SETTING UP YOUR MARKETING PLAN

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There’s not one-size-fits all when it comes to your launch plan.

You’ll have different goals for every phase of your launch. The guide below will help you determine what steps to take to build momentum!

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Planning phase

Before you even announce that you will be launching something new, you can start warming up your audience and building trust or authority.

Ask yourself the following questions:

• What milestones or achievements do you need to reach before people will hire you?

• What to they need to know about you or your service?

• Do you have a following yet?

Tactics to build trust & AUTHORITY with your audience:

• Share Testimonials

• Guest blog posts

• Create a Webinar

• Be a guest on a podcast

• Social Media interaction

• Consistent Social Media posting

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Get ready to launch

Although I believe a good social media strategy must include sending people to your website, I do believe you should start your social media accounts before you have a live website. This helps you begin marketing your business, growing an audience and ensures a successful launch.

To secure your social media identity you should:

1. Find your target audience. Does your target audience primarily use  Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, etc.? Although, I believe you should secure your handle on each account, you should only focus on growing one or two in the very beginning.  

2. Create accounts. To ensure your audience can find you with ease, you should select one handle and use them for each account (if possible). This is why I recommend starting accounts even before you dedicate your time towards growing them. 

3. Create a social strategy. Curate your content and keep it on brand by sharing your best work. You can use an app like Planoly to easily manage and schedule your Instagram content. Like I mentioned above, you don't need to focus on every social media platform to get started. Focus on the one platform you think your ideal client spends the most time and begin growing hype around your brand launch.

2 | START A COUNTDOWN

Define a hard launch date for your brand and stick with it. This allows you the opportunity to start counting down to your launch so your friends, family and ideal clients can easily follow along with your process.

A countdown is helpful, because people often need to hear things a few times before it sticks. If you want a successful brand launch, reminding people of your launch day is necessary, and counting down is an easy way to do that. 

During this countdown you can build hype and get your audience to interact in a few ways

1. Giveaways. Giveaways are a great way to get people to share your post, engage with your content and tell your friends. To secure long-term success, I recommend getting the participants onto your newsletter, so you can continue marketing towards them. 

2. Sneaks peaks and teasers. Sharing the process of your brand design can be a great way to get your audience involved. Ask them their preference or have them vote to get the highest level of engagement!

3. Create a hashtag. Use a hashtag to promote your launch and brand. This is another great way to get people interacting with your brand. Note: If you're working with a designer and they have a hashtag, be sure to use theirs as well, that way they can easily promote your new brand to their followers, too!

3 | WRITE A BLOG POST ABOUT IT

For the day of your launch, you'll want to be directing people towards a specific piece of content to ensure optimal engagement.

Simply asking people to view your website can get a good level of engagement, but it can grow exponentially if you have a specific place you want to send them. Extra points if this page has newsletter opt-ins to keep the momentum going long-term! 

Blog post ideas:

1. The design process. If you worked with a designer, you could interview them on your blog and share the design process. Discuss the decisions you made and why you chose them. People love to get a behind-the-scenes look of businesses they love. 

2. Your story. Share the story of your business and why you got started. Where did the idea come from and what was the process of getting your business started?

3. Highlight your team. Are you starting your business with a few team members? Write a blog post introducing each team member to your new audience. People connect with businesses easier when they can see the face behind the brand.