Complete Guide to Writing Marketing Plans

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Complete Guide to Writing Marketing Plans

In this course you will learn to write a good and complete marketing plan for your business. Many people simply their companies with marketing as an afterthought, only to quickly discover that marketing is one of the most important parts of their entire business.

Without a good marketing strategy, you won’t be able to get clients, and without clients there won’t be a real business. So you must take your company’s promotion very seriously.

In this course I teach you how to organize your ideas, and create a good plan of action for promoting your business before ing your company so that you can plan ahead, and have time to research which strategies will actually work for your business to get clients.

Stop wasting time randomly posting on Facebook and Twitter, and stop struggling with business cards or by passing out flyers. In this course you will learn how to write a professional marketing plan, and create the foundation for growth and success.

Note: In this marketing course I share my own marketing plans and walk you through different avenues of marketing including my own strategies as an example. This is strictly for educational purposes and not for promotional purposes.

What kinds of businesses be promoted with the strategies in this marketing plan course?

With the strategies and outlines in this marketing plan course, you can promote a wide variety of businesses. Some of the kinds of businesses you can promote are a restaurant or diner, coffee shop, barbershop, nightclub, local event, business selling t-shirts, most kinds of stores ranging from boutiques to grocery stores to jewellery shops, animal care or grooming, lawn care or landscaping businesses, moving businesses, gym, frozen yogurt or ice cream shop, a deli, liquor store or a sandwich shop, a a beauty salon or a hair salon, a spa, a daycare business, a hardware store, commercial cleaning or residential cleaning, car wash, general contractor business, dog walking or pet sitting, martial arts studio, or a dance studio.

Who is the target audience?

Marketing professionals
This course is for people planning a business
Entrepreneurs
Small business owners struggling with marketing

Course Curriculum

Course Introduction

Course Introduction (1:17)

Marketing Plan Basics

What is a marketing plan? (1:19)

Common mistakes in marketing plans (2:05)

What makes a GOOD marketing plan (3:07)

Why marketing plans are important (2:30)

What Your Marketing Plan Should Consist Of

Introduction and executive summary (1:11)

Business details (2:07)

Mission statement (1:27)

Products (1:29)

Services (1:19)

Free content (1:25)

UVP (unique value proposition) (0:40)

Differentiation or UVP: how your business is unique? (6:07)

Market positioning (0:01)

Target market (5:01)

Target market part 2 (4:37)

Demographics (4:07)

Psychographics (4:16)

Customer avatar (1:49)

Market Needs (1:50)

Market trends (2:10)

Market growth (1:56)

S.W.O.T analysis (4:10)

Budget and resources (2:39)

Pricing and discounting promotional strategies (3:37)

How to identify your ideal customer avatar (2:49)

Branding strategy (3:18)

Competitive analysis (6:16)

Marketing strategy (3:21)

Sales plan (1:55)

Advertising plan (2:22)

Detailed breakdown of every marketing initiative and budgeting (4:50)

Customer retention strategy (5:58)

Strategy to maximize business referrals (1:24)

Strategy to maximize social referrals (1:51)

KPI (Key performance indicators) (3:52)

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Financial goals (1:01)

Costs and marketing spending projections (2:08)

Breakeven analysis (1:37)

Additional optional sections – regional projections (1:14)

Marketing Plan Templates and a Case Study

Marketing Plan Templates and a Case Study (3:28)

Specific Marketing Plan Examples

Two sentence marketing plan (3:13)

Company and strategies overview (3:57)

Plan for an e-commerce product (4:12)

Agency or services (marketing, web development, design) (5:25)

Local business (3:37)

Marketing plan for a blog (3:05)

Innovative product or website (2:48)

Platforms and big websites (3:43)

Self-branded business (4:22)

Affiliate business (3:46)

Real Examples: Marketing Plan Creation

Introduction (0:47)

High level overview (3:30)

My approach to those 3 elements (3:53)

Walkthrough of how I grew my YouTube channel – the strategy (4:14)

My approach to SEO (3:46)

How I sell on e-commerce platforms (7:54)

My time horizons, deadlines and approximations (5:09)

My budget (6:11)

One more point about budgeting marketing and tax write-offs (1:05)

B2B Company (3:52)

Local business (3:37)

Product quality as vital part of the marketing pan (2:34)

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the course and finish?
The course s now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course – you decide when you and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like – across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.