Developing & Implementing Strategic Marketing Plans

An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Developing & Implementing
Strategic Marketing Plans

Gaining Deep Understanding of Customers and How to Serve Them

UPCOMING SESSIONS

Classroom sessions
DateVenueFee
26-30 Jan 2026London - UK$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
04-08 May 2026Dubai - UAE$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
28 Sep-02 Oct 2026Vienna - Austria$5,950RESERVE A SEAT

Training Course Overview

In this Developing & Implementing Strategic Marketing Plans training course, participants will craft the foundational framework for a strategic marketing plan that aligns marketing initiatives with their organization's broader business objectives. Emphasizing customer needs and marketplace dynamics, this plan will be tailored specifically to their organization.

Upon completion, attendees will return to their teams equipped with a strategic marketing outline designed to garner support from key stakeholders and executives throughout the organization. They will also possess the skills necessary to translate this plan into actionable initiatives that drive financial growth, expand market share, and enhance reputation.

Training Course Objectives

At the end of this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Identify, collect and analyse external and internal business data to identify issues, key factors for success and distinctive capabilities
  • Using the data, make assumptions and recommend which products and services their organisation should provide to existing and potential markets
  • Identify, segment and prioritise existing and potential audiences based on business objectives
  • Quantify marketing objectives for revenues, profits, sales volumes, market share and brand reputation
  • Develop a portfolio matrix for the 4 P’s – product, price, place, promotion – that will create the framework for marketing activities
  • Select the best evaluation mechanisms for proving marketing activities are delivering business objectives

Designed for

This advanced level professional Anderson training course is for marketing practitioners and business leaders responsible for developing strategic marketing plans, including:

  • Chief Marketing Officers, Marketing Directors, Marketing Vice Presidents
  • Heads Of Product Management, Product Development, Research & Analysis, Planning, Programmes & Campaigns, Public Relations, Brand Management, Public Affairs, Investor Relations, Financial PR, Advertising, Community Relations, Media Relations, Distribution, Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Business Growth Directors, Customer Experience Directors, Sales Directors, Business Strategy Directors, Finance Directors, HR Directors
  • Non-Executive Directors, Trustees, Board Members

The Course Outline

Day One: Introduction to Marketing Planning
  • The core marketing concepts
  • 4 P’s of the marketing mix: product, price, promotion, place
  • Useful frameworks for creating a marketing strategic plan
  • Setting strategic marketing goals: linking to corporate vision, mission & business objectives
Day Two: Situation Review – Analysing the Current Situation
  • Different models for conducting a marketing audit
  • Collating customer and product data
  • Using a SWOT to identify key internal & external factors
  • Making assumptions based on the SWOT analysis
  • Determining demand for your products and services
  • Agreeing expected results
Day Three: Formulating Strategy
  • The 4 competitive strategic positions
  • Ansoff’s Matrix: setting strategic marketing objectives
  • Understanding what motivates audiences
  • The market segmentation process
  • Creating buyer personas for key market segments
  • The marketing control process: forecasting, budgeting & monitoring
Day Four: 4 P’s – Executing Marketing Tactics
  • Developing new products and services
  • Managing the product life cycle
  • Product mix decisions: families, lines and brands
  • Pricing mix decisions: costs, demand, methods
  • Promotion mix decisions: advertising, promotions, PR & selling
  • Place mix decisions: push vs pull, channels length & type
Day Five: Delivering the Marketing Strategy
  • Co-opting a team representing key areas of the business to input to the strategy
  • Running workshops to ensure the marketing strategy captures experiences and concerns of stakeholders
  • Drafting the document: number of pages and their content
  • Anticipating office politics: winning support up and down the organisation
  • Action planning

The Certificate

  • Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

In Association With

Aztech
Copex
Coventry
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