This chapter discusses marketing strategy implementation and control. It covers implementing the marketing plan, evaluating performance, and taking corrective actions. The key aspects are:
1) Implementing the marketing plan involves defining responsibilities, timelines, and activities for each element of the plan.
2) Evaluating performance includes conducting strategic marketing audits, selecting metrics, obtaining data, and assessing results against objectives.
3) Based on evaluations, marketing managers determine necessary actions to improve performance, find new opportunities, or address threats. The goal is keeping performance on track and continuously revising the strategy.