Marketing Plans don't have to be long to be good. In fact a plan consisting of keywords and short phases can fit on just one page. Below is a sample marketing plan that you can use in developing a marketing plan that you can write in a few hours and share with others in minutes:
Within the next year, build a highly efficient marketing program to catapult our web graphics seminar business to $500,00 annual revenues.
Provide graphic artists with the software knowledge they need to migrate their businesses to the web.
Sell 2000 seminar seats nationally in the next 12 months yielding $408,000 in revenue.
Sell an average of $46 per attendee books and tapes at each seminar $92,000 in revenue.
Earn a pre-tax profit of 25% or $125,000.
Increase gross margin to 72% on seminar seats.
Maintain COGS on books and tapes at 66%
Utilize direct mail to purchasers of Adobe Products
Stress the business opportunity rather than the fact they will be learning software
Offer book and tape set bundles to increase average purchase
Increase the amount of on-site salespeople to increase BOH sales
End quantity discounts on multiple sign-ups from single company
Utilize temp agencies in each seminar city to supply additional sales help
Redesign seminar mailer to stress business opportunity by January 15th
Design promotional piece to highlight better margin book and tape bundles by April 1st
Launch email newsletter to promote seminars before 2/10
Hire writer by March 3rd to edit new online newsletter
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