COURSE TITLE
MARKETING AND SALES
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OVERVIEW  

A small marketing budget doesn’t mean you can’t meet your goals and business objectives – you just have to be more creative in your marketing tactics. This one-day workshop will show you how to get maximum exposure at minimum cost. Learn effective, low-cost, and non-cost strategies to improve sales, develop your company’s image, and build your bottom line. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES  
  • Recognize what we mean by the term “marketing.”
  • Discover how to use low-cost publicity to get your name known.
  • Know how to develop a marketing plan and a marketing campaign.
  • Use your time rather than your money to market your company effectively.
  • Develop a budget for your marketing activities, based on the amount of dollars you have available, and stick to your budget.
  • Identify strategies for finding and keeping customers.
COURSE OUTLINE  
  1. Introduction and Course Overview
  2. Pre-Assignment Review 
  3. Defining Marketing
  4. Recognizing Trends
  5. Market Research
  6. Strategies for Success
    • Top Ten Strategies
    • Identifying Opportunities, Part I
    • Identifying Opportunities, Part II
  7. Your Own Marketing Strategies
  8. Brochures
  9. Trade Shows
    • Why Attend a Trade Show?
    • Preparing for a Trade Show
  10. Developing a Marketing Plan
    • The Four P’s
    • SWOT Analysis
    • A Simple Marketing Plan for Small Budgets
  11. Increasing Business
  12. Saying No to New Business
  13. Advertising
  14. Networking
METHODOLOGY  
  • Large group discussions
  • Individual work and exercises
  • Small group discussion and exercises
  • Case studies
  • Simulations
WHO SHOULD ATTEND  
  • Employees who are currently in a marketing role
  • Empoyees who are aspiring to be in marketing
PRE-REQUISITES

 

  • Completed pre-assignment
DURATION  
  • 1 Day
CLASS SIZE  
  • .6 – 12