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Marketing Plan - Key Elements?

What are the key elements of a marketing plan? Based on real example - welcome ;-) thnx 4 help!

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  Puneet Kapoor
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Puneet Kapoor, India
 

Marketing Plan Elements

In my view, a Marketing Plan is a typically annual plan of Marketing activities specifying Brand's revenue and expenditure. Key elements of Marketing Plans are:
1. Objective (Qualitative and Quantitative)
2. Calender of Activities
3. Details of Expenditure etc.

  jc
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jc, sg
 

Marketing Plan is Art and Science to Sell

Creating a MP is an art and science of devising a way to sell the product, service, brand, the business unit, and even the entire company to meet customers' needs. Some may say identify the customers' needs first and than apply the 4 Ps to deliver solutions ... whatever it is ... as long as your plan can sell - you made it. The time frame is a self-induced restriction.

  Enrique Florido
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Enrique Florido, Colombia
 

Marketing Plan More an Art than a Science

Marketing a product/service is more an art than a science. People who lack creativity hav e made of marketing a science, so they can thrive. The essence of marketing is more like the Blue Ocean Strategy theory; the key is in the innovation (creativity), and that is not a science.

  Sheree Welch
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Sheree Welch
Director, Trinidad and Tobago
 

Marketing Planning Aligned with Strategic Plan

The marketing planning needs to be integrated and coordinated with other functional planning activities and the overall strategic business plan. You need to do a marketing audit based on your corporate objectives and link this to your marketing objectives and strategies. It is a process of identifying and anticipating future events and aligning resources to meet the marketing objectives.

  Latif Salifu Kasim
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Latif Salifu Kasim
Entrepreneur, Ghana
 

Marketing Plan Components

Well, personally for me, I think all the elements in my marketing plan are pretty key. Right from Mission Statement of the organisation, to Situational Analysis, through Objective Development (Quantitative and Qualitative) to Strategy Development then Target Customers and Time, Then Budgeting, Implementation and Control.
The reason being that one can not function without the other because they need to be coordinated. Objectives and strategies of the organisation have to be coordinated with its mission and suitability, feasibility and acceptability and so on.

  Jaap de Jonge
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Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
 

The Main Elements of a Marketing Plan

The main contents of a marketing plan typically are:
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Situational Analysis (Macro-Environment, Market Analysis, Customer Analysis (Segmentation)
  3. Opportunities / Threats Analysis - SWOT Analysis
  4. Objectives (Mission Statement, Strategic Vision, Strategic Goals, CSFs and KPIs.
  5. Marketing Strategy
  6. Action Program (the operational marketing plan for the next period)
  7. Financial Forecast (investments and expected results)
  8. Controls
See also: 5 C's of Marketing Strategy

 

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topic Implementation of Marketing Strategy
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topic Strategic Marketing versus Marketing Strategy?
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topic Why is Marketing Hard? 50 Reasons
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topic Are Monopoly Industries Unaffected by Marketing?
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topic Marketing Ethics
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topic Tips for Preparing a Business Plan
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topic The Role and Value of the Marketing Function
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topic What is More Important? Sales Volume or After Sales Service?
topic Marketing Tactics Must be Dynamic
topic What is Social Media Marketing?
topic From a Sales-driven Into a Marketing-driven Company
topic Holistic Marketing
topic What is Lean Marketing? Definitions
topic What is Neuromarketing? Definitions
topic Emergence and Acceleration of the Marketing Profession
topic Hard and Soft Marketing Styles 😜
topic Impact of Internet on Marketing
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