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Marketing a Machine Knives Business

Small and medium size machine knives businesses can compete and even outperform larger competitors. All it takes is the right marketing plan.

Sales, profitability, market share -- the things that matter most to business owners all come down to how well you market your brand and products.

Advances in technology and the marketplace itself have made it necessary for businesses to stay on top of the latest trends and strategies. The consistent application of solid marketing principles is one of the few business requirements that has stayed the same.

Price Matching

In a difficult economy, consumers expect businesses to engage in a certain amount of price matching. Without price matching, if they can locate lower pricing from a competing machine knives business, potential clients will abandon your brand in droves. Today's consumers are educated and informed. They use social media and other tools to identify the best pricing, making it imperative for small business to consider the value of a well-publicized price matching strategy.

Email Campaigns

Today's consumers are extremely tech-savvy. They rely on social media and email to both receive and transmit brand messages. What does that mean for your company? It means the odds are in favor of email campaigns actually connecting with customers. In many machine knives businesses, the real challenge is compiling a substantive quantity of qualified email addresses. At Gaebler, we recommend buying mailing lists from professional, third-party providers. Purchased lists aren't the only source for customer contacts, but they can be used to create fast momentum for email campaigns and other initiatives.

Staffing Expertise

Assigning responsibility for the execution of a marketing strategy can be more difficult than creating it. For many business owners, in-house staffing is attractive because it can (theoretically) be performed by current employees and can give the owner more control over the process. As a way to improve performance and time management, owners of machine knives businesses enlist the assistance of external marketing professionals. In addition to delivering a better overall outcome, marketing firms bring an objective perspective to your strategy and key messaging.

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