Clear and measurable marketing objectives are crucial in the overall marketing planning and strategy. They provide a roadmap of well-defined actions to get your team and the company across the finish line.

“The future is made of the same stuff as the present.” The French philosopher Simone Weil quoted this in the early 20th Century. But unfortunately, this statement is unrelatable in today’s world, where science has moved so far ahead that new products are innovated at every moment. Besides, we as humans have always been fascinated by the prospect of what lies in the future. Whether it’s the launch of a new cell phone or a new AI-driven electric car, we as humans have always looked forward to adapting to recent trends of the future.

The first step to marketing a business is setting it up. If your business is ready for service, you’ve already crossed the first hurdle, so congratulations! Getting a business of the ground is no easy feat, especially if you have limited knowledge on some of the practical areas of making a business successful. Quite often even the most brilliant ideas face roadblocks in execution. This is where having a well-thought-out marketing strategy saves the day.

Have you completed your businesses marketing strategy for 2017/18? If you want to hit and execute your sales goals for the coming year then you might want to get onto it. 

If you have left it until now to write your 2017/18 marketing strategy, then you are really hitting a fine line, because there is a lot to be done before executing a powerful, deliberate marketing campaign in July that will see your company hit sales targets, connect with customers and accelerate your potential in the marketing for the year to come.