Usable Marketing

If Zoom is your new conference room, here’s how to deliver virtual presentations that get agreements so you can keep your work moving forward.There are 3 things that you need to do: 1) Your presentation needs to be properly STRUCTURED. I’ll give you a simple framework of how to do that. 2) Next, you need to be concise and SUCCINCT. Eliminate anything that doesn’t support your thesis. 3) And finally, you need to use VISUALS correctly. You’ll see what I mean in the video. Get these right and you’ll start getting noticed, getting agreements, and stand out in a way that is more likely to keep you in your job.  You can download the ebook that goes into more detail on each of these here: https://pxle.me/O70E7p2J Also, I’d love it if you took my survey about presentations here: https://pxle.me/-EjfoKEY #zoom #zoommeetings #presentationskills #quarantinelife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/usablemarketing/support

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You’ll attract more customers who are ready-to-buy if you solve these 3 problems. A customer always has an end goal in mind.  They are in a current state and are looking for something to get them to their future state. But what you’re selling as a solution, isn’t really all they’re looking for. Let’s say you’re a business trying to hire a sales consultant — here are the 3 levels of problem your business needs to solve: External Problem: Their basic need - they need more customers. Internal Problem: I want my business to be successful.  Global Problem: Their ultimate desired outcome — they want to achieve the dream of running a successful business so they can have ‘the good life'. When you sell, start speaking to all 3 of these levels of problem and you’ll start seeing greater results.

Here’s how you hit a H.O.M.E. RUN with your marketing! Marketing has gotten so much more complicated than it used to be! You need to have the fundamentals down if you’re going to make progress. Business is about one thing, acquiring and serving customers in a way that they want to give you money. Keep it simple with the acronym H.O.M.E:

How to simplify your brand promise! A lot of us complicate our brand promise, when it can actually be really simple. You have to condense your brand promise with this simple question —  have you told your audience what to hope for? Remember the Men’s Wearhouse commercial from back in the day; “You’re gonna like the way you look, I guarantee it.” It gave the audience a clear brand promise and even backed it up with a guarantee. It’s really that simple! Here are 5 questions to help you simplify your brand promise:

Here’s how to ramp up the appeal of your product or service, so customers want what you’ve got - even if it’s NOT dog food

You need to understand and meet these three needs If you have a sale where there is a different buyer than there is a user, you have to explore and meet the needs of both people! I’m going to use the example of buying a pair of basketball shoes for my daughter. I have to deal with 3 separate needs and they are; external needs, internal needs, and global needs. I not only have to meet these needs for my daughter, but for myself as well. How do you understand and meet these three needs? External needs - This is the basic functional need, what the product actually is, and this is the same for both people. In this case we are dealing with a pair of basketball shoes. 

People are obsessed with tracking how many people follow them. And for some, it may indeed matter. But there are a lot of situations where it doesn’t matter much at all. Here’s how to figure out whether you should be trolling your follower counts. 1. Who are you trying to influence? 2. Where are they? 3. What do they want? 4. What outcome are you really looking for? 5. What outcome are you trying to achieve with your social media?    a. Broad consumer product that everyone can buy? Yes, maybe. If they are engaged.    b. Narrow B2B product or service - probably not. 6. Where are your buyers How about your business? Do follower counts matter? Want that free copy of the Marketing Canvas? Go to Freemarketingcanvas.com  •Watch the podcast on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBsNUHeU-HiZtjra-KtWP7Q) •Follow us on [Facebook](http://facebook.com/gingerzumaetahq) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/usablemarketing/support

Let’s face it. Complex products are hard to explain! If you’re finding yourself saying “It’s Complicated” when you try to describe what you do or what your product does, story selling is the answer. In this example, I’m going to show you how to create a story for a specialty chemicals company in the metal finishing industry . . . which I have to admit I didn’t even know WAS an industry until we worked together. Hero: A-line manager at on the metals finishing line at a company like John Deere or Westinghouse Problem: RUST. Rust is the villain!! Wizard: My client. For now, we’ll just call them Brand X. Way: They have a special process that they implement that not only eliminates the possibility of rust - which gets the boss off his back, but it also does it WITHOUT phosphates, which gets the government off their back. CTA: Schedule a call with my client Jeff at Brand X and he’ll determine in just 30 minutes if they can solve your problem, and save you money at the same time. Happy Ending (Help them reach the g

In this example, I want to show you exactly how to turn the six-part story-structure to actually SELL. Do you love to travel, but hate tourists? Me too! I’m going to pretend I’m a travel blogger trying to sell you an itinerary on my new favorite city, Porto, Portugal. Register for my Masterclass at http://tmcmastery.com •Watch the podcast on Youtube •Follow us on Facebook #marketing #sales #customer #masterclass #storytelling #prospects --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/usablemarketing/support

If you want more customers, use this 6-step storytelling structure to lead them on a journey to your product or service There are 6 parts to every great story: The Hero The Problem The Wizard The Way The Call To Action (CTA) The Happy Ending (they reach their goal safely) Check out the video I made walking you through all six steps. Wanna know even more? Register for my Masterclass at http://tmcmastery.com •Watch the podcast on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBsNUHeU-HiZtjra-KtWP7Q) •Follow us on [Facebook](http://facebook.com/gingerzumaetahq) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/usablemarketing/support

The Masterclass is back!!!! This is the nuts and bolts to marketing. Our next live course starts September 24th. Go to TMCmastery.com to get on the list. This will be a LIVE class. I invite you to join. If you haven't yet Go download the Ultimate Persona Template at personatemplate.com •Watch the podcast on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBsNUHeU-HiZtjra-KtWP7Q) •Follow us on [Facebook](http://facebook.com/gingerzumaetahq) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/usablemarketing/support

Knowing who your prospect is one thing. Finding them is another. Here’s how to pinpoint exactly where they are. I’ll walk through the second and third sections of the Ultimate Customer Persona template. (5 of a 5 part series) Go download the Ultimate Persona Template at personatemplate.com •Watch the podcast on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBsNUHeU-HiZtjra-KtWP7Q) •Follow us on [Facebook](http://facebook.com/gingerzumaetahq) #marketing #sales #customers #masterclass #storytelling #prospects --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/usablemarketing/support

Here’s how you get the intel to know what your prospect really cares about. I’ll walk through the first section of the Ultimate Customer Persona template. (4 of a 5 part series) Go download the Ultimate Persona Template at www.personatemplate.com •Watch the podcast on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBsNUHeU-HiZtjra-KtWP7Q) •Follow us on [Facebook](http://facebook.com/gingerzumaetahq) #marketing #sales #customers #masterclass #hero #client #prospect  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/usablemarketing/support

A documented Customer Persona is the GPS for your marketing strategy. Listen up for a walk-through of the Ultimate Customer Persona template, and how it will guide your marketing. Download the Ultimate Persona at personatemplate.com •Watch the podcast on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBsNUHeU-HiZtjra-KtWP7Q) •Follow us on [Facebook](http://facebook.com/gingerzumaetahq) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/usablemarketing/support

How great companies inspire customers and clients to take action. If you’re not clear about WHO you want to help or guide, they won’t be clear or confident that YOU are the one that CAN help them. It’s a common mistake. The Ultimate Persona Template will help you fix it. But before we jump into the Ultimate Persona . . . Why start with Who? 1. You get to pick whom you’re going to serve. You can serve few, or you can serve many? For example, I’ve spent most of my consulting career serving the few, at high ticket prices. But I also loved teaching at Cal Lutheran, and then UCLA. Now I’ve taken my love of teaching and absolute passion for helping growing businesses...  2. Knowing WHO with specificity gives you all sorts of answers about what they’re really looking for . . . and Bingo, that’s your Why. Let me give you an example. Recently I started buying very expensive dog food. In fact, it’s not dog food, it’s human food balanced especially for dogs. The reason I started this is because one of my dogs go

Get your prospects to seek you out and to willingly and enthusiastically to hand over their money.  Two of the biggest mistakes businesses make that prevent growth are: 1️⃣ They mistake who the “hero” is 2️⃣ The make the offer confusing But both of these things are easy to fix, and having detailed “persona” or “avatar” is the key. Go download the Ultimate Persona Template at personatemplate.com •Watch the podcast on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBsNUHeU-HiZtjra-KtWP7Q) •Follow us on [Facebook](http://facebook.com/gingerzumaetahq) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/usablemarketing/support