How to Plan One Year of Marketing Activity in One Day!

How to Plan One Year of Marketing Activity in One Day!

As I write this post, we are three weeks into the new year, and I can honestly say I feel organized and ready for an AWESOME year.  Why do I feel this way?  Because I have been able to plan out all of my marketing effort for the entire year in a relatively short amount of time.

In my last blog post, I shared with you the 3 Simple Tools You Can Use to Plan an Awesome NEW Year.  If you didn’t get a chance to read it, be sure to check it out.  In this post I will share with you how to create one year of marketing activity in one day.

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  1. Write a Simple Marketing Plan

    Before you start scheduling out you activity for the year, it is important that you have a written plan for your marketing strategy for the new year.  A marketing plan does not have to be a complicated or even a long document, it can be fairly short and very simple.  For tips on how to create a simple marketing plan, check out the post 9 Steps to Create a Simple Marketing Plan

  2. Decide on Your Key Marketing Activities

    Once you completed your marketing plan, your plan should include the activities you will be doing to reach your target audience.  Decide on what activities you will be doing consistently and how often you will be doing that marketing activity.  For example, I have decided to use, blogging, email marketing, webinars, workshops and networking as a part of my marketing mix.  I plan to blog twice a month, send at least two emails a month to my email list, have a least one webinar per quarter, and one workshop per quarter, and attend two networking events geared towards my target audience a month.

  3. Schedule Your Marketing Activity on a Marketing Calendar

Once you have decided what your key marketing activity will be for the year, then one of the best things you can do for your business is to create a calendar specifically just for your marketing activity.  In addition to the marketing calendars I discussed in my last blog post, I am a huge fan of CoSchedule. I used CoSchedule to schedule my social media, but now I use the CoSchedule calendar to schedule out all of my marketing activity including all the activities listed above. CoSchedule works really well if you have a team or if you want to access your calendar from various places.  You can access your marketing calendar through the CoSchedule website or if you have a WordPress website, you can also access it through the CoSchedule Plug-in in WordPress.  Below is a pic of what my calendar looks like for January:

CoSchedule

If you follow the three steps listed above, you will be able to create a years worth of marketing activity in one day.  Do you need help creating your Marketing Plan and Calendar?  Contact us a let’s work with you to create the B.E.S.T. Marketing Plan™ for your business.

 

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Posted by Nadine Mullings  |  Comments Off on How to Plan One Year of Marketing Activity in One Day!  |  in Business Development, Business Planning, Marketing for Coaches, Marketing for Consultants

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