Marketing Plan Guide

MARKETING ANALYSIS(AE only)

The introduction

  • How to use PlanMagic Marketing
  • The introduction
  • Assumptions
  • Company overview
    - the outside world

Marketing data

  • Internal factors
    - types of organizations
  • External factors
    - examples of changes in the outside world
  • The current product mix
    - marketing instruments for the product policy
    - product differentiation and positioning
    - the product categories
    - the product life cycles
    - external factors per product line
  • Market analysis
    - market approach
    - marketing strategies
  • Customer group analysis
    - market research
  • Competitor research
  • Current pricing analysis
  • Distribution channels
    - checklist
    - distribution methods
  • Marketing personnel
  • Human resource development
  • Market research
  • Advertising & promotion
  • Strength & weakness analysis
  • Problems & possibilities

Conclusions

  • Conclusions
  • Actions
  • Ratios
  • Time table

Considerations

  • Mistakes
  • Chances
    - Unique Selling Proposition
  • Choosing a strategy
    - market segmentation
    - build-up/maintain strategies
  • Publicity
 

MARKETING PLANNING

The introduction

  • How to use PlanMagic Marketing
  • The introduction
    - what is marketing?
  • Assumptions
  • Company overview
    - market share & market potential
    - the outside world

Marketing mix

  • Internal factors
    - types of organizations
  • External factors
    - examples of changes in the outside world
  • The product mix
    - profit to volume ratio
    - marketing instruments for the product policy
    - Unique Selling Proposition
    - product differentiation and positioning
  • External factors per product line
  • The suppliers
  • The target markets
    - market research
    - market approach
    - marketing strategies
  • The customer groups
  • The competition
    - market growth
  • Pricing policy
  • Distribution mix
    - checklist
    - distribution methods
  • Marketing personnel
  • Human resource development
  • Market research programs
    - primary research
    - secondary research
  • Marketing goals & strategies
    - strategies
  • Advertising & promotion
    - writing an ad
    - advertising objectives

Sales projections

  • Sales projections monthly (3 years)
  • Sales projections annual (5 years)

Budgeting & control

  • Marketing budget
  • Evaluation & progress control
  • Ratios
  • Time schedule
  • Mistakes
  • Chances
    - Unique Selling Proposition
  • Choosing a strategy
    - market segmentation
    - build-up/maintain strategies
  • Publicity