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Developing and Implementing a Marketing Plan

  /    /  Developing and Implementing a Marketing Plan

The Marketing Plan is an integral part of any marketing department as this is the guide used in achieving the goals of an organization. Developing a successful plan therefore involves understanding the knowledge of what goes into a plan and how to craft it, and utilizing leadership and collaboration skills to effectively communicate the plan and execute it. This unique course is ideal for all members of a marketing team especially those required to have developed skills in more strategic thinking and leading a team to execute. In this intensive format, you’ll learn the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of successful marketing planning for any type of organization.

  • Best practices in marketing? Why is it important?
  • Key marketing concepts and terminology: the marketing mix, understanding the macro and micro environment, SWOT analysis, strategic decisions and tools, the action plan
  • The marketing plan and its importance to a business
  • How to develop a working marketing plan: the environmental analysis, creating an overview, SWOT analysis, segmentation, strategies, the action plan
  • How to prepare your mission statement and vision for the upcoming year.
  • Discover and define your niche markets.
  • Develop your value proposition.
  • Develop and plan your marketing strategy.
  • Develop your marketing mix.
  • Create a marketing calendar that contains a month-by-month schedule of marketing activities and events for the upcoming year.
  • The Role of Marketing Planning
  • What’s in a marketing plan?
  • Writing a marketing plan
  • Summarize the situation analysis and understand the target consumer and market segmentation
  • Developing marketing objectives and strategies
  • Developing tactics and implementation plan
  • Identifying core product/service benefits and differentiators
  • Understanding the need for and the ability to develop contingency plans
  • Approaches to formulate budget allocation and build the marketing forecast
  • Defining how to monitor and manage performance by linking the plan to a marketing scorecard
  • Communicating the plan to stakeholders and partners
  • Taking the plan to the next level
Course Overview

The Marketing Plan is an integral part of any marketing department as this is the guide used in achieving the goals of an organization. Developing a successful plan therefore involves understanding the knowledge of what goes into a plan and how to craft it, and utilizing leadership and collaboration skills to effectively communicate the plan and execute it. This unique course is ideal for all members of a marketing team especially those required to have developed skills in more strategic thinking and leading a team to execute. In this intensive format, you’ll learn the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of successful marketing planning for any type of organization.

Course Objectives
  • Best practices in marketing? Why is it important?
  • Key marketing concepts and terminology: the marketing mix, understanding the macro and micro environment, SWOT analysis, strategic decisions and tools, the action plan
  • The marketing plan and its importance to a business
  • How to develop a working marketing plan: the environmental analysis, creating an overview, SWOT analysis, segmentation, strategies, the action plan
  • How to prepare your mission statement and vision for the upcoming year.
  • Discover and define your niche markets.
  • Develop your value proposition.
  • Develop and plan your marketing strategy.
  • Develop your marketing mix.
  • Create a marketing calendar that contains a month-by-month schedule of marketing activities and events for the upcoming year.
Course Outline
  • The Role of Marketing Planning
  • What’s in a marketing plan?
  • Writing a marketing plan
  • Summarize the situation analysis and understand the target consumer and market segmentation
  • Developing marketing objectives and strategies
  • Developing tactics and implementation plan
  • Identifying core product/service benefits and differentiators
  • Understanding the need for and the ability to develop contingency plans
  • Approaches to formulate budget allocation and build the marketing forecast
  • Defining how to monitor and manage performance by linking the plan to a marketing scorecard
  • Communicating the plan to stakeholders and partners
  • Taking the plan to the next level

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