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The Strategic Marketing Plan

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Why Attend

A marketing plan clarifies the key marketing elements of a business and maps out directions, objectives, and activities for the business and its employees. This course tackles several aspects of a company’s marketing and promotion plan such as the marketing mix (the 4Ps), the evaluation of marketing opportunities, researching, analyzing and identifying target markets and developing a strategic position for the company in order to implement the strategy. The course covers everything from preparation and implementation of the marketing plan to measuring and evaluating the results of the organizational marketing efforts.

Course Methodology

The course employs a variety of case studies and exercises aimed at enhancing the right set of skills needed to develop and monitor the implementation of a strategic marketing plan. Group presentations and short debriefs related to different strategic marketing planning topics will also be integral parts of the course.

Target Audience

General managers, marketing managers, product and sales managers will find excellent value in attending. Market researchers, planning managers, and other practicing managers associated with the development of marketing plans, will also significantly benefit from the course.

Course Objectives

Provided by SQ, this programme is available by distance learning, allowing you to study flexibly while balancing work and personal lifes.


Apply a logical step-by-step process to produce a sound marketing plan

Devise a marketing plan that builds on marketing audit findings

Use marketing audit findings to identify effective strategies and tactics

Develop the components of the strategic marketing plan

Identify and implement the different marketing warfare strategies (offensive, defensive and flanking)

Target Competencies


Micro and macro analysis

Setting marketing mix

Devising ‘SMART’ goals

Blue ocean strategies

Managing business portfolio

Producing a Boston Consulting Group matrix

Structuring a marketing plan

Course Outline


The marketing concept

Planning segmentation, targeting and Positioning

The marketing planning process

Strategy development

The business situation analysis

Tactical planning applications

Tactical planning applications


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