Marketing Planning
Marketing planning
- The first stage in the marketing planning process is to decide on the marketing concept or philosophy to adopt within the organization.
- This is followed by the development of a marketing plan.
Planning which is essentially made up of two management functions:
- Strategic planning
- Operational planning
Market opportunity analysis:
- Unmet needs in the target market
- Customers profile
- Industry and competitors analysis: SWOT
- Segmentation of the target market: