Baseline Rhythm
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Baseline Rhythm
A Baseline Marketing Rhythm is a commitment to delivering your marketing activity at a frequency matched to the pace of your market. This is like a regular exercise regime.
You’ll get a sense that you’re on wobbly ground with this one if you have plans that never quite materialise, or you spot opportunities too late to have tome to really make the most of them. Often this shows up in having a yo-yo pattern to your marketing, with bursts of energy followed by periods of inactivity.
Strategic Projects
Marketing Activity Calendar
Taking the one page plan from the previous activities and mapping it onto a 12-month calendar.
Measurement Framework
Development of the robust and strategic process for marketing measuring performance.
Marketing Skills Assessment
Assess the strategic, management and tactical skills within the organisation and identify any gaps.
Marketing Supplier Review
Review or propose marketing supplier relationships to deliver the plan.
Marketing Resource Plan
Propose marketing resourcing, and advise & oversee recruitment to deliver the plan.
Marketing Budget
Preparation of a Budget Shape for the marketing activity, and ongoing budget for resourcing the plan.
Client Example
Oyster IMS
Josef Elliott, MD of Oyster IMS (providers of information management services to complex clients), spent a year in Masterplan to make marketing the strategic focus for that year.
During the year, he involved his entire team in the marketing and describes it as one of the most transformational processes his organisation has undertaken in over ten years of running the business.
By first planning their marketing carefully, and then ensuring a more regular commitment, they’ve been able to secure high profile clients for five and six-figure projects. Much of this new work came from within their existing client base, where the more consistent activity and clearer messaging triggered new engagements.
Is the ‘Baseline Rhythm’ where you need to focus your marketing energy?
Find out if the third Flow Foundation most needs your attention with our 10-minute benchmarking test.
Everything we do with our clients is focused on ensuring that marketing is set up to support more, and more profitable, sales flow into your business. The Watertight Marketing Test breaks down your overall marketing flow score across the Four Flow Foundations, you can to pinpoint precisely where to focus your marketing energy.
- First Flow Foundation: The Right Work 77%
- Second Flow Foundation: Balanced Routine 57%
- Third Flow Foundation: Baseline Rhythm 37%
- Fourth Flow Foundation: Maintain Momentum 73%
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For Marketers that Mean Business
Our proven process is organised into the four Flow Foundations, which underpin confident marketing decisions that lead to sustained and sustainable sales growth.
F1: First Flow Foundation
The Right Work
A healthy client mix is made up of those that serve both purpose and profit, ensuring your business is energised and resourced.
F2: Second Flow Foundation
Balanced Routine
A balanced marketing routine is one that has an effective tool or technique mapped to every step of a decision journey.
F4: Fourth Flow Foundation
Maintain Momentum
Maintaining enthusiasm is made possible by a compelling business vision that is translated into a clear plan.
F3: Third Flow Foundation
Baseline Rhythm
A commitment to marketing that is consistently delivered at intervals and pace matched to your market.
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Small Businesses Matter
Thriving small businesses are the results of countless hours of emotional and financial energy. Often the founders and directors have risked their mortgages, marriages, mental health, and more on the journey. They do this whilst creating meaningful livelihoods for thousands of people. When these people tell us that their marketing isn't quite working, we know it really matters.