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Moving from a “Disease of Sameness” to Magnetically Attracting Customers in the Professional Services Industry Prepared for The Parramatta Accountant’s Discussion Group Presented by Alistair Gray - Boost Your Profit

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Moving from a “Disease of Sameness”

to Magnetically Attracting Customers

in the Professional Services Industry

Prepared for The Parramatta Accountant’s Discussion Group

Presented by

Alistair Gray - Boost Your Profit

Today…

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The disease of Sameness…

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Examples…

• Business Cards

• Newsletters

• Web sites

• Product

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Being magnetic means…

• Aligning with conversations

• Getting attention

• Moving from mass to targeted

• Knowing who you want

• Selling “FREE”

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Being magnetic means…

• Knowing the Life Time Value

• Creating a personality

• Being seen as having the solutions

• Marketing Process

• Setting “Sand Traps”

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The common approach…

• How can I be seen by the largest number of people, at the cheapest cost?

Branding, identity, product awareness,

Buzz & excitement

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The problem…

Too much money is being spent reaching people who…

Can not, or will not buy

Massive Waste

Broadcasting not Targeting

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First key message… Target

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And when they respond…

• Recognise their interest • Trap their information

• Put them into a marketing process • Ask them to buy • Create add on sales opportunities • Ask for referrals

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How do you stand out?

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Key question…

Why should I do business with you, as against your competitors, or

doing it myself?

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The bad news…

Everyone says

“Our quality is better”

“Our service is better”

Potential customers can’t measure this

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Creating differentiation…

• Price

• Product differences

• Relationships

• Marketing process

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Creating differentiation by marketing process…

• How they feel about you is more important in terms of long term value than the reality of the offering

• Very difficult to compare – You can’t split test

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Creating differentiation by marketing process…

• The biggest thing that controls how customers feel is how they were sold

“Customers buy on emotion and justify on logic”

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Creating differentiation by marketing process…

We move from selling against resistance, and related time wasting to customers who-

• Are pre-educated

• Better prepared to accept your ideas

• More likely to do what you want

• See you as the expert

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Set up a marketing process…

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Entry Point Request… Report, DVD, Audio, Video, Newsletter,

Register for Event, Telephone Inquiry, Personal Meeting

Create a communication sequence

Email sequence E- Lessons

Post card series Letter series

Checklists, Articles, Reports, Videos Events, Webinars, Etc

Personal contact Newsletter

Goal – New Customer

Always have an offer with each

sequence

Second key message… Process

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Create an Irresistible offer

• Must be very compelling

• Focus on selling the solution to a problem not you

• Think WIFM

• Make it targeted and specific

• Know your numbers

• Be prepared to buy the right client

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Making your offer compelling…

Before After

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Third key message… Offer

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Only 3 ways to fail …

• Wrong prospect

• Poor process

• Unappealing offer

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Big Tip! The quickest way to

double your

practice income

without spending a

heap of cash!

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The quickest way to double you business, is to get each client, or customer to refer a new customer to you

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Referrals…

• Lowers marketing costs… Often FREE • More disposed to buy • Less price resistance • More likely to refer

Referrals

“Getting referrals and recommendations from your clients is about

turning them into story tellers

about

their experiences with you”

Dan Kennedy

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Make Referrals a primary focus…

• Priority

• Accountability

• Measurement

• Ask

• Be referable

• Create systems

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Want a copy of the slides…

Give me you business card,

Send me an email,

[email protected]

Connect on LinkedIn & request slides.

And there is more…

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QUESTIONS

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Alistair Gray

Boost Your Profit More Focus, More Time, More Profit

PO Box 3044

North Strathfield NSW 2137

[email protected]

1300 654 252

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