How do you plan and execute a successful client development event or campaign?

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Client development is the process of building and maintaining long-term relationships with your existing and potential clients. It is essential for growing your business, increasing your reputation, and generating referrals. However, client development is not a one-time activity. It requires planning and executing effective events or campaigns that align with your goals, your clients' needs, and your value proposition. In this article, you will learn how to plan and execute a successful client development event or campaign in six steps.

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Ankit Shukla

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1 Define your objectives

Before you start planning your event or campaign, you need to have a clear idea of what you want to achieve. Do you want to attract new clients, retain existing ones, cross-sell or upsell your services, or enhance your brand awareness? Your objectives will guide your decisions on the type, format, budget, and timing of your event or campaign. They will also help you measure your results and evaluate your return on investment.

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Define Objectives: Why? Clearly define the objectives of your client development event or campaign. Impact: High (sets the direction for planning and evaluation) Effort: Moderate Know Your Audience: Why? Understand your target audience to tailor the event or campaign to their needs. Impact: High (increases relevance and engagement) Effort: High Budget Allocation: Why? Allocate a realistic budget for the event or campaign, considering various expenses. Impact: High (ensures proper resource allocation) Effort: Moderate Event Theme or Campaign Concept: Why? Develop a compelling theme or concept that aligns with your brand and resonates with your audience. Impact: High (creat

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Client events and campaigns are the best way to interact, communicate, and develop a bond with them. In my past experience, I organized and executed several such events and witnessed the elation and happiness in clients. How these events can be made a success? ??A small and effective metric can be followed: - Know the WHY? - Plan the HOW? (logistics of the event) - Right mapping of execution With clear define objectives - Right messaging can be delivered to the clients regarding the event.

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2 Know your audience

The next step is to identify and segment your target audience. Who are your ideal clients? What are their pain points, challenges, goals, and preferences? How do they communicate and consume information? How do they make decisions and what influences them? The more you know about your audience, the more you can tailor your event or campaign to their needs and interests. You can use various sources of data, such as surveys, interviews, feedback, analytics, and social media, to understand your audience better.

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Select Appropriate Channels: Why? Choose the right channels (online, offline, or a combination) based on your audience and objectives. Impact: High (maximizes reach and engagement) Effort: Moderate Create Engaging Content: Why? Develop engaging and valuable content for the event or campaign. Impact: High (content is a key driver of attendee interest) Effort: High Utilize Event Technology: Why? Leverage event technology to streamline registration, engagement, and follow-up processes. Impact: High (enhances the overall event experience) Effort: Moderate Build Partnerships: Why? Collaborate with partners or sponsors to expand resources and reach. Impact: Moderate (incr

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Client events and campaigns are generally seen as a standard way of engaging with them. In today's world it is important that we change, adapt, and become customized. "Know your Audience" - not the name but the latent requirement, their aspirations, their growth plans, etc. In sales, their are different channels: ??"One size fits all" approach is not relevant here. For example: - A distributor of a FMCG will have different needs that a warehouse owner. - A retail customer of an airline will expect different service that a maintenance vendor - A high end luxury customer will have unique aspiration than the retail owner. ??Customize the solutions and benefits by knowing your audience exhaustively.

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3 Choose your strategy

Once you have defined your objectives and your audience, you need to choose a strategy that matches them. There are many types of client development events or campaigns, such as webinars, workshops, seminars, podcasts, newsletters, case studies, testimonials, referrals, or social media. Each one has its own advantages and disadvantages, depending on your goals, your audience, and your resources. You need to consider factors such as the value proposition, the content, the delivery, the frequency, the duration, and the follow-up of your event or campaign.

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Pre-event Marketing Strategy: Why? Develop a comprehensive marketing strategy to promote the event or campaign. Impact: High (drives attendance and anticipation) Effort: High Provide Networking Opportunities: Why? Facilitate networking opportunities for clients to connect with each other. Impact: High (fosters relationship-building) Effort: Moderate Collect and Analyze Data: Why? Implement data collection mechanisms and analyze results for future improvement. Impact: High (data-driven insights for ongoing success) Effort: Moderate Post-event Follow-up: Why? Plan and execute a thorough post-event follow-up strategy to maintain momentum. Impact: High (nurtures relationships and gauges success) Effort: Moderate

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There is a famous dialogue from a Bollywood movie: "Jaisa Desh Vaisa Bhesh" (Like the country like the outfit) ??The whole world is a sales ocean - every other person is selling something. - A student selling his/her aspirations to parents - An employee selling his/her efforts to manager (appraisal time) - A CEO selling growth story to investors - A political leader selling dreams to the audience. The list goes on and on. Different people requires different strategies. ??Chose, develop, and deploy right strategy for desired outcome. - always have a contingency plan to handle the worst.

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4 Plan your logistics

After you have chosen your strategy, you need to plan the logistics of your event or campaign. This involves setting a realistic budget, timeline, and scope for your project. You also need to assign roles and responsibilities to your team members, partners, vendors, or sponsors. You need to ensure that you have the necessary tools, equipment, materials, and platforms to execute your event or campaign smoothly. You also need to create a contingency plan for any potential risks or issues that may arise.

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Often we have seen that there are 2 to 3 companies offering similar products and services in the market. Yet they are different in some way. ??For example: - Swiggy and Zomato are food delivery apps but their executions are different. - Amazon and Flipkart are market places but their customer eccentric approaches are completely different. - P&G and Unilever offer FMCG products yet they stand unique in their ways. The crux is: Planning and execution can define and create differentiation in your success story. Similarly, planning your logistics efficiently can make your client campaign an overnight success. ??Metric to follow: - Responsibility mapping - Activities tracker - Quantify events execution - Measurable outcomes

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5 Promote your event or campaign

The next step is to promote your event or campaign to your target audience. You need to create a compelling message that highlights the benefits, the value, and the urgency of your event or campaign. You also need to choose the most effective channels and methods to reach and engage your audience. These may include email, social media, website, blog, press release, or word-of-mouth. You need to monitor and adjust your promotion strategy based on the response and feedback you receive.

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6 Evaluate your results

The final step is to evaluate the results of your event or campaign. You need to collect and analyze data and feedback from your audience, your team, and your partners. You need to measure the outcomes and the impact of your event or campaign against your objectives and your budget. You also need to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of your event or campaign. You need to use the insights and lessons learned from your evaluation to improve your future client development events or campaigns.

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Evaluation is the performance mirror. - Sometimes it is ugly to look but it should never be avoided. ??To evaluate a client event or campaign, a comprehensive metric can be followed and tracked: - Define measurable variables (Number of clients invited, total attendance, clients facilitated, etc) - Impact assessment - Social media spread (tracking the sharing of event news by clients) - Sales growth (in next 2 to 3 months) - Client engagement ratio Monitor and read the parameters, and you have got yourself a detailed evaluation.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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1 Define your objectives

2 Know your audience

3 Choose your strategy

4 Plan your logistics

5 Promote your event or campaign

6 Evaluate your results

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