A marketing strategy is a document that maps out where your company wants to go. It defines your goals, your starting point, the actions you’ll take to close the gap, and the checkpoints where you’ll measure progress. To get there, you also need to know who your customer is, what budget you have, and which tools will help you execute.
A solid marketing strategy does the following:
- Organizes goals, plans, and opportunities into one coherent plan
- Keeps the whole team pulling in the same direction
- Sets a clear course for the company
- Enables planned campaigns instead of ad hoc scrambling
- Surfaces competitive adv