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Marketing tips to make your Recruitment Business
punch above its weight
RMI Owner/Director Forum15 November 2013
Mike EllinghamEmma Mills
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• Help recruitment businesses grow, develop and flourish Provision of advice, guidance and consultancy Hands-on management and delivery of specific projects and activities
• Give directors/managers of private businesses the benefits of a dedicated & experienced Marketing department Retained number of days per month Specific project related scope Overflow / as and when required
MESO Marketing
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Insight
Strategy
Delivery
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Insight
What Sectors are growing ?
What Skills will be needed ?
What are your Competitors doing ?
What do your customers think of your Service ?
Which Companies are growing ? Market Share
Research/biotech
Pharma
Other Health/Medical
ForensicFood
Water
Chemicals/FMCG
Education
ContractTesting
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MarketGrowth
Energy
Market Share
Research/biotech
Pharma
Other Health/Medical
ForensicFood
Water
Chemicals/FMCG
Education
ContractTesting
0 40%
MarketGrowth
Energy
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Strategy
• Company Vision and Values
• Business Plans
• Marketing Strategy & plans
What services are you going to supply?
Who are you going to sell them to?
Why are they going to use you ?
How are they going to hear about you ?
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Delivery
Branding
Websites
Content marketing & social media
Case Studies
Brochures, e-brochures
Direct & e-marketing campaigns
Advertising
PR, Newsletters, Surveys and Award Entries
Tenders & sales proposals / presentations
Events
Punch Above Your Weight
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• Survey your clients and candidates
• Identify your strengths & weaknesses
• Rescue dissatisfied clients
• Identify supporters/case studies
• Drive referrals
• Reward staff
• Brand it - Look like a big company
PAYW1 – Turn feedback into fees
Overall Candidate quality Staff Knowledge Communication
0102030405060708090
10084 81
90 87
“This survey has helped to position the Blue Pelican brand positively in my mind as I have never seen customer satisfaction surveys from other recruitment companies.”
“I think that its excellent that you do a survey like this. Too many other agencies forget that today's candidate is tomorrow's client.”
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• “Inch wide mile deep”
• Be the expert in your field(s)
• Use your candidate & client network to develop information that is unique and of interest
• Use information as hook to set-up meetings and / or get vacancies from new clients
PAYW2 – Be the specialist in your niche
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PAYW3 – Broadcast your knowledge
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PAYW3 – Broadcast your knowledge (2)
• Over 2,000 hits
• Discussion on LinkedIn
• First on Google rankings
• New client
• Increased candidate registration
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PAYW3 – Broadcast your knowledge (3)
• Jobs
• Market views
• Trends
• Client advice
• Candidate advice
• New starters
• Achievements
• Rare candidates
• Technical content
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The Theory – Content Marketing
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PAYW4 – Make your website big
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• Successful examples of your service
• Help re-assurance potential new clients
• Reminds current clients of what you’ve done!
• Each target sector / service / skill
PAYW5 Case Studies – everybody likes success stories
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• Page-turning software is now cost effective for most businesses
• Nicely designed e-brochure version (page turning) can be embedded onto your website
• You can digi-print small numbers – 50 at a time
PAYW6 - Digi-brochures are cost effective
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Summary
UseFeedback
Specialise
BroadcastBig Website
Case Studies
E-brochure
Marketing tips to make your
Recruitment Businesspunch above its
weight
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Contacts
Mike Ellingham Twenty years Marketing Manager & Director for leading Business
Services, Outsourcing & Recruitment businesses. Also Sales, business development & operational expertise
Strategy, Insight, Marketing Communications
Emma Mills Fifteen years Marketing Manager – agency and client side Insight, Branding and Marketing Communications
www.mesomk.com
Tel: 01344 636312