- 4.2 Market Planning is about formulating marketing objectives and strategies to achieve marketing goals (i.e. increase market share)
 
- Marketing objectives: goals of business to help give marketing teams a sense of direction

 
The components to a marketing plan
- summary of main points
 
- situational analysis that shows internal + external factors affecting the organization
 
- outlines the intensity of competition in market
 
- marketing objectives
 
- marketing research
 
- identification of target market
 
- marketing mix
 
- marketing strategies
 
- marketing budgets
 
Advantages and disadvantages
