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    How to write a marketing plan : define your strategy, plan effectively and reach your marketing goals / John Westwood.

    • Title:How to write a marketing plan : define your strategy, plan effectively and reach your marketing goals / John Westwood.
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    • Author/Creator:Westwood, John, 1947- author.
    • Published/Created:London ; New York, NY : Kogan Page Limited, 2019.
      ©2019
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Marketing--Management.
    • Edition:Sixth edition.
    • Description:ix, 177 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
    • Series:Creating success.
    • Summary:"How to write a marketing plan provides a step-by-step guide to creating a successful marketing plan: from carrying out a marketing audit, setting objectives and devising budgets to writing, presenting and implementing the plan. With content on producing mini-plans and seizing new opportunities quickly, it also contains the most current information on email marketing, web usage, mobile commerce and social media." -- Provided by publisher.
    • ISBN:9780749484835 paperback
      0749484837 paperback
      9780749498832 hardcover
      0749498838 hardcover
      9780749486167 electronic book
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 01. Introduction
      What is selling?
      What is marketing?
      What is marketing planning?
      Stages in the preparation of a marketing plan
      02. Situation analysis - the marketing audit
      audit of the marketing environment
      audit of marketing activity
      audit of the marketing system
      marketing environment - market research
      Internal market research
      What is market segmentation?
      Information checklist
      How to present the figures
      Situation analysis
      SWOT analysis
      03. Objectives
      What is a marketing objective?
      Basic types of product
      product portfolio
      Relative market growth rate and share
      market portfolio - increasing available markets
      Application selling
      Exporting
      Gap analysis
      04. Strategies and action plans
      What is a marketing strategy?
      Pricing strategies
      Customer strategies
      Customer relationship management
      Key account management
      Devising strategies
      Action plans
      05. distribution plan
      Marketing channels
      Direct sales
      Distribution
      Telemarketing
      Taking your business online
      E-mail/e-marketing
      M-commerce
      Direct mail
      Physical distribution, warehousing and factory location
      Customer service
      06. advertising and promotions plan
      Personnel
      Advertising and promotions
      Advertising online
      increasing use of PR
      Developing your social media strategy
      07. Costs and budgets
      Profit and loss account
      Budgeting the cost of a marketing plan
      08. Writing the plan
      Introduction
      Executive summary
      Situation analysis
      Marketing objectives
      Marketing strategies
      Schedule of what/where/how
      Sales promotion
      Budgets and the profit and loss account
      Controls and update procedures
      09. Presenting the plan, follow-up and revision
      Presenting the plan
      Follow-up and revision
      10. Mini-plans and quick plans
      Product plans
      Planning for a new product
      Approaches for selected markets
      Marketing plans for individual export markets.
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