This document outlines ideas for a new marketing reality and capitalizing on significant changes taking place in business-to-business marketing. It discusses how traditional techniques are starting to fail as people reject interruptions and spin. Relationships and word-of-mouth are emphasized as the most effective forms of marketing. Specific services offered by the company include opportunities and insights, planning and strategy input, and creating marketing materials and tools to help clients identify opportunities for improvement and implement new strategies.

1. “Got to give to get”
get”
Ideas for a new marketing reality
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2. Sharing ideas
Today, business people have a lot of choice and not a We research, consult, create and execute with only one
lot of time. Just like you. purpose: help you create profitable relationships with
customers, prospects, staff, potential employees and
investors.
There are significant changes taking place in Business
to Business marketing, effecting what works, and what
doesn’t work.
This paper outlines some of our ideas about what these
changes are, and how we believe you can capitalise on
them.
If they strike a chord with you, let’s continue the
conversation, in the context of your business and your
circumstances. David Koopmans – Director
Mokum Marketing
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3. Change is happening at a rapid pace
What has worked for years is losing its effectiveness The opportunity
Recognising the change in the environment offers you a
Our business world today is hyper- significant opportunity to improve marketing
connected, over-communicated performance and effectiveness.
and highly competitive.
There is more choice for every The results should be:
product or service. There is more • Stronger relationships with your market and potential
communication, delivered through employees
more channels, creating more
“noise” than ever before. • Improved “word of mouth” promotion around your brand
On top of that, we have less time (and less patience) • Improved differentiation from your competitors
than ever before. We do more work with fewer people, • More value from your marketing budget
constantly trying to balance priorities.
• Improved “share of wallet” from existing customers
As a result, traditional marketing techniques are starting
to fail. People reject the interruptions, are allergic to spin
and are increasingly throwing up walls that become
harder and harder to penetrate.
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4. Two things most people agree on in B2B marketing…
1. Relationships are everything 2. Word of mouth is the most effective form of marketing
They always have been of course. There is considerable evidence that when people are
looking to make a business buying decision, their most
What has changed is that it is increasingly hard to start
important influences are from other people, not you.
these relationships, and easier to lose them to
competitors.
• People put up higher and higher walls to block out
interruptions, so how do we engage people more Customers
effectively, on their terms?
Prospects
• How do you ensure you maintain a conversation, even
with people who are not ready to buy/join?
• How do we find better ways to gain their trust and • So how do you make sure that your story spreads?
respect?
• What are the opportunities to turn customers into active
advocates?
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5. 1. Relationships
In our efforts to filter out the “noise” we focus on More value – continually engage this targeted audience by
information and approaches that are most relevant to our sharing your fresh ideas, your specific experience and
circumstances, and offer us the most value Everything
value. personalised, valuable offers.
else gets ignored.
Create something that is not just “promotion” (for the
On top of that, we want to move at our own pace So why
pace. benefit of you) but is useful and valued by the people you
not put this at the centre of your relationship building aim to reach. Most companies have significant value to
activities? offer but don’t share it effectively.
More relevant – invest more time in clarifying exactly who Step by step – allowing people to move at their own pace,
the people are that you want to engage, and what assisted by relevant and valuable ideas and expertise is a
represents value to them. great way to ensure that you gain trust and respect.
These insights into their hearts and minds (as well as your Until we are ready, we don’t want to speak to sales or
competitors’) can be done in a practical, workable way. business development people. So until we are ready to talk
You don’t have to do a census study, but it does mean specifics, it is much more efficient and effective to offer the
getting facts rather than opinions on what your customers tools and information that will guide us down this path.
and prospect consider relevant, what your competitors are
doing well, how you can improve your relevance to them. From strangers to advocates
Awareness Liking Preference Conviction Advocacy
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6. Mouth”
2. “Word of Mouth”
To get people to talk about you, the number one marketing
the The number two strategy is to make sure this story
strategy is to make sure your clients think you are spreads. There are a plenty of ways to do this once you
remarkable. Hands down. have evidence, like quality case studies on topics that your
prospects are interested in.
Actively seeking your customers’, partners’ and staff input
into what can you can do to improve your value (and taking You can then deliver them through targeted forums, key
action if it makes sense) provides a key input into creating industry publications and of course, the internet.
a more valuable brand.
There are key opportunities to start driving your own low
From strangers to advocates cost PR activities by leveraging the unique opportunities
offered through the Internet; the second most likely place
Awareness Liking Preference Conviction Advocacy
your prospects will look for information after their network.
Customers
Prospects
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7. Opportunity?
We don’t pretend to know what you need, without having a Key services we offer are:
good discussion about your goals, your current strategies
Opportunities & Insights
and constraints.
Opportunity evaluation, market analysis, competitor
analysis, customer insights
What we can say is that we will spend time with you to
simply test some of this thinking together, before there is Planning & Strategy input
any commercial arrangement. Planning facilitation, strategy input, management support,
marketing plan documentation
Our skills are in B2B marketing, in particular in research,
Creating Materials & Tools
strategy development and marketing communications.
Brand development, sales support materials,
We see our job as helping you identify the best communications materials, digital marketing tools
opportunities for improvement and implement these for
Campaign Execution
you.
Online strategy, direct marketing, email marketing,
Telemarketing, event management
Some of the projects are small, some are larger. That’s fine
with us, as long as we deliver something you will talk to
others about in a positive way.
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8. About Mokum
“We hired David from Mokum to work with us on our product David Koopmans
presence. He and his team developed new collateral, helped refine
our message and generally helped us sharpen the saw. A great
Director
team!” Mokum Marketing
1/1 Queens Road, Melbourne
Robert Ward - Managing Director, Interact Pacific
David@mokummarketing.com
When Unico needed a new image to support our growth strategy, 03 9391 9568
David helped us to clarify our market positioning, develop a strong 0400 188 201
brand image, and then take the message to the world in a range of www.mokummarketing.com
new marketing collateral including a new website. David's marketing www.mokummarketing.com/blog
insights provided a guiding beacon for us throughout this process,
and his consultative approach ensured that the team bought into
decisions as they were made.”
Peter Haasz - Manager Strategy and Business Development, UNICO
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