Strategic Marketing for Your Business Presented by Dr. Jan Mangos SCORE Orlando
Make (and Follow) a Plan
Strategy Vs. Tactics
Back to the Beginning…. What is Marketing?
Marketing is Concerned with: Product Price Place Promotion
Along with…. Identifying Target Market(s) Analyzing Competition
Let’s Start with Target Markets Sufficiently Large Reachable Willing and Able to Buy
Ways to Target Geographic Demographic Purchase Behavior Psychographics
Important Considerations RISK FOCUS
A New Definition…. Product = Benefit to the Buyer
A New Definition…. Price = Value to the Buyer
Developing New Products Trend Analysis -Top to Bottom Price Range -Truncation of Childhood (New Consumers) -Aging Population -Changing Face of U.S. Population -Mass Customization
Developing New Products Trend Analysis (cont’d) -Consumer Empowerment -Co-marketing Opportunities -Peer-to-peer Sharing (Social Media) -Omnivores (Food Markets) -Mobile Marketplaces
Developing New Products Trend Analysis (cont’d) -Re-commerce -High-touch products and services -Green Products -Increasing Power of Women -Fitness and Longevity
A New Definition…. Place = Channel of Distribution and its Informational Benefits to Your Business
A New Definition…. Promotion = Free or Low Cost Tactics to Gain Awareness
A New Definition…. Competition = Role Models or Bad Models “Thinking Outside the Box”
Simply Add… Tactics and a Timeline