My group consulting project for Cincinnati based technology company, E-Technologies Group. We developed a value proposition and marketing strategy as a semester long project.
9. Alumni Network Program
“Through our E-Technologies Group Alumni Network, we create the
opportunity for current and previous employees to stay connected.
We strive to share ideas, talent, potential clients and resources within
our community.”
How
Exit Survey
LinkedIn
10. Annual Dinner & Casino Night
Hosted at the Savannah Center
Close to Office
Open to current employees, alumni, and suppliers
Agenda
Company update
Demos on emerging technology
Blackjack Game
Cocktail hour
Dinner
$17-$24 a person/plate
14. New Line of Service
Provide Tax Advantage Work
15. History
Introduced under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
Extended 15 times
Will continue to be extended for various reasons
Possibly made permanent in the near future
Companies claim roughly $4 billion in R&D every year
Underutilized by middle-market manufacturing organizations
16. Why You Can Provide
Your current services are already nearly tax deductible:
Your service’s purpose is to increase the value of their business
Your engineers do robust research to explore all options to choose the best one
Your engineers follow a process of experimentation to reduce the risk of uncertainty
Your work is technological in nature using computer science, engineering and physics
17. Process Example
Kroger needs a faster way to check out
its customers
You are tasked with improving the
efficiency of their checkout
You see this as an opportunity to add
value through research and
development and suggest to Kroger
that additional steps can be taken to
save them money
Research is done on the capabilities of
their equipment and possible
implementations of new ones. All costs
incurred for research that exceed a
base amount is deductible
18. Example Continued
You find that their conveyer belts are
outdated and you believe you can make
better one. You build prototypes at
Kroger’s deductible expense
Kroger installs these new conveyer belts
at all locations.
Wages and expenses incurred during this
process (besides food, travel, etc) are
deductible for Kroger
Provide documentation of all events
related to the project to allow their
accountants reconcile deductibility
19. Steps to Take For New Service
Contact your accountant to compare previous projects with
provisions of tax credit
Inquire recurring customers to understand current
technological/process needs
Request a consultation with an R&D tax credit firm to form a
potential alliance
Test with smaller projects that are heavily technological in nature
20. Consider the Equation:
13,000,000
x 15%
14,950,000
Revenue Increase Due to Market Differentiation
22. Marketing Role: In-House
Pros
• Easy, in-house communication
• Easy to supervise
• In-house reviews to ensure
job description is met
• High familiarity with corporate
culture and identity
• Passion behind marketing E-Tech’s
Points of Differentiation
Cons
• High cost
• Has not worked in the past
• Marketing inexperience
• E-Tech is not familiar with
best-practices marketing
23. Marketing Role: Out-Sourced
Pros
• Lower cost than full-time
in-house
• High level of
experience
• Clear-cut marketing
plan
• E-Tech is not
responsible for
monitoring on a day-to-
day level
• Less financial and
time-management
risk
Cons
• Less familiarity with
E-Tech’s corporate
culture
• Slower
communication than
with an in-house
marketer
www.johnfoxmktg.com
24. 30 Day Plan
Set up Wix
Account
Create LinkedIn
Alumni Group
Contact John
Fox Marketing
Contact
contractor to
plan networking
event for Spring
2015
25. Effects of Implementation
External Value Proposition
• Stronger brand recognition
• Easier to advertise
• Well-established, deep-rooted differentiation within industry
Outsourced Marketing Role
• Low-risk, low-cost, experienced, results-oriented partnership
Alumni Network Program
• Business development through alumni
• Unique avenue for advertising in terms of industry familiarity
26. Effects of Implementation
Annual Showcase Dinner
• Showcase company
• Maintain relationships, create new relationships
• Celebrate successes
Website
• Serves as window into your business
• Attractive and informative for all visitors
New Line of Service
• Provides new opportunity for increased revenue and marketing
• Increased interaction with client
• Allow for differentiation in market
Notes de l'éditeur
Anyone with a 1st grade education can look at this equation and know that they don’t add up.
During our presentation, we’ll tell you how the following equation adds up.
Develop corporate value proposition that will differentiate E-Tech from their competition
Create an external marketing strategy/plan that will build the E-Tech brand and support the revised value proposition
Aim marketing strategy/plan at achieving a projected revenue and net-margin growth in line with the recommendations financial team
Marketing Strategy
Marketing Role: In-House vs Outsourced
Alumni Network Program
Annual Showcase Dinner
Include the necessity of a VP
Savings of ~$64,675
RAOTM will not be located in cities with offices in 2015
Automation Fair is still sponsored by Rockwell - going to the partner network saves money and still help E-Tech be recognized as Rockwell
SAMC conference - need a defined sales and marketing team to make this conference effective
Pack Expo - keep bc it focuses on pharma industry rather than a broader range
Anyone with a 1st grade education can look at this equation and know that they don’t add up.
During our presentation, we’ll tell you how the following equation adds up.
Exit Survey
Collect first/last name and e-mail address of employees leaving in good standing
LinkedIn
Create an E-Technologies Group Alumni Network LinkedIn Group
Specifically for current and former employees
Managed by team of Alumni who are in charge of keeping the group updated
This annual dinner can be made possible using the savings from the recommendation of cutting several trade shows. With inspiration from E-Tech’s previous Casino Night themed event, an annual dinner would allow E-Tech to meet with employees, alumni, and suppliers in a more intimate setting to give an update on the company, demo new technology, and allow for networking opportunities.
With Savannah Center only being a mile away, this benefits E-Tech because they’ll be able to offer an office tour, if desired, prior to the dinner event.
* Does a better job of showing “who” E-Tech is not just “
* No SEO built in
* <div> not set up correctly – when screen is split, all content is elongated instead of fitting to screen
* Still too much text
Use of SEO (search engine optimization)
Anyone with a 1st grade education can look at this equation and know that they don’t add up.
During our presentation, we’ll tell you how the following equation adds up.
Providing service that creates value for client creates value in E-Tech’s service, resulting in 15% higher pricing.
Increased effort allows more billable hours & client interaction
With 15% higher revenue and increased billable hours over the next three years, the goal of $20,000,000 revenue is achievable
John Fox Marketing - http://www.johnfoxmktg.com – clients in the industrial and technology industry – market research – could be used for the tax ded. service
- Emerson Process Management is a client of theirs – similar to E-Tech
-Emerson Process Management delivers time-tested and innovative solutions designed to help customers reduce plant maintenance cost, reduce capital requirements, reduce cost of regulatory compliance, and increase process availability. This is enabled by world class products such as Fisher® control valves,regulators, instrumentation and performance services, which are the most reliable in the process control industry.
-work with many healthcare and pharma companies which is a big industry E-Tech does business with
-also work with many consumer product companies
-work with some of your customers (ex. P&G, Iams, Pfizer, Sunny Delight)
-one of their clients is engineering excellence, inc.
Create a group
Invite current employees on LinkedIn
Contact alumni
Gauge interest
Find a group of people who would be interested in maintaining the online group