The first part of developing a strategic marketing plan is analyzing the forces that affect the business’s marketing efforts. I need help working on the SWOT analysis. Nowadays, marketing managers ad

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Strategic Marketing Plan Template The first part of developing a strategic marketing plan is analyzing the forces that affect the business’s marketing efforts. I need help working on the SWOT analysis. Nowadays, marketing managers ad 1

The first part of developing a strategic marketing plan is analyzing the forces that affect the business’s marketing efforts. I need help working on the SWOT analysis. Nowadays, marketing managers ad 1

Use the business you selected in Week 1 and complete the prompts provided for Parts A, B, and C in the weeks they correspond to. Delete the provided prompts from each section when you finish each part.

Complete the References section as you progress through Parts A, B, and C.

Include your name in the document’s file name when you submit it.

Wk 2 - Part A: Environmental Analysis and SWOT Analysis

Use the information you researched in your Week 1 assignment for the sections they correspond to in this part.

For additional resources that may be helpful with components in Part A, refer to the resources provided on the Week 2 University Library page.

Business Description

Describe the business you are designing the plan for. Include the mission statement, vision statement, product line description, and business information (such as the size of the business).

Environmental Analysis

Analyze the forces that affect the business and marketing efforts.

Competitive Forces

Analyze the business’s key competitors. You may choose to use a BCG matrix or attribute checklist to compare your selected business against its competitors. Describe any strategic moves the competition has recently made. Estimate the business’s market share. Identify key competitive advantages against your selected business’s competitors.

Economic Forces

Analyze the economic environment in the areas affecting your selected business. Consider differences within their industry and the economic impact on suppliers.

Political Forces

Analyze relevant political forces. Examples may include an election year or a law to drastically reduce or eliminate plastic waste in a county that would affect your selected business.

Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues

Analyze the legal, regulatory, and ethical issues that may affect your selected business. Considerations may include local laws such as a ban on the use of plastic bags, the ability to post billboards, or a possible increased regulation on direct mail.

Technological Forces

Analyze whether your selected business will be affected by emerging technologies or trends in hardware and software industries.

Social Forces

Analyze social trends and how they may affect your selected business. Considerations may include if the business will be affected by demographic trends or a growing dependence on computers, or whether interest in your product might be affected by growing preferences in the way things are done or changing social values.

Current Target Markets

Define the business’s current target markets. Describe the demographic, geographic region, psychographics, and product usage of these targets.

Current Marketing Tactics

Review their current marketing tactics. Summarize how people find out about the product, how they get information about the product or service, what might be involved in the buying process, and what money is available for marketing. If your selected business is a start-up, describe their competitors’ current marketing.

SWOT Analysis

Assess your selected business’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Then, evaluate how to address these in your marketing plan.

Strengths

Assess your selected business’s competitive advantage. Consider core competencies, assets, location, practices, etc. that are distinct in the way the organization meets the needs of its customers.

Weaknesses

Assess what limits the selected business may have in its current marketing strategy. Consider if the business has a weakness that needs to be addressed through public relations or marketing.

Opportunities

Assess the opportunities you see based on trends or environmental conditions.

Threats

Assess the threats or limitations that may interfere with the business’s ability to meet its objectives or interfere with marketing plans.

Converting Weaknesses and Threats to Strengths & Converting Strengths to Opportunities

Convert weaknesses and threats to strengths; then, convert strengths to opportunities in the marketing plan. Consider the implications for addressing supplier relationships, implementing new technologies, or changing the product line or addressing new markets.

Marketing Objectives

Establish marketing objectives based on the results from the SWOT analysis. Marketing objectives must align with corporate objectives, modified by the business’s resources. Objectives should include a date for the completion of the objective and the way in which success will be measured.

For example: The business will expand its marketing efforts to include a new market segment of 21- to 29-year-olds. This will entail the development of a customized product by June 2024 that will address the specific psychographic and technological needs of this age group. This strategy is expected to attain a 20% growth in overall sales by January 2025. Customer loyalty (i.e., willingness to recommend the product) will increase by 30%.

Wk 4 - Part B: Marketing Data Analysis Internal Data

Evaluate internal data sources for information that would be available to you if you were employed by the business and what information you will receive from each source.

Identify 3 to 6 sources of internal data and list them in the Source column of the Internal Data Table. For each source, input what it measures, data, and potential data usage in the respective columns. Insert or remove rows, as needed. Row 1 contains a completed example for reference.

Internal Data Table

Source	What it Measures	Data Type	Potential Data Usage
Example: Sales data	Example: Monthly sales by specific product	Example: Average sales that month in US dollars for each of 10 products; data can be segmented by business and consumer markets	Example: Can be used for trend analysis, projections, and to measure effectiveness of promotions

Primary Data

Evaluate primary data needs to create and evaluate the marketing plan.

Identify 3 to 6 sources of primary data and list them in the Source column of the Primary Data Table. For each source, input what it measures, data, and potential data usage in the respective columns. Insert or remove rows, as needed. Row 1 contains a completed example for reference.

Primary Data Table

Source	What it Measures	Data Type	Potential Data Usage
Example: Focus group	Example: Product usage, motives, identify group level satisfaction, decision process, etc.	Example: Qualitative	Example: Identify different reactions of market segments to product. Identify marketing opportunities, product/service flaws and opportunities.

Secondary Data

Evaluate secondary data sources and the specific information you need from each source.

Identify 3 to 6 sources of secondary data and list them in the Source column of the Secondary Data Table. For each source, input what it measures, data, and potential data usage in the respective columns. Insert or remove rows, as needed. Row 1 contains a completed example for reference.

Secondary Data Table

Source	What it Measures	Data Type	Potential Data Usage
Example: U.S. Census Bureau	Example: Income over the last 4 years by family structure	Example: Household structures with the highest income capacity	Examples: Market share analysis and customer segments

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Establish customer touchpoints and develop appropriate CRM events for customer acquisition, retention, and profitability.

Identify 3 to 6 sources of CRM data and list them in the CRM Touchpoint column of the CRM Touchpoint Table. For each CRM touchpoint, input purpose and CRM objective, data, and potential data usage in the respective columns. Insert or remove rows, as needed. Row 1 contains a completed example for reference.

CRM Touchpoint Table

CRM Touchpoint	Purpose and CRM Objective	Data Type	Potential Data Usage
Example: Customer profile information on website	Example: Starts the account for visitors: name, geography, email address (customer acquisition)	Examples: Presale: geographic location, customer id, source of reference, email address Post-sale: address, product purchased, quantity, price.	Examples: Track new and returning customer counts, total period purchases by customer ID, geographic sales data; Can be used for loyalty rewards, retention, and targeted marketing

Wk 6 - Part C: Market Strategy, Marketing Channels, Implementation, and Monitoring

Use the information you researched in your Week 5 assignment for the sections they correspond to in this section.

New Customer Segments

Determine any new customer segments for your strategy and describe how you will provide value to each segment.

Marketing Mix for New Customer Segments

Determine adaptations for each new customer segment. Include:

Products
Price
Distribution
Traditional promotion
Online promotion

Marketing Implementation

Create the implementation for your marketing strategy plan. Describe how you will organize and implement the plan, such as whether it will be organized by market or geography, and who is responsible for marketing decisions.

Marketing Communication Channels

Evaluate the digital and traditional marketing communication channels you will use to reach selected audiences.

Identify 3 or 4 channels to convey key messages and list them in the Channel column of the Marketing Communication Channels Table. For each channel, input target market, advantages, and disadvantages in the respective columns. Insert or remove rows, as needed. Row 1 contains a completed example for reference.

Marketing Communication Channels Table

Channel	Target Market	Advantages	Disadvantages
Example: Direct mail	Example: Middle class residential	Example: Can include coupons	Example: Expense and low return rate for given product

Strategic Actions

Develop strategic actions required to implement the marketing plan and list them in the Strategic Action column of the Strategic Actions Table. For each strategic action, provide the date for completion, person/role responsible, and standard or metric to indicate the action is complete in the respective columns. Insert or remove rows, as needed. Row 1 contains a completed example for reference.

Strategic Actions Table

Strategic Action	Date for Completion	Person/Role Responsible	Standard or Metric to Indicate the Action is Complete
Example: Design flyer for direct mail campaign	Example: 1/1/2024	Example: J. Smith, graphic designer	Example: Approval by senior marketing team and legal

Strategic Action Monitoring

Develop the measurement to identify how you know you have been successful for each strategic action. Specify the measures to track performance against goals. Identify standard reports from your online and traditional marketing efforts.

For each action listed in the Action column of the Strategic Action Monitoring Table, provide the overall target, person responsible, and inter-measurement in the respective columns. Insert or remove rows as needed. Row 1 contains a completed example for reference.

Strategic Action Monitoring Table

Action	Overall Target	Person Responsible	Inter-measurement
Example: Direct mail flyer	Example: Generate 1,100 new inquiries.	Example: Western regional manager	Example: Generate 500 new inquiries during the first month of campaign.

References