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This is how this is how the economy works. We need to have viable products that speak with practical consumers, and so uh customers this next year, they're going to be buying, however they're going to be more value scrutinizing. They are gon na the costs have increased and they're not gon na go down.

It's it's just more this is the new This is just how it is now pricing flooring, if you will. Caleb Agee: 3:56 Yeah, so they're adjusting their budget plans to account for due to the fact that all of 25, they were like, whoa, what's going on?

It didn't go down, it just flattened and however your interest rates and your big purchases are less scary. Caleb Agee: 4:24 Yeah, so we got to pay attention, consumers are gon na be worth scrutinizing, more risk aware, um, and then they'll be less tolerant of friction and ambiguity.

Brandon Welch: 4:33 So there's four areas. Uh, one is just how much should your business be investing in marketing? We're gon na provide you some varieties uh for your industry and for uh your maturity cycle as services. Uh, the 2nd is gon na be nuances and technique, how you need to position yourself in 2026 versus years past.

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Yeah. Uh by the end of that, you're going to pair that with last year's how to make a marketing plan, or perhaps your extremely own copy of the Maven Marketer. You just build your marketing strategy uh over Christmas break, reading your hundred and no, sorry, two hundred and forty-eight pages of marketing.

Um yeah. Um, hello, you know what? Individual to make a remark about uh something you're changing your 2026 marketing uh is gon na get a copy of the Maven Online marketer, thanks to Nate, the electronic camera guy.

Caleb Agee: 5:32 We're gon na just deliver a ship a Nate in a box and it'll just pop out and hint. Brandon Welch: 5:36 Let's jump in. We've got four areas to cover. So, how much should your company be spent spending on marketing? Um, this is a crammed question, and everyone who gets asked that in our industry goes, Well, it depends.

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Um, the average service in America is spending seven to 8 percent on marketing each year as a portion of yearly earnings. Now a few of you simply went, is that all? And a few of you went, holy crap, what are you attempting to do? Yeah, yeah. We're gon na break that down here in a 2nd.

That's a typical based on US marketing spin. And then um the SBA stated seven to 8 percent on any uh roundabouts or near 5 million pursuing growth is how they framed that. Brandon Welch: 6:24 So this is gon na subtlety by industry, not since the actual marketing invest most likely need to nuance like what it takes to make things happen, however because margins are different in every industry.

So um we're gon na go line by line with that. However I want to I wish to simply reset if you are the the individual or if you are working for an individual, or if you need to report to the individual who's going, yeah, however uh, if we spend 7.7% of our budget, how do we understand it's working? We're going to get there.

The big concept is that companies that um become well known, favored, and well-trusted before the sale, they win in the marketing and marketing video game, and they win in the development game. There was an extremely, huge research study called The Long and the Short of It, done by Les Bennett and Peter Field.

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They took a scientific approach, studied billions of dollars worth of advertising over an extended period of time, and they they came out with a grand conclusion that if you are well known, liked, and trusted from an emotional level, if people like you and believe in you before the sale, you will not see that return on financial investment this 2nd.

That is big, huge business things, however it also straight uses to your uh owner-operated organization. And less because uh in that study was popular for stating if brands are developed over years, we all understand it takes a while to develop a brand. Like Nike didn't become Nike or Apple didn't become Apple or you understand, any of these huge brands we like.

If you desire that to be real for your organization, that's that's the structure. Caleb Agee: 8:36 Yeah. We're gon na quickly go through just some standards of marketing invest for various markets. And uh hopefully you fall under among these. If not, you could probably discover triangulate. Yeah, you could you could find some relatable uh markets, and we're simply gon na go through these and after that we're gon na speak about how this modifications in your your given situation.

Uh HVAC standards commonly cite 7 percent of top line income. Um and however likewise top line incomes tend to be lower in those industries.

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Caleb Agee: 9:21 That's. Law office, 5 to fifteen percent, similar to that company setup, perhaps. Uh, and after that uh medical clinics, one to five percent. That that would be independent medical clinics. Brandon Welch: 9:31 The medical group management association states one to 5 percent. Um, there's sometimes a lot of retail bound therein, however there's also a great deal of um there's a great deal of overhead medical practices.

And they tend to be on the more commoditized scale. People understand what they need, so you're simply attempting to be the one on the list that people choose. So that's right. Uh yeah. Proceed. Dental offices. Caleb Agee: 9:54 Dental offices, um, 4 to seven percent. That's from dental economics.

That's uh comparable to that medical center. Brandon Welch: 10:04 We deal with one of the most prominent leaders because area, and they they commonly mention in their company like 2 to 3 percent. Um automobile repair shops are four to 5 percent, very same thing. A great deal of a lot of expense of goods, so a lot of overhead.