In the extremely competitive commercial world it makes sense to hire a marketing consultant to help build your business or career. Despite being a little more difficult the same analogy is applicable to a marketing coach. But the most pertinent question that arises out of these is what is expected from such consultant or coach?
A Blossoming Career in Sales
Let’s start with an example. Firstly, personal ambition of most salesmen is to bloom in to a successful sales manager. The position carries a lot of weight and is one of the most important posts in any enterprise. A manager’s responsibility would be running the entire sales department or the store itself. This provides room for huge decision making powers. Salespersons on the other hand are confined with limited tasks and decision making abilities. But in either case certain things are indispensable; advice, guidance and training, which can be provided by consultants and coaches.
The Point of Difference
Though they seem similar; there are some basic differences in the characteristics of marketing consultant and the coach. The role of the consultant is basically advisory in nature. He or she may be asked for an opinion on various issues relating to the enterprise and its business and the role is confined to analysing the issue and suggesting best solutions or the course of action to be taken. On the other hand the marketing coach will not only analyse and keep watch on the market trends but will orient the sales people with the finer points of running the enterprise and carrying out the sales. The orientation will also involve how to win over and attract customers and conversion of potential customers into real time clients.
Why are These Services Necessary?
There are many reasons that contribute to the necessity of consultancy or coaching services. Most of the entrepreneurs and top managerial people do not have the time to indulge in the details relating to the marketing of their business organisation, including finding new marketing channels, analysing market trends, creating communications schedules and social media posts. In such cases, they find it extremely useful shifting the burden of analysis, fact finding and execution, as well as training to experts who are well conversant with the processes. That is exactly where the consultant or the coach steps in providing the necessary guidance and training for the people that work in the marketing branches of the enterprise.
The success of an enterprise depends largely on growing and managing the sales persons and employees and that is the task accomplished by the coach and consultants.
