A marketing plan serves more than one purpose. While it's important to have a plan to guide your marketing efforts, your plan also "markets" your company to investors -- interested potential partners, ...

You may be a free spirit, but you probably wouldn't jump in your car and embark on a cross-country road trip without planning - planning your route, the stops along the way, where you'll stay, and ...

Most entrepreneurs and managers are familiar with the importance of a business plan, which provides a holistic view of the entire organization and how it will operate and grow. It’s a prerequisite ...

President of the Bradford Dalton Group, Jeff is a former journalist with 30+ years of experience as a public relations professional. It is important to know what other people besides you think about ...

Pete Rathburn is a copy editor and fact-checker with expertise in economics and personal finance and over twenty years of experience in the classroom. Zoe Hansen / Investopedia A marketing plan is a ...

Reaching the right customers could be the difference between a thriving business and a failed venture – and it all starts with a business marketing plan. An effective marketing plan is a blueprint for ...

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The following excerpt is from Robert W. Bly’s book The Marketing Plan Handbook. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes When planning out your business’s marketing strategies, remember that a ...

There’s no question that most entrepreneurs thrive on action. But as the Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero so aptly put it: “Before beginning, plan carefully.” Careful planning is precisely the ...