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Marketing a Karaoke Club

At Gaebler, we've seen what great marketing can do for a small business. But if you own a karaoke club, exceptional marketing may well be the determining factor in your long-term survival and success.

Marketing is much more than classified ads, business cards, and brochures.

Karaoke Club

It's not hard to convince most business owners that marketing plays a vital role in strategic planning. But in a zero-sum economy, there are winners and losers -- and here are some of the things that will help keep your karaoke club at the top of the heap.

Managing Negative Publicity

A certain amount of negative publicity is a given for most karaoke clubs. But the time to address your response to negative publicity is before it happens. If you wait until a crisis hits, it's already too late to control the message. At Gaebler, we advise our business partners to have an updated crisis response plan in place at all times. Mailing list providers can also provide quick access to accurate mailing lists, an important consideration if your crisis response plan contains a direct mail component.

Product Knowledge

Product knowledge is a fundamental requirement for marketing a karaoke club. Small product details translate into key value propositions which are critical for distinguishing a karaoke club in the marketplace. Product knowledge is so important that we advise SMBs to consult a marketing professional to identify and exploit their brands' product-based value propositions.

Social Media Monitoring

Social media has become a prominent fixture in marketing. For small businesses, an aggressive social media campaign can level the playing field by generating online buzz that competes with corporate marketing initiatives. Social media can quickly go negative, turning brand advocacy into "badvocacy", a scenario in which consumers and users create content deriding your company and your products. All karaoke clubs are especially vulnerable to negative exposure through social media. To counter negative social media, you'll need to monitor your brand's online presence and enter the conversation, redirecting negative discussions toward more positive topics.

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