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Marketing a Public Speaking School
Marketing a public speaking school can be a daunting task for new entrepreneurs. But with consumer demand on the rise, marketing skills are becoming increasingly important for public speaking school owners and managers.
For every public speaking school winner, there are a dozen other public speaking schools struggling to survive.
Purpose in marketing is the key to success in this space. High-performing public speaking schools achieve market dominance through the careful execution of deliberate strategies. Your company is one-of-a-kind. But your marketing strategy will need to include a handful of features that are common to the industry's top performers.
Media Monitoring
Some marketing initiatives lend themselves to simple measurement while others are more challenging. For example, if you buy a mailing list and conduct a direct mail campaign, you should have little difficulty measuring the campaign's effectiveness and ROI. But how do you go about measuring your brand's marketing footprint in geographic and demographic sectors? With the help of marketing professionals, media monitoring can provide up-to-date assessments of the amount of influence your public speaking school has in the public sphere. If executed properly, media monitoring can help your brand get ahead of negative messaging and exert greater influence over news cycles.
Marketing Expertise
Whether you're a marketing newbie or a seasoned veteran, you need to make a deliberate effort to educate yourself about innovative marketing principles. Entrepreneurs and leaders of public speaking schools need to make every dollar count, especially when it comes to their marketing budgets. If you don't have a marketing background, it's critical to either educate yourself about basic marketing principles or consult with a professional marketing firm. We advise our business partners to seriously consider outsourcing their promotional requirements because professional marketers tend to have their fingers on the pulse of the marketplace.
Sponsorships
Event and team sponsorships are a proven method for raising the public profile of public speaking schools. The goal is to increase sales by generating visibility and goodwill about your company and/or your market offerings. But if you aren't deliberate, you can invest big bucks in sponsorships and receive little return for your investment. The key is to limit sponsorships to events that are attended by people who are regular public speaking school patrons. In any sponsorship scenario, be prepared to quickly withdraw your support if the event begins to attract negative publicity.
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