business marketing plan

Description
This ppt tells about product management related to business marketing plan .

[Product Name] Marketing Plan
[Name]

Market Summary
• Market: past, present, & future
– Review changes in market share, leadership, players, market shifts, costs, pricing, competition
Mass Market/ Followers Number of customers Early Adopters/ Pioneers

End of Life

Time

Product Definition
• Describe product/service being marketed

Competition
• The competitive landscape
– Provide an overview of product competitors, their strengths and weaknesses – Position each competitor’s product against new product
Price

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Performance

Positioning
• Positioning of product or service
– Statement that distinctly defines the product in its market and against its competition over time

• Consumer promise
– Statement summarizing the benefit of the product or service to the consumer

Communication Strategies
• Messaging by audience • Target consumer demographics

Packaging & Fulfillment
• Product packaging
– Discuss form-factor, pricing, look, strategy – Discuss fulfillment issues for items not shipped directly with product

• COGs
– Summarize Cost of Goods and highlevel Bill of Materials

Launch Strategies
• Launch plan
– If product is being announced

• Promotion budget
– Supply back up material with detailed budget information for review
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

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Public Relations
• Strategy & execution
– PR strategies – PR plan highlights – Have backup PR plan including editorial calendars, speaking engagements, conference schedules, etc.

Advertising
• Strategy & execution
– Overview of strategy – Overview of media & timing – Overview of ad spending

Other Promotion
• Direct marketing
– Overview of strategy, vehicles & timing – Overview of response targets, goals & budget

• Third-party marketing
– Co-marketing arrangements with other companies

• Marketing programs
– Other promotional programs

Pricing
• Pricing
– Summarize specific pricing or pricing strategies – Compare to similar products

• Policies
– Summarize policy relevant to understanding key pricing issues

Distribution
• Distribution strategy • Channels of distribution
– Summarize channels of distribution

• Distribution by channel
– Show plan of what percent share of distribution will be contributed by each channel -- a pie chart might be helpful

Vertical Markets/Segments
• Vertical market opportunities
– Discuss specific market segment opportunities – Address distribution strategies for those markets or segments – Address use of third-party partner role in distribution to vertical markets

International
• International distribution
– Address distribution strategies – Discuss issues specific to international distribution

• International pricing strategy • Localization issues
– Highlight requirements for local product variations

Success Metrics
• • • • First year goals Additional year goals Measures of success/failure Requirements for success

Schedule
• 18-month schedule highlights • Timing
– Isolate timing dependencies critical to success
Task 1 Task 2 Milestone Task 3 Task 4

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