Forming a wholesale marketing strategy is very important if you want to succeed in growing a wholesale business. In this expert guide, we will discuss marketing strategies for wholesale distributors that will actually get you results.
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2. CONTENTS
Part 1: Formulating Your Wholesale Marketing Strategy
Part 2: Wholesale Marketing Ideas You Can Use To Attract
New Customers
Part 3: Wholesale Promotion Ideas For Encouraging Orders
Part 4: How To Increase Wholesale Sales
Part 5: Putting Your Strategy Together
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4. When something works do more of it.
At the same, you need to aggressively cut
the things that arent working.
Theres nothing wrong with experimenting
and trying new channels. But you need to
know when to stop. Be ruthless.
Noah Kagan, OkDork.com
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5. FOCUSING YOUR WHOLESALE MARKETING
STRATEGY TO THREE AREAS
損 Attracting new wholesale customers
損 Getting more orders from your wholesale
customers
損 Increasing the sales from your wholesale
business
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7. THE FIRST (AND MOST ESSENTIAL) TACTIC
損 Make a list of 100 ideal businesses that
you would like to have as customers.
損 Why 100? Because finding the first 20 for your list
will be easy. But finding the other 80 is going to be
a challenge and thats where the rubber meets the
road.
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8. COLD CALLING
1. Make your calls in the morning
2. Have a list of talking points, dont use
a script
3. Make it habitual and reward yourself
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9. COLD MAILING (DIRECT MAIL)
損 Make a list of prospects, send them
some direct mail and watch for the
response rate.
損 Personalization is great for
increasing the response rate on
direct mail pieces. 9
10. COLD EMAILS
損 Make a list of prospects, send them
some direct mail and watch for the
response rate.
損 Personalization is great for
increasing the response rate on
direct mail pieces. 10
11. IDENTIFYING WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS IN
YOUR CURRENT LIST
損 Customers that have provided a
company name while ordering
損 Customers that have ordered larger
quantities
損 Customers that have ordered multiple
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12. ATTEND RELEVANT TRADESHOWS & MEETUPS
損 Be proactive in attracting people into your booth
by using games, free samples and inviting them
to try your products.
損 Make sure you collect contact information for as
many attendees as you can.
損 Its super important to follow up every single
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13. PROFILE YOUR EXISTING WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS
損 How big is their business?
損 What is their industry vertical?
損 What geographical area do they serve?
損 What other products do they sell?
損 Do they have a physical store? Is it in a
complex, strip mall, a department store?
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14. ADD YOURSELF TO INDUSTRY
DIRECTORIES AS A SUPPLIER
Here are a few of the larger more popular business
supplier directories you can be listed in:
損 ThomasNet
損 Kompass
損 MasterSeek
Or find relevant directories by Googling the phrase
industry directory [your niche here] 14
15. MAKE YOUR WHOLESALE RECRUITMENT PAGE SHINE
1. Dispense general information about your
wholesale program
2. Set expectations and terms
3. Provide a rosy picture of what its like being a
wholesale customer
4. Encourage people to register for a wholesale
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17. REMOVE BARRIERS
Barriers stop people from ordering. Barriers can be things like:
損 Not knowing enough about your products
損 Surprise shipping charges
損 Order minimums
損 The ordering process itself
損 Not being sure about returns terms & conditions
損 Lack of sales support 17
18. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION
Provide them with everything they need for success:
損 Product information
損 Marketing materials
損 Sales information
損 Suggestions on product promotion
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19. OTHER PROMOTION IDEAS
損 Reduce Or Eliminate The Order Minimum
損 Free Shipping For First Order
損 Give Them A Sample Pack
損 Coupon Discount
損 Follow-Up
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21. HOW TO INCREASE WHOLESALE SALES
損 Leverage Seasonal Campaigns
損 Celebrate Your Anniversary
損 Free Shipping Is Always A Winner
損 Lower Your Pricing Based On Quantity
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22. HOW TO INCREASE WHOLESALE SALES
損 Make Regular Contact A Habit
損 Make Ordering Painless
損 Limited Time Offers
損 Provide Free Samples Of New
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24. WHAT TO DO NEXT?
1. ATTRACT CUSTOMERS
2. GET ORDERS
3. INCREASE ORDER SIZE
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If something is working well, double down
on it hard. If something is not working, be
ruthless and cut it from your strategy.
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