Using Marketing to Implement a Strategic Plan

Abstract

Close to 75% of marketing and promotional campaigns globally fail to meet their purpose. Marketing campaigns fail due to pitfalls, which sink promotional projects. Strategic planning is significant in overcoming these pitfalls hence increasing the chances of business being successful in their promotional campaigns. However, a lot of businesses are experiencing issues with integrating strategic planning into their daily operations and promotional campaigns. This article is intended at discussing the pitfalls, which may sink a promotional campaign and suggests how strategic planning can solve these issues. In addition, this article also discusses approaches which can be adopted by organizations to enable them to successfully integrate strategic planning into the marketing projects. In conclusion, it suggests some approaches that organizations may adopt to ensure that they are successful in their future projects.