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How to conduct an effective competitive analysis in 7 steps

Tomorrow People

Competing within an existing market is not always easy. After all, it would be far too time-consuming and costly to compare all your marketing activities against every possible competitor at once. This will determine if a competitor is likely to bring new products to market. How well do they understand the market?

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The Plain English Guide to Writing a Business Case

Hubspot

To develop a business case, you'll need to write several key components, including a proposal, strategy, budget, SWOT analysis, and project plan. Additionally, you'll want to learn about your market -- whoever will be the consumer of the project, even if that's your own team. SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats).

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A Primer on Sales Competitive Battle Cards

The Effective Marketer

Competitive Battle Cards (BTW I’ve seen them spelled together, battlecards, and separate – battle cards) are a staple of product marketing. So for the purposes of this post I will focus on the marketer or product marketer that has been tasked with coming up with a competitive analysis to help sales. Presentation.

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How to Build a Market Development Strategy [Free Planning Templates]

Hubspot

Is there an opportunity to increase market penetration? However, one of the often overlooked ways to strengthen your gross sales is a purposeful, well-researched, and expertly executed market development strategy. What is market development? How to Create a Market Development Strategy. Review Your Buyer Personas.

Planning 101
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How to Create a Marketing Communication Plan that Attracts Clients

Webbiquity

A marketing communication plan is an essential document for bringing in new clients and to communicate strategy to your in-house marketing team. Here’s an eight-step guide for creating a marketing communication plan that will align your internal agency marketing team and help you attract more clients.

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SMART Goals: 5 Do’s, 5 Don’ts, 21 Examples for Writing Excellent Ones

ClearVoice

In fact, most of us decide to become solopreneurs because we are passionate and talented in a specific field — writing, design, marketing, and so on — but we may lack the financial and business know-how to double our profits. I will dedicate one hour per day to finally writing the content marketing book I’ve been thinking about forever.

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Marketing Planning Process for Professional Services

Hinge Marketing

Any firm that wants to succeed needs a marketing plan. However, the marketing planning process that works well for consumer products, industrial goods or not-for-profits is not well suited for professional services. Creating a marketing plan takes more than just writing down some ideas about how to promote your firm.