In this chapter you will: Know the content of and differences among strategies, marketing plans, and a marketing program; Understand, in detail, all of the elements of the marketing strategy planning process and the strategy decisions for the four Ps; understand why the product classes and typical mixes should be considered when developing a marketing plan;...
Chapter 21: Developing Innovative Marketing Plans For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill Chapter 21 Objectives When you finish this chapter, you should 1. Know the content of and differences among strategies, marketing plans, and a marketing program. 2. Understand, in detail, all of the elements of the marketing strategy planning process and the strategy decisions for the four Ps 3. Understand why the product classes and typical mixes should be considered when developing a marketing plan. 4. Understand ways the marketing strategy and marketing plan is likely to need to change at different stages of the product life cycle 212 5. Understand the basic forecasting approaches and why they are used to evaluate the profitability of potential strategies. 6. Know what is involved in preparing a marketing plan, including estimates of costs and revenue and specification of other timerelated details 7. Understand the different ways a firm can plan to become involved in international marketing. 8. Understand the important new terms For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill Strategies, Plans, and Programs Strategy Plan Program 213 For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill Overview of the marketing strategy planning process Narrowing down to focused strategy with quantitative and qualitative screening criteria Customers Needs and other Segmenting Dimensions Company Objectives & Resources S W O T Segmentation & Targeting Differentiation & Positioning Product Place Target Market Price Promotion Competitors Current & Prospective Technological External Market Environment Political & Legal Social & Cultural Economic Exhibit 211 For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies,wdp Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill S.W.O.T Analysis Strengths Internal Factors Weaknesses 215 Opportunities Strategy Planning External Factors Threats For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill Forecasting Market Potential and Sales Factor Method Time Series Trend Extension Sales Forecast Leading Series Key Terms and Concepts in Forecasting Market Potential 216 Indices Jury of Executive Opinion For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill Straight Line Trend Projection Dollars Trend Actual sales Years A trend extension simply extends past experience into the future. When factors influencing sales are predictable, this can be useful. A weakness in this method though is that conditions tend to change more often than they stay the same Exhibit 214 217 For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill Spreadsheet “What If” Questions Exhibit 217 218 A spreadsheet can be used to compare estimated sales, costs, and profits for “reasonable” alternative marketing mixes. Manipulation of any element of the mix allows for quick assessment of likely outcomes For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill Planning for International Marketing Exporting ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? 219 Licensing Contract Manufacturing Management Contracting Joint Venturing Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill Key Terms S.W.O.T Analysis Market Potential Sales Forecast Trend Extension Factor Method Factor Time Series Leading Series Indices 2110 Jury of Executive Opinion Spreadsheet Analysis Exporting Licensing Contract Manufacturing Management Contracting Joint Venturing Wholly Owned Subsidiary Multinational Corporations For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill ... with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Irwin/McGraw-Hill Strategies, Plans, and Programs Strategy Plan Program 21? ?3 For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts... Irwin/McGraw-Hill S.W.O.T Analysis Strengths Internal Factors Weaknesses 21? ?5 Opportunities Strategy Planning External Factors Threats For use only with Perreault and McCarthy texts © The McGraw-Hill... Spreadsheet “What If” Questions Exhibit? ?21? ?7 21? ?8 A? ?spreadsheet can be used to compare estimated sales, costs, and profits for “reasonable” alternative marketing mixes. Manipulation of any