In this time of New Year’s resolutions, why not set some goals for achieving marketing success?
Following are 5 key initiatives that can help marketers crush the competition and get that promotion. Whether you market products or services to construction firms, homebuyers, or other targets in the vast construction industry, there are construction marketing musts that will improve your bottom line.
1. Customer Insight
The more you know about your customers, the more effective your marketing can be. Do market segmentation and sales analysis to identify top customers by sales and profit. Determine purchase criteria and decision-making process. Understand keyword search volume that drives website traffic. Conduct frequent surveys, and invest in market research.
2. Marketing Plan
Larger brands do planning months before a fiscal year. But, even smaller companies in the construction industry should develop and implement a marketing plan. Establish a marketing calendar with events, marketing initiatives, and budgets identified. Identify project plan timing and work backwards to determine action items. Importantly, budget adequately for marketing using 5% of revenue as a reference point.
3. Improve That Website
A site more than 3-5 years old could be obsolete! Get up close and personal with your website traffic statistics using Google Analytics. How do you rank in search engines for top keywords? Run search engine diagnostics like SEOmoz and Broken Link Checker to identify issues and problems. Do you have a mobile version of your website? If not, get it done. Duda mobile has a low cost option. If your category is too competitive to achieve organic search, consider paid search.
4. Assume Thought Leadership
Customers don’t want to be sold, they want to be educated. Take leadership with educational content. If your construction product or service is a business-to-business sale, then case studies, industry surveys and research, training videos and whitepapers are great content types. A blog can be an excellent tool to disseminate your content, while contributing to search engine authority.
5. Develop Sales Leads
All marketing should be focused on generating leads. Build awareness with advertising, publicity, and networking. Develop a referral program with existing customers. Conduct email campaigns to customers and prospects. Use that great content from #4 above with registration pages to capture leads. Purchase customer lists and use telemarketing qualification to build or improve lists.
Following are some additional resources to help you achieve great marketing success in 2013.
Other Resources
Marketing Planning Best Practices – Construction
Search Engine Optimization: Top Priority for Modern Marketers
Content Marketing is King for Construction
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