Marketing Plan

Making Memories

Marketing Plan

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Table of Contents

1.0   Executive Summary i

2.0   Situation Analysis 1
      2.1   Market Summary 1
              2.1.1   Market Demographics 1
              2.1.2   Market Needs 4
              2.1.3   Market Trends 4
              2.1.4   Market Growth 5
      2.2   SWOT Analysis 7
              2.2.1   Strengths 7
              2.2.2   Weaknesses 7
              2.2.3   Opportunities 7
              2.2.4   Threats 7
      2.3   Competitor Analysis 7

3.0   Marketing Strategy 9
      3.1   Mission Statement 9
      3.2   Marketing Goals 9
              3.2.1   Product Objectives 9
              3.2.2   Place Objectives 10
              3.2.3   Price Objectives 10
              3.2.4   Promotion Objectives 10
                        3.2.4.1   Personal Selling Objectives 10
                        3.2.4.2   Mass Selling Objectives 10
                        3.2.4.3   Sales Promotion Objectives 11
      3.3   Marketing Mix 11
              3.3.1   Product/Services Offered 11
              3.3.2   Price Strategy 12
              3.3.3   Promotion Strategy 12
              3.3.4   Distribution Strategy 12

4.0   Financials 14
      4.1   Budget 14
              4.1.1   Operating Budget 14
              4.1.2   Marketing Budget 15
      4.2   Sales Forecast 16
      4.3   Budget Summary 16

5.0   Controls 17
      5.1   Implementation 17
      5.2   Contingency Planning 17

6.0 Summary 18

1.0 Executive Summary

Making Memories is dedicated to helping people preserve their past through scrapbooking.   We sell a wide variety of high quality scrapbooks and scrapbooking materials.   In addition, we offer free classes every other Saturday to help our customers learn how to design their scrapbooks.   Every employee will receive special training to assist customers in selecting the right materials for their scrapbooking needs.   The owner is in charge of implementation of this marketing plan, but every...