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Sample Marketing Plan

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Finding a sample marketing plan for a similar company in the same industry can be a great place to start your own marketing plan. There are 70+ marketing plan templates for different types of businesses at the site I recommend. Create your own marketing plan using a template.

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Marketing Plan Example

Here's a sample marketing plan that happens to be from the accounting industry. This is the outline. You can find details of this sample marketing plan here. After you follow the link, just click on the orange bar that says "Free Marketing Plans" and scroll down to the bottom of the page where you will find sample marketing plans from Accounting Firms to Women's Shoe Stores.

1.0 Executive Summary

2.0 Situation Analysis
      2.1 Market Needs
      2.2 The Market
           2.2.1 Market Demographics
           2.2.2 Market Trends
           2.2.3 Market Growth
           2.2.4 Macroenvironment
      2.3 The Company
           2.3.1 Mission
           2.3.2 Service Offering
           2.3.3 Positioning
           2.3.4 SWOT Summary
              2.3.4.1 Strengths
               2.3.4.2 Weaknesses
               2.3.4.3 Opportunities
               2.3.4.4 Threats
            2.3.5 Historical Results
     2.4 Competition
            2.4.1 Direct Competition
            2.4.2 Indirect Competition

3.0 Marketing Strategy
      3.1 Value Proposition
      3.2 Critical Issues
      3.3 Financial Objectives
      3.4 Marketing Objectives
      3.5 Target Market Strategy
      3.6 Messaging
           3.6.1 Branding
      3.7 Strategy Pyramids

4.0 Marketing Mix
      4.1 Product Marketing
      4.2 Pricing
      4.3 Promotion
           4.3.1 Advertising
           4.3.2 Public Relations
           4.3.3 Direct Marketing
      4.4 Web Plan
           4.4.1 Website Goals
           4.4.2 Website Marketing Strategy
           4.4.3 Development Requirements
      4.5 Service
      4.6 Implementation Schedule
      4.7 Sales Plan
           4.7.1 Sales Strategy
           4.7.2 Sales Process

5.0 Financials
      5.1 Break-even Analysis
      5.2 Sales Forecast
           5.2.1 Sales by Partner
           5.2.2 Sales by Segment
      5.3 Expense Forecast
           5.3.1 Expense by Partner
           5.3.2 Expense by Segment
           5.3.3 Expense by Specialization
      5.4 Linking Expenses to Strategy andTactics
      5.5 Contribution Margin

6.0 Controls
      6.1 Implementation
      6.2 Keys to Success
      6.3 Market Research
      6.4 Contingency Planning
      6.5 CRM Plans
 


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