To effectively build your marketing foundation the following disciplines are followed:
- Situation Analysis - Understand the competition and how
your company compares
- Target Market & Segmentation - Identify the target market
and the various segments that you service
- Marketing Goals - Define and clarify your marketing goals
for the year
- Positioning, Differentiation & Messages - Develop
positioning to separate your company's offerings from the
competition
- Marketing Strategy- Develop the marketing mix for each target
segment at the strategic level
- Brand Image & Identity - Determine your ideal brand identity and
discuss the type of image you want to project
- Marketing Communication Tools - Identify the tools needed to fulfill
the call to action of the different marketing activities