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The Importance of Being Consistent

The Importance of Being Consistent

In an earlier article I talked about consistency being key to your marketing success. I was talking about the definition of consistency as steadfast adherence to the same principles, course, form, etc.

However, there is a second definition of consistency that is just as important for your marketing solutions. Consistency also means: agreement, harmony or compatibility, especially uniformity among the parts of a complex thing.

Why is this so important to your marketing and business?

Because one of the mistakes I see small businesses make is that their marketing doesn't have a unified theme or approach to it. The marketing strategies and their marketing message seem to be all over the place and it's hard to nail down what exactly they're promising to help their clients with.

Your marketing system can be quite complex in that it's made up of several different parts. For example, there's marketing tactics for building your list, getting referrals, gaining credibility as a speaker, doing follow-up, and so on and on!

For all the different parts of your marketing plan, there still needs to be a consistency that runs throughout it. You want to ensure that all your marketing communications and tactics are in harmony and agreement with each other – that it is all working together and building upon each other.

What exactly does that mean?

Well, it means for starters that you have a clearly defined marketing message where you (and therefore your prospects and clients!) are specific and crystal-clear about who you are marketing to and what you can offer them.

Then you use your marketing message as the basis for all your communications: voicemail message, business card, brochure, website, ebooks, free reports, workshops, teleseminars and so on.

Being consistent in your marketing also means that you use marketing vehicles and tactics that complement and build on each other. There will always be opportunities that come up which are very interesting and cool. But before you spend the money to have an ad in that new magazine or the time to participate in an exciting workshop, make sure that it furthers your marketing and business goals. Is it aimed at your particular target group? Does it reflect the same kind of philosophy and image as you and your company? What is the desired outcome from participating or doing a specific marketing tactic?

When you have a consistent plan of action and a consistent message then your marketing strategies will be that much more powerful and move you forward that much faster towards fulfilling your goals, projections and dreams.





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(Visit Jody's Website) Jody Gabourie, Marketing Plan Queen, helps entrepreneurs and small business owners get unstuck and into marketing action fast with done-for-you products and services such as her Ready Made Marketing Plan™ ebooks. She offers special reports, teleclasses, how-to articles, virtual workshops and personal strategic consulting that helps people just like you do inexpensive online marketing that GETS RESULTS for their business. You can learn more about these valuable resources at www.marketingplanqueen.com. A lover of marketing, Jody spent 19 years in the corporate world of advertising and broadcast doing a variety of marketing, research and sales positions helping large and small business owners attain success. Jody started her own company, Maven Solutions in 2006, to help small business owners and entrepreneurs achieve the marketing success they and their companies want. She feels very strongly that marketing is something small business owners can do, do it well, and use it to achieve the life and business they desire and deserve! Jody also believes that marketing can be an authentic action and people can learn to view marketing as an opportunity to honestly share themselves and their knowledge with people. For FREE tips and to be notified of upcoming teleclasses and events, sign up for Jody's weekly ezine Marketing Plan Queen Ezine at www.marketingplanqueen.com/freetips .html, and follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/JodyGabourie&nbs p; Jody has been featured in dozens of online publications including Small Business CEO Magazine and she's a contributing author to the 2009 published book The Business of Being Virtual: Industry Leaders Reveal Their Secrets.

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