Marketing Planning, Implementation and Control

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MARKETING

PLANNING,
IMPLEMENTATION
AND CONTROL
Marketing planning

Through strategic plan exists in the


organization but it is very essential to have
functional plans to coordinate department
activity. For example, the marketing plan
guides the sales and distribution activities
of the organization. Therefore it is
essential to know what the contents of a
marketing plan are.
Contents of marketing plan
Executive summary: brief summary of plan,
which help busy executives to go through the
points very quickly.

Analyzing the current market situation: the following factors should be


answered in this section.


What is the intended market and market segment?

What is the consumer buying behavior process for particular category of products?

How conducive is the marketing environment to do the business?

Whether company got right marketing mix for intended target customer?

Who are major competitors and what are their marketing strategies?
PEST analysis: In this section, external environment of the company is
analyzed to find opportunities and threats.

Objectives and issues: this part of the marketing plan should discuss
marketing objectives that company would like to achieve in particular period
and issues that may affect them.
Marketing strategy: This section
should highlight on

Identify the segments, target


customer and positioning strategy.

4P’s of marketing
Planned activities: the following factors should
be discussed in this section

1. What are the programs that


company plans to undertake?

2. Who are responsible to monitor


these programs?

3. How much time it takes to complete


the program?

4. How much will it cost?


Marketing budget: A budget has to
be prepared periodically to
estimate the funds and expenses to
be incurred on the marketing
activities such as advertising,
research, sales promotions etc. the
budget will act as a reference point
when actual figures are accounted.
Control: Any program implemented
need to be controlled to check its
performance. Hence organization
should take periodic auditing by a
review committee. The control process
for the plan should be discussed in this
section.

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