Carolyn's presentation to our chamber small businesses was excellent! Everyone loved her dynamic, down-to-earth, natural and interactive style. The information she delivered was practical, useful and insightful. Rather than being blinded by theory, each small business owner was able to take away practical ideas they could apply back in their businesses. Thanks for a great seminar Carolyn - very much appreciated.
The marketing of a professional service business is vastly different to that of a retail store or someone who happens to sell products. The reason it is different, is that potential CLIENTS need to KNOW, LIKE and TRUST you and feel they are dealing with an EXPERT before they buy. Most new business comes from word-of-mouth REFERRAL and the REPUTATION you have in your field. Decisions to purchase are not made lightly, often due to the higher cost of our services and the very personal nature of what we do. That's why this unique toolkit is being developed and is due to be launched real soon!
If you happen to sell a professional service such as consulting, training, financial planning, mortgage broking, travel consulting, creative services such as advertising or graphic design, architecture services, interior design, landscaping, real estate, business coaching, accounting, book keeping, psychological services, IT service or legal services (just to name a few), then this toolkit is for you.
The Marketing Toolkit for Professional Service Businesses is an online toolkit emailed to you as a 100 page PDF document (broken into 20 simple modules) that can be read online or printed. It is accompanied by real life case studies, action planning and some simple word document templates such as a marketing plan and budget template. The toolkit covers the following topics: