Business Development through Marketing

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Leo Charter Services
Calgary, CA-AB, Canada
CEO
(27)
3
Project
Academic experience
200 hours per learner
Learner
Canada
Advanced level

Project scope

Categories
Branding & style guides Market research Digital marketing Market expansion Social media marketing
Skills
communication target market google sheets public relations branding press releases value propositions boosting market segmentation sales prospecting
Details

We are growing our business and further penetrating the market through various aspects of the business operation.

We would like to work with students to come up with the most effective marketing plan and execute with students to reach our business development goals.

The primary focus for the student will be:

  • Branding - Conduct a full competitive landscape assessment; define our organization's brand and core value proposition; identify opportunities and threats facing our brand; assess where and how to improve our brand's presence and differentiate from our competitors.
  • Marketing Communications - Recommend changes to advertising and PR materials; create an integrated marketing campaign; create a rebranding campaign if needed.
  • Market Research - Investigate our competitive landscape; perform market segmentation to identify the ideal target market for (new or existing product or service)
  • Public Relations - Develop and implement a PR strategy; create collateral, including press releases, user testimonials, case studies, and customer stories.
  • Prospecting Strategy - Evaluate our current customer base and make recommendations for further market penetration; assess our current outreach process and develop and implement targeted prospecting; review our prospect messaging, make improvement recommendations, and create new outreach content.
  • SEO Strategy & Recommendations - Develop and implement an SEO strategy; provide content suggestions and recommendations to increase search visibility; increase our inbound traffic and optimize the customer journey; increase inbound leads.
  • Strategic Social Media Marketing - Conduct an audit of our current social media presence and/or other current communication channel(s); develop and implement strategies for improving our online presence and increasing engagement; create a content calendar; creating useable social media and blog posts.
  • Execution - Execute marketing plans with core team of the organization to reach business development goals

Our goal at the end of this experience is:

  • Branding and Marketing Communications - For the student(s) to help us improve our brand's presence and capture greater market share.
  • Market Research - For the student(s) to help us gain a better understanding of our target market and ensure we are optimally positioned and our product and pricing aligns with our target sector/customer.
  • Public Relations - For the student(s) to help us effectively communicate our brand's story and mission to a broad audience.
  • Prospecting Strategy - For the student(s) to help us implement better prospecting that increases conversion rates and boost our sales team's performance.
  • SEO Strategy & Recommendations - For the student(s) to help us generate more traffic and revenue through search engines.
  • Strategic Social Media Marketing - For the student(s) to help us improve our online presence, reach more customers, and effectively promote our brand through compelling content.
  • Market penetration - For the student(s) to help us successfully expand to target market (sales boosting, market penetration rate increase, etc.).

Other duties the student may complete could include: (indicate other duties as exemplified below)

  • Assist with outbound email marketing campaigns as needed; measure and report on performance of these campaigns using tools such as Google Sheets, Excel, etc.
  • Content development, including social posts, blog posts, LinkedIn articles, and website copy.
Deliverables
No deliverables exist for this project.

About the company

Company
Calgary, CA-AB, Canada
2 - 10 employees
Hospitality, Travel & tourism, Transport, trucking & railroad

Leo Charter Services is a ground charter transportation service provider for different functions: travel and tourism, airport pick up & drop off, wedding, school/church/community events, sporting events, corporate/private functions, etc. Current operation regions: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec. Our vision is to “Create a charter service ecosystem allowing business and individual access convenient, reliable, eco transportation according to their needs.” The business is looking to expand and further penetrate the market with an innovative vision & goals to bring more convenience to our community.