7 Questions to Ask Potential Marketing Clients | Ep. #90

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Business, Marketing

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2016

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In Episode #90 Neil and Eric list the 7 questions you need to ask potential marketing clients. Pay close attention as these are the exact questions Neil and Eric use to develop successful marketing relationships that always deliver on project goals. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:28 – Today’s topic: 7 Questions to Ask Potential Marketing Clients 00:52 – #1 Ask if other people are involved in decision making 01:30 – #2 Ask what the overall goals and objectives are 02:36 – #3 Ask how good their marketing strategy is 03:43 – #4 Ask how much their budget is 05:47 – #5 Ask who their competitors are 06:00 – Use Moz to show clients how they are doing against their competitors 06:41 – #6 Ask what marketing tactics worked for them and which ones did not 06:59 – Tactics that work for your competition doesn’t mean they automatically applies to your business 07:49 – The key to a successful agency is happy clients 08:27 – #7 Continue the sales process – schedule the next meeting 09:03 – Use Mixmax to send you reminders 09:18 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: Make sure the ultimate decision maker knows your proposal for the project. Know where the company is in terms of marketing. Knowing who the competitors are will help in assessing where the business stands. Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu

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0:00.0	Get ready for your daily dose of marketing strategies and tactics from
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0:14.6	with your instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
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0:51.8	Welcome to another edition of Marketing School.
0:55.0	I'm your host Eric Sue.
0:56.0	And I'm Neil Patel.
0:57.0	And today we're going to talk about seven questions
1:00.0	you should always ask potential agency clients.
1:03.0	So the thing is, we know that there are a lot of people in the audience right now
1:06.6	that are perhaps thinking about striking it out on their own,
1:10.0	or perhaps they're part of an agency already.
1:11.8	So the question is, what should you always ask people initially?
1:16.0	And I'll kick it off.
1:17.0	You know, what we always do, especially when I'm talking to people on a sales call,
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