Your IndustryMar 15 2016

How to engage younger clients

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      How to engage younger clients

      You may have heard of product placement, the art of including your product in the narrative of a story or in the background of a television program or film. These days, most blockbusters are heavily influenced and even funded by product placement from an array of major brands.

      You don’t have to be a super brand or help fund a blockbuster to take advantage of product placement. Any business can and should use this marketing tactic as part of its interaction and communication with clients.

      I would rather call it proposition placement where you can promote your brand and service proposition using your strategic alliances as a bridge to your clients and potential customers.

      Proposition placement if done well is an excellent marketing technique that can be successfully used with your strategic alliances and benefits all parties if you return the favour.

      Blogs are an excellent way for any business large or small to showcase its expertise, engage with clients

      It can be done in the following ways:

      1) Make sure you have promotional material issued with your alliances’ newsletters or mailing to clients, again you can ensure your alliances are included in your client communications.

      2) Alliances need to be aware and convinced of the elevator pitch for your proposition and know the type of clients you want to attract to your business. They can then promote your solutions to the right people as part of their own service pitch.

      3) Have your alliances promote your services in their tweets or Facebook and LinkedIn communications to clients.

      4) If you have any promotional videos make sure you add these to an alliance’s website or YouTube channel.

      5) Place a poster or your literature in a prominent position within your alliance’s offices. This is something you can reciprocate, of course.

      6) Ensure any promotional give aways your organisation produces such as calendar’s and pens are available and on display in the offices of your alliances.

      7) Have you considered writing a blog? You could draft a suitable blog that promotes all you do and ensure any alliance you have includes this on their website or issues it as part of their client communications. Many businesses issue a newsletter for clients and are grateful for relevant content. The key is to ensure what you write is relevant and targets the clients you wish to attract and engage.

      Proposition placement is not a dark art of communication, it is just ensuring when clients or potential customers visit alliances or receive communications from them that your branding, service proposition and key messages are on view. You should of course do the same for all your alliances.

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