva-Collins-
276. Jay mostly, but I’ve read Jay Conrad Levinson’s stuff, Dan kennedy’s stuff, Brian
Keith Voiles, Brian Tracy on sales, Gary Halbert, and others. I’m fascinated by
what others are able to accomplish with marketing! I’ve done some good things but
nothing earth-shattering!
277. Jay!
278. Jay, Chet Holmes and Tony Robbins
279. Jay, Chet, Sandler
280. Jay, Chet.
281. Jay, Game Theory
282. Jay, Geofrey Moore
283. Jay, Kennedy, Levinson, Gerber, Galetti
284. Jay, Mark Victor Hanson
285. Jay, Michael Campbell, Stephen Covey, Corey Rudl
338. Marketing judo, A book of five rings, Jay Abraham, Charles Handy, Stelios (Easyjet
founder)
339. Mastermind Tapes, Getting Everything You Can From All You’ve Got.
340. Mentioned above.
341. Michael Gerber, Brad Sugars, Jay Abraham – I am very new to the business game
with much to learn!
342. Michael Gerber, Jay Abraham, Chet Holmes, Gary Halbert
343. Michael Jans
344. Michael Masterson.
345. Micheal Gerber and his works
346. Mike Enlow, Corey Rudl, and Jay. I have erad a lot about marketing on the
Internet, and I purchased Corey’s course.
347. Miller-Heiman and other motivational speakers.
348. Most recently information from Robert Allen’s Protégé program & from Jay
Abraham materials
349. Mostly domestic authors
350. Mostly you Jay…and Robert Allen
351. Mr Denis Backhouse – marketing trainer and journalist Jay Abraham Anthony
Robbins Strategy – Pure & Simple
352. Much of jays material
353. Much the same as the strategy list above, plus the Marketing Guild (UK)
354. My father worked his entire adult life as a market researcher. He taught me quite a
bit about getting a feel for what the market was looking for. I have also spent a lot
of time listening to people like Robbins, Covey, and some of the top management
consultants in my profession while in my mobile university.
355. My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins.
356. My mentor and ex-boss at a marketing-consulting-company.
357. My mother, Think and Grow Rich, Jay’s tapes
358. My past business history had a number of factors influencing my current
philosophies. One of the most impactful was that pricing needs to be tested. I
once was at a record show (I had a record store), and shared a table with 2 other
people for selling merchandise. We each happened to bring a copy of the same
record. Mine was priced the lowest at $2.50. Another was priced at $3.50, and yet
another at $5.00. They all sold, but starting with the highest priced, and ending up
with mine at the lowest price.
359. My professor at University
360. My wife and I insisted on having a clean place with top quality food, because we
have to face the people every day.
361. My wife and the success of amazon.com
362. N/A(6)
363. Over The top Zig Ziglar Goals setting Secrets of Closing the Sale Zig Ziglar Sales
Ziglar On Selling Zig Ziglar Sales Think & Grow Rich Napoleon Hill Self-image
Keys For Success Napoleon Hill Success Network marketing For Dummies John
P. Hayes and Zig Ziglar Networkmarketing
364. Napoeon Hill, David Ogilvy, Ries & Trout, Kotler, Jay Abraham
365. Napoleon Hill’s books (except Going the Extra Mile that to me was more about
arse-creeping the boss than giving massive client value); Woody Martin under
whom I trained as the youngest marketing officer (22) in the Rembrandt Group of
Companies in the Sixties; Robin Elliot’s booklets about the sales wizard as well as
his How to start your Own Business with No Money and No Risk – and then the
total paradigm shift achieved through first the taped interview of Tony Robbins
interviewing Jay Abraham, and then the documentation and tapes and the seminar
itself – for the first time marketing was taken out of the “jargon” and “terminology”
mystical rut (like exists in Sociology), and put squarely into the realm of a logical,
manageable and practical business activity that could and would PPODUCE
TANGIBLE RESULTS)
366. Nepoleon Hill (Think & Grow Rich), Chet Holmes & Jay Abraham.
367. nil
368. No one really besides Jay
369. no one single ‘most influential’ – Harvard Business Review articles generally
represent the most widely read marketing literature in our company
370. No other than Jay particularly.
371. None(9)
372. NONE I have been too stupid to begin looking until just recently. DIVORCE has
been a good catalyst to begin life again. Excuse me … for the first time.
373. None other that those already mentioned
374. none really
375. none to date. did read guerilla marketing
376. None. We haven't thought of marketing from our perspective, only to help our
clients market their companies.
377. NOONE STANDS OUT VS THE OTHERS –HAVE READ MOST EVERYTHING.
378. Not much. Mostly articles that I can get free online
379. Not sure about books and people factors are. We need to be different from our
competition. Highlight the differences and make these an advantage to our clients.
380. Not sure, we try to keep our eyes open for what appears to be good. Of course, it’s
hard to tell what’s good when you don’t have a lot of background knowledge on the
ins and outs of marketing.
381. Not too many
382. Nothing I can think of
383. Nothing I know of
384. Nothing specific.
385. Obviously not much has had an impact
386. Og Mandino, Speak & Grow Rich, What to Say When You Don’t Know What To
Say, List More Sell More, 100 more real estate sales books. My #3 son, who has
32,000 friends really didn’t read at Penn State Univ. I sent him a book, Think &
Grow Rich, which he read 15x. He now earns $1,100,000 selling Japanese
equities in Tokyo and says he finds himself talking to a customer and marvels the
words coming from his mouth are what he read in that book.
387. Only Jay Abraham.
416. See above listed books. The firms I worked for prior to opening my own office, and
my colleagues in the area have influenced my practice heavily. I learned what they
were doing, listened when they vented about problems they were experiencing,
and studied how they ran their practices. I saw things I could do that would
distinguish me in the marketplace.
417. See above. Jay Abraham, Jay Levinson, Gerber, Jim Ackerman and Ross Cook,
my local consultant who in addition to great marketing advice also taught me to
cure my migraines through meditation.
418. See the list of books I have already suggested, working with Karen Lynch (top
residential sale agent in CDM), John and Ann Richmond, Tom Watson Sr. Dave
Packard, Dwight Eisenhower, etc.
419. Seeing people rise to the top like Tony Robbins. Mr. "X" book
420. Seth Godin, “Attracting Perfect Customers”, Terri Levine and Sharon Wilson
421. Seth Godins Permission Marketing, Jay Abraham
422. So far Jay’s information is the first marketing information I read.
423. Solely Jay Abraham, I read many books but they were unsatisfactory
424. Stephan Ducharme- “How to get 1 million visitors with no advertising cost.”
425. Steve Moeller, and the people in my organization above me.
426. Steve Shapiro, Listening for success
427. That’s huge and probably hard to answer, but your stuff and you’ll remember Chris
Newton of the Results Corporation who mentored us for many years. It’s a bit of
this and a bit of that over the years
428. The completion of my MBA. That was a wonderful experience.
429. The concept of total quality management
430. The e myth
431. The greatest marketing influence has to be Jay Abraham and Chet Holmes (since
buying the PEQ video set.)
432. The guerrilla language and approach totally turned me off. I'm not interested in
harming anyone! As a result, I avoided learning about marketing.
433. The Jay Abraham approach, The Guerrilla Marketing concept, a few other books
and good examples read about in business magazines
434. The limited Abraham materials that I have been able to get have been the greatest
influence. I have been to real estate seminars that have focused on direct
response marketing and for a time was part of the WorldProfit.com network.
435. THE MOST PROFOUND PERSON IS JAY ABRAHAM. MARK YARNELL. BILL
BONNER
436. The main people that have influenced me in marketing are Jay, Dan Kennedy,
Brian Tracy and Jay Conrad Levison -n havimng a sales background has also
taught me that all marketing has to be sales driven with the main purpose of
winning business.
437. the ones by Al Ries and Jack Trout (pretty much the only ones I have read apart
from yours)
438. the ones mentioned
439. The thing that always stays with me is Brian Tracy’s saying…”A sale is a transfer
of enthusiasm” My goal sometimes is to give my customers that I’m actually a
1. ?(8)
2. 80% spent correctly. We should spend the remaining 20% experimenting with
ideas like yours where we can get more leverage.
3. A large loss over a long period of time from poor oversight and management of a
sales rep that produced no results in over a year… an Internet effort to market a
“consumer” line (after expense for new labels, etc.) that had no dynamic
conception or execution
4. A lot is currently spent working the phones and trying to set up meetings. More
time needs to be spent developing a Dream 100 list in specific industries and
working it.
5. A lot of effort, time, and money had been spent on market research. Now how do I
implement and market plan with very little funds? Teach me how to implement a
business plan without money.
6. A lot of money is being spent with outside telesales company which does not have
in depth knowledge of the business or understand clients values and philosophy.
7. A lot of time, effort & money is spent on keeping key accounts happy i.e. spending
money the way they want it spent rather than spending it how we want it spent on
encouraging the consumer to purchase more product which in the long term is
going to benefit both of us more.
8. About right at this time
9. Actually not spending much and the results show. Last four years have been quite
level in terms of revenue
10. Ads calling ; need more strategic planning to answer this question
11. Ads verse reaching present clients to encourage improved cash flow.
12. Advertising – Alliances
13. Advertising & seminar
14. Advertising and coupons. Should spend more on advertising and should get P.R..
15. Advertising while it should be spent on referrals
16. After doing this survey, I think I'm focused on where it belongs.
17. All is efforts go into networking—which I don’t consider reproducible and hence
this is inconsistent with my strategic goals.
18. All is spent on lead generating ads and direct mail. I should be spending more
time on developing a written marketing plan
19. All my time and effort is being spent on the web advertising and I would like to see
2/3 on the web and 1/3 spent in developing relationships with realtors
20. All of our time is currently being spent contacting individual field operators and the
money is being spent on Yellow Pages and certain trade magazines. With the new
focus on the company towards renting the shelters the primary focus will be on
educating the CFO’s in each of the oil companies about the benefits of renting and
work with them to inform the field operators and the people who make the final
buying decision about our products and company and why we offer a preferred
product to our competitors. Ads in trade magazines will be geared more towards
the benefits of renting (cash flow and tax advantages) rather than just the benefits
154. I think we have done extremely well with the resources we have (and have had). I
don’t see any conflict.
155. I THINK WE’RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
156. I think we’re spending the little we have in the right places, but perhaps not as
effectively as we should.
157. I wish I knew the answer to this one.
158. I wish I better understood my market place to be even more focused. I sense that a
lot of money is spent refining the data base, I just don’t know where to get a better
database that I can trust.
159. I wish I knew where it should be spent
160. I wish I knew.
161. I WORK FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYER PLUS I AM A HOUSEWIFE VS. WORKING
FOR MY BUSINESS
162. I’m not spending a lot of time on it because I don’t have much. If a small amount
of marketing could free up enough time so that I don’t have to constantly trade time
for money I would be thrilled.
163. I’m really sorry that I couldn’t explain them.
164. I’m spending a lot of time continuing to develop my web site, optimize the pages
more, and make it different from it’s sister site, about to be launched and indexed
by the search engines. I’m also bogged down in the writing of my 5th book which
will add to my exclusive product line. This is keeping me from getting my affiliate
program started but that’s the way it is for now.
165. I’m spending too much of my time doing the work (which I love), and not enough
time building a business.
166. I’ve spent too much with the Thomas Regional Directory without enough return,
and will be spending more on the email website efforts.
167. In actual service activity vs. network marketing
168. In an unsystematic approach --->systematic
169. In commercial events
170. In my case time is spent mostly for my present regular employment away from
marketing. It should be 100% focused on developing the company. Other staff’s
effort is spent for sales. More sales education is necessary to facilitate personality-
type-selling, consultative selling etc.
171. In overcoming production problems.
172. IN printed advertising and web page.
173. In speratic getting customers. Strategically make PR work that the product will
sells itself.
174. In the process with customers. Should be spent also measuring the effectiveness
instead of just from ‘gut feel’.
175. Individual contacts(2)
176. Individual sales as opposed to entire company plans
177. Internet website. Should include sales literature, ads, trade shows, direct and e-
mail mailings
178. Internet. I would keep the money we spend on the net the same and add more to
205. It is spent in mailings and phone but very ineffective. It should be spent in all areas
of a strategic marketing plan that I am supposed to build.
206. It is spent on care of my core, right where it belongs.
207. It is spent on learning how to do it, since I no nothing about it.
208. It is spent on one on one connections and would be more beneficial if it where on
TV and very targeted marketing on the internet.
209. IT is spent trying to comply with government regulations rather than trying to help
grow the business.
210. IT IS SPENT WERE IT SHOULD BE SPENT; MAKING THE CUSTOMER HAPPY
BEFORE HE/SHE IS INTENDING TO BUY
211. It is spent with business operations and salary. An allocation should be spent to
marketing business professionals with back pain or interested in improving health.
212. It is where I think will help now
213. It not laid out good enough.
214. It should be spend on initiating new leads and breaking into the institutional client
base.
215. It should be spent building a reputation
216. It should be spent in contacting and keeping past customers and is spent trying to
get new ones.
217. It should be spent on getting a good program up and running.
218. It should be spent to existing clients but now we keep spending to get new clients
(ads, seminars, exhibitions etc)
219. It will be spent on training new salespeople next week! The monthly faxed
brochure should help!
220. It´s all being spent on color print outs, mail, phone bill and travel expenses. For
many months I was working on a plan of how to work. In fact, I’m just beginning to
really work right now.
221. It’s all spent on developing personal relationships with our existing clients. I’m not
sure where else I should be spending my money.
222. It’s been spent on mailing and advertising, and it should be more spent on
telephoning, which is starting to happen
223. It’s been spent on sporadic efforts, rather than a cohesive strategic marketing plan.
224. It’s been spent where I have described – DM/ web/ JV/ wom. I think PR is what I
need to ad, but that’s almost free.
225. It’s being spent in good locations, I just need to expand where it is being spent.
226. It’s being spent in reaching out to members of three Chambers of Commerce plus
other local area businesses. I can do a better job of targeting specific businesses
and going after them.
227. It’s being spent in the right way on the website and the ezine. Would like to expand
to email and direct mail, but must build up revenues first.
228. It’s being spent learning at the moment rather than creative a strategic position in
the marketplace and attracting new clients
229. It’s being spent on a combination of the web site and personal contacts. I think
that’s appropriate.
230. It’s being spent on generating leads fro fax marketing which actually has a very low
conversion rate (around 1%). It should be spend on Endorsed promotions to
peoples clients.
231. It’s being spent on testing when it should be spent on what brings results, but it
seems like one leads to the other.
232. It’s being spent spinning wheels, it should be productive.
233. It’s being spent where it should be for now - we’ll review as we proceed
234. It’s being spent where it should be spent: Learning, testing, analyzing, repeat.
235. It’s fine now.
236. It’s not a matter of being spent in the wrong places but it’s simply not being spent
in the right places. It should be spent on (a) direct marketing (mail piece, phone
call, mail piece, phone call, etc.) (b) searching for one ro more strategic alliances
and (c) at least one advertising piece, probably a brochure (this has been started
and nearly finished several times).
237. It’s not really been spent anywhere. I’m now making more effort to schedule time
for marketing. I need to have my mailing more automated, I’ve been doing it
mostly manually, which is a great waste of time.
238. It’s probably in generic advertising and should be more individually targetted
239. It’s spend on generating/talking with prospects and doing the paperwork and
should be more spend at learning, strategizing and implementation.
240. It’s spent mainly on cold calling prospects. I feel we should have a good mix of
previously mentioned items: direct mail for lead generating, email marketing,
referrals, etc.
241. It's all haphazard piecemeal stuff. I need an overall direction.
242. Its being spent on easy, non challenging, rejection proof activities which
undoubtedly are far less effective than other methods
243. It's spent on the Internet.
244. It's spent on trying to keep current clients happy instead of gaining more clients.
245. Jay Abraham
246. Just Other things
247. JV’s, old clients, referrals. Could stand to add other sources, PR, writing a book,
etc. to the mix.
248. Keeping our name in front of our clients and potential clients.
249. Learning versus implementing.
250. Less money on Sales People, more on other forms of marketing.
251. Little
252. Local homes magazines, internet, newsletters. We do need a more focused and
targeted mail campaign.
253. Mail outs it needs to go to new and different areas
254. Mailings and sales efforts rather than developing referrals a great customer list
255. Majority of marketing time has been spent on networking (BNI, Chamber of
Commerce, etc), expensive in time, but not in money. Most of money has been
spent on tele-marketing and direct mail.
278. Most of my time is being spent reading all the stuff I have and that I continually
receive vs. formulating a strategic marketing plan.
279. Most of my time is spent in rather than on the business. We have hired additional
people and made significant structural changes to better keep my focus strategic
rather than reactive and tactical.
280. Most of our effort is being spent on working with individual clients (Case
Managers). I believe that we likely need to focus our efforts also on the firms that
employ them (even though the Case Managers operate with generally a fair
degree of autonomy).
281. Most of the effort is going towards generating referrals from realtors, builders,
business owners
282. Most the money and effort spent in acquiring new clients. Vs spending on adding
more with best existing clients
283. Mostly in direct mailings. But I think I should spend more in advertising in mass
media, like newspapers and magazines.
284. Mostly in the execution of programs and promotions.
285. Mostly YP I’d like to spend it more on current clients and doing a radio show
286. Much of my time, effort, and money is being spent on reactive marketing instead of
strategic marketing.
287. Much of our effort is spent in trying to get more new patients from external
marketing when most of our marketing success has come from internal marketing
and referral. We should be working more from the inside where we generate more
qualified leads.
288. My efforts/money are used in the planning to get clients; they should be used
getting clients.
289. My marketing effort is currently focused on referral business only, which should be
changed and expanded to many other techniques
290. My marketing effort is spent recruiting people, I find this the hardest, much rather
present the service!
291. My marketing time and effort is spent one networking and meeting people and
giving them a taste of what I do. I think for now, again, the area I must improve in
is self-discipline more than marketing. If I would be more disciplined, I would get
more marketing done.
292. My marketing time is spent talking to current and prospective clients (non –
chargeable) – this seems to work, but are there better ways?
293. My overhead for bookkeeping. Little energy to do more when I don't feel my
partners are serious about growing. Seems my credit is going toward materials
that are not being covered.
294. My time and effort is spent on contacting prospects and trying to set up a sale
force based on commission only with residuals.
295. My time as the constant caller, etc. Need more passive marketing and selling
strategies.
296. My time feels like it’s being eaten away with tasks that take longer than they
should… am trying to rethink them.
297. My time is being spent working
298. My time is spent creating ads and copy , managing alliances, issuing press
359. Presently it is spent on advertising and twice a year corporate exhibition. It should
be spent on :- Public Relations- email and direct marketing- database
management and communication with this database of existing customers to
generate additional business-
360. Probably should do in-depth market analysis.
361. Promotion at events, website vs. getting into a clothing store like Mr. Rags or
gaining 1000s of sells on website…
362. Prospecting
363. Putting most of the money into development at this time. Once product is finished
then will spend the marketing dollars.
364. Putting the business plan together and understanding how to talk about finances
and cash flow budgets
365. Quite happy, although I would like to mine more from past clientele
366. Radio/Newspapers/Internet
367. Reacting to whatever opportunity comes our way
368. Reactively answering calls from perspective customers who are price shopping as
opposed to finding my ideal customer who has a pain that needs a solution.
369. Referrals, face to face meeting…should do more writing
370. Referral commissions. Vs. Print ads, Strategic Partnerships, Canvassing, PR.
371. Referrals are inexpensive. Quality service always takes less time than fixing
problems!
372. relationship
373. Research versus deployment
374. Response to newspaper and magazine sales people, purchase of print material,
brochures etc. Ad hoc exhibitions.
375. RESPONDING TO EXISTING CUSTOMERS NEEDS.
376. RETAILERS. WE NEED TO SELL MORE TO CUSTOMERS DIRECTLY.
RETAILERS WILL FOLLOW
377. Right now a lot of time is in implementation. So I want to build systems so I have
more time to create more marketing pillars.
378. Right now all my time is on trying to get my copy to convert better – have a
copywriter possibly working on contingency to improve this. Should be to do pr,
joint ventures, host beneficiary, teleseminars
379. right now I am floundering and have not found a way that returns me what I would
like
380. Right now I am not spending a sufficient amount of either time or money on
marketing.
381. Right now I spend it in bad clients, I should spend it with AAA clients which I could
acquire but I am just trying to show some easy succeed with a couple of the clients
I have
382. Right now I'm in a learning mode.
383. Right now it is being spent grinding out daily business chores. I do not have focus
and a strategic plan. It should be spent daily at specific times to make that
strategic plan and carry out the goals of the business.
384. Right now it is going where we want to go: into past successful actions, low cost,
no cost referral based marketing, low cost lectures, and low cost lead generation.
385. Right now it's being spent writing the copy for web pages and ads etc. so I actually
think I'm putting my effort into the right place given the time constraints I have.
386. Right now most of my marketing effort and time is being spent on the manicurists
and hairdressers within the spa. They are the source of a majority of me referrals
and business. I think I need to diversify a little bit and put some money into
advertising and some time into creating working relationships with physical
therapist, doctors, chiropractors, or any associations, companies, etc. that feel my
services will benefit their clients or employees.
387. right now, I'm designing stuff; I need to be out selling and generating cash flow
388. Right now, we feel that our time and money is being spent correctly for what we
need to accomplish.
389. Running the business operational takes a lot of time away from marketing
390. Running the rest of the business so no system.
391. s pent on one to meeting need to know how to utilize email copywriting system
better
392. Salary for “marketing” person – not well spent
393. SALES CALLS AND APPTS. AS OPPOSSED TO ACTUAL MARKETING PLAN
AND BUDGET.
394. Scaling the Corporate Wall, vs closing deals.
395. Should be sent developing an overall plan.
396. Should be spent devising an effective strategy and associated action plan – but to
date our efforts have been too scatter-gun.
397. Should be spent forging a strategic alliance with a celebrity.
398. Should be spent on developing a long-term strategy and implementing the tactics
to achieve it.
399. Should be spent on having a formal plan of attack and implementing it, which is not
being done right now.
400. Should be spent on strategies that are clearly defined
401. Should be spent on writing more powerful sales letters , and on researching what
would attract real estate companies to me the most
402. Should spend more effort on Internet
403. Should spent more in training the sales people to close better and present better
404. Smart as we think we are, we have yet to learn the truth. We’ll know in a few
month’s time about that. We are willing to admit we don’t know it all, and we have
a lot to learn. Our overriding philosophy is to learn and apply then test, test, test.
405. So far classified ads.
406. So far, it’s been spent in research and learning, and I need to be spending a good
chunk of it in implementation now.
407. Some R & D and other just wasted on ineffective mailouts.
408. Some should be spent on ads
409. Spend more time developing new distributors & more time developing sales
leaders
410. Spend on building the system and developing key relationships with strategic
partners
411. Spend too much time “fighting fires” and doing tactical work vs strategic work
412. Spend too much time trying to get referrals and should spend more time in direct
sales.
413. SPENDING ALL EFFORT JUST TRYING TO SURIVE
414. SPENDING IT ON NEWSPAPER ADS AND INSERTS, DIRECT MAIL, AND In-
Store promotions and Packing Demos. If we knew of better places/ways, probably
would already be using them?!
415. Spending more on systematically marketing and following up would yield dramatic
improvements
416. Spent as best it can be because I constantly test and measure it.
417. Spent growing the awareness of the company-should be on new specfic-targetted
Clients.
418. Spent on door to door marketing vs the things I should be doing but don’t know
about
419. Spent on effort to promote the company on our product offering. To speed up the
marketing results, a collaboration with a larger and more established company
may be the answer.
420. Spent on internet and direct mail. Should it be????
421. Spent on R&D at present – once this is away then more will be on getting people
to experience the products / services via the web.
422. SPENT ON THE TELESELLING, FAXING, SALESCALLS, TRADESHOWS,
LITERATURE ---- IT SHOULD STAY THEIR, IMPROVE AND WE SHOULD FIND
PEOPLE THAT CAN SELL OUR PRODUCTS (ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE)
423. Spent primarily on affiliate commissions. Should focus more on my own marketing
efforts in the future to have more success on my own rather than depending on
other people’s efforts.
424. Spent some money in putting the company profile together, doing the website.
Should spent more time in direct mailing, internet marketing.
425. Spent where I like not in what I need.
426. Spread too thin.
427. Stopping advertising in hard copy and looking at increasing spend on Networking
and Professional Forums.
428. Stressing about not having marketing vs hiring that woman I met 2 mos ago who
used to market for a commercial real estate company intown. If only I could find
her name or phone #.
429. Tactical – should be strategic – need to hire, won’t do it until profit allows for it.
430. Telemarketing and door to door. I thing it should be spent on more effective
marketing tactics such as joint venturing and the like
431. Telemarketing for now will be the main tactic. If I don’t get the results I want, I’ll
use postcards next.
432. Test results will lead my way
433. That’s dumb
434. The last month I spent all my efforts in my website and to lead seminars. I’m sure I
should reconsider the way I make advertising. In Austria we say that consultants
don’t advertise, because a successful consultant don’t need to advertise.
435. The problem is my marketing people get sucked into other tasks.
436. The time and money I currently spend is yielding great results. I spend 1-2 hours a
week writing personal thank yous
437. There is a lot of details in this business like paper work, dealing with our
employees and customers, scheduling, rescheduling, following up on the client’s
interests and concerns, etc. I like to spend more of my efforts in strategizing and in
developing a more efficient sales script for cold calling.
438. There is no marketing going on at present except the very bare beginnings of what
I need to sort out for a marketing plan.
439. There is not enough spent on marketing—period. It’s not that what I do is bad, it’s
that I don’t do it enough.
440. Thinking and not acting
441. This is a major issue: Knowing where to spend.
442. This will be detailed in the marketing plan I am now writing.
443. Time & Effort all spent on "doing it" rather than "generating it".
444. Time is spent creating products
445. Time is too parsed out to effective, have not prioritized, trying to do it all myself, too
many products lines, too many ideas
446. Time mostly – on customer orders (taking and packing), website updates (HUGE
time-consuming task!)Money – our budget can grow as large as it needs to be if
we can justify spending it because of testing we have done
447. Time spent in study and planning and prospecting – which I think is where it is
needed right now.
448. Time: watching DVD instead of working on my pc ;)
449. To be truthful, it is probably spent in sales (ie more tactical I suppose) rather than
in marketing.
450. To much time & money in operations and general management issues.
451. To tell you the truth, it’s been spent on planning when some of it should have been
spent on doing.
452. Too early to judge
453. Too early.
454. Too much currently spent on people canvassing and radio. Should be more on
relationship building, weekly specials and employee incentives!
455. Too much hie and miss. Needs to be spent where we get
456. Too much ineffective direct mail, more time on pleasing present clients and
emphasizing the effectiveness of referrals for them and for me.
457. Too much Knee-jerk from my principals into stuff like Trade Shows ... “Because we
SHOULD be there!” BS!!! Lousy return for effort. One principal has a huge ego,
and loves to get on stage at every opportunity.
458. Too much of my time is being spent managing and reacting to daily problems and
not enough time spent in building the overall strategic focus and plan, and
507. We spend time in unfocused activities. Everyone is busy but not focused on a pre-
determined marketing method. We need to formalize a process.
508. We spent our marketing effort sparingly in self marketing efforts by referrals,
although we need to spent more pro-actively through more consistent means such
as web-posting, sending information to would be clients, and contacting more
regularly, based on a more solid strategy.
509. WE SPIN OUR WHEELS AND HAVE WAY TOO MANY MEETINGS DECIDING
WHAT TO DO. WE NEED A SYNERGISTIC, SIMPLE MARKETING STRATEGY
BECAUSE OUR PRODUCTS & INFORMATION ARE SO GOOD AND ARE
BEING VASTLY UNDERUSED BY THE PUBLIC.
510. We used to spend a lot on newspapers but we weren’t getting a good return. Other
than that we need to figure out a strategy to figure out where the money should be
spent.
511. we waste alot on fancy yellow page ads, when it should go to direct marketing.
512. We’re doing what we know how to do.
513. Weak prospects vs targeted prospects
514. What little we have we think is focused properly.
515. Where it should be spent is being determined as we speak, with a new focus on
development of a unified corporate business and market strategy for China.
Where it now being spent is via the 6 pillars as described in Question (2).
516. Will have to plan this effectively to get the most bang for the buck.
517. Wish I knew. According to Mike Dooley, the game is entirely in my own head.
518. With rented email lists, it should be spent through an affiliate program.
519. Writing articles and E-books – should be more on becoming visible
520. Yellow Pages and design vs. actual selling and follow-up
521. yellow pages, advertising monthly, in office. in office, referrals, direct marketing
522. Yellow Pages, and the phone don’t ring that much
1. ??
2. 0%(3)
3. 0.0.100
4. ¼ to 1/3 from referrals, rest from ads or direct mail or sign calls
5. ½ from host/beneficiary½ from direct sales
6. 1% on referrals, advertising generates leads for direct sales, 99% come from direct
sales as we are a service business that is highly relational.
7. 1. Referrals – 20%; 2. Advertising – 10%; 3. Direct Sales – (telemarketing) –
70% .
8. 10%(5)
9. 10% - referrals ; 10% - advertising ; 80% from direct sales / dealers own efforts
10. 10% 10% 80%
11. 10% FROM REFERALS, 25% FROM ADVERTISING, 65% DIRECT SALES
12. 10% from referrals
13. 10% from referrals 1% from advertising 89% from direct sales
14. 10% from referrals, 90% from search engine "advertising", 0% from direct sales.
15. 10% Ref / 45% Advert / 45% Direct
16. 10% referrals (sad to say!), the remaining 90% comes from putting on Free
Workshops/seminars.
17. 10% referrals 90% direct sales
18. 10% referrals, 10% ads, 80% direct sales
19. 10% referrals, 10% advertising, 80% direct sales.
20. 10% referrals, 5% advertising and 85% direct
21. 10% referrals, 5% advertising, 75% direct mail and telemarketing.
22. 10% referrals, 5% advertising, 85% direct sales.
23. 10% referrals, 70% advertising, 20% direct sales.
24. 10% referrals, 85% direct sales (repeat), 5% walk-ins.
25. 10% referrals, 90% direct sales (I want to reverse that)
26. 10% to 95%
27. 10%, 10%, 80%
28. 10%, 20%, 70%
29. 10%, 5%, 85%
30. 10%, 60%, 30%
31. 10%. 25%. 65%
32. 10%/30%/20%
33. 100 % referral
34. 100%(3)
71. 20% from referrals, 20% from existing accounts, 60% from direct sales.
72. 20% referrals, 0% for advertising, 50% from direct sales
73. 20% referrals, 30% advertising and 50% direct sales.
74. 20% referrals, 60% from signs calls, 10% from internet and homes magazines.
75. 20% referrals, 80% advertising,
76. 20%, ZERO (we do direct mail), 80%
77. 20%, 10%, 70%
78. 20%. The remainder (60%) from PR
79. 25%
80. 25% Repeat customers? 50%
81. 25% from referrals
82. 25% from referrals 65% from advertising and about 10% from direct sales
83. 25% referrals, 50% from call ins off signs etc; 25% off cold canvassing for
business.
84. 25% referrals 75% direct sales
85. 25% referrals, 75% direct promotions by us.
86. 25%, 15%, 60%
87. 25%, 55%, 20%
88. 26% referrals; 74% direct 1-1 sales – long sales/service cycle in our business (up
to 24mths) and we are only just over 3 yrs old
89. 3 percent referrals. 20 percent advertising. The rest search engine relevance.
90. 30 advertising and referrals 70 direct sales
91. 30%
92. 30%
93. 30% 10% AND 60%
94. 30% from direct referrals, 50% from website link referrals from third party sites,
20% from P.R. Efforts, 0% from advertising, 0% from direct sales.
95. 30% referral; 50% Yellow Pages, 20% from assorted sources such as pass-by,
vehicle signage, container branding, website, etc.
96. 30% referrals, 20% advertising, 50% direct sales.
97. 30% referrals, 70% advertising.
98. 30% referrals, 70% direct sales
99. 30%, 70%, 0%
100. 30%/10%/20% (40% other)
101. -35%
102. 35% ref/ 60% from ads on vehicles
103. 35% referrals The rest from speaking and the net
104. 3-Jan
105. 40%(2)
309. Few from referrals as no one usually asks in a conversation whom to hire in real
estate; there are thousands of active licenses for fewer customers. None from
advertising ,
310. For referrals need clients, beginning to build up, zero from advertising (unless web
site is classified as advertising). Not sure what direct sales are. 90% of business
comes from leads generated from web site at present.
311. Half from referrals; none from advertising; half from direct sales.
312. Half from sales , half from referrals
313. Half from sales Half from referrals None from advertising
314. Hard to say as most are a combination. I don’t think much comes from advertising
and most would be a combination of direct approach combined with referrals or
referrals.
315. hard to say exactly...almost all business partners are referrals...most customers
are purchased...about 10-20% than refer other customers, depending on where
they are placed in the organization nd who they are working with....direct sales
account for over 80% of all customers...advertising is more for the business
partners and referrals is far superior for now...
316. Hard to say—not sure I quite understand the question. From word of mouth (guess
that’d be referral). From events (advertising and direct sales?).
317. Hasn’t been measured.
318. Haven’t calculated as yet
319. Hope to achieve 25% from referrals
320. Hopefully more than 50% from referrals. Direct sales 50%.
321. How does the website figure in there – is it advertising? It seems it could be all
three to some degree. I think most comes from referrals of one sort or another,
unless the web constitutes advertising.
322. How much of your business comes from referrals 20%? How much from
advertising 0%? How much from direct sales 80%?
323. Huh?
324. I can not gauge referrals, most of it comes from advertising (90%)10% from direct
sales
325. I CAN ONLY GUESS! We do have a fair number of people tell us friend, neighbor,
etc told them to come in. A FAIR NUMBER OF comments each year after 4 page
Sale Flyer or Gift Catalog inserted in newspaper, "This is first time I've been the
shop.” NO DIRECT SALES - except for county agencies that call up to order
Luggage Carts that we ship direct to them. Probably doesn't make 1% of sales.
326. I don’t know for sure since the financials are the area where I am weakest. My
current guess is 95% referrals, which would include PR and 5% from direct sales.
327. I don’t really do any of the above as it relates to the bricks and mortar world
328. I have nothing in place to measure each of those.
329. I haven't analyzed this yet
330. I REALLY DON’T KNOW
331. I received only 1 referral in 2003. The majority came from SOI and FSBO calls.
332. I supposed subcontracting is a form of referral. Currently, that is the sole source of
our business.
333. I’m unsure at the moment. I need to go back and collate all my data.
334. If we are talking about the TATEMS software program then 98% from internet
advertising and 2% from referrals. If we are talking about programming services
then 100% comes from referrals.
335. IN THAT ORDER, AND FOR THE FOLLOWING PERIODS IN PERCENT(%): 1-2
years 80/16/4; 3-10 years 40/40/20; 10+ years 4/16/80.
336. In the past almost all of my business has come from referrals. In refocusing my
business I anticipate 30% from referrals, 30 % from advertising and 40% from
direct sales.
337. In the past: only 5% from referrals, and 95% from advertising.
338. Internal to HFC (my main client) nearly all is referrals. I've also had two other
pieces of work, one from a former boss who moved company and needed my
skills, the other from HFC's parent company.
339. Just started; does not apply.
340. Little from referrals.
341. Little or no referrals. Almost all from direct mail/seminars/phone follow up
342. Little to none. Little to none. purchase price to high for advertising to win
business—Just gets you in the door. 99% through direct sales.
343. little, none, almost all.
344. Log Homes all of it comes from referrals and some advertising in magazines and
some from shows. The video business comes from referrals and direct sales
and no advertising.
345. lots from referrals (50%)
346. MAINLY FROM REFERRALS
347. Majority from direct sales or routed business from overseas agents
348. Majority from direct sales, as a result of referrals. Advertising – next to nil.
349. MAYBE AROUND 50% FROM REFERRALS AND 25% FROM ADVERTISING
AND 25% FROM DIRECT SALES.
350. More than 50%
351. MORE THAN 70%
352. MORTGAGE: 95% business from direct sales. Balance referral/cross selling from
accountancy ACCOUNTANCY: probably 50:50 split between referrals and
directory listing
353. Most come from referrals.
354. Most comes from lead generations companies, some from referrals once they are
on board. We have done very little advertising.
355. Most comes from referrals from clients and our network of business contacts.
356. Most from advertising, next referrals. Franchisee’s business all comes from direct
sales
357. MOST FROM DIRECT SALES, TELESELLING, TRADESHOWS
358. Most from direct sales. I don’t know the specific breakdowns. We rarely advertise,
so I doubt anything comes from that. If you could call our 14-year reputation for
creativity and quality ‘referrals,’ I suppose that we do get referrals, based on
reputation.
359. Most from direct sales. It is hard to estimate sales from referrals because these are
normally routed through my distributors and I have not developed a effective
method to track these without it becoming to time consuming
360. Most from direct sales. We do not seem to able to convert people to implement the
program. People seem interested until they see the price or they think it is just too
much effort to fix what needs to be fixed.
361. Most from indirect sales, some from advertising
362. Most from referrals
363. Most from referrals and from word of mouth.
364. Most from referrals and networking
365. Most from referrals, some from direct sales, little from advertising.
366. Most is from referrals.
367. Most None, the rest.
368. Most of it came from referrals…word of mouth.
369. Most of it comes from direct sales.
370. Most of my business in by word of mouth
371. Most of our business comes from direct sales.
372. Most of our business comes from existing or previous customers and word of
mouth
373. Most of our business comes from referrals…we do no advertising.
374. Most of our business on the sourcing side comes from referrals and personal
contact.
375. Most of our business would be referral or personal contact
376. Most repeat…then referrals ? no statistics… no time to do that kind of thing
377. Most will prob come from ads and direct sales.
378. Mostly all from referrals
379. Mostly all self generating
380. Mostly direct sales
381. Mostly from referral (word of mouth)
382. MOSTLY FROM REFERRALS
383. Mostly from referrals
384. Mostly from referrals and seminars
385. Mostly from referrals.
386. Mostly referrals
387. Mostly referrals at this time.
388. My stats are kind of flat right now. All my previous work was done for testing the
sales process. Itself.
389. N.A.(3)
390. n/a at the moment. Want the business to largely referral based. At the moment
focus is on direct sales. Don’t do any advertising yet.
391. Nearly 100% of my new business comes from referrals, a few are people I meet at
454. Referrals – 10%; Advertising 10%; Media Marketing – 15%; Direct mail – 20%;
Direct Sales – 45%
455. Referrals - 100%
456. Referrals – 10-12%Advertising – 30-35%Direct Sales – 2-5%
457. REFERRALS – 2%DIRECT MAIL 98%DIRECT SALES 0%
458. Referrals – 25%Ads – 65%Direct sales – 10%
459. Referrals - 35 % Advertising - 65 % Direct sales - 0 %
460. Referrals – 75%, advertising – 15%, direct sales – 10%
461. Referrals – 75%Advertising – 0Direct sales – 25%
462. Referrals - about 20 %Advertising - about 50%
463. Referrals – almost all software business, negligible for equipment Advertising – not
for software, some for equipment Direct sales – None
464. Referrals - none. Advertising - none. Direct sales - none.
465. referrals – sth about 30%advertising – if we don't count letters to my list – close to
0%direct sales – rest.
466. Referrals = 0%, Advertising 20%, Direct Sales 80%
467. Referrals = 10% Advertising = 5% Direct = 85%
468. Referrals = 2%, Ads = .5%, Direct sales = 70%
469. Referrals = 30%, Advertising = 10%, Direct Sales 60%
470. Referrals = 30%Advertising = 5%Direct Sales = 65%
471. referrals = 40%, 60%= direct sales.
472. Referrals = 50%, with 0% for advertising or sales.
473. —Referrals == less than 5%…. Advertising equals 10%, direct sales equals 70%
and the balance is hard to track.
474. Referrals =10%, advertising =0%, direct = 90%
475. Referrals --> 65%, advertising --> 5%, direct sales --> 35%
476. Referrals 10% , advertising 40%, remainder direct
477. referrals 10%, advertising 10%, direct marketing 80%
478. Referrals 2% - Direct sales 3% - Advertising (direct mail) 95%
479. Referrals 20%, Advertising 50%, Direct Sales 30%.
480. Referrals 25%, Advertising 0%, Direct Sales 75%
481. Referrals 30%, Advertising 1%, Direct 69%
482. Referrals 30%, Advertising 15%, Direct Sales 55%.
483. referrals 40%,advertising 30%,direct sales 30%
484. Referrals 40%; ads 60%
485. Referrals 50 percent; advertising 40 percent; direct sales 10 percent
486. Referrals 50%, Direct sales 50%
487. referrals 50%advertising 20%direct sales 30%
488. Referrals 60% adv 40%
17. 7 or so
18. About 12, they are all part of an integrated approach
19. Advertising, upselling.
20. Almost none
21. Am aware of the 3 ways to grow a business, but not with the 30 standard options.
Have not seen that program.
22. Am I missing something here?
23. AQUIRING NEW CUSTOMERS IS DIFFICULT FOR US BECAUSE WE ARE
LIMITED IN OUR CAPACITY TO DO MORE WORKGETTING CUSTOMERS TO
SPEND MORE DURING EACH PURCHASE IS SOMETHING WE DO
REGULARLYGETTING CUSTOMERS TO PURCHASE MORE FREQUENTLY IS
SOMETHING WE PRACTICE WHEN WE CAN AS MOST OF THEIR
PURCHASES ARE SCHEDULED BY THEIR SCIENCE STUDY BUT WHERE
POSSIBLE WE OFFER ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THAT ARE
NOT LABOR INTENSIVE
24. As above, I haven’t really started implementing many of the possibilities yet, and I
need to start.
25. As I understand it, the Three Ways to Grow a Business Model are:1. You either
increase the number of customers 2. Increase the unit of sale, or 3. Increase the
amount of times a customer will buy from you. Our approach is sporadic at best,
and I am still learning all of the ‘standard options’ as you mention. I don’t have a
system or a strategy in place yet to utilize those, although I’m working on it, as you
have seen from answers to many of your other questions.
26. As mentioned earlier, most attention is directed at obtaining new clients through
direct sales and referrals. I’m familiar with the “Three Ways to Grow a Business
Model” but don’t recall at the moment the 30 standard options and couldn’t locate
any materials that explain it.
27. At this point (inception of new venture) all effort is towards getting new clients. We
are structuring these efforts to be multiplied by 3 or more formal referral programs,
and to eliminate attrition through constant value added client follow-up. The third
element, more $ per client rests upon the development of some sort of ‘back end’
we have yet to be able to identify.
28. Basically all we do is the referrals
29. Break even up front as profits come later in the cycle, advertise in the local
newspaper, have a USP, qualify leads via telephone, communicate personally
through my property manager, back end is where the profits presently lie.
30. Break-even up front with profit on back end Advertising Direct mail Telemarketing
Special events / seminars Qualified lists USP Consumer education Delivering
higher-than-expected levels of service Communicating frequently with customers
Qualifying leads up front Irresistible offers Giving “reasons why” More perceived
value Communicating personally with customers
31. Can not find this item
32. Can’t find my “3 ways to grow a business model” and I’m running out of time for
your deadline !
33. Can’t find that model but I suspect that we are not using very many of them.
34. Can’t find your book (ex factor) and don’t remember the 30 different techniques
109. Huh?(2)
110. I am ashamed of myself for not using more than three. This is making me
reevaluate my entire business model.
111. I am NOT aware of such model but will LOVE to get some info on it.
112. I am not aware where this model is located.
113. I am not familiar with the 30 standard options of this model.
114. I am not familiar with the 30.
115. I am not familiar with the Three Ways to Grow a Business Model. Where can I get
the information?
116. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS .. IS IN ON THE WEBSITE
117. I am not sure what you are referring to.
118. I am not sure where I am supposed to find the list – so I went through “how to get
from where you are to where you want to be and made the following list: Referral
System: we have a $50 referral fee of 1 month free to anyone that send ous a lead
that buys a product. Acquiring customers at break-even and making the profit on
the back end: We have sold 2000 coupons worth $490 off a 499 product to the
USPS so they will buy back end products from us and renewals. Risk Reversal: we
give a 30 day money back guarantee and a Free trial period where they don’t have
to bu anything so they can try the software. Host Beneficiary Relationship: we
Work with the USPS and other companies in the industry to get leads. Advertising:
We do what we can afford – (about 10,000/year) not a great return so far – still
working on ad copy. Deliver Higher than Expected Levels of Service: We give the
best online support in the industry and we have the most knowledgeable reps.
Communicate Frequently to nurture our relationships with Clients: we require reps
to call but this is not being done as well as I would like. Need scripting and training
and better inspection. Increase the Sales Skills of my staff: We have 1 hour
meetings every Monday where reps are to point out what is working with them. I
want more commute training to be happening. Qualify Leads up Front: - doing
some of this. Make irresistible offers: need work on this. Educate my clients: we do
this – but not as systematic as need be. Direct Mail: we do this – but need better
lists and better call, mail, call utilization. Telemarketing: We do this but need better
scripting and hire more qualified professionals. Special Events and information
nights: Too few and only at trade shows. Need to make these a regular part of day
like we do when we train usps reps. Qualified Lists: need to get more of them and
use them will they are still fresh. Unique Selling Proposition: Need to refine this
and clarify it for all the reps. Increased Perceived Value by better client Education:
need to emphasize this. Using Public Relations: need to use this more
consistently. Contact inactive Clients: Need to do this more systematically and
regularly. Joint Ventures: Need to create these so they are more profitable
Endorsements: Haven’t done this yet. Using up-sell and Cross-Sell: I’ve had
conversations with my staff about this but it is only in fits and starts that this
occurs. They see it as more for Restaurants, not professional software sales.
Using Point of Sale Promotions: Not really done. Package Complementary
Products and service together: doing some of this on systems. Need to expand it
to training and professional services for all products. Increase pricing: I have done
some of this – yet I want to add per use pricing andI am having a hard time
implementing it. Change the profile of my products to be more upscale: Have done
this a little – but we are still on the low-end side. Need to do more. offer larger units
of Purchase: Have done some of this – need to do more. Back end Products and
138. I do not have this reference material. I will look for it (purchase it) and address this
question later.
139. I do not know the "Three Ways to Grow a Business Model"
140. I do not know what these 30 options area. Where is this documented?
141. I do not know what these are
142. I don t think I have that
143. I don´t know the 30 standard options.
144. I don´t use any at all
145. I DON’T HAVE A COPY OF “3 WAYS”
146. I don’t have a listing of the 30 options, the methods we use have been commented
on already.
147. I don’t have that document
148. I don’t have that document of the plane with me
149. I don’t have that material
150. I don’t have that paper
151. I don’t have that specific information
152. –I don’t have the “Three Ways to Grow a Business Model”. As stated in an earlier
question, I have no plan to grow this business other than my own profitability, at
least at this time.
153. I don’t have the “three ways to…”
154. I don’t have the 30 options.
155. I don’t have the 30 standard options handy.
156. I don’t have the document, and I don’t know where to find it. I have e-mailed and
asked for it , but didn’t get a reply.
157. I don’t have these thirty standard options. Are they in the PEQ program? If not –
I’d love to get a copy.
158. I don’t have this . Please tell me how to obtain it.
159. I don’t have this document.
160. I don’t have this information available to enable me to answer this question.
161. I DON’T HAVE THIS LIST.
162. I don’t have this piece available to me now
163. I don’t have this report/book, “3 Ways To Grow a Business Model” where can I
find one?
164. I don’t have this report/book, “3 Ways To Grow a Business Model” where can I
find one?
165. I don’t have this resource and since I have to have this in tonight I do not have time
to look for it.
166. I don’t have this.
167. I don’t know all 30 options.
168. I don’t know that there was 30
169. I don’t know the 30 options I think I know the 3 ways to grow. If you have it on soft
copy I would love to read it.
170. I don’t know them
171. I don’t know this model, sorry.
172. I don’t know what the 30 standard options are.
173. I don’t know what this is, so I can’t answer.
174. I don’t know what this is.(2)
175. I don’t know where this is.
176. I don’t remember any such “30 standard options”. A) I obtain more clients through:
1)referrals 2) advertising 3) personal exposure – speaking . B) I actually work hard
to help people finish counseling with me and brag that “I work myself out a job”
with them. They come in 6-10 times to figure out treatment goals and then achieve
them (frequency). C) I’ve raised my rates and explained why to my patients.
177. I don’t see those 30 standard options, if you can send them to me, I will complete
them.
178. I don’t think I have that model.
179. I don't have the "Three Ways…" document.
180. I don't know about the thirty options. But I do know some of the 287 tactics that
can be used to grow the business using the three ways model. And once the cash
flow will allow every one that is viable to every viable hungry market according to
performance will be tested, implemented, systematized and tracked.
181. I don't know the 30 standard options of "Three ways to grow a business model"
182. I don't know what these are.
183. I don't know what your 30 options are.
184. I don't think I have this info
185. I don't understand this question
186. I guess I didn’t know this properly when I answered the earlier question with a Yes.
187. I have a referral system that I have used for about 3 years. I should say I’ve barely
used it. It has not been pushed like I’m now doing so I’ll let you know more on this
in a couple months. Many clients have been acquired for a break even or
very minimal profit when I see the back end potential. This has also generated
referrals because of the honesty factor in dealing with the client and educating
them on what you are doing and why. I have always used a small form of
risk reversal. Mostly guarantee to back our work and take care of any problem. We
have stated no payment until the job is done and you are completely satisfied.
This I will work on taking even farther. Advertising has been name in the
phone book, a mailer every one in a while. I am now starting to call after the
mailers and seeing a great difference. I am trying to come up with a good
USP. We have always had “This Doctor Makes House Calls”. That is on our truck
and our letterheads, and invoices. I have always tried to educate my clients
and I can see where doing even more is helping. Public relations – this
mostly comes about every Thanksgiving when we put together baskets with food
and clothes and deliver them anonymously to families in need. The newspapers
give us a big spread each year to help get volunteers. And of course they tend to
focus too much on who you are and your business. So in that respect it is good for
my business. This will be our tenth year. We did 12 basket our first year and 285 &
207. I only have your Money –Making Secrets and 21 Power Principles
208. I think I’ve seen this before, but I can not locate this model.
209. I thought I knew and understood the “Three Ways to Grow a Business.” Maybe I
don’t, because I am not aware of the 30 Standard Models.
210. I use 6 for my clients during the one year program. We focus on the Bump with
Risk Reversal, Upselling with TFN, Customer Referral, Back End offering
bonuses and packaging deals, and some sales training and process optimization
that shows sales people how to optimize their time and results. We use testing for
each technique to optimize those particular results.
211. I use direct marketing vi fax marketing offering a special report. I use increased
sales skills by rewriting my sales presentation. I communicate personally with
clients to build amore personal relationship.
212. I will, sometime later this week.
213. I would be happy to answer this question but cannot find that article…if you can let
me know where I find it, I will append my questionnaire with my response.
214. I would be happy to answer this question but I can’t find the document that
contains the “30 standard options”. Sorry.
215. I would love to go through all 30 of the standard options in the “Three Ways to
Grow a Business Model.” Where can I find it?
216. I would love to know where I can find this information so that maybe I can check
myself in all these areas. I have gone through all of the marketing books and
seminar notes that I could find and I can’t find these anywhere. Please tell me
where they are located and if I am just overlooking them.
217. I’ll re-read this and take note.
218. I’m not familiar with the 30 options
219. I’m not familiar with this publication / article.
220. I’m not familiar?
221. I’m not sure what this means
222. I’m not sure what this question refers to.
223. I’m not sure what you’re talking about, I couldn’t find these articles in any of the
material you’ve sent previously.
224. I’m not wure if I found “Three ways….” But I’ve been trying to become the best
provider of dental care around.
225. I’m sorry but I don’t know what the 30 standard options are from “Three Ways to
Grow a Business Model.” Where can I find them.
226. I’ve never seen “Three Ways to Grow a Business Model.”
227. If I’ve seen this book I will be blatantly honest I can’t remember
228. IF WE HAVE A COPY THAT, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, so can't identify the
options or answer the question.
229. I'm lost – I don't know where I have it.
230. I'm not familiar with the 30 options
231. I'm sorry, where is that?
330. The three ways to grow a business Get more customers –a. Offline, to me this is a
bit difficult due to the unresponsiveness of customers to the methods I can afford
to use. Some methods just do not produce any results at all, e.g. Pulltabs, flyers,
ads at shopping centers. Maybe my methods are wrong. The next things to do is to
provide tapes and CD’s with information and request people to attend
presentations by third parties. b. Online I try to entice people to subscribe to my
Newsletter. I do offer a valuable training course. Sell more to a customer – I do
show/tell about additional products. The customer do have a limited amount of
money to spend on the products. Sell more often to an existing customer – I try to
sell to an existing customer on a monthly basis. This is easy and profitable.
331. This appears to be the same question as #71
332. This is beyond my capacity right now.
333. This is what I do: LEADS: Direct mail, Internet leads, JV, Word of mouth
INCREASING AVERAGE $ SALE: Upselling at point of contact KEEPING
CUSTOMERS: Reducing attrition rate by frequent contact REPEAT SALES: I will
be doing this a lot more using endorsements of JV products
334. This question will have to come through under separate cover as my information is
at home and I don’t have these memorized – sorry. 12 hours away from
completion of this question. (Need a few hours sleep in the meantime!)
335. Too soon to say
336. Unfamiliar
337. UNKNOWN
338. Use the m as required
339. very little
340. We are a new company and therefore we have not addressed all the option yet!
Life time value of a customer-reducing initial cost of our courses. Linked courses-at
one time only thought of one off courses with clients. Creating a USP-gives us
more specific presence and concise literature for what we do. Testing our adverts
and running different mailout programmes Running direct advertisement.-asking
companies to respond to our adverts and following with phone calls. We do ? out
of 30.
341. We do not have the item mentioned.
342. We do not know.
343. WE do so little and so little right that I really can’t even address this question
344. We don’t
345. WE DON’T DO A LOT, MAYBE WE ARE PRETTY SELF CENTERED
346. We don’t do any yet because we aren’t marketing yet
347. We don’t have your information to respond
348. We have no knowledge about it yet.
349. We have not done this analysis as of now. It will be productive time spent but so
far we have not devoted the time and effort. Perhaps I can forward this info later
after it is complete.
350. We have tried most of them but with dismal results. Results to date have been very
disappointing.
1. "We take the time (in person or on the phone) to figure out exactly what you need
(I.e. the best solution)" Our expertise and experience can create an excellent
solution that is efficient and costs you as little as possible. We consider all
combinations of services and technologies.
2. #2 for 4 years
3. ?(21)
4. ??? Partner/ Director of Marketing
5. ???Premium? Adventurous. For the “explorer/adventurer” type of person. (???)
6. 100% turn key—instant revenue stream by leveraging customer/member base
selling dial up and LD services
7. 12 products spanning price ranges and feature sets from 200k to 1200k.
8. 20% from bottom and moving up
9. 50:50 Products to Services.
10. A direct mail marketer looking to expand to a strategic alliance builder.
11. A follower
12. A niche market aimed at health care professionals practicing complimentary
medicine and their patients.
13. A rare employee benefits provider that is able to help the business owner succeed
in his business.
14. A respected, credible organization with a mission of selling well-being awareness,
and convenience to get there.
15. A SMALL ON-STREET shop that does business a lot like 'the old days' where we
actually try to 'help' the customer rather than sell them - with large selection of
products, price ranges, quality ranges, and experienced sales staff to help
determine what the differences are, and what that might mean to each customer.
In many respects, we are an "off-price" merchant in that most items are sold with 2
price structure (MSRP and Promotional or MarkDown pricing).
16. A very unique USP so it is excellent
17. A Very Useful Design Service is: FOR small to medium sized businesses WHO
require a customized and creative source of promotional material backed by sound
marketing knowledge that informs, persuades and reminds their target market of
their products and services. OUR service is based on our capacity to produce
creative concepts that lead to effective solutions on time and on budget UNLIKE
other agencies whose sole intentions are to maximize profits and win awards for
their own self agrandisement. WE have the experience, personnel and the
equipment levels to ensure all integrated marketing communication needs can be
met.
18. affordable access to top of the line services
19. After reading this questionnaire, I would have to say my marketing positioning
leaves a lot to be desired.
20. Again I am not familiar with the term except to say that I probably do not have one
and try whatever seems to make sense at the time.
21. All*Star Haircuts for Men & Boys
22. ALTERNATIVE HEALTHCARE COMPANY
304. service to mid to small-size companies, especially those that serve others in a
noble way.
305. Sitting at my desk.
306. Small business person who provides quality work, honesty and good value for
money
307. Small firm that wants to be medium.
308. small piece of a big pie.
309. Small to medium businesses who want to outsource IT maintenance, setup,
acquisitions.
310. small, high-end boutique firm with a unique view of how to grow a business.
311. small, intimate, boutique
312. Solving the challenges of high growth companies. We help entrepreneurs and their
management team move through their different stages of growth. Execution—we
make things happen.
313. sorely lacking
314. sorry, not too sure what you mean...if I understand I would say my marketing
position is that I believe that marketing that works is essential to achieve the
success I am looking to have...
315. Starting to do the Dream 100 concept to put my company in Top of Mind position.
316. Still defining
317. still small and growing
318. Still to be established properly
319. strategic marketing firm that identifies profitable new markets that make you the
only obvious choice for your ideal customer.
320. Strategy of Pre-eminence focused on providing great customer care and
tremendous value for the customer
321. Strong potentially
322. Substandard
323. Superior life enhancing results from a service commonly viewed as a mere
commodity.
324. targeting language beginners, especially people who have tried and failed to learn
English and offering a method based on easy learning with images.
325. Technical excellence provides best value.
326. The above diagram was produced when we last reviewed our marketing at that
time we were considering providing care home services this has been rejected as
we were having more success in the corporate sector to the right is the position we
are in “Specialist corporate services derived from networking”
327. The best business consulting company
328. the best local direct marketing resource
329. The best quality provider of Telecom services with an unmatchable track record for
speed and flexibility
330. The best vendor in the Beauty Aids category for the Mexican retail channel.
331. the business coach / the business doctor. We help fix your business problems
332. The easiest to use truck maintenance software that helps you with your BIT-Audit
record keeping and can help to keep your operation from being shut down by the
CHP or DOT.
333. The Mercedes of Chiropractic or any other healthcare offices.
334. The Montego Group and its Strategic partners are poised for rapid expansion and
deep market penetration
335. The one source with the strategy and the know-how to maximize value and
minimize defects from the software process.
336. The only ammonia free hair color available in the U.S.
337. The only company in our town who can show a business owner how to use low
cost techniques to grow his revenue and profits – risk free.
338. The only manufacturer that has a complete line of value priced products
339. The only organization in our market that offers total building solutions with all
capabilities in house.
340. The only person the owner can spill his guts to and it will remain a secret
341. The position is nowhere close to any of the competition. Like Paddy Lund
Southwest or the Abraham mindset
342. The small business owner only logical choice to finance its business.
343. The supplier-base to the market can be divided into two segments: the large
nationally based corporations, and the smaller state-based operators. The big guys
deal in large quantity containers fleets, and for them a good sized order would be
50 – 100+ or more. For the rest of the suppliers, a good sized order would be five.
. In Victoria, ACN would be leader of the second tier of suppliers. We are primarily
Melbourne metro based, with some regional activity. We have a minor sub-depot in
Sydney, and work on a co-operative basis with a small network of independent
depots in several other locations around Australia.
344. There are probably 20 similar businesses in the Orlando area. We have to be near
the very bottom—maybe 15th or so—in terms of volume. We stink!
345. there is none
346. This is mostly a brand positioning; We are in the business of providing people with
the essential elements of happiness, health and well-being as experience through
the life-giving properties of water.
347. This will be accomplished through continuously monitoring needs of customers
and matching those needs with corresponding niche products and services such
as lifestyle coaching, educational resources, and alternative health products all
incorporating the integrative philosophy of harmony with body, mind, and spirit.
348. Through the use of the leverage points I intend to gain a prominent position in the
cash flow industry. I intend to add more backend services to my primary factoring
and unsecured loan services. I currently pass any mortgage potential business
(something that doesn’t interest me) to another cash flow friend in that business.
349. To be on top and to stay on top way ahead of the rest. The not expand into a
larger market one step at a time.
350. To be one of the best in the field and get the word out.
351. to be recognized as the industry expert.
352. To be seen as a full service provider for sales force and sales management
selection, training, education and retention.
353. To be seen as having the scientific telemarketing foundation that no one else has.
Therefore, my forecasts, benchmarking, etc will have a mathematically precise
foundation.
354. To be the company that
355. To be the high quality product leader in each of our divisions.
356. To be the leader based upon our superior products and services.
357. To be the only place in town that you can talk to an intelligent person about your
health challenges.
358. to become the next “buzz” in area religious media, growing through the value of my
newsletter and word of mouth.
359. To become the Rolls Royce of our industry
360. To companies under $50M in revenue in the NY metro area that have (or are
committed to developing) a strong “inside reality” and whose marketing efforts are
not producing a sufficient quantity of qualified leads for significant growth
361. To corporations in China struggling to be successful.
362. to create a unique expressive clothing line tied to a way of life that people will
fallow in love with.
363. To deliver an alternative to paid employment when job security is so wispy.
364. To differentiate company and its products and services in ultra-competitive market:
focus on service where needed services have not been provided. Provide price-
insensitive premium-quality products and services for segments demanding them.
365. to educate clients as to why they should work with me
366. to have the #1 selling T’ai Chi Chih video & dvd
367. To help others be financially successful by teaching them basic investing principles
and offering them the opportunity to earn the income to they desire to live the
quality of life they want to have.
368. to place our products up against our competitors and show that we are better.
369. To the extent that we have a market position, we bill ourselves as being small
enough to provide personal attention while large enough to offer good value
370. Top female online marketing expert for small business
371. TOP QUALITY WORK AT REASONABLE PRICE
372. Training company
373. Trust and Competence (Small Firm Specialist)
374. trying to position ourselves as the place to turn if you are a small biz person with
cash flow trouble.
375. ultimate source of quality designs that sell
376. Unclear on this
377. unclear!
378. undefined yet
379. Under Development.
380. under research and development
381. undetermined yet
382. Unique at being able to speak the language of both technology and business.
409. We are trying to position our product, Autojini.com, as a cost effective web site and
sales tool for used car dealers.
410. we are trying to position ourselves as the most reliable, quality provider of
personalization products.
411. We are unique ... Ordinary blokes doing extraordinary things with property ... And
you can too!
412. We are, by my observation, being taken quite seriously by the prospective clients
we come into contact with, and should establish ourselves in a comfortable market
niche – on a way different level as the single service providers. Once significant
numbers of the prospective clients start trying out our services, the proof of the
pudding will yet again lie in the eating – and the follow-up; and the follow-up back-
ending offers etc.
413. We aspire to be the first address for families seeking help with regard to learning
disabilities on the Internet. Most of our traffic is generated through PPC Our
position is 1-3. It is therefore imperative that I: 1. get my referral and Host
Beneficiary projects up and running + Back End. 2. My Newsletter out on a regular
basis 3. A sequential series of multi media e-mail reports of extremely high value.
4. Market my Dyscalcula Program.
414. We close loans more quickly, create more value for the client by offering them an
analysis and advice on how to use their home to drive them financially towards
their goals.
415. We definitely is not the market leader, but our alternative marketing is proving that
brand recognition is not everything.
416. We do not have any
417. We do what we do, and we’ll do it for you if you want us to.
418. we don’t have any
419. We don’t have sufficient information to answer this question.
420. We have aligned ourselves with Microsoft and want to leverage their marketing
activities
421. We have better therapies available and the people we treat deserve to know about
them and understand them whether they choose to take advantage of them or not
422. We have positioned ourselves to be the leading provider of natural health services
in the WNY area. Our marketing stance is that we guarantee results or your money
back…..we also market directly to disease specific populations.
423. We have the finest product.
424. We have tried to position ourselves as a quality-driven organization, delivering a
high-quality ‘product’ with stats and guarantees to back it up.
425. We help high-value customers find and enjoy the best vacation that they’ve ever
had from beginning to end.
426. We help you to make more profits
427. We Just getting started.
428. We offer the best price and service
429. We position our business as the only provider of
430. We position ourselves as a National total solutions provider and market leaders.
431. We position ourselves as a quality provider of a broad range of support services
for practitioners in the industry.
1. #1. I have no idea of what I’m doing,. #2 and #3 are the same.
2. #1. Marketing your business must not be a casual exercise that you par take in
when you have some time. You must make the resources available within you
company to execute every phase of your marketing plan. Make it the #1 priority.
#2. A formalized referral program is a must that needs completion ASAP. #3. We
have many tools already available to us that we are not utilizing as we should be.
3. #1.Every question posed shows me how bountiful our opportunities are, but my God
it’s a hell of a challenge to be specific (because we don’t have enough specifics)#2 I
don’t know what a real marketing strategy is Even if I did know #2 I would not know
how to execute it.#3 If I don’t put one together and work it my company will be in
the ash can, and I’ll be working for a lunatic!
4. #1Must create more specific market strategy#2 research effective co. and
implement stronger more educated actions.#3 do it now!—make the best use of
everything….…much thanks, warmly jt—ZOOFASHION co. co-owner
5. (1) I learned that I actually do have a marketing strategy! It basically works like
this:(a) I focus my new-client-gathering efforts on targeting my “perfect customers”.
The best place to get those are by referalls from my present clients.(b) This makes
my conversion rate from prospect to client very high. If I can get them on my
massage table once, they are my clients for life.(c) Furthermore, my attrition rate is
practically nonexistent.(d) So my successful - albeit very simple - marketing strategy
is just this: Do whatever it takes to get them on my table.(2) I learned that I actually
have a great marketing advantage over other, much larger businesses who have a
lot more money to spend on marketing. (See Question 62.)(3) I have learned
where my weaknesses are and I can see where my strengths are. I can see more
clearly what I need to be focused on and the things I need to change.
6. (1) Be strategic not reactive (2) I need to develop a backend income stream (3)
Get better at getting referrals (4) Figure out how to mine more profits out of my
database.
7. (1) How little I know about Tactics and Strategy (2) I don’t have a clearly specified
business objective and that I am making money in spite of my glaring omissions (3)
I need to read the material I have purchased from you
8. (1) I need a Marketing Plan (2) I have been playing at marketing, not marketing (3) I
need to do it now.
9. (1) I need help (2) I need it now (3) I’m not going to make it without some help
10. (1) I need to start putting time aside to work “on my business” instead of in it. (2)I
need to create a marketing strategy and find someone to bounce it off/act as
mentor(3)I need to start being more systematic in all aspects of my business
11. (1) It’s obvious that you consider strategy to be the driving force of any marketing
effort. However, from my understanding of strategy there seems that there can be
an overlap of meaning between strategy and tactic. However, I think I see that if
one were to create the strategy first, and by this I mean, what is the overall
objective that I want to achieve, then develop the means to achieve it. Then I have
a strategic marketing plan with tactics. (2) While referrals often play little or no part
in a business it is obvious to me that good referrals are money in the bank. They
are therefore, in my mind, an integral part of any marketing strategy worth
considering. (3) Creative emulation of successful marketing strategies is extremely
valuable. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, take another company’s success,
39. 1) I have so much work to do, it’s overwhelming. 2) There’s still a huge gap in my
knowledge and understanding. 3) You should be selling coaching programs
specifically targeting people like me so that I can be helped in bite size chunks.
40. 1) I have to write down a marketing strategy and derive the tactics from it2.) I should
read more theoretic stuff on marketing3.) I will read more about military strategies
and convert it to our company
41. 1) I need to do more of “just doing it.”2) I don’t really have a marketing strategy—
duh.3) I STILL can’t articulate a useful/good USP for my biz.
42. 1) I need to find out how I can strategically market my business, more information
needed to develop 2) Systemizing first point of contact to follow up after a sale is
made, create a corporate initiative to maximize every part of the business and not
depend on moods of people 3) study more people more in depth to learn about how
they strategically market; develop a better awareness of what market players do to
improve effectiveness of my programs with clients
43. 1) I’m not pursuing the business or marketing as I could. 2) I don’t have strategic
documents or strategies and plans documented. 3) I don’t have a systematic
approach to marketing, nor am I using all the marketing approaches available to
me. 4) I may not change and therefore I won’t grow. 5) Buying more marketing
information products is probably not the answer without motivation and clear
direction to work the business harder.
44. 1) In answering the questions we were made aware of issues that we had no idea
were problems. This questionnaire has given us the seed information on which to
learn more.2) This highlighted a number of the problems that have hindered our
success and growth in our field. It has also given a direction in which to explore and
develop new ideas and strategies.3) We have been reactive in our market rather
than proactive. That we need to do more marketing and we need to implement
strategic marketing rather than the limited tactics. Also to begin we need to explore
low cost strategies to begin.
45. 1) It appears I have put all my eggs in one basket! I can’t say I would readily
abandon a methodology that has proven successful for me, but I am always looking
for new twists that will work better. (That’s why I purchased the manual); 2) Putting
something to paper reaffirms in my own mind why I do what I do; 3) I need to find
out ‘Three Ways to Grow a Business Model’ very quickly!
46. 1) It is pretty obvious that I could make significant improvements were I to develop a
business rather than just work on a practice. 2) I’m only using a fraction of what I
know. 3) I have tremendous immediate opportunity if I can develop a strategy to
capture the work I’m not able to service and channel it to others who may want to
do it.
47. 1) I've got a lot of reading, thinking and learning to do. 2) I feel challenged to
implement all of what comes out of 1). 3) There is great opportunity for me out
there waiting to happen. Thanks for this great questionnaire and the opportunity to
exercise my mind in, for me new ways .Andrew Joywww.joyhorn.de
48. 1) the backend product we have is not what it should be, it is hurting the customers
of our joint venture partners.2) If we continue with same back-end coaching
program, it will benefit other lower priced, higher value perceived business
opportunity courses.3) All partners in company must have same underlining
business & marketing strategies.
49. 1) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRATEGY AND TACTIC 2) HOW ILL
EQUIPED WE ARE TO CARRY OUT A MARKETING EFFORT 3) THE LACK OF
MULTIPLE INCOME PILLARS/MARKETING EFFORTS TO SUSTAIN THE
76. 1. That I run a very specialized business that does not fit the general nature of your
questions. 2. That I should have completed more reading of the material that I
purchased through the special offer that I received. 3. That there are many
specialized areas of knowledge that I should have about our customers and our
database that I do not have.
77. 1. That there is a lot more marketing to do that I know about. 2. There is probably
even more to do that I don't know about. 3. I am probably a small fish compared to
others who are filling out this survey.
78. 1. Use a database to track results, location, frequently, customer habits. 2.Look at
other industry for marketing strategies, 3. Follow up, Follow up, Follow up
79. 1. We always try to plan and organize the entire strategy and tactics so they,
hopefully, go smoothly from start to finish. And then, take us to where we start the
cycle over again, with improvements as we see or learn them. Jay really reinforced
how vitally important this is. Especially, don't be afraid to aggressively look for
where change is needed. Then do it. Make the change even if it's something, i.e.
such as acquiring the names of inactive customers from a competitor that can seem
scary to do at first. But, going over and over, hammering away at every "how
to do it", will help to ease the tension when the time is right, and the tactic is
executed. 2. Working with competitors and alliances, is where we need the most
work and we are really working on this, too. Sometimes an alliance can only be a
temporary alliance, but, most of the time a seemingly temporary alliance can be
worked into being a long-term alliance. For example, a sponsor for a special art
show, doesn't have to be an alliance just for that show. The sponsor can become a
long-term alliance. We just need to open the eyes in our brain and see all the ways
that sponsor can be a long-term alliance. It is then up to us, not the sponsor, to
promote and foster that alliance so that it will grow and grow to the benefit of all of
us. 3. We are always striving at how we can be unique and stand out in
appearance, product, and in the memory of the customer. This is a great challenge.
And is focused on what our customers are really looking for.
80. 1. A system needs to be in place to increase the number of new clients and keep
them2. Modern communications, especially email and website, should be geared
with an overall marketing strategy, which I have much more to learn about.3. My
personal expertise must be leveraged through informational packages, to reduce
the time I spend on each new person seeking help.
81. 1. As a marketer I am floundering – I’m surprised that I have survived for five years.
2. I am only surviving and not thriving 3. I need a focused strategic marketing vision.
82. 1. Find out what strategic marketing is, 2. Start strategic marketing, 3. follow up
potential clients
83. 1. Goals must be re-written and updated, 2. Must continue to re-read and explore
Jay’s concepts that have not been attempted, 3. Burning desire to, well, use the
facilities, as this has taken quite some time (ha-ha). But seriously, I believe the data
will be quite priceless, and look forward to the results. Please email me to let me
know you’ve received, as well as the additional gifts. God Bless, Dave @ Prism
Entertainmenttuneman@inficad.com
84. 1. How crap I am at not moving my business forward 2. need to rebuild my self
esteem 3. need hand holding help step by step.
85. 1. How little I do compared to what I know 2. How effective I could probably be if I
did only half of what I could 3. How easy it is to be distracted, even from things that
you consider essential!
86. 1. How little we are doing2. How scattered our small efforts are3. How much more
129. 1. We know most of what we are supposed to do, but don´t do it. The reason is not
enough time caused by doing urgent instead of important. 2. Improving our
business is not difficult, we just need to focus on the most important things and
don´t worry about the small things. 3. It´s time to go through Jay´s material again
and remind ourselves about all the things we can do… and DO THEM!
130. 1. We need to spend more time in marketing.2. We need to get the right people in
helping us marketing.3. We need to have a realistic budget for the marketing
programme.
131. 1. We need to spend more time on Marketing and it will repay us many times2. I
need to get our strategies and tactics down on paper3. I need to work strategically
on expanding the business not just tactically
132. 1. We’re not doing enough, many areas need to be developed, referral programs,
ongoing communication.2. Need to improve communication, especially after the
sale and if a sale doesn’t happen.3. Need to develop strategic relationships.4.
(Bonus) I’ve still got a lot to learn, and my work cut out for me.
133. 1. Why am I comfortable2. Why don’t I do what I already know how to do3. Think
more strategically
134. 1.get plans written 2 .follow them 3.follow up
135. 1.Helped me get clear on some of the key issues that I can take some immediate
actions on. Especially getting our telemarketing and direct mail moving consistently.
2. It made me realize how un-organized I am in my overall approach to marketing
and that I need to concentrate on procedures and systems that can be duplicated
for consistent results. 3. I became more aware of the gaps in my strategies and
tactics and have some things to take action on. 4. This was harder and took longer
than I anticipated. I did not have the answers to some questions which I will need to
go back and reinvestigate.
136. 1.I completely underperform in field of marketing2. I need implement concepts of
Jay and even study them more3. Lack of strategic view of my business too tactic
and most important not consistent
137. 1.I need to refine the strategy, define tactics, set budget and communicate it to
staff.2. Execute and capture the statistics to measure results3.Implemnt a CRM
138. 1.I need to work more on defining my strategy2.I must go on and impose myself so
time relief to implement my mktg and sale strategy3.I need to find in the meantime a
way to garanty a minimum income in order to survive
139. 1.Question #81 was enlightening.2,Need to be reminded about #53 and #64.
140. 1.There is a need to have a marketing strategy2.we have none in place
3.everything must be implemented, ie knowledge without action is useless
141. 1/ I see how reactive and off message I can get; 2/ I am really struggling to build
this business from a limited number of pillars to the ‘Multiple streams’ system that I
want. Need to revisit what I am doing in order to sharpen focus and do ‘strategic
planning’; 3/ I ask the question what business am I in ?; who is my is my customer?
And the fact that I have too many masters, often with conflicting agendas.
142. 1> I’m doing a very poor job attracting new clients 2> In the words of Bruce Lee
‘Knowing is not enough, we must apply - Willing is not enough, we must do’ 3> I
must get some help as soon as I can and develop some automatic client generation
systems.
143. 11. I need to set some goals. 2. Get organized. 3. Learn more about marketing.
144. 1How utterly ignorant I have been – fortunately, I can learn2I had better develop
154. A. Many of the questions do not readily apply to start-ups in unproven spaces. The
problem with a lot of Jay Abraham’s concepts is they build on existing marketing
efforts or existing knowledge about the market and space. No one has ever
attacked the “Family and Friends” loans space. What works? What doesn’t? How
do you figure it out on only a small marketing budget (< $10,000 / year)? How can
you get large partners to do a host-beneficiary strategic alliance with you (e.g. high
traffic websites) when you have no proof that if they spend resources on you, it will
be worthwhile? B. Small cost tests still cost a certain amount of resources in terms
of time and money and exploring new areas mean a big change in focus for a small
business. Doing a test on private mortgages as opposed to small business loans
means lots of website development time and landing pages on a percentage basis
from what resources the company has. C. The main goal of Circle Lending should
be to figure out what areas of marketing gets customers. There are a thousand
different things we could do, but picking 5, thoroughly testing them and finding data
to support partnerships with larger companies should be the primary goal of the
company.
155. a.Importance of having a referral system. b. importance of sharpening business
strategies and applying specific tactics. c.
156. Actually this questionnaire took me to a higher level, made me look outside of my
confide area. Which is very refreshing. It also made me realize that we do to little of
the follow-up work. We spend a lot of effort getting a sale, but do to little with
continuing to work with those people.
157. After answering this questionnaire I consider myself lucky to have done as well in
business as I have. I’m sure the intent of the questions is to make me realize that
the Summit is something that I need to do, but unfortunately, I don’t think that I can
afford it.
158. Aha! A question I can answer. One could easily use this questionnaire as a
checklist for running a successful business. If one confronts each question once a
month with a view to improving, one would probably do quite well. Each question
could be considered a challenge to which a successful answer would be developed
and implemented. I see how greatly short I have fallen. I plan to look at this
questionnaire often and use it to grow my business.
159. All I haven’t done, my lack of success is clearly me, I need to leave my full time job
and do what I know it is for me to do.
160. Although I am successful I need to be more strategic in my own business. Asking
my future clients similar questions will be a good marketing tactic. It will teach them
that they don’t know.
161. Although I felt I had a marketing plan that was far more detailed than most financial
individuals I still have a very long way to goI must hire administrative help to allow
me more contact time I have a lot of strategies that will be effective but aren’t being
sufficiently and consistently implemented
162. An organized marketing plan is a top priority Get our web site revised Don’t try to do
everything at once
163. Areas I need to work more
164. As a brand new (8 weeks new) real estate agent being exposed to your material for
the first time in this questionnaire, I realize the following needs to be done as best
as I can with my currently limited resources: I need to implement a strategy I need
to plan my tactics I need to work my plan relentlessly After I close my first few sales
(luckily my personal monthly expenses are very low, and I have no personal debt), I
then need to spend my time and money to learn what Jay knows, so I can really
209. How ambivalent I am about marketing. How not having a plan in place hurts my
business. The creative side of marketing needs to be matched with the
organizational side.
210. How disorganised I am - I have no effective database or organised diary/reviewing
system I have no marketing strategy I am holding myself back from a distinct
improvement in my income because I have not sorted out the above
211. How far I have come, and how far I need to go. My need to get moving and acting
on the MMT materials.How much answering these questions helps be get closer to
major breakthroughs .
212. How incomplete my marketing strategy is, and I need to complete my strategic plan.
Whether I should hire a tactical marketing person now and focus on StrategyI know
what needs to be done, I do need reminded, but I need resources
213. How little I really know, how much of my time I spend doing non-marketing
activities.
214. How much better coordinated I could be with marketing actions. What I am missing
in current marketing. Lack of detailed understanding of competitors methods and
successes.
215. How much I haven’t been doing (using my databases, separating types of
customers, finding out which customers are my best and developing a system to
bring more of these into the business)
216. How much I know How little I do How important personality and motivation is
217. How much I need to learn How much I need to implement The need for international
alliances
218. How much I systematically follow up. Do more work on systematizing my referral
business and keep looking to improve by asking searching questions.
219. How much we appear to be doing right now, and how difficult it would be to
improve on this- no other insights -
220. How pathetic and unorganized our efforts are, reminder of what needs to be
answered and consistently applied.
221. How tactical we really are. How we need to develop a strategies that are weaved
throughout our business. How there are so many more ways to build our
business…alliances, etc. And, how much work this is to do it right and effective.
222. How to use all the communications to pass on my strategic front. Inoculating
against other businesses I need to create a accurate reporting sequence for clients
to read no matter what the test results are – this will give them a running sheet of
getting to the “3 ways” goals Call the referrals and test my understanding and then
test price. Let the customers tell me what they need.Thank you.Shallen Wade
223. I already know some of what I should be doing. It's good to have the goals of
automating and systemizing. Thinks – how can I balance marketing with growth &
expansion?
224. I am doing a lot wrong! I need to focus on non-buying customers. Increase
frequency of follow-up on existing clients and look for ways of back-ending. I am
totally tactical at this time. The hardest thing for me right now is integrating your
techniques and concepts into the mortgage business. I am not in a key decision
making role so therefore beyond the strategy of pre-eminence and consultative
selling it is difficult to apply much of what I have learned. Everyday I think of other
business opportunities where I could take the control. I realize I am not thinking
hard enough on how to apply the techniques to my core business.
225. I am doing so little to help my self, I am wasting my time, need to apply more stuff
to my business
226. I am doing to many things and not focusing. I need more help from those around
me. I am busy but not that productive.
227. I am embarrassed at how little of the formal things that I preach, many that have
surfaced in your questions, I am doing.
228. I am in the process of building a business and strategy and as such I still have long
way to go.
229. I am in trouble. I better get moving. Too many questions are repetitive
230. I am most valuable on a company basis and should spend less time one on one
with individual clients. We must implement immediately what we can- we have too
many areas with no respnse. There should be something that is relatively simple to
implement to at least get started in an area. We really should double our sales,
given the knowledge that is available.
231. I am moving to a new area, where I don’t have a built-in reputation for quality. I
need to carefully prepare a marketing plan for whatever business I choose. Can’t be
more specific at the moment, but it is more than the attitude I had last time: If you
build it they will come. Last time it worked. I can’t count on that again.
232. I am not being effective at marketing. I need to develop a strategy I need to
become disciplined at marketing
233. I am not doing the right things and I am disorganized (but I knew that already)
234. I am not focusing long enough and prioritizing focus areas., too scattered.
235. I am not set up to go in one clear direction, I have done very little with all the many
thing you have shown me ( I did joint venture and that has been 40% of last 18
months income after 9-11 and has kept me afloat ) I did not know how I was running
my firm.
236. I am relying on only one marketing pillar to support my business – direct mail. I am
definitely tactical in my marketing I do not have written marketing or business plans
and that fact is hindering my business growth.
237. I am surprised how unable I was to fully answer this questionnaire. I realize the
company I am working with could benefit unbelievably just from thinking about
these questions. Also, I realize how we have a great group of guys that keep the
company going without a detailed marketing plan.
238. I am too lazy. I should just focus on a couple marketing improvements. Instead of
becoming overwhelmed with every option I should choose one option and work it.
Then focus on the next improvement or improving what I just changed. I need to
initiate the marketing cycle instead of waiting for others to come to me.
239. I an do so much more with what I have. I need to pay more attention to working on
my marketing plan. I need to over lay all I am doing with a strategic plan for my
company.
240. I apologize for my short answers. I have been sick for 18 days now and need to go
back to the doctor. I’m on my second antibiotic now, but maybe I need another one.
It takes a long time to create a real income when every sale only generates 10
dollars per month. I’m not thinking of another insight, I apologize.
241. I became very uncomfortable with my lack of clarity as to my specific measurable
marketing goals
242. I can increase the maximum allowable cost factor. More leverage from strategic
285. I have to learn more about the other methods of marketing my services I have to
start planning my goals for the company My company has a long way to go before it
can really succeed.
286. I haven’t the faintest idea what the hell I’m doing.
287. I havn’t done jack There is some upside I need to get going.
288. I know I need help in getting more clear on prospecting better. Closing people on
why my business is right for them. And Closing more sales .
289. I know little about marketing and definitely need to know more.
290. I know so little .I know that we must do our planning much, much better than we
have to this point. I know that we can indeed be successful if we apply the correct
methods of marketing to our business.** This was exhaustive but at the same time
probably the best thing that I could have been involved in at this time and stage of
our business. I thank you for the opportunity to be involved. Whether or not I receive
any more materials this has been invaluable to me. I now have a much clearer
picture of where I need to go and how I must get there. Thanks again.
291. I lack a lot of information, tactics and insights.
292. I LEANT THAT :- I NEED TO BE MORE FOCUSSED - I NEED TO HAVE A CLEAR
STRATEGY – WHICH I DO NOT- MY TEAM IS NOT CLEAR - WE ARE VERY
WEAK ON FOLLOW UP - WE ARE INGNORING CUSTOMERS WHO ARE NOT
BUYING - WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT REFERRALS - OUR CUSTOMER
ACQUISITION STRATEGY NEED TO BE RELOOKED- WE NEED TO REWARD
OUR CUSTOMERS MORE - WE NEED TO BE MORE TIGHT ON OUR
TELEMARKLETEERS
293. I learned that I don’t have a marketing plan and need to have one to make it big.
Thinking strategically and tying up with one aspect of business to other is essential
294. I learned that I should be calling people I already know .2) I learned that I should be
doing some marketing.3) I learned that I should go to a Jay Abraham seminar as
soon as possible.
295. I learned to try some of your insights, as they apply to my situation. I should be
thinking more globally on an overall business plan. Networking is the greatest
leverage of success.
296. I learnt that there is a lot I don’t know about my business and my marketing
strategies.
297. I must be strategic in formulating the companies overall game plan for long term
growth. I need to consistently test and measure my marketing efforts ie cost vs.
revenues generated. The company must develop and implement an organized
data base that Can tell me who are my customers what products or services they
are buying And what geographic location are they in .
298. I must create a strategy, along with company ownership, that looks ahead long-term
– perhaps 3 – 5 years and beyond, that will articulate what we want to do, and how
we want to achieve that. The more specific and detailed we can make it, the easier
it will be to follow it and make changes as necessary. I’ve got a long way to go! But,
I know it is doable. I also know I have a company ownership that supports my
efforts, and will do what they can to make sure they are implemented as well as
possible. I also know that there is a ton of information I can tap (including Jay’s), to
help me plan those strategies to achieve the goals we set. Our company has never
really had a cohesive marketing strategy, or even a set of marketing tactics that
made much sense. I’m in the process of uncovering our company’s hidden talents,
finding ways and market to exploit them. My insight here is that I’m starting with a
349. I need to take the time and opportunity to create and carryout a marketing strategy.
There are a lot of good ideas floating around, but until I get them better defined,
focused, and executed, it won’t matter much There really is a way to achieve my
goals.
350. I NEED TO WORK ON my infrastructure
351. I need to write a marketing plan I need a referral system I need to build more
marketing pillarsI need to define my USP:
352. I need to write out a plan for the rest of the year, I usually only do 3 or 4 months at a
time I’m actually doing more than I realized- some of it like mailing I take for
granted.I’m not sure who my competition is? Thank You. Dave Woolsey
dave@dcwoolsey.com714-632-3511
353. I need to be a lot more active in my advertising
354. I need to work harder, more systematically and be more focused on my marketing
activities, starting with a good Database.
355. I probably don’t have the Jay Abraham training and marketing / business
experience that you are looking for from this survey. You asked some questions
that really got me thinking about the need to plan my marketing. You have given me
some reasons to get reviewing the rest of your material, to find out what some of
these techniques and strategies and business models are.
356. I realize how little I am doing out of the 30 standard options ion the three ways to
grow your business. I realize how few marketing systems I am using. I realize I do
not have an overall business strategy. Another insight I have just received is the
idea that it only took me one hour to complete this questionnaire. Yet I
procrastinated for nearly a month on doing it. If I hadn’t received the follow-up
emails I would not have done it. I expect a lot of my clients are in the same position
and that a systematic follow up via email and letter and by phone could also work to
get them to respond to take action and phone for an appointment or talk on the
phone.
357. I REALIZE THAT ALL OF THE TOOLS ARE OUT THERE TO BE SUCESSFUL I
JUST NEED TO IMPLEMENT THEM INTO MY OWN SYSTEM – THE INTERNET
CAN BE A HUGE BUSINESS BUILDER AND COST EFFECITIVE SYSTEM FOR
US – I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CURRENT CUSTOMERS ARE TAKEN
CARE OF AND THAT I WORK THE REFERRALS TO BUILD OUR BUINESS
358. I realize that I have not marketing plan and program, spending little time, effort and
money on marketing. I am very reactive and passive in my marketing program. I
know why I am not getting alot of new business.
359. I realize that just being a good doctor is not enough. I must find a unique selling
position so that I can reach more people. I know that I must create a strategic
marketing plan and stick to it. I have relied on my skills and prayers to keep me
afloat. I thought only bad doctors have to market themselves. I know that everyone
needs to have a way of letting the public know about who they are and what they
can do for them. But you must have a plan on how you are going to do it. I was
never taught marketing in school. We all just thought that once you graduate that
the patients would just come knocking at the door. I know now that being proactive
in business instead of reactive is much more successful and less stressful.
360. I realize that we have no marketing strategy whatsoever…only haphazard tactics. I
realize that my time has been (mis) spent running the operations of the company
and I have devoted little attention to marketing. I realize that I will need to develop
and implement a strategic marketing plan to ensure the growth and success of the
business. Thank you for opening my eyes, I wish my answers were more exciting;
439. My biggest insight is that I have not be doing anything, I am not at all focused on
marketing, I need to set down some plans and work with them. There is so much I
can do, there is so much potential, but unless I get to it and do, it won’t happen.
440. My business could expand and explode if only I had a marketing strategy and
implemented numerous other techniques that are available.
441. My business is very small. I need to refocus on the basics and retraining myself. I
need to become more consistent and persistent in making contacts and falling up
with them.
442. My current marketing ‘system’ is rudimentary at best. I must be more disciplined,
because it is my level of self-discipline more than anything else that determines my
success, because if I am disciplined, I will do the marketing work I should do. I need
to learn more about my competition and what I will be facing over the coming years.
443. My largest insight is that I’m doing a poor job of implementing. I have a full –time job
while working on my private label service company. This questionnaire has opened
my eyes to the possibilities that are out there if I had a more systemized
methodology for implementing my marketing objectives. I’ve used many of Jay’s
techniques, but have never sat down and pulled them all together to see if I can find
a way to get my marketing on auto-pilot.
444. My marketing is tactical and not strategic. I am very reactionary in managing my
business. I have a great untapped potential in my present business.
445. My marketing sucks (smile)
446. My strategy should be reconsidered.- To reach my goals in time, the growth has to
speed up now.- I have to acquire additional clients. The referrals out of 10 clients
are not much enough. And last: I should improve my English skills. I hope you’re
going to understand my answers.
447. My top 3 insights? Knowing what to do is different than doing what you know. I'm
leaving my business to chance. I better get off my ass now or I won't have a
business much longer.
448. My top three insights :Set specifically strategy goal for each period How to set up
strategy alliance Finding out as well as studied detail
449. Need a strategic approach to business and marketing, need to be more pro-active
in contacting clients & prospects, need to study Jay's material.
450. Need everything, have no idea what to do, it seems like it is going to take a lot of
money to become successful
451. Need for a strategic business plan. Need for a strategic marketing plan. Need for
every single member of staff to work at creating competitive advantage every day.
452. Need for better systems Need for education at all levels on what is marketing &
how we can use marketing to direct growth Whilst we may feel that we are pretty
good at what we do – we need to use more planning to engineer our future rather
than hoping everything will work out
453. -Need for directed knowledge Need for business marketing advice from someone
who understands the difference in my market / business A lot to be learnt in a little
time .From jvcoombes@hotmail.com
454. Need for more specific marketing plan, need to learn more about marketing,
455. need helpx3
456. Need referrals Need to followup much better with clients Need better trained
salespeople.
457. Need to analyze my marketing – what works, what doesn’t, cost effectiveness of
various methods Need to analyze my approach to marketing Need to build more
pillars
458. Need to broaden approach.
459. Need to delegate more to get more done I am a long way from where I want to
be Need to ask for more referrals! Employ people that would carry out some
ideas I have been gathering.
460. Need to develop formal marketing plan Need to set up regular schedule for
marketing and follow-up activities Need to develop and maintain proactive PR
campaign
461. NEED TO DO A LOT OF FOCUSED AND DELIBERATE WORK IN MARKETING
TO REAP MAXIMUM BENEFITSNEED AN OVERAL STRATEGY FOR SPECIFIC
APPLICATIONNEED SUBSTANTIAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE
INTERDEPENDENCY OF DIFFERENT MARKETING TACTICS.
462. Need to do better job of planning and implementing strategy.
463. Need to do more follow up Should formalize plan Several questions repeat –
assume that is by design
464. Need to educate my clients on an ongoing basis and prepare them for the benefits
of early refinancing .Need to consistently and repeatedly contact my clients on a
regular basis.Price inducements for timely payments on mortgage.
465. Need to focus more on overall strategy, need to segment our target market more,
need to decide where are the growth areas and focus on these.
466. Need to focus on the marketing issues honestly, stop hiding my light under a
bushel, and it’s not going to go away if I ignore it. I’m responsible.
467. Need to go back and reread “Three ways to grow a business Model” Need to
create a written marketing plan Need to more completely communicate our
marketing strategy and specific tactics to employees. Bottom Line – still lots of
work to do in Marketing
468. Need to hire some marketing help Need to increase advertising.
469. Need to improve other pillars and think of additional pillars. Need to learn to better
measure results. Need to find more companies to trade leads with and develop
partnerships with. Need to set up a formal referral system, and I definitely need to
figure out a good way to keep in contact with customers and provide them with
additional opportunities to buy from me over and over. My main products like lawn
mowers and compost bins are only purchased every five or more years, so it is a
long repeat cycle. I need to figure out more products that my customers would find
useful that they could buy on a regular short cycle basis from me.
470. Need to really get after the realtor referrals Need to improve my loan officers --
closing abilities.
471. Need to refocus efforts in a couple of key areas highlighted in question 54.
472. Need to study and categorize customers ; importance of having integrated strategic
marketing ; study inactive clients and formulate strategy to make it easy for them to
come back
473. Need to track where business is coming from; need to followup with training
customers; need to invest more into marketing effort.
474. No ‘insights’, however it reawakened many of the lessons from the MMT, and also
helped me to clarify many of the ideas and insights received from the seminar and
538. That I’m doing pretty well with what I have to work with. That I need to replicate
myself and my marketing materials in some easy to access and easy to use format.
That answering questionnaire’s like this from time to time is a good way for me to
focus on what I need to be doing more or less of in order to make my marketing
efforts more effective.
539. That I’m not doing as much as I could or should :(
540. That I've held the belief that marketing was not something that I could ever do,
because I was "maimed" by the old professional stance. Which I now think is quite
funny. That once I stop crying, give me five minutes, then I'm ready to learn so I
can create a plan and be effective .I've won chess games from Mensa members. I
can become skillful and create a strategic marketing plan. I also hit the mark, when
I take aim. Not very many people have started out as an unknown writer, and in
two years had a non-fiction, self-help book be published by a national publisher,
reviewed by Publishers Weekly and translated into Spanish. Pardon me, I'm going
to sleep so I can get up refreshed and begin reading Jay's materials.
541. That Jay Abraham is truly a marketing guru! All kidding aside, I would have to say
the following: To obtain more exacting with sales data and then actually do
something with it—use to market more effectively Marketing is a constantly
changing endeavor. What worked yesterday may not work as effectively today3.
Don’t get caught in the trap of doing what everyone else is doing just because it
seems safe. Direct mail may not be the best thing for my business even though it is
still popular.
542. That marketing is a highly technical and scientific field that takes time to master. I
need to formulate a specific, detailed business plan and a strategic marketing plan
before attempting initial marketing. That, as in other technical fields, having the
benefit of sage advice and focused guidance from the earliest phases of a business
decreases expenses, allows for effective monitoring of past efforts, and increases
the probability of a successful outcome. A good, strategic marketing plan will allow
me to maximally benefit from specific mkt. techniques. My top priority is to formulate
a strategic marketing plan to super charge my efforts and accomplish my business
objectives.
543. That my main business strategy is persevere. That I need to consistently implement
what I already know. That once I integrate my brand I will grow like a puppy!
544. That our companies strategic marketing plan is incomplete, and that we need
specifics and knowledge to make it happen. A template is necessary as a
guideline.
545. That really I don’t run a business, I have a job That it’s easier to tell others how to
run their business To really run a business you need to start with a good sense of
who you are, why you exist, what business are you in, and why, all big picture stuff
and work your way from there.
546. That there are TONS of ideas and basics that I need to start doing. That I have
been spending more time developing than doing my business That I still have tons
to learn and that there are several things which I don’t want to do so I need to find
someone to do them for me.
547. That there is still a great deal to learn. That my marketing efforts to date are working
with the clients that I currently have but the ones with the prospects are not bringing
them in the door or even picking up the phone to call. That your concepts are
actually some that I use but didn't know it.
548. That we are very unfocused and unclear on where we need to be marketing and
spending our marketing dollars. We have been approaching marketing like most
563. The Separation and Integration of Strategy & Tactics across Marketing, Sales and
Business Planning; To start thinking that way; and To start developing the new
timber business model from that mindset.*** For the right price we’d be much
interested later in the home study version! *** Thanks, it’s been interesting &
intriguing. After much consideration I’ve chosen:
564. The top 3 insights are that I have a lot of work to do. 1. create a business
plan/model and work it. 2. build a residual model 3. I never stop learning, somebody
all ways has a better idea.
565. The vital need to develop well thought out Strategic Goals and to adapt them to the
changing times and market The need to fully implement tactics to achieve the
Strategic Goals Be consistent with tactics and marketing plans
566. There are many areas I should develop more depth in: follow up, contacting inactive
clients, or those who didn't buy. Developing more alliances.
567. There are many areas I should develop more depth in: follow up, contacting inactive
clients, or those who didn't buy. Developing more alliances.
568. There are many nuggets yet to do to create even more success We are not nearly
as systematic as we need to be in order to grow where we want to grow As long as
we have been in business, we are still fairly one dimensional in our approaches
569. There are more things we could be doing and thinking about. We should sit down
and formulate a plan of action. We need a better more actionable strategy.
570. There are specific marketing strategies and tactics that are available to marketers.
There are profitable ways of developing an effective email list. You have many of
the answers I want.
571. THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF THINGS TO BE DONE BEFORE I TAKE OFF,
572. there is a lot more that I need to learn, need to write down / develop more
thoroughly my plans, need to be more creative
573. There is a lot to marketing that I have not even begun to think about This is a whole
new way of thinking that is going to take some time to get my head around If what
you say is true by following the guidelines alluded to in this questionnaire our
business should boom. This is on the one hand very exiting but on the other very
daunting.
574. There is a strategy involved in all of this With a well thought out strategy, the rate of
success rill be improved A good marketing strategy will ensure the survival of the
company in today’s highly competitive market environment
575. There is always more you can do Continue what works and don’t change it. Always
be on the look out for an idea,
576. There is always something more that can be done, in a better way, with a greater
result for client and business owner. I am holding back my own business – though it
is a choice I make consciously. I do not wish to hold back my business anymore.
577. There is great potential to grow my practice if I take the time to become more
aggressive in marketing. I need to develop a marketing strategy; and I need to
becoming more organized in assessing the goals of my practice plans
578. There is lots more I can learn in regards to lifetime values of a customer and so on
579. There is lots of room to develop and implement a more complete marketing
program.
580. There is much more to marketing than what I know! There are some things we
know we should be doing that we haven’t implemented, either systematically or on
607. Useful exercise that shows us there are many areas for massive performance
improvements in all areas and that we need to find more time to spend working on
our business rather than just working in our business.
608. Using 50% of resources, lack of team, lack of time.
609. Very thorough in pointing out strengths/weaknesses, very detailed in exact info, an
excellent self analysis/take tool
610. WE A STRATEGY, WE HAVE GREAT PRODUCTS AND WE NEED TO
PROACTIVELY, SYSTEMATICALLY HELP PEOPLE BUY THEM
CONSISTENTLY. THANKS JAY!
611. We all need to clarify our thoughts and look at the bigger picture to plan and focus
more on where you need to go
612. WE are at a totally transitional stage (for personal reasons)We are reversing some
decisions we took about 4 years ago, partly because our ambitions have changed,
and partly because we went for a very special niche and have largely exhausted
that niche, and need to replace it. (we were right then and did very well, but times
change)I believe we are doing most of the right things, but possibly doing too many
at once.Any queries please to Barry WilkinsonWilkinson Read &
PartnersBarry.Wilkinson@wilkinsonread.co.uk##44 2476 531224
613. We are doing a good job, We can easily capture far more market share than was
apparent before, Jay is going to get incredible insights from the 1000’s of these
questionnaires and I wish I had a broad audience of my own to do something
similar
614. We are doing some things and doing them right There is A LOT we are not
doing…and I know what many of them are The weaknesses I mentioned in this
survey, can be corrected with some effort. We need to just do it!
615. We are not spending time on marketing but, instead, are almost completely
reactive. I still have not been able to define how to differentiate ourselves from our
competition for growth. I need to hire an administrative assistant or executive
secretary and delegate the reactive tasks I do in order to spend time concentrating
on strategic issues.
616. We are not well aware of our marketing strategy and plan. We need to leverage our
marketing dollars We need to do more analysis of our marketing efforts
617. We aren’t actively marketing We have a useful strategy now We need some easier
momentum building activities with the new strategy
618. We aren’t being proactive and I’m not sure where to begin.
619. We do not have a strategy
620. We do not have any knowledge in marketing. We work by instinct. we need a
Marketing Plan
621. We don’t ask for referrals, We don’t prioritize our limited mkt time and resources.
89.
622. We don’t have a central, fundamental marketing approach, a true context from
which all efforts branch. I have very little understanding of what Jay is really
teaching. We need to know the life-time value of each customer.
623. We don’t have any sequential marketing program We don’t have a program to
follow up with prospects – it is done on an ad hoc basis
624. We don’t really do anything to market at all. I have no idea how we have managed
to stay in business for 15 years and be around the $2 million mark all of those