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Business Plan Outline Non-disclosure 1.0 Executive Summary 1.1 Mission Statement 1.2 The Enterprise 1.3 Key Personnel 1.4 The Market 1.5 The Offering 1.6 Marketing Strategy 1.7 Competition 1.8 Projections 1.9 Resource Requirements 1.10 Key Issues 2.0 The Enterprise 2.1 Objectives 2.2 History 2.3 Organization 2.3.1 Key Personnel 2.3.2 Personnel Count 2.4 Operations 2.5 The Future 3.0 The Market 3.1 Market Segments 3.2 Prospects 3.3 Prospect Objectives 3.4 Segmentation 3.5 Size 3.6 Environment 3.7 Alternatives 4.0 The Offering 4.1 Description 4.2 Market Status 4.3 Value 4.4 Cost to Produce 4.5 Support 5.0 Marketing Strategy 5.1 Targets 5.2 Image 5.3 Promotion 5.3.1 Internet Web Site 5.3.2 Publicity 5.3.3 Advertising 5.4 Pricing 5.5 Sales 5.6 Distribution 5.7 Logistics 5.8 Support 6.0 Competitive Analysis 7.0 Development Program 7.1 Objectives 7.2 Organization 7.3 Market Status 7.4 Schedules 7.5 Technology 8.0 Operations / Production 8.1 Organization 8.2 Suppliers 8.3 Sub-contractors 8.4 Technology 8.5 Quality 8.6 Inventory 9.0 Investment Capital 9.1 Initial Funding 9.2 Use of Funds 9.3 Return on Investment 10.0 Historical Financials 10.1 Income Statement 10.2 Balance Sheet 10.3 Cash Flow 11.0 Financial Projections 11.1 Year One Income Statement 11.2 Year Two Income Statement 11.3 Five Year Income Statement 11.4 Year One Cash Flow 11.5 Year Two Cash Flow 11.6 Five Year Cash Flow 11.7 Balance Sheet 12.0 Financial Alternatives 12.1 Best Case 12.2 Worst Case 13.0 Financial Addendums 13.1 Assumptions 13.2 Ratios 13.3 Income Statement Comparison 13.4 Balance Sheet Comparison Business Plan Charts Tutorial |
5.3 PromotionExplanationThere are two basic promotion strategies, PUSH and PULL.The PUSH strategy maximizes the use of all available channels of distribution to "push" the offering into the marketplace. This usually requires generous discounts or commissions to achieve the objective of giving the channels incentive to promote the offering, thus minimizing your need for advertising. The PULL strategy requires direct interface with the end-user of the offering. Use of channels of distribution is minimized during the first stages of offering promotion and a major commitment to advertising is required. The objective is to "pull" the prospects into the various channel outlets creating a demand for the offering the channels cannot ignore. Describe your promotion strategy. Factors to consider:
Sample from CitiLoc, Inc.There are a number of ways we will promote our service, all basically being a PULL strategy. These include:
A CitiLoc employee acting as the personal coordinator for each city in the data base. |