The marketing plan is an essential element in any business's long-term success. The marketing plan helps to shape the needs and objectives of the company by identifying what, how, when and so forth ...

You may be a free spirit, but you probably wouldn't jump in your car and embark on a cross-country road trip without planning - planning your route, the stops along the way, where you'll stay, and ...

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The following excerpt is from Robert W. Bly’s book The Marketing Plan Handbook. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes Robert W. Bly explains how you can develop big-picture marketing plans ...