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Join us for an insightful roundtable discussion on the importance of marketing within AYSO and how it impacts your region. We will explore specific questions and interests from participants, focusing on the value of a quality youth soccer program and effective customer service in building community relations. Learn about available resources, the 5 W’s of marketing, and strategies for volunteer recruitment. Together, we can discover ways to enrich children's lives through a fun family experience that encourages ongoing engagement in your region.
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What’s on the Table… • Specific Questions or information seeking? • General interest or learning?
What’s On Your Mind? • What are you hoping to hear about today? • What would you like to discuss or bring to our attention today?
What IS Marketing? • …and why is it important?
Definitions: • Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. • Marketing is the process of communicating the value of a product or service to customers or prospects, for the purpose of selling that product or service.
Your Region & Marketing • Product/Service: Quality Youth Soccer Program • Customers: Players, Parents, Other Volunteers, our Community at large • Prospects: Families (w/kids) not in our program now • What We Sell: A fun family experience that enriches children’s lives
Why It Matters: • See the AYSO world through the customer’s eyes • T or F: Happy customers are better to have than unhappy ones. • Keeping current customers vs. finding new ones • Volunteer recruitment
Customer Service is not a Department, it’s an Attitude. Keeping people informed (and entertained) is a great customer service technique!
The 5 W’s • Who • What • When • Where • Why
AYSO Marketing Resources • Professional Staff • National Marketing Commission (Volunteer) • Webinars, E-newsletters, phone & email support • The Region Toolkit & Marketing Toolkit • On ayso.org under Volunteers tab -> Resources • For the low low price to AYSO Regions: $0.00!
Your Region & Marketing • Marketing + Customer Service = Strong Regions, Better Volunteer Experience for YOU. • No advanced degree/training necessary to do it well! • The 5 W’s are a great starting point for any initiative… • Volunteer Recruitment Opportunity • Resources via AYSO HQ • Reach out to AYSO Marketing for support, guidance, ideas.