To achieve the marketing objectives of an organization, this is called as a marketing plan. Marketing plans can be for a product or service. Marketing plans are an integral part of the overall business plan. There should be a strong marketing strategy, which forms the foundation for a good marketing plan.
An efficient marketer uses all means of communication to impress and win the customers’ confidence that will lead to a sale.
Benefits of a Marketing plan:
1. The business owners who make an effective marketing plan will think for the long-term of their business and plan accordingly.
2. For harvesting results, the team will work hard and stick with the marketing plans.
3. The marketer will monitor the competition, but will not react excessively.
4. The team will focus towards the specific marketing objectives and goals.
5. Will work mainly attract on the segmented market, at the same time will concentrate on the other customers.
6. Spend the budget according to the marketing plan effectively and efficiently.
7. Become smarter in marketing every year and understands how marketing works.
Essentials of an effective marketing plan:
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Executive Summary: It highlights the main goals and objectives of the marketing plan. It should also contain a brief note of the budget requirements.
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Business Overview: This is also referred to as the,
“situation analysis.” It contains some important areas like market, product, distribution situations, competitors and pricing. Here, you should mention the past one year records and plans. You have to include SWOT analysis of the business.
3.
Target Market: Here you have to segment your target market. You have to mention their needs and what kind of product you will sell to them.
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Goals: What do you want to achieve with this marketing plan? The goals should be challenging and attainable.
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Marketing Strategies: Here you have to outline the marketing strategies you want to perform for the goals to be attainable.
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Implementation tactics: In this section, tasks required to implement the strategies are listed. Each person is assigned with different tasks and the name of the team leader, the date of completion is also mentioned.
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Budget: The amount for the above activities, the revenue forecast considering various scenarios are mentioned here.
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Evaluation of results: Here we will mention the success criteria and measurement of the success. We will also check the strategies that are not performing well and the reasons for the non performance.
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