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Challenge Develop a business strategy and plan that will Act as a clear roadmap for longterm growth to 25M in five years Createestablish a Brand Presence that Schools know and trust for technology solutions ID: 781746

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Slide1

Forward Edge

Rebranding

Slide2

The Big Picture

Slide3

Challenge

Develop a business strategy and plan that will:

Act as a clear roadmap for long-term growth to $25M in five years;

Create/establish a

Brand Presence that Schools know and trust for technology solutions.

Increase awareness

of Forward Edge

& their

leading edge technology solutions to high potential school targets to

support

immediate sales

goals.

Slide4

Enemy

Success in growing Clients has required little past marketing but future growth will require a strong, concerted sales and marketing effort.

Key marketing

gaps

include:Business growth strategy / plan not

fully defined yet making it

difficult

to align marketing & brand to support

Research, testing, & due diligence are required to determine best growth strategy which takes time

School cycles dictate marketing and sales activities to be done well ahead of timeCurrent marketing isn’t doing the best job to support immediate awareness and sales (Outdated information (website), hot services not well defined/promoted, Forward Edge not easily found)

Slide5

Slide6

Strategy Meets Identity (aka Brand)

Slide7

Hierarchy Example

Aileron

What

How

Culture

Future

Strengths

Known As

Slide8

Insights

Forward Edge has exceptional 100% customer retention

Forward Edge is ahead of schools by 2 years in technology

Forward Edge can easily be a “better” solution for school’s IT needs but it can be threatening for inside resources

There are many hot technology trends happening in schools that align with the tools in Forward Edge’s toolboxWe have topped out our existing Customer targets as means to generate significant new revenue81% of people research for products and services before they buy

Slide9

Project Strategy

Enhance current marketing to support immediate sales while conducting research, testing, due diligence to create long-term growth strategy & marketing plan.

Slide10

Building a Brand Strategy

BRAND Strategy

Assets

Changing Brand Identity Launch Brand Identity Communicating Brand Identity

Touch Points

Letterhead

Digital

Collateral

Clothing SignageAdvertising/MediaDesign Logo + Tag Color Integration Fonts Tone & FeelResearch

Brand Audit

Business Objectives

Stakeholder Analysis

Market Analysis

Brand Strategy Analysis

Strategy

Refining the focus

Brand Promise

Positioning Strategy

Brand Plan

Naming

Slide11

Immediate Opportunities

Slide12

Category

Element

Description

Recommendation

Brand IdentityNameForward Edge

Too Soon to Change without More Data

+ 8 yrs of building positive brand equity

.com /.net

not available requiring dash & education May or May Not be best brand to support strategyKey Now: Position Forward Edge as progressive Technology Leader & Trusted Friend Subtly create perception of larger company to compete with CISCO/CDWG Ensure ConsistencyTag“The Technology Edge for Education” Thoughtfulness put behind selection

Leverage & test while determining if it will be best tag to support your Growth Strategy & Brand Identity

Logo

Explore opportunity to enhance

Forward Edge by adding a log

o to create a more visual /iconic representation

Add some color integration to increase attention getting

Messaging

Sell

Key Services

Highlight

& promote “Hot” Services related to education trends

With

100% Retention –

Develop & Promote Value Story

Slide13

Logos

a

graphic representation or symbol of a company name, trademark, abbreviation; designed for ready recognition.

13

Slide14

Logo Design & Color Integration

14

1

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2

Logo Design & Color Integration

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3

Logo Design & Color Integration

Slide17

Logo Design

17

4

Slide18

5

Slide19

Category

Element

Description

Recommendation

Brand Awareness/ Accessibility

URL

Forward-Edge.net

Currently Searching for Keyword “Forward Edge” Results in Forward Edge coming up Third in ranking.

See here

. Goal: Improve Brand ranking for Forward edge to #1 positionWhat This Does?: Makes finding Forward Edge as a brand easier by increasing website authorityBy building Branded links to your website, we will increase your Branding within the major search enginesWebsiteRe-purpose

Improve

look/feel to be more “EDU” Centric

Add promotion “Hot” Services

Fix Broken Links

Create Mobile Version of Website

Establish Authority within Industry

Video Development

Digital

Marketing

Listing

Optimization

Currently searching for keywords such as

“Video Surveillance Systems Cincinnati OH

” does not produce a Forward

Edge r

esult on the first three pages of results

Goal:

Improve Search Ranking results for several keywords by creating links to Forward-Edge.net

By creating Keyword Targeted links to Forward-Edge.net, we’ll effectively build authority for your website, which will increase website visibility.

View Keyword List here

.

Slide20

Website Repurposing

Click Image to see Full Mock-up

Slide21

Category

Element

Description

Recommendation

Brand Awareness: Promotional ActivitiesShows

E-Tech

Opportunity to Leverage Marketing?

Promotions

Reach + Frequency + Continuity

High Potential New Targets Free Technology Assessment as door opener Social Media Push: Heightened awareness of URL Promote Activities Progressive AppearanceCustomer Events

Experts

Symposium

Utilize as a forum to support Leading Edge Appearance

Provide added value to existing and new clients

Leads/ Referrals

Soften

Market For Sales

Lead generation to New Targets to open door

Leads from Website

Organized Referral Program

Slide22

Thank You!