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Even if you’ve created marketing plans before—it doesn’t matter. The rules have
changed. With the advent of Web 2.0 business strategies like Search Engine Optimization,
Social Networking, Pay-Per-Click, and dozens more, it may seem like you need to start from
scratch.
But with the brand new and completely updated fourth edition of Bill Luther’s
classic The Marketing Plan, you’ll learn how to navigate this perilous new
landscape—while actually generating a working marketing plan for your business. By
answering questions in each chapter, readers will identify their marketing objectives and
deploy specific strategies for every stage of the marketing cycle, from competitive and
market analysis to planning, budgeting, brand development, and management. Featuring case
studies and examples from major brand successes of the last ten years, the newest edition
of The Marketing Plan is undoubtedly the most practical—and the most
up-to-the-minute—marketing strategy resource available.
Complete with access to online software to aid in decision making,
pricing, budget calculations, sales projections, and more, this one-of-a-kind guide
provides everything you need to produce an impressive and professional marketing plan.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Planning Process
Chapter 2: Marketing Management
Chapter 3: Market Analysis
Chapter 4: Customer Analysis
Chapter 5: Brand Development
Chapter 4: Customer Analysis
Chapter 5: Brand Development
Chapter 6: The Product/Service Plan
Chapter 7: Calculating Your Marketing Communications Budget
Chapter 8: Competitive Analysis
Chapter 9: The Advertising Plan
Chapter 10: The Sales Promotion Plan
Chapter 11: The Public Relations Plan
Chapter 12: The Sales Plan: Pricing
Chapter 13: The Sales Plan: Future Sales
Chapter 14: The Customer Service Plan
Chapter 15: Maximizing High-Potential Accounts
Chapter 16: The Internet Plan
Chapter 17: The Research Plan
Chapter 18: Pulling the Plan Together
Appendix A: Marketing Plan Basics
Appendix B: Everything You Need to Know About Working with an Advertising Agency
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304 pages, Paperback