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Marketing a Demonstration Service

At Gaebler, we've seen what great marketing can do for a small business. But if you own a demonstration service, exceptional marketing may well be the determining factor in your long-term survival and success.

Need to improve the effectiveness of your marketing channels for your demonstration service? That's becoming a common theme these days, especially in this market sector.

Ready for some marketing advice that will help you grow your business? High-performing demonstration services achieve market dominance through the careful execution of deliberate strategies. The inclusion of innovative tactics and techniques is important, but the consistent application of sound marketing principles may be the most important factor in raising your brand's visibility with buyers.

When It's Time to Rebrand

There are many reasons why it might be time to begin a rebranding initiative - but a lack of alternative tactics is not one of them. Rebranding is an intentional marketing technique designed to deliver long term results. For a demonstration service, brands are tied to specific stages in the life of a business. If your company is expanding, you will inevitably outgrow your brand and it will be time to prepare for a comprehensive rebranding effort. If rebranding is unavoidable, it's important to update the brand while maintaining the elements that make it recognizable to consumers.

Broadcast Advertising

In an entertainment on-demand universe, broadcast TV and radio have been the big losers. However, it would be a mistake to discount broadcast advertising entirely. Many demonstration services can still use it to their advantage. Best practices for the use of broadcast advertising require businesses to evaluate their target audience's listening or viewing patterns and then tailor their media purchases to specific media outlets rather than blanketing the geography with brand messaging. When broadcast strategies are applied to demonstration services, a combination of marketing venues is preferable to relying exclusively on local broadcast opportunities.

Promotional Calendars

The best laid marketing agendas can quickly get fouled up, especially in fast-paced demonstration services. A strategy chocked full of time-sensitive ad placements and other tactics can devolve into a tangled mess of overlapping deliverables unless it is coordinated in a promotional calendar. Good calendars include not only tactical deadlines, but also schedules for the inputs (e.g. staff assets, vendors, etc.) that are required to execute strategic objectives. When used in tandem with a quality mailing list provider, promotional calendars can ensure the continuous execution of direct mail campaigns.

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