Specialty Coffee Industry Marketing

The 5 Signs You May Need a Professional Consultant To Help Grow Your Business

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Here are five signs that indicate it may be time to bring in a professional consultant to help you grow your business:

1. Limited Expertise
If you find yourself or your current resources lacking the necessary skills or knowledge to take your business to the next level, enlisting the help of a seasoned consultant can provide valuable insights and guidance.

2. Plateauing Growth
If your business growth has hit a plateau, it could be a sign that your current strategies are no longer effective. A professional consultant can conduct a comprehensive analysis of your business model, target market, and competitive landscape to identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to reignite growth.

3. Stagnant Marketing Efforts
If your marketing efforts are stagnant or outdated, a knowledgeable coffee business consultant can devise innovative strategies tailored to your business objectives and target audience, leveraging the latest tools and techniques to maximize your reach, engagement, and sale.

4. Lack of Strategic Planning
If you find yourself navigating without a clear roadmap or strategic direction, it’s time to bring in a professional consultant to develop a cohesive plan aligned with your long-term goals and objectives. From market research and competitor analysis to campaign execution and performance tracking, an experienced consultant can provide the strategic guidance needed to drive sustainable growth.

5. Unclear Brand Identity
If you’re struggling to define or communicate your brand effectively, a professional consultant can help clarify your brand message, positioning, and visual identity to resonate with your target audience.

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Forget About B2B Or B2C. The Future Of Marketing is H2H.

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SOS DirectAll this marketing technology is nothing without a strategy

With the rise of digital channels and platforms, there are more marketing technology solutions available than ever before, more than 5,000 software solutions available for marketers in 2018.

But all this marketing technology is nothing without a strategy. Ultimately, a marketer’s goal is to increase sales and drive customer retention.

The biggest challenge is aligning new technology with your marketing strategy to connect with the people you want to buy from your company. If you’re a business owner, you need to consider how this technology is going to help drive customer engagement at each stage of the buyer’s journey and customer experience. Adding a new tool isn’t useful unless you know how it will work to drive new revenue.

At the end of the day, regardless of whether you’re in marketing for a business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) business, it’s about creating human-to-human (H2H) connections.

Here are six reasons the future of marketing is human-to-human (H2H).

1. Engagement is the new “contact form.”

Less than 1% of leads ever become revenue-generating customers. Continue reading →

What illy Knows About Trade Shows

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“Get 2 really top pieces of new business rather than 100 minor orders”

illy Caffé, established in 1933 in Trieste, Italy is a global leader in premium espresso coffee, available in over 60 countries.

While a favorite with home espresso machine users, illy has built a successful multi-channel food service business. From the very beginning, they developed a simple, effective, and unique trade show strategy built around their equally unique brand.

illy Trade Show Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics:
Objectives:

  1. To be visible within the marketplace
  2. To demonstrate illy’s success and leadership within its own marketplace
  3. To meet and retain existing clients
  4. To identify new leads that will generate long-term business
  5. To maintain consistency against competitors that exhibit sporadically or infrequently
  6. To occasionally launch new products – launching at a show is best

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Why Your Trade Ads Don’t Work

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It has nothing to do with the magazine or Facebook or Google, or any other form of media.

It has to do with what you have to say and how you say it.

Here are a few samples of headlines from recent coffee industry ads: “The Finest Coffee On Earth”, ”Absolutely Brilliant Coffee Brewers”, or my favorite “Create The Ultimate Vanilla Latte”. Continue reading →