Death of a Brochure

$3 per copy Why do brochures exist?

What are your reasons?

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What do you want that printed sales collateral canʼt give you?

Tracking for Real time Interaction that Tracking for every every time it’s updating of copy drives customer time it’s forwarded viewed and images engagement to a colleague Reporting on site Deeper Faster sales Real time updating use, conversion, qualification of cycles, expedited of pricing, offers frequency prospects into decision making CRM Easier ability for Repeat Metrics on when Personalization and sales force to frequency and sales person uses a unique, purpose follow-up at the automated touch it and how well driven message right time points

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overnighted 8 weeks ago Because weʼve used them for so long?

For 400+ years, printed materials were the cutting edge of marketing technology, and virtually the only way to reach a “mass” audience.

$ Even as new technologies were introduced, brochures remained cost competitive.

New technologies came along.

38 Years it took newer marketing tools to reach an audience of 50 million

4 T E N R E T N I Years it took newer marketing tools to reach an audience of 50 million

Despite the technology leap, brochures still remain a primary vehicle for customer engagement and education. Why?

Where do brochures get used?

where do they end up?

Letʼs keep doing it the way weʼve always done it.

We are in unprecedented times...

Where time moves more quickly than it ever has before

Where speed takes on a whole new meaning.

Where personalization takes on a whole new meaning.

Where instant takes on a whole new meaning.

Where “give me more” takes on a whole new meaning.

Where budgets are fall ing ...

overwhelmed And our customers are with brands, messages and purchase options. They see more than 4,000 ads each day!

What does the future of the brochure look like?

Something more like this? (we think so.)

how are they different? Device Agnostic Not a single ‘tool’ Integrated Limited copy Interactive Personalized Immediate Trackable Comprehensive while being simple

What does the sales brochure of the future look like? Customer Database Email Mobile Web site

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Now for online experiences...

Iʼm a creative guy.

So, what changed?

Audiences better informed.

Audiences with less time.

Audiences with more options.

Audiences with more expectations.

How do you make it easy for a student in Boise spend a semester abroad in South America?

Who are they? • a market leader in the industry for over 20 years • partner to over 350 universities in US and Canada • provider of over 90 study abroad programs in 14 countries • differentiated by quality support and experience

Why does a strong brand like this need to change anything?

Why now? • Growing competition • Overwhelming number of options • Complex orginizational complications • High cost of printing and distribution of literature

How did we form our strategy? • We asked questions. (a lot) • We listened. (a lot) • We researched. (a lot) • We worked. (a lot)

What we didnʼt do. • Assume we knew everything before we started • Make it only about marketing • Make it only about static information • Try to provide everything to everyone with one broad message

What we did do. • Identify the and segment the audience • Explain the process in simple terms • Build a feature rich tool that streamlines the process • Connect the audience to one another

The result? • A better, more engaging experience for the users • A streamlined recruitment and enrollment process • An improved sales tool for advisors • More enriched lives, more satisﬁed clients

More culture. Less shock.

Why does it work? • They came prepared • They know and understand their audience • They achieved full internal support and uniﬁed messaging • They were conﬁdent in their vision and their product • They were willing to evolve

The digital sales engine

The future of brochures is in a digital sales engine, not sales collateral and a sales force.

What are the opportunities to generate new prospects? Advertising Search Brochures Trade Shows Media Coverage Referrals Sales force Repeat customers Social Networks Email Foot/Car Traffic Purchased Lists Trade/Industry Directories

Which forms have the highest value and trust? Advertising Search Brochures Trade Shows Media Coverage Referrals VALUE Sales force Repeat customers Social Networks Email Foot/Car Traffic Purchased Lists Trade/Industry Directories TRUST

When does the prospect actually become a lead? When they interact with you

What are prospectʼs options to interact with you? Store or Office Phone Sales Person Customer Email Mail Web Site

Which options are 24/7? Store or Office Phone Sales Person Customer Email Mail Web Site

Which options are inexpensively scalable? Store or Office Phone Sales Person Customer Email Mail Web Site

Which options give you an opportunity to immediately interact? Store or Office Phone Sales Person Customer Email Mail Web Site

Which options allow you to track results and measure? Store or Office Phone Sales Person Customer Email Mail Web Site

The future of the brochure isnʼt in interactivity alone, itʼs in building a digital relationship to support and accelerate the buying process.

The database and the web site are seamless with all touch points Management! Customer Relationship Database Customer Salesman Website

The Digital Sales Engine Email Social Networks Mobile Sales Team Web site Customer Sales Assets Database Database

Recognizing the buying process, the digital sales engine adjusts, reacts, stimulates $ Prospect RFP/ Lead Negotiation

How do you build your sales engine? •Market segmentation •Understanding of the multiple decision and influence points of your existing/past customers •Creating ʻtriggersʼ •Defining a process •Define the technology •Train, train, train

Our competitors are ready to do battle...

We have to separate from the competition

We have to be better connected...

...than our competition.

Outwit

Out maneuver

Connect more

Do more

Sell more

So how do we build a strategy?

Understand our customers'... ...needs

Responding to our customers'... ...wants

Anticipating our customers'... ...triggers

Answering our customers'... ...questions

Giving our sales team a… ...toolkit

Giving our sales team a… ...skillset

Giving our sales team… ...metrics & data

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Questions?

Thank You! (now go build a plan!)

Death of a Brochure

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