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The 10 Cornerstone Principles of Marketing
There are four parts to a marketing system and they rest on ten cornerstones. Marketing results are only as powerful as your marketing systems. To build your marketing system you need to be able to do four things: attract, convert, leverage and retain. With these four accomplishments and the practice of the 10 Cornerstone Principles of Marketing, success will come. Here are the 10 Cornerstone Principles to Marketing Success 1. The Principle of Packaging. The way you package your product or service is a deal breaker. If you sell a product, it has everything to do with the packaging, the colors, the box, the container -- everything. If you sell a service and offer just one service, there still needs to be packaging. Just a different time. Packaging for a service provider resides in their offer. If you offer one solution which most independent professionals do, like an hourly or day rate, then you don't have a package. A package is a combination of items that create an offer that support the client in accomplishing their goal. 2. The Principle of Differentiation. You want to be the red crayon in the box of white crayons. You must know how you are different from your competitors and you must be able to convey that in all your messages in a way that your prospects pick it up simply. If you think you don't have any competitors, you do. If you know you are different and don't convey it, you lose. You must leverage your differences. 3. The Principle of Repeat Business. One-time buying is short-term revenue and requires ten times more work to find new clients. Keeping multiple, a lifelong paying client is your objective. If you offer a one-time event, you do not have a marketing process -- you have a single sale. A marketing process sells to clients over and over again. 4. The Principle of Frequency. The number two reason businesses fail is because they don't stay in touch with previous clients. Frequency builds trust and trust is a requirement for a sale. 5. The Principle of Multiple Streams. Having many ways for people to buy from you always provides the desired revenue results. This requires a combination of active sales (where you participate) and passive sales (that sells without your presence). 6. The Principle of Reciprocity. This principle, also considered an exchange, is about relationships and networks. If you want to be alone, then your battle is gong to be long, hard, and it will fail. Build your vendor team, your Research & Development team, your administrative team, your strategic alliances, your bartering team, and your attraction will multiple. This works on the principle: "you scratch my back and I will scratch yours." It is not just about relationships, it is about the value of those relationships. 7. The Principle of Likeability. If people don't know you, how can they like you? They need to like you before they will trust you and they must trust you before they buy from you. 8. The Principle of Communication. This is the most valuable asset you have. Communication is like your bank account: when you communicate correctly, you have a deposit, when you fail to communicate you will have a withdrawal. If, on balance they get "insufficient funds," that client is gone. Always ask, "Am I providing value that creates a deposit?" 9. The Principle of Perception. Your client's perception creates the sale. So many business owners think their service or product is absolutely great and they cannot understand why it is not selling. It is because they developed their product or service according to their perceptions and not their prospects' needs. Perception begins with what your employees think of their job, so start with their job responsibilities and titles. If your receptionist is the main point of contact for your company, change her perception of her position and your client's impression will alter. Call her the "Director of First Impressions." 10. The Principle of Emotion. Eighty-five percent of the buying decision is made from emotions and then justified with logic. This means you must first connect with their emotions and then give them the logic to justify what they bought. You cannot do one without the other. Copyright 2003-2004, Catherine Franz. Catherine Franz is a Marketing & Writing Coach, niches, product development, Internet marketing, nonfiction writing and training. Additional Articles: http://www.abundancecenter.com blog: http://abundance.blogs.com
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