coronavirus - time to let the marketers loose

First, thank you to all my clients who have been so supportive and understanding over recent weeks. It has been a desperately sad time made harder by the coronavirus pandemic.

As we try to adjust, I thought I’d let you know EVC Marketing’s approach to the current situation. I have to admit, I’ve been influenced by an article in Marketing Week written by Mark Ritson, which I urge you to read.

We have to accept that just three months into the New Year, our business plans are in disarray. It’s no one’s fault. We couldn’t have planned for any of this.

What we can plan for, however, is that this situation will change. The time to act is now. And not just with communications of support to our clients.

As Ritson explains: “You don’t have to feel the nation’s pain, you just need to ensure the wheels of business keep turning.”

In a time of financial challenge, it is often the marketing team that is furloughed, or worse, made redundant. Budgets are focused elsewhere by finance teams looking to cut anything they deem an expense.

At EVC Marketing, we think it’s time to put the marketers to work. We don’t just mean sending out marketing communications about coronavirus. Marketing is so much more than that.

We mean using the skills of trained marketers who understand the principles of the four Ps - product, price, promotion and place.

Ritson points out that these principles are often neglected simply because they’ve been around forever. I learnt about them during my degree in the early 90s! But they are more relevant now than ever. Communications alone is not enough.

When the pandemic has passed, those businesses who have used the skills of their marketing team to strengthen their business, relationships and products and services will be the ones that thrive.

So let EVC Marketing help you. Our trained and experienced team will put the four Ps into action with reviews, audits, and strategies. We will use our skills to position your business so it’s ready for the new opportunities post pandemic.

We want to help you be ready. Let the marketers loose. Contact me today and let’s see what we can do for your business.

Here is a link to the article in Marketing Week: https://bit.ly/33ZGmuO