04/11/2020
๐๐If it were just that easy, right?
Planning time is an exciting time . This is the time where you are able to truly reflect on everything that occurred in the previous year, identify new goals for the upcoming year, and develop a marketing plan that delivers on these goals.
Step 1: Assemble the Team
While rewarding when it is complete, planning can be time consuming and stressful, especially if done by just one person.
Once the right people are in place, it is time to get started making the actual plan.
Step 2: Gather Details
In order to build a solid foundation for the marketing plan, we need to work together on identifying a base level of information to build on. These items include:
Last yearโs plan (if applicable or available), including any goals and budgets (making sure to include spent vs. unspent โ this is important!):
Review of what tactics were implemented vs. outlined in the plan
Review what worked vs. what didnโt work
Discuss and identify key information for new plan:
Target audience
Product mix โ are there any new products to talk about or introduce?
Objectives
Strategies
Goals
Budget
Geographic markets
Discuss โneedsโ:
Sales tools
Online content
Video assets
Once we have gathered all of this information and agreed on audiences, goals, and budgets, itโs time to develop the plan.
Step 3: Develop Plan
Based on the information gathered in Step 2, S&B moves ahead with developing a marketing plan for review. In most instances, the initial marketing plan includes tactics and a paid media recommendation that deliver on the marketing objectives, strategies, and goals outlined in Step 2. This is why the information gathering stage is so important in the planning process: it is the foundation for all the tangible items developed throughout the year.
Step 4: Implement Plan
The key to developing a sound and strategic marketing plan is good communication. The most successful and rewarding plans are developed when all team members are on the same page from the beginning, agree on information gathered in Step 2 before moving onto Step 3, and then implement according to the plan. This, of course, is the perfect scenario and we all know that marketing is constantly changing and far from perfect. Communicating these changes and modifications can help keep a plan on track and on strategy, and help you reach your business goals in the new year.
Without a complete plan, created by the right people and with the right end goal in mind, any marketing effort is going to be a waste of time and money.
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