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Marketing planning process

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Marketing plan   A comprehensive document or blueprint, informed by analysis of the organization, customer, and market environment, that outlines marketing efforts (including objectives, strategies, and tactics) for an identified period  
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Mission statement   Explanation of why the marketing plan exists and what problem it hopes to solve  
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situational analysis   A collection of methods that marketers use to analyze and understand an organization's capabilities, customers, and business environment  
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SWOT analysis   Analysis of the internal, controllable factors (strengths and weaknesses) and external, uncontrollable factors (opportunities and threats) that influence an organization  
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Organizational capabilities   Combinations of skills, processes, human abilities, and competencies that are unique to an organization  
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SMART   Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Result-oriented, Time bound  
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Target market   Specific group of customers toward which a firm directs its marketing efforts  
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Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix   Planning tool which uses a quadrant to map the strategic position of a business brand based on the brand's market share and the market's growth potential  
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Porters five forces model   Planning tool which provides a model for how to identify and analyze the competitive forces that shape a company's environment and influence profitability  
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External factors   Factors an organization may be able to influence, but not control (such as technology innovations, competition, economic trends, and government policies) a company, which can represent opportunities or threats  
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Dog   A product or business with low market share in a mature industry is a dog  
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Cash cow   A cash cow is a product or business that has high market share and is in a slow-growing industry. It is bringing in more money than is being invested in it, but it does not have much growth potential.  
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Question mark   A question mark is a product or business that has low market share currently, but is in a growing industry.  
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Star   A star has high market share in a fast-growing industry. This kind of product or business is poised to bring a strong return on the funds invested  
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Threat of new entrants   From the view of the current companies in the market, profitable markets that yield high returns will attract new companies.  
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Threat of substitute products or services   The existence of different products that fulfill the same need increases the likelihood that customers will switch to alternatives.  
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Rivalry   For most industries, the intensity of competitive rivalry is the major factor in determining the competitiveness of the industry.  
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Bargaining power of buyers   The bargaining power of customers is the ability of customers to put a company under pressure, which also affects the customer's sensitivity to price changes  
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Bargaining power of suppliers   When there are few substitutes, suppliers of raw materials, components, labor, and services (such as expertise) to an organization can be a source of power over the organization.  
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Strategies   Plans of action or game plans designed to meet certain objectives  
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Tactics   The actions taken to implement a strategy that drives toward a particular objective  
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Internal factors   Factors controlled by the organization (such as financial resources, product lines, or technical capabilities), which can be either strengths or weaknesses  
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