Proof that you CAN boost your profits in 'recessionary' times

Some weeks back I wrote to you about our classic Breakthrough Marketing Strategies program just re-released from our archives.

I'd like to share excerpts from two of the emails I’ve received since. Not just because they're energizing to read, but also because they highlight how the Breakthrough Marketing Strategies still produce phenomenal results today. Perhaps even more so today.  The first excerpt is from Neil Cavill, a restaurateur.

Hearing both yourself and Paul Dunn in the sample audio track gave me a ‘rush’ … A rush to go back and re-visit my roots in marketing, and to re-visit my original BREAKTHROUGH MARKETING STRATEGIES program I had purchased in the early 90’s.

Back then, after being ‘guided’ (seriously misguided?) by a few marketing companies to double my turnover, I realised their strategies also doubled my overheads and halved my profit.

Getting BREAKTHROUGH MARKETING STRATEGIES re-focused me.

Implementing the strategies meant our restaurant quickly became busier. Even more, we were making more than 5 times more profit than ever before. I worked only the busy shifts and continually ‘marketed’ my business from the outside and more importantly, from within the business.

Chris, I sold my share in the business (after 6 years) for OVER 15 times what I had paid for it!

I’m now back in the restaurant trade and I need my ‘tools’. I tend to follow successful programs, and BMS is the very best I’ve seen. I pulled out my old tapes and two were worn out/ broken, three were missing….presumably in the car that I’d sold in the 90’s!

I contacted the RESULTS CORPORATION and immediately joined the mentoring program. (And thank you too for replacing my old tapes with your new CD program!)

Already, I have put in place a few strategies that have increased turnover by 20-30%.... More will come …WOW!.

Anyone serious about bringing back the ‘love’ of being in business should take advantage of purchasing the BREAKTHROUGH MARKETING STRATEGIES PROGRAM. It has real life examples that are life and business changing.

Again, thank you Chris Newton for helping me out with the CD version and Grand Compendium…It will be worth its weight in GOLD!

Neil Cavill

 
And here's another... from the CEO of one of Australia's most successful Retirement Villages...

In 1993 I was in at the deep end, having just been appointed the manager of The Village Glen in Rosebud on the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne.

As a land surveyor who knew nothing about selling retirement units, I was daunted by our list of vacant units (50) after “the recession we had to have”.

Just by good fortune I came across The Results Corporation audio cassette program, “Breakthrough Marketing Strategies”. The investment required back then was $2,500.

This program, which I still use, turned our business around. Our management and sales and marketing “Results” mindset continue to deliver for The Village Glen. We now serve 900 residents in 615 units. And we have 800 active potential clients and a waiting list of cash buyers.

I have no hesitation in recommending this program. Your business will soar if you who are prepared to invest the time to listen and implement the ideas.

Peter Nilsson

Two widely different businesses. Both producing extraordinary profits with Breakthrough Marketing Strategies.
 
Especially NOW, having access to these strategies can be your secret weapon for huge profit growth.
 
The Breakthrough Marketing Strategies program includes an 18 track CD set, workbook and business self-audit questionnaire …
 
PLUS a bonus (electronic version) 942 page information packed Grand Compendium full of worked examples, marketing case studies, before-and-after re-writes of ads, sales letters and sales scripts, and much more.
Collectively they used to sell for $3,500.
 
Now you can get BOTH for just $484. We have just four left from the original print run, so getting in quick would be wise.
 
Incidentally, if you didn’t get to hear the sample ‘snippets’ last time, or want to revisit them, here’s the link: http://www.chrisnewtonblog.blogspot.com/
 
(By the way, some people have difficulty accessing the audio link online.  If that's you, give us a call on +617 3300 6909 and we'll burn a copy for you and mail it out to you.)

Short business development Video from our UK colleagues

 Our colleagues in our UK office of Results Corporation have put together an excellent video that really encapsulates the basics on how we create a solid plan for optimising sales and client acquisitions.

To watch it, just click here. It may take a little while to load, but it is well worth it.

Or copy the URL below and paste it into your browser's URL address:

http://www.resultscorporation.co.uk/MARKETINGSALESMACHINE.asp?S=1

Enjoy,

Chris Newton

If you know anyone who would find value in receiving the recession proofing white paper or indeed to receive Strategy Briefs, feel free to email Daniel at: daniel@resultscorporation.com.au, and he'll organise to include them.

Are your quotes losing you business?

You may have heard me say before: ‘tear up your quote forms!’

Now, that's a fairly provocative statement.  And for many businesses, doing quotes is the only way they get business.  Or that’s what they think.

There is a better way.  Not only that, it will earn better margins, win MORE business, and serve your customers better.  A different positioning in fact, that will leave your lower priced competitors scratching their heads as to how you're winning the business.

First, what does the word quote mean to your prospects?

It means: "Check my competitors. Shop against me. Find the best price."

Think about it.  If that's how you're positioning your business, solely focusing on price, then your business will forever be fighting an uphill battle.  Now more than ever, given the increasing influence of the Internet and the 'global village' market.

Let's re-think the way you position your 'quote'. 

Start by not seeing it as a quote.

See your quote as a job specification, an action plan, a specification sheet...  Call it what you will, but don't call it a quote.  Get that word out of your vocabulary, and the vocabulary of your team.

Second, where do you put the price on your quote now?

Right at the bottom, at the very end?

Hmmm, what does the prospect do when they receive the quote?  They go straight to the very bottom and take a look at the price before they read the details.

So how might you address that?

Think about putting it right up the top.  Thank them for the opportunity to work with you on this project, state that their investment will be x, and then take them through the value they'll receive - list out the benefits.  Like this:

"Based on our discussions and your specifications, your investment will be x dollars.  Let me spell out exactly what you will get for your investment..."

Guess what your prospect is focusing on now?  Suddenly you've turned the whole focus around.  They're focused on the value they'll be receiving.  And the price is out of the way.

And importantly, when you write your proposal, assume that you've got the job.

Now I don't mean you don't have to try.  Instead, have the mindset, the 'belief system' that your solution IS the right one.  And that your prospect would be crazy to go anywhere else.

And in truth, if you've done your fact finding and set up expectations correctly with the client, there's no reason you CAN'T be confident you've got the best price/value solution.

One final point...

Even in a struggling economy, buyers are more concerned with the value of what they're getting than the cost.  There's a bit of wisdom here:

The seller often has more problem with price than the buyer ever will.

Hard to accept but true.

Until next time,

Chris Newton

P.S. If you'd like more help on re-working your 'proposals' or 'job specifications', take a look at this article on our Results Corporation website:

http://www.resultscorporation.com.au/Articles2.html