Why We Turn Away 90% of Our
Opportunities
28 de nov de
2014
A few years back, I was doing business with
someone who was paying a boatload of money on a monthly retainer. There was
nothing like cashing that check every single month.
Until that sneaky little gut feeling hit me.
I had no evidence that he was doing anything
wrong. At the time, he wasn't. Just a bad, bad feeling.
So I terminated the contract.
Two years later, the guy is in some MASSIVE
trouble with the law and burned a whole lot of people.
The lesson? Trust your gut.
Know When To Say
No
In the state of Connecticut alone, there are
more than 750,000 businesses. Now multiply that across every state and every
country. And that's just for B2B businesses. Now think about the sheer volume
of clients if you're B2C.
So why do we sell our soul?
It doesn't have to just be a sale of your soul
when it comes to ethics.
Do you take on clients that are going to be a
huge headache just to get the cash? What about clients that you know you'll
never see eye to eye with?
Or here's one for you - how about clients that
you know won't be able to get out of their own way... or those that fail to
recognize that they have competition?
Real Life
Rejection
A couple of months ago, we met with the owners
of a soon-to-open coffee shop. They're single-source origin and have some
grandiose plans for expansion, including franchising and a 501C3 that they
support. They were ready to sign a check and get the marketing party started.
The challenge? They have a Starbucks and a Dunkin
Donuts a half block away - and they don't consider this to be competition.
We thanked them and moved on.
How about a spa we worked with? HUGE destination
location ... struggling to be relevant in 2014. They insisted that social media
should be used to SELL, SELL, SELL. We disagreed. They also thought it was ok
to swear at customers.
We thanked them and moved on.
How To Market
Your Business
What do you need to be able to succeed in
marketing? We insist that our clients be able to answer these questions.
1. Who are you and what is your unique selling
proposition?
2. Why would someone use you over your
competition?
3. Who is your competition and why are you
better than them?
Once these questions are answered, we can move
on to begin developing and executing a marketing strategy for the businesses we
work with. Until they can answer them... there's only so much we can do to
help.
What about you? Can you answer these three
questions - and do you have what it takes to be a part of the 10% that crush it
with your marketing?
POSTED BY
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Kyle Reyes is the President and Creative Director of The Silent
Partner Marketing, New England's #1 Marketing Agency. We're a
boutique marketing firm focused on helping businesses explode during the
Digital Revolution. You can find him on Google+, Facebook
and Twitter.
He's the Chuck Norris of marketing. It's outrageous - we know. That's kind of
the point. Outrageous marketing - extraordinary results.
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