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3.5 Positioning What opinions does your audience already have about this type of product? Is there a gap in the consumers needs that this product can fill? Is there a specific application that your product fits very well? Can you base the position on the uniqueness of the product, the product quality, or the pricing strategies? Is it possible to position your product based upon opportunities you found after research?
3.6 Strategies Explain how your marketing programs will support your companys strategic plan company uniqueness, competitive advantage, adjusting to market conditions, trends and changes.
3.7 Marketing Mix Product: brand name, features/attributes, quality, warranty, labeling, packaging, etc; Promotion: advertising, types of media, sales promotion, personal selling, public
MKTG522 Marketing Plan Guide
relations, your methods, message/theme, timing, budget, projected results, etc.; Place / Distribution: types of distribution channels, direct, retail, distributors, intermediaries, locations, logistics, motivating the channel partners, level of market coverage, channel distribution challenges, etc.; Price: type of strategy, list price, discounts, bundling, market segment, channels, geography, payment terms and financing options, leasing options, supply/demand, economic/legal considerations, etc.
3.8 Marketing Research Research methods to be used; Data requirements information needed, projected results; Research responsibility Internal, outside agency, purchased data, etc.; Limitations and challenges.
This Marketing Plan assignment gives you the opportunity to practice develop an integrated business and marketing strategy for a product or service of your choice. This activity will make the course come alive through application of the principles from the textbook, course materials and threaded discussions. Assignments such as this also help you develop business-oriented communication skills. The development of this Marketing Plan is an integral part of the course, and will require several weeks of research, critical analysis, critical thinking, and writing. Students tell us the only way to do well on this project is to begin early and work on it consistently throughout the entire course. You have several options when choosing a product or service for your marketing plan. Consider choosing a new product for a new company (your own) or creating a new product for an existing company. Perhaps you would want to do a product extension of an existing product. You might consider a different approach to marketing an existing service. You can target consumers or businesses. You may choose a product or service offered by your employer or your own business, or one from another organization. Ultimately, to maximize your learning experience, choose a product or service in which you have an interest and about which you would like to see your product or service come to the marketplace. Make sure there is information available about the industry and target market of the product or service you choose. Remember that this is a Marketing Plan and not a Business Plan. You are not creating a business, but creating the Marketing Plan for an existing product or service. Thus, your focus should not be on the company or its products, but on how to market the product or service that you have chosen. Provide enough background and history to put the marketing plan in perspective. Do a comprehensive SWOT analysis with an in-depth and candid look at your internal and external environment. Establish your goals and objectives. Analyze the information developed, and only then begin defining your target market, and specifying the specific marketing strategies. Do not simply report on how a company markets its goods or services. You should instead say what type of marketing you would propose. Your instructor will look at your Marketing Plan from the point of view of a business proposal. Have you thought through and considered your options? Have you provided details of your proposal? Have you looked at the entire strategy the big picture while still considering the more operational elements that make for successful implementation? How well written and persuasive is the plan? Guidelines In developing your content, try to demonstrate clarity of thinking, understanding, and application of basic marketing principles, and creative but realistic use of marketing tools. Explorations of your options and choices are an important part of demonstration of your mastery of marketing concepts. There is seldom only one potential course of action in developing a real marketing plan; demonstrate that you have considered options and alternatives at each step in your plan and have chosen the best.