JERSEY LAUNCH DAY 17 JAN 2019 Lydia Chambers Coordinator Running - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
JERSEY LAUNCH DAY 17 JAN 2019 Lydia Chambers Coordinator Running - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
JERSEY LAUNCH DAY 17 JAN 2019 Lydia Chambers Coordinator Running Order Welcome Working with mentors Mentors Q&A Teamwork Lunch Break Social media Marketing Branding Selling Before your first
Lydia Chambers
Coordinator
Running Order
- Welcome
- Mentors
- Teamwork
- Break
- Marketing
- Selling
- Getting ready to sell
- Finance
- Working with mentors
- Q&A
- Lunch
- Social media
- Branding
- Before your first sale
- Action plan
- Q&A
Mr Hughes
Headteacher Haute Vallee
Working in teams
Kirsty Mackay, Associate Partner
What is Teaming?
A group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task, job or project. A team needs;
- Leadership
- To work towards a common goal
- Mutual interest
- Communication
Your PART-TO-PLAY in Teaming?
A good team player is someone other team members know they can depend on. Be someone who supports team but also bring new suggestions to the table.
- 1. Meet your deadlines
- 2. Be honest
Your PART-TO-PLAY in Teaming?
As problems arise find solutions and change plan together to make things work
- 3. Adapt quickly
- 4. Appreciate others
The best teams have a mix of characters and skills. Recognise each others strengths and use them
Your PART-TO-PLAY in Teaming?
- 5. Avoid Politics
Don’t let yourself get distracted by issues that aren't crucial to your plan. Great team players take the time to make the plan and team
- 6. Genuine commitment
- 7. Reliable
A great team player is constantly reliable day in and day out, not just some of the
- time. You can count on them to get the job done, meet deadlines, keep their word
and provide consistent quality work.
What we don’t want to see
A team that performs well together gets rewarded together!
Your support network
Corporate Mentor Parents Team Teacher mentor
The Mentor relationship
The interactions between you and a designated Corporate/teacher mentor during the challenge will support the teams’ performance to help achieve success and answer your questions and queries as they arise.
Remember
Good luck to everyone involved!
Teamwork Exercise
Drop the ball
Rebecca Pitcher Assistant Marketing Manager OGIER
What is Marketing?
It’s about getting the right product to the customer at the right price, in the right place and at the right time. Making your magnificent idea a reality!
The Marketing Mix
Marketing is all about your customers
Market research gathers information about customer needs and preferences. Don’t forget to find out about your competitors too!
Type of Research Ways to obtain research Primary Research (Research you collate yourself) Interviews Surveys / Questionnaires Focus Groups Secondary Research (Research already compiled and analysed) Company reports Government Studies Public information sources eg gov.je
Promotion = communication
Case Study: The Ogier brand story
Good luck!
Production Guidelines
Production Guidelines
Sales Locations
Market Day Date to be confirmed
Sales Locations
- Think about where your customers go
– Town – Ransoms – Bus station – Offices – Other ideas?
- You must ask permission in advance
- How many times can you sell?
Pitches in town
Brook Street
Between Jack Wills & Hamons
58
Charing Cross
By the Toad
Halkett Street
At the Side of Boots
59
Don Street
Opposite Accessorize
Pitches in town
- Must be booked through the Challenge
– Emails to request pitch need to be sent to – studentbusinesschallenge@gmail.com
- Cost £12.50 for full day or £6.50 for half day
– Full days are from 9.00 am until 5.00 pm – Half days are from 9.00 am until 12.45 pm or from 1.15 pm until 5.00 pm
Pitches in town
Week Sales Date Booking opens at 8.00 am Week 1 Sat 26 Jan Mon 21 Jan Week 2 Sat 2 Feb Mon 21 Jan Week 3 Sat 9 Feb Mon 28 Jan Week 4 Sat 16 Feb Mon 4 Feb Week 5 Sat 23 Feb Mon 11 Feb Week 6 Sat 2 March Mon 18 Feb Week 7 Sat 9 March Mon 25 Feb Week 8 Sat 16 March Mon 4 March Week 9 Sat 23 March Mon 11 March Week 10 Sat 30 March Mon 18 March
Booking opens at 8.00 am on the Monday morning 2 weeks prior to the date required
Paul Savery Profit & Loss The bread and butter of your business
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Learning Points Today
- 1. Explain how to calculate PROFIT and LOSS
- 2. Practical session demonstrating the criticality of pricing
strategy
- 3. Show you how to create a PROFIT and LOSS spreadsheet
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1) Calculating Profit and Loss
Cost of 2 slices of bread, plus butter, plus generous portion of cheese, plus spoonful of pickle, plus cost of paying someone to make the sandwich, plus packaging costs... Total Cost per Unit
£ + £ + £ + £ = £
Costs
first – need to calculate cost per unit... e.g. A cheese and pickle sandwich...
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1) Calculating Profit and Loss Revenues/Income/Sales
Simply the Price per Unit sold (£) X the Number of Units sold.... = Total Income
Profit
Profit = Total Income – Total Costs Profit per Unit = Sale Price per Unit – Cost per Unit
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Pricing Strategy Exercise
Introduce special guest – Professor of Pricing to help guide us through this session On your tables you will find: 1. A sheet which provides you with a table team colour – Green, Red or Blue. Check
- 2. This sheet also contains details of the price at which your team can Buy 2 separate items,
which we’ll tell you about in a minute. Please do not share this info beyond your table. – Check
- 3. A pile of sheets marked “Buy” – one each – please take one now.
- 4. You should each now know the price at which you are allowed to buy item 1. All you
need to do, when asked, is to hold up your Buy card if you, personally, would want to buy Item 1 at that price. If you think it’s too expensive - do nothing.
- 5. Item 1...... Green – Blue - Red
- 6. Item 2.... Green – Blue – Red
- 7. Prof of Pricing runs the calcs – next page...
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3) Profit and Loss Spreadsheet
Starting with £100 LOAN... It’s important to track your INCOME (revenue made) and EXPENDITURE (costs incurred) regularly REMEMBER: INCOME minus COSTS equals PROFIT
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How to create a profit and loss spreadsheet…
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 TOTAL MONEY IN
(Revenue/Sales)
MONEY OUT (Cost / Expenditure) GROSS PROFIT Revenue - Cost OTHER EXPENSES (renting pitch, printing,
travel etc)
NET PROFIT Gross Profit – Other Expenses TOTAL NET PROFIT = Total GROSS PROFIT – Total OTHER EXPENSES.
Don’t forget to deduct the £100 initial loan as an expense when calculating your net profit for your total 10-week period.
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Pricing Strategy Exercise
Back to the Professor of Pricing and friends to help guide us through the outputs..
- 1. Item 1...... Green – Blue - Red
- 2. Item 2.... Green – Blue - Red
Lessons?....
Planning Time……
- 1. Complete participation & proceeds
agreement
- 2. Agree contact with your mentor
- 3. Agree team roles
- 4. Start working on your business plan
- 5. Think about trading standards implications
Questions
Social media
Why use social media in business?
- The human face of your business online
- Takes advantage of natural web user behaviour
- Almost half of web users turn to social media when making a
purchase (reading reviews / comments / ratings / promotions)
Source: Digital Insights
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Make sure your parents are happy for you to use social media to promote your business
Why use social media in business?
- 1.9 billion users
- 75% of users spend 20 minutes or more on Facebook each day
- Over 300 million Twitter users
- Over 600 million Instagram users
- 53% of users follow brands
Source: Social Media Today & Tracx
- How to create a Facebook page:
visit www.facebook.com/pages/create
- Like other relevant Facebook pages
- Recruit your friends and family, encourage them to like
comment and share your posts
- Create events, they’re a great way of improving the
visibility of what you’re doing
- Think about video as well as images. People engage very
well with video and it’ll help you stand out from the crowd
- Constantly improve, use the reporting insights and
identify which posts work best and replicate
- Instagram is a community built on the power of visual
storytelling
- Showcase your products and services in a rich, visual
context
- Create a new business profile, choose a relevant name
- Add a profile picture, keep it simple. Your logo would
work well
- Edit your images and videos to give them that
unmistakable instagram look that people respond to
- Use hashtags to define your
content and ensure it is found by the relevant audience, e.g. #studentbusinesschallenge
- Fuel your other marketing
channels, automatically push your content to Facebook and Twitter
- Create a Twitter profile
- Follow local businesses and people you know, hopefully
they’ll follow you back
- Write tweets that spark conversations and keep your
audience engaged (max 280 characters)
- Add your location and use relevant hashtags
- Think all the time about likes, shares, retweets and
mentions
- Who will YOU tweet…?
Social Media
Collaboration Tools
Marketing Material
Use time to:
- Create logo
- Design packaging
- Agree promotions
- Work out what display materials you will need
- Set up social media sites
Before your first sale
Action Plan
ACTION PLAN
Use this template at the launch event to work out what you need to do over the next few weeks. It is a good idea to complete this at the same time as you are writing your business plan so you cover all aspects of your business. What needs to be done? Who will do it? When will it be done by? Market Research Talk to your potential customers to find out what they think of your product or service so you can make any modifications Find out what your competitors are doing and how much they charge for similar products or services Marketing Design your logo Set up social media accounts Work out what other promotions you can do Production Find equipment and ingredients needed for your product / service Get hold of any packaging you need