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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Developing A Sample Marketing Plan

By Tammie Caldwell


All businesses are started with one common objective which is always to make profit to the owner or owners of the firm. In order for a business to do this it has to ensure that their sales is enough to generate revenue to enable them to stay in business. There are many ways through which the business can booster their sales which includes lowering prices of their products, discounts and also providing high quality products. However, how a business markets its goods will have a great impact on their sales. This is because sometimes a business might have a good pricing policy and also good quality products but still fail. This is because of how they present their goods to the final market which is why we should look at a sample marketing plan.

Target group is an important consideration to take when you are generating the plan. This is because you need to know how the population you intend to provide your good or service is composed of in terms of age, sex and also tastes and preferences. This will ensure that whatever the good or service you are offering meets its intended demand and thus avoid any surplus or shortages.

Developing a marketing budget is also a very crucial aspect of promoting the sales of your business. Outline how much the whole process will cost you and bend it when it is necessary to do so. However, returns on investment should inform you on what extent you can bend your budget.

Evaluation of all the effects of the marketing plan on the final sales turnover should be conducted from time to ensure efficiency is maintained. This will inform the management on whether the current plan is working or not. If it is not successful then you should consider adopting a new one or making adjustment to the current.

Also your proposal should be able to cover your distribution channel. This should specify details of where the customers will buy from. This can be either through your website, distributors and also other retailers. Through such an arrangement you will be assured that the goods reach final market.

Pricing and also positioning strategy should also be taken care of by the plan. Your pricing policies should be able to attract customers. It should not be too low as low prices are associated with low quality goods.it should not also be too high to discourage potential buyers from purchasing them.

Evaluation of the whole plan should be done at a minimum interval of annual basis. Through this you will be able to compare its performance from time and establish any necessary adjustment that should be made to it.

Every business person ventures in order to make profit. However, this is not an easy task considering the number of competing firms in the same industry. This requires the firm to generate a plan that will give it an edge over the other participants in the market.




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