• 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