“You don’t need apps,” Lena said. “You need one channel.”
“No billboards. No radio. Here’s your offer: Go to the condos. Put a sign in the elevator: ‘First 10 residents: Free ‘5 PM Rescue Box’ this Friday. No catch. Text ‘BREAD’ to 555-1234.’ ”
“Marco,” she said, brushing flour off a stool. “You’re trying to yell at everyone. That’s why you’re broke. Turn off the noise. We need one page . One plan. Starting with: Who is your ideal new customer?” The 1-Page Marketing Plan - Get New Customers- ...
He did it. He printed a single, ugly flyer on neon yellow paper. He taped it inside the three condo elevators.
She pointed to the next section: .
Sitting in his empty shop, staring at a mountain of unsold baguettes, he met Lena.
Marco was hemorrhaging money. He tried everything desperate: a billboard on the highway (cost: $2,000, result: three confused truckers), radio ads (cost: $5,000, result: his mother called to say she heard him), and flyers (cost: paper cuts and shame). “You don’t need apps,” Lena said
And Marco finally had a system that worked.