The document provides an overview of developing a 1-page marketing plan, including defining marketing, analyzing past marketing efforts, and outlining the key elements of an effective plan. It discusses assessing the previous year's performance, current business landscape, and competitors. The plan elements covered include vision, 2017 overview, target audience, market position, objectives, strategies, and tactics. Objectives should be quantifiable and timebound, strategies are how objectives will be achieved, and tactics are the specific actions to execute strategies. Examples of each element are provided for an album manufacturer.
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Overview of building a marketing plan for 2017; sessions include marketing definition, importance, and elements.
Definition of marketing as a process and importance of personal branding and customer engagement.
Assessing past marketing successes, reviewing strategies and relationship building methods.
Using Alice in Wonderland metaphor to illustrate the need for clear direction in marketing.
Defining objectives, strategies, and tactics in marketing plans; providing an overview of a 1-page plan.
Elements of a marketing plan; vision statements from several companies, offering context for goals.
Elements of 2017 Overview highlighting sales goals, new products, and planned special events.
Identifying target audiences; examples of Zookbinders and Josuma Coffee to illustrate concepts.
Establishing a market position and differentiation strategy; examples from Zookbinders and Josuma Coffee.
Defining measurable objectives for success; example objectives for Zookbinders to achieve growth.
Formulating strategies to accomplish marketing objectives; examples of strategic focus for Zookbinders.
Actionable steps to implement strategies; specific tactics from Zookbinders including trade show participation.
Final slide for thank you and contact info for Scott Michelson, highlighting SDM Marketing's availability.
Agenda
• Marketing Definition
•Why Marketing is Important
• Marketing Analysis for Planning
• 1-Page Plan Defined
• Develop Your Company Plans
• Thank You and Questions
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Marketing Definition
• Processof planning and executing the marketing 4P’s and
Digital Marketing 6C’s
• Identify, WOW, and retain customers
• Goal is to persuade to buy a particular branded product or
service
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Why We NeedTo
Market Ourselves
• Build Brand Awareness
• Tell the product/service story
• Take an action
• Open the door for sales
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Marketing Analysis
For Planning
•Was 2016 successful?
• Why were you successful or unsuccessful?
• Take stock of your marketing programs
• What vehicles did you use?
• Interruption: Print, Broadcast, Promotional, Viral, Web (Google
Analytics), Digital, Direct Marketing
• Relationship Building/Permission: Social Media (Facebook,
Twitter, LinkedIn), Emails, Referrals
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Marketing Analysis
and Planning
•Review the business landscape
• Have you evolved?
• New products or services
• Pricing
• Grown as a company
• Audience
• Has the landscape changed
• Competitors
• Overall economics
• The way business is being done
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Your Map toSuccess
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Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland
•“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go
from here?” Asked Alice.
• “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,”
said the cat.
• “I don’t much care where,” said Alice.
• “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the cat.
Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Marketing Plan
• Marketingplan is your roadmap
• Where you want to go
• How do you get there
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1-Page Marketing Plan
Sections
•Vision and 2017 Overview
• Target Audience
• Market Position
• Objectives
• Strategies
• Tactics
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1-Page Marketing
Plan Elements
VisionExamples
• Anheuser-Busch: Be the world’s beer company. Through all of
our products, services and relationships we will add to life’s
enjoyment.
• Avon: To be the company that best understands and satisfies the
product, service and self-fulfillment needs of women – globally.
• Caterpillar: Be the global leader in customer value.
• Nike: 1960s: Crush Adidas
• Current: To be the number one athletic company in the world.
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1-Page Marketing
Plan Elements
2017Overview
A statement of key accomplishments and special events for the
coming year. Sales goals, new product/services
introduction(s), changes, and new markets.
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1-Page Marketing
Plan Elements
2017Overview Examples
• Zookbinders: Introduce Reflectionz Cover, new sizes for the
PhotoBook and continue to promote existing products and
services. Develop marketing plan for non-pro market.
• Josuma Coffee Company: Plan for the 20th year celebration
with special events. Review and plan for expanding target
audience to include selling online direct to consumer.
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1-Page Marketing
Plan Elements
TargetAudience Examples
• Zookbinders: Professional event Photographers that sell
albums to tell the story (Weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs,
Company Events)
• Josuma Coffee: Boutique coffee shops and small batch
roasters that want to sell European flavor coffee
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1-Page Marketing
Plan Elements
MarketPosition
What differentiates us from the competition?
It’s where we are willing to “hang our hat” and fight; it’s the
ground on which we can win the competitive “mind” battle.
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1-Page Marketing
Plan Elements
MarketPosition Examples
Zookbinders: Service-centric, innovative mounted-album
company that provides custom solutions for our professional
photographer “partners.
.Josuma Coffee: The most consistent Indian green bean and
roasted coffee with a refined European flavor.
Crest Toothpaste: The cavity fighter
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1-Page Marketing
Plan Elements
ObjectiveExamples – Zookbinders
1. Achieve 2017 sales of $XX million, an increase of 10%
1. Product/Service Breakout — Seasonal/Quarters Breakout
2. Introduce the Reflectionz Cover – Account for 15% of all
PhotoBook covers by year end
3. Increase the use of the Website by new/unique visitors from an
average of 9156 per month in 2016 to 10k in 2017
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1-Page Marketing
Plan Elements
Strategies
Allowsan organization to concentrate its limited resources on
the greatest opportunities to increase sales and meet objectives
How the Objectives will be achieved
Every Objective has to have at least one Strategy
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1-Page Marketing
Plan Elements
StrategyExamples — Zookbinders
• 1/2/&3) Use key trade shows to enhance the brand and create
greater awareness for current and new products & services.
• 1&2) Increase the focus on current clients to increase the use of
PB and the selling of new products.
• 1/2/&3) Keep Website fresh by updating visuals.
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1-Page Marketing
Plan Elements
TacticsExamples — Zookbinders
• 1/2/&3) Participate in major trade shows - DWF (major
sponsor), WPPI (BI & AAS sponsor), IUSA, SPA and PMA
• 1/2/&3) Market through: Rangefinder, Postcards (4), Zook-
Notes (4), Website, Catalog, Z-mail, ZookBits & On-hold
• 1/2/&3) Use ongoing advertising/media tools to introduce
Large PhotoBooks plus any new products/services
• 1&2) Prepare press releases on new products and send out in a
timely manner to key publications
• 3) Update Website 2x per year to keep fresh and take advantage
of new look from 2016
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#5 Product, Prices, Promotions, Place
Packaging, Positioning, People
Digital marketing focuses on 6Cs
Connect
Conversation
Contact
Consideration
Consumption
Community
#6 WHY we use Marketing
Favorite ad – came out in 1958 in Business Week – Award Winner
Updated in 1968 and 1979 and ultimately translated into French, Russian, German, Italian and Chinese
#7 Inform people – Let them know you’re around
Take an action or Open the door for sales