...DEVELOPING OF MARKETING STRATEGIES AND PLANS C H A P T E R 2 ___________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION How do companies compete in a global marketplace? One part of the answer is a commitment to creating and retaining satisfied customers. We can now add a second part: Successful companies know how to adapt to a continuously changing marketplace through strategic planning and careful management of the marketing process. In most large companies, corporate headquarters is responsible for designing a corporate strategic plan to guide the whole enterprise and deciding about resource allocations as well as starting and eliminating particular businesses. Guided by the corporate strategic plan, each division establishes a division plan for each business unit within the division; in turn, each business unit develops a business unit strategic plan. Finally, the managers of each product line and brand within a business unit develop a marketing plan for achieving their objectives. However, the development of a marketing plan is not the end of the marketing process. High-performance firms must hone their expertise in organizing, implementing, and controlling marketing activities as they follow marketing results closely, diagnose problems, and take corrective action when necessary. In today’s fast-paced business world, the ability to effectively manage the marketing process—beginning to end—has become an extremely...
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...originality. • Course Drop Box is configured to auto submit your work to Turnitin.com should be in your own words • Use the appropriate rubric for your topic selection. • Follow the rubric guidelines for length. • Your work must be original to this assignment. Do NOT reuse a paper from a prior course • Review the FAQ’s below for additional direction. FAQ’s Question 1: Does this paper replace the group business plan? No, this paper is in addition to your group business plan. Question 2: Should I use my team’s business idea for this paper? Some students find it easier to use the same topic, but you may choose another business idea for this paper if you prefer. Question 3: I noticed these topics are also subsections in the group business plan rubric. May my team reuse my work from this paper in our final written business plan? Yes, you may reuse your written plan in your team’s final business plan as long as it aligns with your team’s overall business plan and fully addresses all of the requirements of the rubric for the final written business plan. Question 4: Should I collaborate with Team members on...
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...KISII UNIVERSITY-NAIROBI CAMPUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS COURSE TITLE: MARKETING MANAGEMENT COURSE CODE: MBAD LECTURER: BETSY SINDANI NAME: OMBASA ERIC OMINGO REG.NO: CBM12/10183/15 TASK: ASSIGNMENT DATE:29TH OCTOBER 2015 SIGN:____________________ [pic] KISII UNIVERSITY The University Marketing Plan OCTOBER 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents i Executive Summary 2 History and Background 3 Vision & Mission 3 CORE VALUES 3 SWOT ANALYSIS 3 FOUNDATIONAL MARKETING OBJECTIVES 5 MARKETING GOALS AND STRATEGIES 6 Goal 1: Maintain Strong Enrollment 6 Goal 2: Continue to Grow Kisii University’s Academic Reputation 6 Goal 3: Strengthen and Broaden Brand Awareness 7 Goal 4: Maintain Brand Consistency 8 GOAL 5: Extend the reach and depth of the university by developing strategic programs and collaborations. 8 Summary 9 Executive Summary At Kisii University, the marketing process is a logical extension of the marketing planning process. Marketing encompasses the continuum from making decisions about which academic programs will be offered to providing those programs at a place and rate students are willing and able to access them. The marketing plan of the University outlines critical marketing strategies and the communication methods used to assist in accomplishing institutional...
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...Board of Director *Job description A board of directors legally represents the interests of a corporation's stakeholders. Those stakeholders include stockholders of a publicly held corporation, donors to a nonprofit corporation and/or the communities served by either. As their representatives, the board members have the responsibility of establishing, guiding and assessing the overall direction of the corporation. * Job Specification a job specification is a written statement of educational qualifications, specific qualities, level of experience, physical, emotional, technical and communication skills required to perform a job, responsibilities involved in a job and other unusual sensory demands. It also includes general health, mental health, intelligence, aptitude, memory, judgment, leadership skills, emotional ability, adaptability, flexibility, values and ethics, manners and creativity, etc. Purpose of Job Specification Described on the basis of job description, job specification helps candidates analyze whether are eligible to apply for a particular job vacancy or not. It helps recruiting team of an organization understand what level of qualifications, qualities and set of characteristics should be present in a candidate to make him or her eligible for the job opening. Job Specification gives detailed information about any job including job responsibilities, desired technical and physical skills, conversational ability and much more. It helps in selecting...
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...Marketing Plan Assignment Marketing Management Table of Contents Marketing Situation 4 SWOT Analysis 5 Objectives and Issues 6 Marketing Strategy 7 Value Proposition 7 Segmentation 7 Targeting 7 Positioning 8 Actions 9 Website 9 Outbound Media Messaging 9 Social Media Promotion 9 Specific Initiatives 9 Budgets, Assumptions, & Risks 10 Controls 11 Appendices 12 References 14 Introduction The Marketing Plan to launch the new Gerrarrom service to new users, is summarised below for January to June 2014. UK based early adopter academics at three specific universities, fit the high knowledge, heavy digital usage profile most likely to value a cutting edge internet experience given their collaborative digital enterprise, and likelihood to rapidly grow usage. Viral marketing is used to secure digital word-of-mouth recommendations from the targeted influencers by competing for attention, referals, and useage activity. The service is positioned for digitally productive academics needing a superior layer of compartmentalised internet, a less intrusive interface and an evolved content feed that provides the one stop shop for all public and private Social Media (SM) productivity. The plan covers the logical flow of considerations, goals and actions defined by Armstrong and Kotler (2012), for creation, definition and communication of value to the target segment. Marketing Situation Gerraroom will drive adoption via unforeseen modes...
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...Executive Summary: Women Who Can (“WWC”) is a grass root organization located in Los Angeles County that will provide life skills, education career preparation and training, entrepreneurial support and training to women 16-39 with a determination NOT to return to the penal system. We have a large amount of competitors that offer some of the same services but we will approach this need by a holistic approach. Here are some hard facts and why we need to implement this program: • It costs taxpayers $42,000 each year per/inmate. • Once inmates re-enter the system, it costs taxpayers $35,000 each year per/inmate and these costs slowly increase. • 97,000 children in California have parents who are incarcerated. • It costs taxpayers $42,000 each year per/inmate. Okay this is the harsh reality 42,000 per/year per/inmate x 32,000 inmates = 1.344 billion in costs each year to continue to house them. It is our hope that we are able to get donors. But it goes without saying in some way or the other consumers and or taxpayers will pay the price as noted above because we share the costs. Investors can either reach out to organization like us or be forced to contribute Situation Analysis: Our goal at Women Who Can is to have our women succeed when it is unexpected; reach goals that are statistically not feasible; leave the penal system and never look back; break the cycle of generational incarceration; maintain employment and adopt skills to excel in all endeavors and then...
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...India founded by former Amazon employees. India is only recently embracing internet retail shopping and Infibeam intends to increase market share and profitability by converting offline and current online shoppers to Infibeam users. Also, by expanding as first-mover in the western Indian state of Gujarat where Infibeam has just entered into an agreement with the government that will make it a first-mover there. Success is dependent on a marketing campaign that will meet all of these goals. Infibeam grew rapidly during its first three years in business, but it did so only by word-of-mouth advertising. Infibeam has never undertaken a marketing campaign of the magnitude needed to attain its current goals. Several models were used to analyze the environmental and competitive challenges facing Infibeam and multiple alternatives were identified. These alternatives vary in complexity and anticipated effectiveness. The recommendation that is most likely to allow Infibeam to meet all of its stated goals is a combination of fundraising, marketing and corporate restructuring. Implementation of the recommendations in this analysis will propel Infibeam into the top 5 e-retailers in India. Background Infibeam entered the online retail market in India during 2007 when 5 former Amazon employees joined together to create an Indian version of the giant retailer. It was initially conceived as an online marketplace for consumer goods which could be purchased and delivered within a...
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...Bunnings Warehouse NEWCASTLE BUSINESS SCHOOL GSBS6005 Emma Alexandra Watts C3171012 13.04.13 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Marketing Objectives .......................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Current Situation ........................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 4 3 Target Market and Positioning ............................................................................................................. 5 3.1 Target Markets .............................................................................................................................. 5 3.2 Positioning ..................................................................................................................................... 7 4. Marketing Mix Strategies .................................................................................................................... 9 4.1 Product and Price Strategies ......................................................................................................... 9 4.2 Distribution Strategies ...
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...ısManagement Information Systems, 12E Laudon & Laudon Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today Computers are changing every aspect of our lives from entertainment to shopping, from the work we do and where we do it, to how we communicate with friends and relatives. Networking technologies are pervading almost everything we do professionally, socially, and recreationally. As you can see from the opening case in the text, many companies are remodeling their businesses and information systems with the Internet in mind. It has become more important than ever for you to understand not just how technology works but also how current and future advances affect your work life. 1.1 The Role of Information Systems in Business Today Ask managers to describe their most important resources and they‘ll list money, equipment, materials, and people — not necessarily in that order. It‘s very unusual for managers to consider information an important resource, and yet it is. As electronic business and electronic commerce grow in popularity and more firms digitize their operations, having useful information is becoming even more important to the global business community. This chapter gives you an overview of many of the subjects we‘ll touch on in this course. It will help you understand how all firms today, large and small, local and global, use information systems to achieve important business objectives, such as operational efficiency, customer and supplier intimacy, better...
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...chapter 2 strategic planning In Contemporary Marketing Chapter Overview Today’s marketers face strategic questions every day. Planning strategy is a critical part of their jobs. The marketplace changes continually in response to changes in consumer tastes and expectations, technological developments, competitors’ actions, economic trends, and political and legal events, as well as product innovations and pressures from suppliers and distributors. Although the causes of these changes often lie outside a marketer’s control, effective planning can anticipate many of them. For example when the price of gas and jet fuel soared recently, travelers opted to stay close to home instead of enjoying vacations to exotic, faraway places. This represented an opportunity for places like Ocean City, Maryland, and Branson, Missouri. Any destinations that promoted itself to potential vacationers within a short drive could find itself adding up the profits. This chapter lays a foundation for analyzing all aspects of marketing by demonstrating the importance of gathering reliable information to create an effective plan. These activities provide a structure for a firm to use its unique strengths. Marketing planning identifies the markets a company can best serve as well as the most appropriate mix of approaches to satisfy the customers in those markets. While this chapter focuses on planning, in later chapters the task of marketing research and decision making will be explored. ...
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...JC PENNEY STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN 2012: PRODUCT STRATEGY A Paper Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Science By Alisha Liane Ostlund In Partial Fulfillment for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Major Department: Apparel, Design, and Hospitality Management April 2012 Fargo, North Dakota North Dakota State University Graduate School Title JC Penney Strategic Marketing Plan 2012: Product Strategy By Alisha Liane Ostlund The Supervisory Committee certifies that this disquisition complies with North Dakota State University’s regulations and meets the accepted standards for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE: Linda Manikowske Chair Holly Bastow-Shoop Jaeha Lee Gerry Macintosh Approved: 04-24-2012 Date Holly Bastow-Shoop Department Chair ABSTRACT The JCPenney Company has undergone a transition from a value retailer to a streamlined, customer-driven retailer in order to set itself apart from its biggest competitors, Macy’s and Kohl’s. Previously, JCP was focused on general, storewide promotions. Currently, JCP has retooled their image to reflect a standard set of prices and special savings. In this exploratory look at JCP’s merchandising strategy, both previous and new methods are examined and additional steps to improve the returns on merchandising investments are offered. During this study, a detailed examination of JCP’s internal and external environments...
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...JC PENNEY STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN 2012: PRODUCT STRATEGY A Paper Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Science By Alisha Liane Ostlund In Partial Fulfillment for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Major Department: Apparel, Design, and Hospitality Management April 2012 Fargo, North Dakota North Dakota State University Graduate School Title JC Penney Strategic Marketing Plan 2012: Product Strategy By Alisha Liane Ostlund The Supervisory Committee certifies that this disquisition complies with North Dakota State University’s regulations and meets the accepted standards for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE: Linda Manikowske Chair Holly Bastow-Shoop Jaeha Lee Gerry Macintosh Approved: 04-24-2012 Date Holly Bastow-Shoop Department Chair ABSTRACT The JCPenney Company has undergone a transition from a value retailer to a streamlined, customer-driven retailer in order to set itself apart from its biggest competitors, Macy’s and Kohl’s. Previously, JCP was focused on general, storewide promotions. Currently, JCP has retooled their image to reflect a standard set of prices and special savings. In this exploratory look at JCP’s merchandising strategy, both previous and new methods are examined and additional steps to improve the returns on merchandising investments are offered. During this study, a detailed examination of JCP’s internal and external environments has been conducted, and an analysis...
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...Strategic Marketing Planning SOUTH WEST ARTS MARKETING APRIL 2002 STRATEGIC MARKETING PLANNING Introduction Strategic Marketing Planning is one of a series of publications produced by South West Arts Marketing for South West Arts and Bristol City Council. The guides are intended as an introduction to arts marketing and as a practical guide for artists and organisations working with very limited resources. Further information and advice on any of the topics covered in this guide or any other issue related to arts marketing, training, audience profiling, research or regional support networks are available from South West Arts Marketing on 0117-927 6936. South West Arts Marketing is an independent agency established to add value to arts marketing activity in the South West by providing strategic services and support to artists and arts organisations wishing to increase and broaden their arts audiences. For further information about the range of support and services available contact: South West Arts Marketing St Nicholas Church St Nicholas Street Bristol BS1 1UE Tel: Fax: e-mail: 0117-927 6936/41 0117-927 6936 info@swam.org.uk South West Arts Marketing is funded by South West Arts, Bristol City Council and Arts Council of England. STRATEGIC MARKETING PLANNING What is Marketing? To be successful, an organisation must constantly try to match its own capabilities to the needs of its customers both current and potential as well as all of its stakeholders. Over the years marketing...
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...|[pic] | | | |Assignment on | |“Principle of Marketing” | | | |Department of Finance | |University of Dhaka | | | | | Submitted by: | | ▪ Muhammad...
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...1.Introduction The report is being conducted on the company Tesco PLC that is UK’s leading grocery store. The aim of this report is to develop a three-year marketing strategy plan and a one-year tactical communication plan for Tesco. Tesco at some stage has faced difficulty hence by exploring the brand and critically analyzing its marketing strategy, I will then develop a strategy that would turn Tesco’s fortune around. 1.1. Methodology Market research for the brand has been conducted through secondary research by visiting academic websites such as Mintel, Database reports,LexisNexis Database, Business reports, Articles, Blogs and News online. 1.2. History Tesco PLC is a multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. It is the third largest retailer in the world measured by profits and second-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues. It has stores in 12 countries across Asia, Europe and North America and is the grocery market leader in the UK (where it has a market share of around 30%), the Republic of Ireland, Malaysia, and Thailand. Jack Cohen founded Tesco in 1919 as a group of market stalls. The Tesco name first appeared in 1924, after Cohen purchased a shipment of tea from T. E. Stockwell and combined those initials with the first two letters of his surname, and the first Tesco store opened in 1929 in Burnt Oak, Middlesex. His business expanded rapidly, and by 1939 he had over 100...
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