Niche Marketing Plans

Marketing a Communications Equipment and Supplies Business

It's becoming more and more difficult for communications equipment and supplies businesses to rise above the clamor of the marketplace. Innovative marketing strategies may be your best bet for out-promoting -- and outperforming -- the competition.

Marketing is the bridge between an organization and its customer base. Build your bridge poorly and you'll quickly find your communications equipment and supplies business cut off from the marketplace.

Staying on track requires attention to detail and a commitment to foundational marketing principles.

Marketing Expertise

Don't have a background in marketing? That shouldn't stop you from taking a larger promotional role in your company by educating yourself about today's most effective marketing concepts. Entrepreneurs and leaders of communications equipment and supplies businesses need to make every dollar count, especially when it comes to their marketing budgets. When in doubt, tap into either an internal or external knowledge base to design your company's marketing strategy.

Directories

A directory listing may be one of the best ways to increase the visibility of a communications equipment and supplies business. When all of your competitors are listed in a directory, you have no choice in the matter. To keep pace, competitive businesses must include the same directories in their plans for marketing communications equipment and supplies businesses to both broad and targeted customer bases. Although there are plenty of free directory opportunities out there, some directories charge a fee to include your business in their listing. Do your research and make sure any directory in which you list your business is capable of reaching enough likely customers to make it worth the effort. As consumers demonstrate a preference for online channels, make sure your listing include your company's web address and possibly even information about your social media presence.

Promotional Calendars

The best laid marketing agendas can quickly get fouled up, especially in fast-paced communications equipment and supplies businesses. A strategy chocked full of time-sensitive ad placements and other tactics can devolve into a tangled mess of overlapping deliverables unless it is coordinated in a promotional calendar. Good calendars include not only tactical deadlines, but also schedules for the inputs (e.g. staff assets, vendors, etc.) that are required to execute strategic objectives. Many list vendors appreciate promotional calendars because they are useful for timing the delivery of the resources your business needs to meet strategic objectives.

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