INDEX
• Acknowledgement • Executive Summary • Introduction to the market • Definition to the marketing plan • Impact of Environmental factors • Marketing Plan for pencils • Category analysis • Current market situation • Customer analysis • Marketing strategy • Product development process • Brand name, Brand equity, Brand image • Segmentation and Targeting • Profile of rural market in general • Marketing Mix and Integrated Marketing Communication • Conclusion
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We extent our thanks to Mrs. Saima Hussain faculty guide who has given me moral support to do my project work. We also extend our thankfulness to our beloved parents and friends for their
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DEFINITION OF MARKETING PLAN: ‘A marketing plan is a written document containing the guidelines for the business centers marketing programs and allocation over the planning period’
THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS:
There are two keys perspectives on the marketing environment. , namely the micro environment and macro environment:
MICRO ENVIRONMENT: This environment influences the organization directly .It includes suppliers that deal directly and indirectly with consumers and customers and other local stake holders. Micro environment tends to suggest the small but this can be misleading. In context, micro describes the relationship between firms consumers and customers directly or indirectly, and other local stakeholders. This includes all factors that can influence an organization, but that are out of their direct control. A company does not generally influence any laws (although it is accepted that they could lobby or be part of a trade organization). It is continuously changing, and the company needs to be flexible to adapt. There may be aggressive competition and rivalry in a market. Globalization means that there is always the threat of substitute products and new entrants. The wider environment is also changing, and the marketer needs to compensate for changes in culture, politics, economics and
A marketing plan can be viewed as a roadmap in which an organization navigates through a sequence of steps in order to promote a service, goods, or program (Thomas, 2015) (May, Apr 12, 2012). Therefore, in order to initiate the occurrence of any marketing activity, it is vital to have a marketing plan to follow in the event to create awareness, attract customers, and to gain business (Thomas, 2015). In having a marketing plan, the organization must delineate their marketing initiative through a sequence of designated steps by strategically organizing, marketing activities while defining who will be their targeted potential customers (Buttell, Jan/Feb 2009). In meeting the strategic objectives of a marketing plan, it should
I believe Micro-environment is what our status role is, whereas a macro -environment is more of social hierarchy and socialization. There are many social institutions that can shape a person, just as one family can shape the same person in another way.
Micro environmental factors create one of two parts of the external environment of a company. Micro environmental factors include suppliers, resellers, customers, competition and the general public (Marketing Environment Definition Factors & Examples, 2016). Market competition has played a tremendous role in Walmart’s success. The idea of selling the same product at a lessor price is what put Walmart on the proverbial map of stores and according to the company’s financials, continues to put them in the number one ranking of retail stores. Walmart is not always the most convenient choice for some especially if it is just one item needing to be purchased but in a general comparison, it is the smartest choice when it comes to saving money. The public has the power and ability to make a
When developing a marketing plan, it is imperative to discuss its purpose. Marketing Plans provide comprehensive blueprints of overall marketing efforts, requiring research, time, and commitment, helping to develop business products and services (Kristen 2013, p. 20). Without effective marketing clients are unlikely to approach businesses and ask for services, and the marketing plan is designed to meet the needs of the target market (Stephenson 2010, p. 238). Developing good marketing practices will help give customers an understanding of how products and services are better or different from competitors
A marketing plan is a document based on research, marketing strategy, and over all organizational goals. It outlines how
Marketing plan is a written document that summarizes what the marketer has learned about the market place and indicates how the firm plans to reach its marketing objectives. It contains tactical guidelines for the marketing programs and financial allocation
The market environment consists of both the macro environment and the micro environment. On macro environment the firm need to follow it and they can’t to control it. It consist variety of external factors that is economic, social, political, legal and technological. In the macro environment the firm should analyze national political issues, culture and climate, key macroeconomic conditions, health and indicators (such as economic growth, inflation, unemployment, etc.), social trends/attitudes, and the nature of technology's impact on its society and the business processes within the society. The microenvironment refers to the internal environment of the company such as consumer/customer, Supplier, competitors, the media (public) and in
This paper will discuss the five environmental factors that influence global and domestic marketing decisions that organizations must make. The five environmental factors are social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory.
The marketing plan habitually comprises time limits, budgets and allocations of staff and this can help the business identifying the definite marketing activities and specifications for the budget, setting and achieving marketing goals, bringing a marketing strategy in the company for life (Mcdonald et al, 2011)
Micro Environment – This is the operating environment or industry sector in which the firm competes. It addresses a range of issues such as suppliers, customers, competitive intensity, threat of new entry and substitute products arising. ( FIVE FORCES Analysis)
A marketing plan is not a list of marketing ideas from which you haphazardly choose various concepts to test or combine for trial-and-error experimentation. A plan is an essential business tool for hospitals, medical groups or provider practices to attract patients and consumers. Marketing in health care has shifted directly to consumers and patients.
The market environment is a marketing term and refers to all of the forces outside of marketing that affect marketing management’s ability to build and maintain successful relationships with target customers. The market environment consists of both the macroenvironment and the microenvironment.
The marketing plan bonds with the overall financial and business plan. This plan contents a strategy for success, and breaks it down into coherent, actionable components that will aid The Sub Shop to implement marketing activities to obtain a return on investment. The following areas will help explain, how the company organise differentiation from the competition, and define the strategy that will drive its business forward.
According to Smallbusiness.chron.com (2016) “Marketing plans serve as the blueprints for your company’s sales strategy.” It also enables a business to provide details plan for the upcoming year so that they will be able to make changes to or evaluate the plan if the market changes. A marketing plan provides all the tactics that a business uses to achieve its objectives in order to gain results in sales. Marketing plan helps an organization to execute its marketing strategy and it also enables them to create services or products that will satisfy customers’ needs.
Two of the main levels of the marketing environment are Micro and Macro environment; these are what the marketing environment actually consists of.