Marketing Strategy Attachment

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This week’s discussion is worth 56 points.

This Weeks Discussion Post 

For this weeks discussion, please respond to the following:

  1. Complete the Marketing Vehicles Table, identifying the marketing vehicles you will use to reach your customers.
    • Be sure to include the cost of each marketing vehicle.
    • Add any additional notes under the table.
    • Delete the italicized examples.

Marketing Vehicles TableMarketing VehicleFrequencyCost/Month

Example 1

Social Media: Facebook and Instagram

23 times per week$600 per month

Example 2

TV Stations: Local Station, WTC

1 time per week$1,000 per month

Example 3

Free Samples

2 events$500 per month               

  1. Copy and paste the Marketing Vehicles Table into the discussion area.
  2. Complete the Setup worksheet in the Business Plan Financials Excel Template according to the instructions in the guidelines.
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  3. Input the marketing vehicles costs into the appropriate areas of the Marketing Budget worksheet in the Business Plan Financials Excel Template.
  4. Attach the entire Business Plan Financials Excel Template to the discussion thread before clicking Submit.

Post at least one substantive comment to another students post.

Notes

  • Textbook Chapter 10, Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy, pages 163194, provides additional detail about this topic.
  • You will use the:
    • Marketing vehicles information from this post in your Week 5 assignment, Marketing Plan and Budget.
    • Information from the Setup and Marketing Budget worksheets in Section 2 of your Week 5 assignment.
  • If you are new to Excel, you may want to view these LinkedIn Learning courses on working with Excel. These courses focus on performing data entry in Excel.
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  • You may also find these LinkedIn Learning courses on how to interpret a businesss financials useful:
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  • You may also find Stephanie Morrow’s article “” on how to set up a marketing budget helpful to complete this discussion and your Week 5 assignment.

Important notes:

1. Complete the table in Word and then copy from there and paste it in the discussion window.

2. DO NOT attach the Word document to the discussion window. Only the Excel will be attached.

3. With your response, include a brief description of your company: name, what business you are in, and the products or services you offer for sale.