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Traditional Marketing Tips
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Communication or Marketing?
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Golfers - Public vs. Private Clubs Stats Provided by BoardRoom Magazine
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Average Age of Private Golf Club Members
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Percentage of Men and Women
in Private Golf, City              and Yacht Clubs
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Single, Couple and Family Memberships at Private Golf Clubs
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Do you know these Golfers?
How Do We Communicate – What Tools to Use
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What is a Contact Worth?
  • An Amazing Golf Stat


  • 60% of Golf Revenues . . .
  • Comes from 12% of a Course’s Golfers.
  • What should they do to retain their best golfers?


  • What are your revenue stats?
  • What do you do for them?


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How Can We Improve?
  • Look like we belong in golf and know our business
  • We can become a better communicator
  • Innovate products to meet their needs


  • Do something for them instead of to them
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Start With Powerful Branding
  • What Course is This Photograph From?
  • Hole Number - Par – Yardage?


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What Does A Good Photograph Do?
  • Depends on it’s purpose
  • Promotes the course – Think Media
  • Educate – Sell – Document – Think brochures
  • Promotes the Architect – Owner – Community
  • Daily fee – Resort – Private Club – Web and more


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Look Good Early and Often
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Lifestyle Photography
  • Images should reflect your membership – not the designer’s personal bias
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Before We Move – A Story
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Free Media Coverage
  • These pages would cost thousands of dollars if you tried to purchase full page ads.



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Asset Management
  • Log on and download your story/photo/logos
    • Password protected - Add and delete content


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Bad Photos Will Hurt Your Ad
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Ad
Basics
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Flyer Content & Copy
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Identify with your Players
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Community Branding
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Community Branding
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Community Branding
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Community Branding
  •  Logo and Name
  •  Perceived Status in Community
  •  Third Party or Media Endorsement
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Community Branding
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Traditional Brochures
  • A statement of quality
  • A member sales tool to brag about your club
  • Represents your club without a sales associate
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Show Your Strengths
  • What are the key aspects of your club?
  • Hire a specialist for your photography
  • Page spreads should cover one topic
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Tri-Panel Effective                 and Affordable
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Multiple Items on a Press
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Brochures Match Your Image
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Brochures Match Your Image
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Vendor Product Branding
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If You Have a Superstar
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Create Events                   With Your Stars
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Photography - Marketing – Revenues
Make serious money from your photography
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Branding and Revenues
People want your logo – it’s a status symbol
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Questions – Or Are You Confused?
  • Can I give you any ideas of what a good assistant is worth? Now on to Preferred Golfer Programs.
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Loyalty Purchase Programs
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Simple Data Collection
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Digital Data Collection
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Business Card Coupons
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Has Value – Kept in Wallet
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"Preferred Golfer or Loyalty Programs..."
  • Preferred Golfer or Loyalty Programs = A Database
  • Encourage more rounds – Use as Tournament Tee Prize
  • Hotel and travel partner promotions/gift baskets
  • Retail sales, value cards and online coupons drivers
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Partner With Charity or Civic
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Are You Part of the Future?
A few simple tricks
  • Know your demographic and market to them
  • Get your photography and image in order
  • Use the media when possible and “create” stories
  • Brand a single perception and loyalty in your community
  • Gang printing – a huge saving for you
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Lots of Ideas
  •   Now its time for you to do something
  •   Pick the best of today – match them to your clients
  •   Marketing is Pro-active and a progressive build
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Real Marketing Tips Your Can Hear Today and Use Tomorrow
  • The Future is Yours – Is This the Year to Make a Change?
  • Go Home With a Plan
  • Talk to your Designer – Printer – Media
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Our Expertise Includes
  • Golf course and clubhouse photography
  • Collateral brochures, copy writing and ad campaigns
  • Digital marketing, broadcast e-Mail and web site design
  • Video photography, editing and CD/DVD brochures
  • Media and public relations programs