Phase II
Deliverables
How Phase II Ties to Phase I & III
Phase I will provide much of the data for Phase II. You will likely
do additional research at each phase, as you see fit.
This Phase II template is designed as a tool to help you create
your marketing plan and most of its elements. Your deliverable
is this “Blank Slide Presentation” with the data filled in.
This presentation should not serve as an example of your Phase
IV final presentation for the EC. It is an interim step.
This approach is used by Bain & Co. (called a blank slide deck)
and McKinsey & Co. (called a ghost deck) in their case work.
The purpose for having you submit Phase II in this format is to
get you comfortable thinking in slide format and working with
Powerpoint.
Keep in Mind for Phase II
These slides mirror the guidelines in the EC Marketing Plan
Requirements document
Don’t write a paper on each slide. If you have more bullet points
and type than that on this slide, you have too much.
Simplify…Focus…
Use the notes section of the slide for citing sources, providing
additional information, and adding context to the slides. After
reading your slide and the accompanying notes, I should understand
exactly what you want me to understand. There is no limit to the
size of your notes section.
You may use this style template or another of your choosing as
long as you cover the topics on each slide in this blank slide deck.
No style points awarded, btw. Save it for Phase III.
If you would like to insert additional slides, you may add up to 5
slides (maximum)
Team XYZ Phase II Report
Team Members:
Susie
Billy
Sam
Allen
Becky
Marketing Strategy:
Marketing Objectives
This slide should tie to the Marketing Results slide near
the end of this presentation
Highlights anticipated gains as a result of implementing
your marketing strategy
Marketing Strategy:
Financial Objectives
Ties to Financial Results slide near the end
Gets client excited about the marketing program to come
by showing a limited preview of your financial results
Marketing Strategy: Target Market(s)
We will segment (young or military) entrepreneurs
primarily based on:
(Geographic? Demographic? Psychographic? Behavioral?)
factors including:
Factors X,Y and Z
Because (Data A, B, C)
We will (broadly? narrowly?) target the XXX segment
because of Data 1, 2, 3
Marketing Strategy: Target Segment
Needs, Requirements, Demands,
Buying Criteria
The example below may give you some ideas on how to
display this information. Citing sources is essential!
Marketing Strategy: Value Proposition
Your value proposition should be modeled after the EC’s
(below), but focusing specifically on your target segment.
Use class materials and templates to craft a good one.
Value Proposition of the Entrepreneur Center
We help the Creative Class Turn their Ideas into Reality.The
Entrepreneur Center serves as a gateway that fuses training,
relationships, and resources to cultivate economic
development and drive Nashville’s future as the epicenter of
entrepreneurial endeavors”
Marketing Mix: Product/Services
The Perfect Product/Service for your Target Segment
What products/services of the EC will you highlight because
they exactly meet the needs of your target segment?
What products/services should be added (or downplayed) to
exactly meet the needs of your target segment?
Marketing Mix: Pricing
What changes (if any) should be made to the EC pricing
to meet the needs of your target segment (and the need
to capture value by the EC)?
Marketing Mix: Promotion
How will you reach your target segment?
Advertising?
Sales promotion?
Personal selling?
Public relations?
Direct marketing?
For each promotional effort you plan to use, tell us:
What specifically you plan to do
How often you will do it
What message you will communicate
How you will communicate the message
Marketing Mix: Place (Channel)
Chapter 10 in the textbook is valuable for this slide
What, if any, partnerships should the EC form to deliver
value to your target segment?
Where will the services of the EC be provided to your
target segment?
Office on Broadway?
Online?
Other venues?
Marketing Research
Your market research should permeate all the other slides.
Be sure to cite sources completely and accurately using
the guidelines I have given you.
No need for a separate slide on this topic, although it
appears in the Phase II outline
Best Demonstrated Practices
Identify the 3 to 5 Major Processes to benchmark
Frameworks such as the AIDA model may be helpful
Best Demonstrated Practices
Benchmark Major Major Major Major
Co. Process #1 Process #2 Process #3 Process #4
1. Make sure …data in the
you explain Notes
your… section
below
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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Financials
Budget of $50,000
$10,000 for XYZ
$20,000 for LMN
Etc.
Marketing Results
Expected results
X hits on the website?
Y calls to the EC?
Z visits to the EC?
XX entrepreneurs accepted into the ABC system?
Other?
How to Think about ROI
How nonprofit organization GHJ thinks about it
What academic research says about it
Etc.
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