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When it’s Cold Outside, SWOT Analysis Will Keep Business Warm

Posted by Joelle Colosi on Thu, Dec 04, 2014 @ 04:00 PM

Tis the season for planning the future of your business. Along with many other marketing professionals, you are evaluating what worked this year, identifying opportunities for next year, and drafting a new action plan.  Understanding where you stand in the current marketplace is essential to bolster additional ideas. A SWOT analysis is a handy tool that any business can add to its self-assessment and forecasting toolbox.

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Topics: Marketing Strategy, inbound marketing, marketing plan

Setting Marketing Objectives and Goals Keeps You Focused on Success

Posted by Joelle Colosi on Thu, Aug 28, 2014 @ 03:00 PM

Defining marketing objectives and goals will help you organize and prioritize activities. Without setting objectives and plans that are clear and meaningful, you’ll only do well accidentally. Dreams and goals provide direction and structure for success, around which you optimize your marketing and business development activities. Being purposeful and heading towards defined plans will keep your company moving forward.

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Topics: Marketing Strategy, marketing plan, analytics and metrics

Energize Trade Shows and Events with Inbound Marketing Tactics

Posted by Joelle Colosi on Thu, Jan 31, 2013 @ 12:15 PM

At the beginning of each year, marketing professionals take a more granular look at their firm's annual plan for trade shows and events. Trade show and professional event strategic marketing is a process that takes some planning to ensure the firm generates an increase in business development activity that justifies participation costs. 

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Topics: inbound marketing, marketing plan, trade shows and events

Inspire Inbound Marketing Campaigns with a Vision

Posted by Joelle Colosi on Thu, Jan 24, 2013 @ 07:36 AM

Any firm can easily inspire inbound marketing campaigns with mission and vision statements. These statements provide direction and purpose, encourage achievement and ensure inbound marketing campaign activities align with a firm’s business goals and inbound marketing strategy. A firm’s ability to effectively embrace the values of the mission and vision statements will enrich the firm’s entire work environment. 

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Topics: inbound marketing, marketing plan, marketing campaign

Resolution No.1: Set Goals and Objectives for Marketing Planning

Posted by Joelle Colosi on Thu, Dec 13, 2012 @ 01:20 PM

How is your annual marketing plan coming along?  Our recent post, Do You Need a SWOT to Start Marketing Planning? Covered the situational analysis section of your professional services marketing plan. Another important component of annual marketing planning is setting goals and objectives.  In the spirit of kicking off the New Year with a complete plan, this post covers goals and objectives.

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Topics: Marketing Strategy, marketing plan, situational analysis

Do You Need a SWOT to Start Marketing Planning?

Posted by Joelle Colosi on Fri, Nov 30, 2012 @ 09:55 AM

If you are going through the annual marketing planning process and realize that you have not completely analyzed your firm’s position in the marketplace, it may be time to begin situational analysis.  Situational analysis is the process of evaluating the firm’s situation as a whole and by market sector.  The intent is to develop a sharpened marketing strategy which includes: understanding where the firm is today, envisioning where it wants to go, and determining how it will get to where it wants to go. This process requires a keen sense of the firm’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT).

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Topics: Marketing Strategy, competitive analysis, marketing plan

'Tis the Season for Annual Marketing Planning!

Posted by Joelle Colosi on Wed, Nov 21, 2012 @ 08:10 AM

It is the season for taking a closer look at the annual marketing plan. The annual marketing plan is essential to meeting next year's strategic business goals. The plan is a formalized statement detailing the actions needed to meet specific marketing goals and objectives.  

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Topics: Marketing Strategy, marketing plan, marketing budget

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