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Tweet Pin It You’ve got budget. You’ve got projects. You’ve got targets. You’ve got… a huge pain in the butt. Marketing Management is not for the feint of heart, is it? Those baffoons in higher management really have no way of comparing a lead-generating social media marketing program from a creative brand advertising campaign. But they sure know how to put on the pressure. Actually, I don’t think you should be so hard on senior management. There is a way to make them giddily happy with your marketing performance, whilst educating them under-the-radar super quickly so that they actually support the growth of marketing in all directions. The key is minimalism. And that’s...

Tweet Pin It To be developed: Here is the general outline that I have used to develop several marketing plans. I. Introduction Poignant statement about the nature of the marketing plan II. Executive Summary Underlying assumptions The idea scenario… Key constraints include… Questions for research include… Objectives of the plan Establish what? Develop what? Optimise what? Support what? Timescales <a href=”http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php”>1000 True Fans</a>. III. Situation Analysis Assumptions Sales (history/budget) Strategic Markets Key products SWOT Analysis IV. Marketing Objectives Sales turnover V. Marketing Strategies Product...

The importance of business planning is widely documented; however, guidance as to what constitutes good business planning is less clearly defined... This article aims to redress that imbalance by describing 10 of the most common mistakes that occur in business plans.