Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Proven Marketing Targets & Ideas - Part 2


·         Donate a Win Our Chef for One Night promotion to charities.
·         Give part-timers business cards with their name and yours on them.
·         Invite people into your kitchen and sales office for an open house.
·         Give an educational seminar for corporate clients on “What’s Hot and What’s Not in Corporate Catering.”
·         Offer gift certificates in denominations of $500, $1,000 and $5,000.
·         Handle RSVPs for your buyers.
·         Hold a cooking contest for corporate presidents only.
·         Create a newsletter carrying your name but containing articles, notices and information provided by the community.
·         Develop a scratch-and-sniff ad.
·         Market a deal where customers can buy three events and get the fourth one at half-price.
·         Get specially printed messages placed in fortune cookies.
·         Hold a fall or spring “fashion show” of your foods and entertaining styles.
·         Send Thanksgiving cards instead of normal holiday cards.
·         Create hot lines for special types of orders or information.
·         Offer 100 percent money-back guarantee.
·         Sell a limited number of party permits on certain days to establish supply-and-demand pricing.
·         Give commissions or other rewards to clients who recommend people who buy.
·         Offer evening business hours for clients to call.
·         Create a division to handle catering for second marriages.

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