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Marketing Plans:: One Does Not Fit All
Marketing Plans:: One Does Not Fit All
• Marketing 101
• Market Research
• Who are your customers?
• Marketing Methods
• Tracking Efficacy
Marketing 101
What is Marketing?
• Product
– Consumer products industry
• Marketing plays major role in defining product (ex.,
Crest, Tide)
– Libraries
• Marketing plays a different role (ex. BASF - “We don’t
make the products you buy, we make the products you buy, better).
Marketing helps define consumer perceptions of
products.
Marketing is...
• Price
– Consumer products industry
• Marketing determines price of product based on a
number of factors including costs of manufacturing
and “what the market will bear.”
– Libraries
• Marketing plays limited role.
Marketing is...
• Place
– Consumer products industry
• Marketing determines product placement with store
locations and “store shelf” placement in relation to
competitors.
– Libraries
• Marketing plays major role in product placement on
library shelves. Where and how are the products placed
in relation to others that create a “point of sale”
approach
Marketing is...
• Promotion
– Consumer products industry
• Marketing determines promotional strategy in line
with business plan and executes same
– Libraries
• Marketing determines promotional strategy in
tandem with organizational strategic plan and
executes same.
Marketing is...
• People
– Consumer products industry
• Marketing recruits, trains, and supports and tracks
effectiveness of direct sales force.
– Libraries
• Marketing has traditionally not instituted direct
sales approach but rather uses “soft” sales or
indirect sales approach (P.R. events, etc.)
What is Marketing?
• Brand/Image Management
• How do you manage your library’s brand and image in the minds of your
consumers?
• Positioning
The intentional description of a product or
service that creates a meaningful and long-
lasting positive impression on the minds of
target audiences.
What is Marketing?
• Positioning
– Positioning Statements
• Genesys “Intensive Caring”
• Port of Toledo “Your link to world markets”
What is Marketing ?
• Primary Research
- Quantitative methods
Telephone surveys, direct mail surveys
- Qualitative methods
Focus groups, personal interviews
Market Research
• Secondary Research
- Existing data sources
U.S. Census (demographics)
Community-based needs assessments
Market Research
• Internal audiences
- Employees
- Publishing companies
- Other libraries
Target Audiences:
• External audiences
- Library patrons
- Donors
Methods
Marketing Methods
• Advertising
– Television, Radio, Print, Outdoor, Direct mail
Marketing Methods
• Advertising
• Internal and External Communications
– Newsletters, Electronic Media (e-mail)
– Relationship marketing
Marketing Methods
• Advertising
• Internal and External Communications
• Public Relations
– Community-oriented event & program
sponsorships, partnerships
Marketing Methods
• Advertising
• Internal and External Communications
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
– “free advertising”
Tracking Efficacy
Tracking Efficacy
Well…DUH?!
One SIZE does not fit all!
Tracking Efficacy