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15.6: Outcome- Elements of the Marketing Plan

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    What you’ll learn to do: identify the key elements of the marketing plan

    A lot of work goes into developing a marketing plan. But once it’s completed, it provides a detailed roadmap of not only where you’re heading, but also why and how to get there. By putting in significant effort up front to create a good plan, you’ll find that the “doing” part is much simpler, better focused, better organized. Of course, a good plan also increases your likelihood of marketing success.

    Success? Well, that makes you look good.

    The specific things you’ll learn in this section include:

    • Describe the purpose of a marketing plan
    • Explain why each key element of the marketing plan is important to the marketing team’s successful implementation of the overall plan

    Learning Activities

    • Reading: Elements of the Marketing Plan
    • Self Check: Elements of the Marketing Plan

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