Marketing Planning

Marketing Planning is essential for the success of any business. It's a discipline that, when done effectively, defines who your audience is, how to engage and interact with them, what you want to communicate, and how you're going to take them through the journey to purchase, build a relationship, and ultimately get them to do your marketing for you. However, it's an area that many struggle with. Marketing Planning can be time consuming, unproductive and ineffective when not done with the right approach, tools and understanding.


"How to thrive in an unknowable future? Choose the plan with the most options.
The best plan is the one that lets you change your plans."
Derek Sivers - Founder, CD Baby

There's an awful lot of information and 'guidance' out there on how to create and prepare Marketing Plans. Most of this though isn't actually that helpful: it's dated, using old-school techniques that haven't been refined in 20-years; it's convoluted, lacking succinctness and simplicity; and it's impractical, not geared to the needs of marketers and businesses operating in markets that are more dynamic and competitive than ever. In all, we need to re-think how we're doing Marketing Planning so we're better prepared and equipped to meet the increasing demands of today's customers, in a world where the tools at our disposal are becoming more and more sophisticated...and complex.

Marketing Planning

Marketing  is a key driver of business growth.

By having a clear, focussed and aligned Marketing Plan, you're better able to:

Identify and understand your ideal audience;

Define strategies to more effectively attract, engage and convince them; and

Execute activities that deliver greater impact, resonance and results.

Marketing Planning isn't a static, one-off exercise. It's an ongoing process that iterates, improves and scales over time.

The following posts give you the knowledge, techniques and mindset to be successful in your Marketing Planning; and how you can use it to empower your team, and identify new opportunities and avenues for growth.

Essential Templates to Boss Your 2023 Marketing Planning
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Setting Effective Marketing Goals
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Marketing Plan Definition – What Is A Marketing Plan?
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OKR Template
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