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The Marketing Plan (the basics)
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Launching Your Concept The Marketing Plan (the basics) Spring Semester University of Illinois 1 At Chicago Innovation Center Interdisciplinary Product Development Launching Your Concept Definition The marketing plan _is a written
Launching Your Concept
University of Illinois At Chicago Interdisciplinary Product Development
Innovation Center
Spring Semester
The Marketing Plan (the basics)
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Launching Your Concept
University of Illinois At Chicago Interdisciplinary Product Development
Innovation Center
Spring Semester
The marketing plan… _is a written document _identifies objectives and time frame _outlines the activities needed for achieving those goals MP = tangible outcome of planning process
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Definition
Launching Your Concept
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Actionable – implementation-focused Clear – systematic, logical, structured Succinct – only need-to-know info Encourage careful and disciplined thinking – iterative approach critical
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Principles
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Consideration Levels
Strategic Questions: What is our… _target market? _positioning? Tactical Questions: How will we deliver the value by … _product _pricing _promotion _communication _service _distribution
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Components
Chernev (2014)
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Components
Chernev (2014)
A busy supervisor should get the gist of what you are proposing (i.e., your specific proposed solution/action) AND what you expect to gain from it (i.e., benefits resulting such as profit, market share, etc.).
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Components
Chernev (2014)
Company overview Market overview Target customer(s)
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Components
Chernev (2014)
Specific Target(s) Benchmarks
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Components
Chernev (2014) Identifying Target Customers and Developing Optimal Value Proposition (OVP)
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Components
Chernev (2014) (Expanded) Marketing Mix: Tool for Creating the Optimal Value Proposition (OVP)
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Components
Chernev (2014)
(1) Organizational infrastructure, including key collaborators (2)Business processes (3)Implementation schedule
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Components
Chernev (2014)
(1) Performance evaluation (2)Environmental analysis
What gets measured, gets managed. Peter Drucker
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Components
Chernev (2014)
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Financials
Cost of providing the product/service to the customers
Components
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Due Dates
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Thursday, February 22 The first written draft of your team’s marketing plan is to be handed in to Prof. Cui for review. It will be returned to you with written comments and suggestions for improvement at the following class session. In this draft, you should: (1) set up the outline of the document; (2)complete the Situation Analysis section in full detail; (3) enter preliminary contents in the other sections. Thursday, March 15 A second draft will be handed in to Prof. Cui. Once again, this second draft will be returned with written comments and suggestions the following week. Thursday, April 12 The third draft of your team’s plan is to be handed in to Prof. Cui for review, with comments and final revision requirements provided by Prof. Cui. Thursday, May 3 The final version of your Marketing Plan will be delivered to your IPD faculty and to BMW mentors on the day of final presentations.
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