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Marc Thornton DTA Marketing “providing vision and direction for our client’s profitable growth”. AIB Deloitte Securicor Superquinn DTA Marketing IHI - Fellow MII – graduate Golf, golf. 300 firms Train 2000+ annually. Marc Thornton. Agenda. Type of training delivered by MT and goals
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Marc Thornton DTA Marketing “providing vision and direction for our client’s profitable growth”
AIB Deloitte Securicor Superquinn DTA Marketing IHI - Fellow MII – graduate Golf, golf .. 300 firms Train 2000+ annually Marc Thornton
Agenda • Type of training delivered by MT and goals • Importance of training and challenges • Noticed changes and challenges • Learnt from the training • Case studies • Suggested ideas to improve performance based on training
Training • Open • In company • One to One • Certificate • Marketing, Sales and Customer Care • Mystery Shop (before and after)
Why train? • New staff • Old staff • Improve performance • Increase standards • Increase sales • ?Targets? • ?Staff informed? • ?Weekly meetings? • ?Staff suggestion Boxes? • ?Product knowledge training? • ?Reward systems?
Keep them sweet - they’re worth a fortune! Marc Thornton
Where Now? Where going? How get there? Marketplace analysis SWOT & Market research Objectives & strategies Marketing activities Budgets/controls Marketing Plans
Situation Analysis (S.W.O.T.) Opportunities Strengths InternalExternal Threats Weaknesses
Customers Choose • Try existing products (competition) • Listen to friends (W.O.M.) • Observe promotional activity • Samples • See our marketing efforts
Unique Selling Points - What is yours?? - Do your staff know?? - Do your customers know?? - Is it clear in your communication or marketing?? - Is it important??
Madness “Continuing to do what you always did and expect a different result”
Noticed about Travel industry! • Changing from order takers to sellers • Poor quote style • Little follow up to quotes (systems) • Staff don’t ask for the order • Elephant in the room not discussed! • Poor price imagery – “from”.... • Windows – “OFFERS” ??? • Modest training – once offs?
Learnt from Training • Need follow up or forget • Must measure before and after • Management need to be involved • Management should attend the training • Team meeting and share ideas • If management don’t care why should staff
Budget – top 10 ideas - FREE • Esurvey • Esignature • Direct marketing • Ezine • Powerpoint presentations • KIT • Ecards • Flyers • PR • Networking
Top 10 selling tips • Body language • Prepare / know company • Empathy • Sales message • People Buy people first • Benefits not features • Listen – probe – 2 ears , 1 mouth • Keep In Touch • Trial close • Ask - tell why!
Suggestions! • Motivate your team - big and small targets • Product knowledge audit – test 1,2,3, • Mystery Shop before new training and after • Self Training - share • Be fair - update technology / conditions • Support their ideas – windows, signs, ezines
Remember me? • I’m the person who goes into a restaurant, sits down patiently and waits while the waiter or waitress does everything but take my order. • I’m the fellow who goes into a store and stands quietly while the counter staff finish their little chit-chat. • I’m the man who drives into a service station and never blows his horn but waits patiently while the attendant finishes reading his book.
Remember me? • Yes, you might say I’m a good guy. But do you know who else I am? • • I’m the fellow who never comes back and it amuses me to see you spending thousands of Euro every year to get me back when I was there in the first place…….• And all you had to do was show me a little courtesy!
“Winning Lifetime Customers”Book on Marketing and Customer Care • Marc Thornton • Managing Director • DTA Marketing • 01 6610022 • marc@dtamarketing.ie • www.dtamarketing.ie