Russell Stalters – Lessons from a former navy pilot turned IT Director turned Marketer

June 26, 2019
by Charlie
Russell Stalters

Episode 12 with Russell Stalters – How to get your tech solution through the door and into the hands of your ideal clients

 

Marketing isn’t about closing the sale it’s about opening the relationship 

Key Takeaways

  • People do not buy technology because it is cool. We buy technology because it solves a problem. 
  • Can you answer the question – what is the big problem that you solve? 
  • Features have nothing to do with solving a problem. 
  • Buyers go to conferences as an efficient way of meeting new suppliers and finding solutions – don’t turn your ideal clients into victims of bad trade show marketing and leave them frustrated.
  • If you’re clever in marketing you’ll lose – don’t be clever as you’re confusing your audience.
  • Our brains are hard wired to make sense of the world using stories so incorporating them into your marketing is a smart move.
  • When you tell stories position your customer as the hero and you as the guide and tell them how you’re going to help them win the day by working for you. 
  • If you’re looking for investment tell another story but position the investor as the hero in the story and show them how you are going to help them win the day, come aw
  • People buy from people and people that can solve a problem for them and the technology is a way to solve that problem.

    Mentioned Links and References:

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/russellstalters

    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/russell.stalters

    Clarified Marketing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clarifyyourmarketing/

    LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stalters

    Website: https://www.clarifiedmarketing.com/

    Book Recommendations

    Building a StoryBrand – Donald Miller

    The Art of Explanation: Making your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand Lee Lefever

    Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck – Chip & Dan Heath

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    About Russell Stalters:

     

    Russ Stalters was the guy BP selected for the information and data management strategy after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Day after day he dealt with tech companies who could not communicate clearly how they could help. They had solutions, but did not know how to talk about them. Now Russ is on a mission to help companies clarify their marketing so that great solutions can get into the hands of the people who need them. Russ is also a StoryBrand Guide.

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