Marketing | Speaking & Training | Endorsements
Continuous exposure to advertising and personal sales tactics leads most people to link marketing and selling, or to think that marketing activities start once goods or services have been developed. In reality, marketing is woven throughout the entire organizational process. It involves analyzing market needs, securing information needed to design and produce goods or services that match buyer expectations, and creating and maintaining relationships with customers and suppliers. As such, marketing applies to every organization in a myriad of ways.
How Can You Accomplish It All?
That’s where Y Not Now, LLC comes in. Y Not Now, LLC manages the marketing function for you – so that you can do what you do best: Operate and grow your organization. Y Not Now, LLC becomes the planner, budgeter, implementer, maintainer, and monitor for all marketing related activities for your business. We develop long-term relationships with our clients, partnering with them to enable them to reach their goals. Additionally, we are onsite with our clients each week, ensuring your marketing “department” is in and operating on a consistent and ongoing basis. Most clients think of us like having their own part-time marketing person.
Marketing services are customized based on what your goals are, not what we “think” you need. Marketing Management Services offered include, but are not limited to…
- Market Research: Focus Groups, Surveys, CRM Analysis, Market Segmentation, Internal & External Customer Analysis, Mystery Shopping
- Planning: Annual Marketing Plans, Marketing Budgets, Implementation, Tracking
- Promotion: Development, Communications, Public Relations, Community Relations, Newsletters, Events, Advertising Planning & Budgeting, Content Creation, eMarketing, Social Media, Website Content, Website Audit & Analysis
- Business Development: Target Market Identification, Proposal Development, Relationship Pricing, Prospecting and Lead Generation
Speaking & Training
Y Not Now, LLC President, Tena Krouse, is available for speaking and training engagements on a local and national level. Speaking and Training Clients have included: The American Business Women’s Association, Women in Insurance and Financial Services, River City Express Network, RESOURCES Federal Credit Union, William Byrd Community House, St. Gertrude High School, Network of Enterprising Women: Women’s Business Symposium, and the Goochland County Chamber of Commerce.
Speaking Topics are customized based on the request. Topics have included: Inspired Goal Setting, Developing Your Personal Brand, Successful Marketing in Difficult Times, and How Technology Impacts Today’s Marketing.
Training Areas:
- Motivation
- Customer Service
- Goal Setting
- Phone Etiquette
- Sales & Business Development
- Performance Management
- Successful Leadership
- Communication
- Time Management
Contact us for a complete course listing
Endorsements
What are people saying about what it is like to work with Y Not Now?
“I was recently given an opportunity to work with Community College Workforce Alliance and needed to respond immediately with a proposal. I’ve worked with Tena Krouse of Y Not Now for over three years and without hesitation contacted her to assist me with this project. As in previous situations she was willing, ready and able to get started right away. Tena’s promptness, knowledge and attention to details assisted tremendously in solidifying this deal.”
Aaron W. Smith, President of A.W. Smith Financial Group Inc.
“The art of delegation is very crucial to a small organization owner. When I finally realized that I could not handle my marketing alone anymore one person came to mind. In today’s world, words do not mean as much as they used to. Tena has a can do attitude that is upbeat and when she says “Can Do,” she does. Her words mean something. Her work ethic and quality speak for themselves. She also is great at holding me accountable.
Angelia Z. Fritter, President, the Fritter Group, LLC
“Tena was a pleasure to work with! The project we hired her to complete was complex and entailed meeting with our current and former customers in person as well as by phone. We had complete trusted her ability to represent Quarles professionally while developing a comfortable rapport with our customers (many times, in their homes). We use the research/results she provided us with from 2008 as our blueprint for success. Our marketing strategies are now appropriately calibrated to accomplish our goals. Several Quarles customers contacted us about how pleased they were with Tena and how much they enjoyed interacting with her during this survey/research process. We look forward to working with her again.”
Tammy Balch, Corporate Marketing Director, Quarles Petroleum, Inc.
“Tena is a marketing expert with creative ideas on how to reach your target market. Her work is high quality, on-time and within budget. She gets results!”
Michael Leonard, Executive Director, Greater Richmond Small Business Development Center, Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce.
“Tena Krouse is that rare professional who not only knows her stuff cold but is also a dream to work with. She’s tenacious and creative but, most importantly, Tena has her clients’ best interests at heart and that is evident not only in how she relates to her clients but in everything she does. It is without hesitation that I highly recommend Tena Krouse.”
Shela Dean, Author, Frequent Foreplay Miles
