how to develop an effective marketing campaign

23
Another Apex Minute www.apexassisting.com

Upload: apex-virtual-solutions

Post on 14-Jul-2015

355 views

Category:

Business


1 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Another Apex Minute

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 2: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

How To Develop an Effective

Marketing Campaign

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 3: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Key Components

1. Be informative

• Provide answers to questions that your

readers may have

2. Good timing

• Follow up with prospects in a timely

manner

3. Consistency

• Make sure your prospects have a smooth

journey through buying cycle

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 4: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

What’s the Game Plan?

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 5: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Follow These 6 Steps

1. Create an amazing offer

2. Place it on your website

3. Continue to educate with

Workflows

4. Utilize email marketing

5. Incorporate blogs and social

media

6. Measure your results

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 6: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Creating Your Offer

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 7: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Create content for your ideal clients

• Your offer should resolve problems, provide answers or entertain your buyer persona

• Format your content in ways that are most appeasing to your ideal clients. (e.g. white papers, videos, podcasts, e-books, etc.)

• Focus on topics that generate the most interaction

• Reuse old content by modifying or changing the format of it

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 8: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Put The Offer On Your Website

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 9: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Create A Visual/Informative Landing Page

• A free downloadable (e.g. e-books, demos, free

trials, etc.) that will convert visitors into leads

• The headline should be short and easy to

understand

• The image should be vibrant and attention

grabbing

• The opt-in form should be short and able to collect

customer info

• Have calls to action placed throughout your

website

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 10: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Build Workflows

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 11: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Further Educate Your Prospects

• Choose appropriate content based on the specific

needs of the individuals or companies you are trying

to target

• Become a trusted advisor or credible resource

• Create a conversation for your prospects to feel

compelled to reach out

• Make sure you’re targeting the right audience

• Do your competitor research

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 12: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Utilize Email Marketing

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 13: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Targeted/Segmented Emails

• Targeted emails perform better than emails that are

sent out to mass groups

• Personalize your emails for a better conversion rate

• Each email should be:

• Mobile friendly

• SEO friendly

• Shareable on Social Media

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 14: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Utilize Blogging and Social Media

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 15: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Blogging

• Drive traffic to your landing page

• Make sure that your blogs are optimized to rank well

on search engines

• Use attention grabbing topics for each post

• Break the content up into sections so that it’s easier

to scan through

• Incorporate vibrant images

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 16: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Social Media

• Focus on the platforms where your ideal clients

spend the bulk of their time

• Be strategic in the times you post and how often

you post

• Encourage your readers to share your posts

• Utilize hashtags to extend the reach of your posts

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 17: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Build a Clutter Free List of Prospects

• Make your leads more sales ready

• Save time and money by prequalifying your leads

before they are handed over to sales

• Segment your list into smaller groups based on their

interests

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 18: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Measure Your Results

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 19: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

The Results

• For landing page results check

• Views

• Submissions

• Conversion Rates

• New Leads

• New Customers

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 20: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

The Results

• For call-to-action results check

• View-to-click rate

• Click-to-submission rate

• For email results check

• Click-through rate

• Unsubscribe rate

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 21: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

The Results

• For blog post results check

• Number of views

• Call-to-Action Click-through rate

• For social media results check

• Click-through rate

• Number of shares

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 22: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

Final Note

Developing a stellar marketing campaign enhances

your ability to get your product or service in front of

your buyer persona.

Consistently educating and following up with

prospects allows them to smoothly transition down the

sales funnel. If you would like help developing any

aspect of your marketing plan, we’d love to assist

you.

Visit our website at http://apexassisting.com to see

samples of our websites and landing pages that we

have developed for some our clients.

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m

Page 23: How to develop an effective marketing campaign

LET’S CONNECT

Twitter: @tweetapex

Facebook: http://facebook.com/apexvirtualsolutions

Instagram: http://instagram.com/apexvirtualsolutions

Phone: 866-874-3647

Website: http://apexassisting.com

ww

w.a

pex

assi

stin

g.co

m