Defining your project and strategy

Successful sales initiatives begin with defining the opportunity you perceive in the marketplace, then framing the aspects of your marketing programs that will impact the target audiences’ decision to purchase your product or service over any and all competition.

Our initial consultations are always at no charge nor obligation, and in most cases clients provide enough information for us to build highly effective and productive web sites. But, depending on your marketing requirements and the nature of your business, you may or may not request additional optional marketing services as noted below.

Initial Consultation
In the initial briefing with new clients, Blue Laser Design gets to the bottom of your business and offers alternative strategies to make the sales of your product or service more successful on your website. Our years of experience in online commerce allow us to identify situations that you’ll want to take advantage of in the development of your site and we look for every opportunity to provide value and productivity.

Marketing Audit
This is the optional service for clients who haven’t yet figured out their online marketing strategy. Our marketing experts begin by reviewing your existing site or planned content, or, if you don’t have a site yet we’ll interview you to learn about your business idea and your plan to create sales. We’ll develop a list of your competitors and will also get your input as to who you think your competition might be. We’ll review the competitors’ websites and any other available marketing materials and then develop a point-of-view regarding their strategies and how they go to market. Throughout the whole Marketing Audit process, our marketing team will be developing ideas and strategies for incorporating into your website to make your online selling efforts even more productive.

SWOT Analysis
This service is for clients who want their products or services to be more successful not only on the Internet but also through other channels of distribution like retail, catalogs, manufacturer’s reps, or their own sales force. Or, if you’re not currently selling through other channels, perhaps you think there’s an opportunity to do so. In that case, it makes sense to have a strategic base arising from a better understanding of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of your company, your industry and competition. First, we help you define the goal of your marketing program, then, our marketing team does an in-depth analysis of your market to identify alternative strategies of action.

Total Immersion Analysis
This is a great option for companies that need a 12- to 18-month marketing plan of activity to increase sales, bury their competition, and expand markets. We start with a thorough exploration of your industry, your company and your competition, analyzing channels of distribution, product, pricing, and promotional efforts. Our total Immersion Analysis includes phone interviews by a marketing professional with your company’s key executives and select customers.

Custom Consultation Services
Our experience in developing marketing strategy plans spans innumerable products and services in many categories of business. Through this extensive experience, our team of marketing experts provide invaluable advice on how to position your new business for expansion and even franchising, how to introduce new products and services, how to increase your market share, how to address the challenges presented by especially adept competitors, and many other marketing situations.

Custom Research Option
You might have a particular question or hypothesis about your business or industry that you’d like to explore and haven’t figured out the best way to get an answer. Or, maybe you are contemplating introducing a new product or ad campaign and would like to see how your target audience will respond. We have extensive experience in all kinds of research; from helping you frame the survey to undertaking the study, and analyzing the results. Popular methodologies include online surveys, telephone surveys, focus groups, or customer intercepts at retail.