L10: Strategy, objectives, segmentation and targeting Flashcards
What is strategic planning?
The process of identifying objectives to accomplish, deciding how to accomplish those objectives with specific strategies and tactics, implementing the actions that make the plan come to life, and measuring how well the plan met the objectives
(Tuten & Solomon, 2021, p. 110)
A Process Perspective
- Analytics
- Goal Setup
- Key Perfomance Indicator
- Execution
- Reporting
- Monitoring
- Re-assesment
The social media strategy should support…
· The marketing strategy
· The communication strategy
The overall business strategy
What is branding?
A brand ‘is a name, term, sign, symbol or design or a combination of these, intended to identify the good or services of one seller or group of seller, and to differentiate them from those of a competitor’ (The American Marketing Association)
Brands can…
· Help the consumer locate and identify products
· Serve as a cue when assessing the product’s quality
· Make it easier to develop an attitude
· Reduce decision time when shopping
· Reward buyers psychologically
· Assist in building a relationship
· Increase the likelihood of loyalty, re-purchase
Allow for higher prices and larger margins
Brand positioning…
· What position do we already have in our customers’ mind?
· What position do we want?
· What companies must be outgunned if we are to establish that position?
· Do we have enough marketing budget to occupy and hold that position?
· Do we have the guts to stick with one consistent positioning strategy?
Does our creative approach match our positioning strategy?
The Marketing Plan Outline
PEFORM A SITUATION ANALYSIS
SET MARKETING OBJECTIVES
DEVELOP MARKETING STRATEGIES
IMPLEMENT AND CONTROL THE MARKETING PLAN
The Marketing Plan:
What does a first step: Situation Analysis consist of?
- Internal Environment
- External Environment
- SWOT
The Marketing Plan:
What does third step: Develop Marketing Strategies consists of?
- Select Target Markets and Positioning
- Product Strategies
- Pricing Strategies
- Promotional Strategies
- Supply Chain Strategies
The Marketing Plan:
What does fourth step: Implement and Control The Marketing Plan consists of?
- Action Plans (for all marketing mix elements)
- Responsibility
- Timeline
- Budget
- Measurement and Control
What does a Social Media Marketing Plan Outline consists of?
- SITUATION ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFY KEY OPPORTUNITIES
1.1 Internal Environment
1.2 External Environment
1.2.1 Swot
- STATE OBJECTIVES AND ALLOCATE RESOURCES
- GATHER INSIGHT INTO TARGET AUDIENCE
- SELECT SOCIAL MEDIA ZONES AND VEHICLES
4.1 Social community zone strategies
4.2 Social publishing zone strategies
4.3 Social entertainment zone strategies
4.4 Social commerce zone strategies
- CREATE AN EXPERIENCE STRATEGY ENCOMPASSING SELECTED ZONES
- ESTABLISH AN ACTIVATION PLAN
- MANANGE AND MEASURE
SWOT
Strength + Weaknesses (Internal)
Opportunities + Threats (External)
Social Media Audit
Followers, how often do we post? etc. (se model, Tuten & Solomon p. 121)
What does objectives consist of?
- Business mission (vision, corporate value and leadership)
- Business level objectives
(survival, growth, expansion) - Marketing level objectives
(market share, sales by volume, value/profit) - Social Media Marketing objectives
(creation of awareness, engagement)
SMART mål?
S: Specific
M: Measurable
A: Achievable
R: Realistic
T: Time