How to Business Plans and Marketing Strategy Things to Consider for Business Planning

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

A computer with a word processing program

Step 1

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Sit at your computer and open up your word processing program and type in your responses to the following issues.
Step 2

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Think about the area that your business is in. Try to show in your business plan that you know the area and why your business would succeed there and also the exact location of your competition.
Step 3

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The business plan has to show the bank how you are going to pay the money back if you go for financing. The business plan will show how you expect your business to be profitable and when.
Step 4

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You will need a second car to run your business if you make deliveries for your business. If something happens to your car and you cannot make deliveries then your business shuts down. You may need to get financing to get a surplus vehicle and if so that needs to go into the business plan.
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There are many different types of business insurance there is general accident insurance, product liability insurance, malpractice insurance or errors and omissions insurance, business interruption insurance, worker's compensation, disability insurance, medical insurance, fire and theft insurance, auto insurance for business vehicles. The auto insurance for business vehicles is called commercial insurance and I hear that commercial insurance is actually cheaper than retail or regular insurance. You may need commercial license plates to get the commercial auto insurance though. The cost of insurance is one consideration in choosing a business.
Step 6

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You have to have a copy of your resume to include with the business plan. On your resume you will list what knowledge you have, how many years of experience do you have, how do you know how to get the orders you will need or make the sales for your business, and do you have an education.
Step 7

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You can give a brief description of your proposed business. Who are your customers? Are your customers wealthy people in Manhasset, Plandome or Locust Valley or are they regular people out in East Meadow? What are the things that pull me into Best Buy to purchase a TV and what turns me off at P.C. Richards?
Step 8

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For the overview of the business plan you would give a brief description of the proposed business, state what the ownership and legal entity of this business is, talk about the skills and experience of the business owners and the type of industry that the business is in.
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You would also talk about the product or services that you provide and how your products or services are delivered and the competitive advantage of purchasing from your company.
Step 10

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You have to do really good market research and try to include local customs in your research. For example, Chinese people do not like plaid shirts as they do not like checks only solid colors a fact that a big store like Walmart had to discover the hard way when their shirts weren't selling in the China stores.
Step 11

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Market research will show the customer demand for a product or a service. The market research will also show the size of the market (in general), your target customers and their location, demographics and size of the market that you expect to be yours. Marketing also includes your marketing message so that people will buy from your business, and also advertising and pricing.
Step 12

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Operations is managing a business on a day to day basis. In this section you will show how do customers buy and get the product and also the production and delivery costs.
Step 13

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For the conclusion of the business plan you need to talk about your business goals and objectives. What are the things that will make your business a success? What special knowledge and experience and resources do you bring to your business? If you have a proprietary product then go into that in detail. What unique competitive advantage do you have? What prior successes have you earned? You have to talk about your level of commitment as that is what really sells the bank officer and may inspire him to give you a business loan.
Step 14

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You also have to talk about how you target customers. Don't try to be all things to all people or do too many things in your business, stay focused. If you can do one thing and then add new products slowly that is a good thing.
Step 15

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Advertising is how do you reach people when they least expect it? Movie theater advertising is great and not expensive and plus it is a captive audience. Another great idea are special language newspapers such as newspapers in Spanish and Indian languages.
Step 16

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You have to mention your competitors. What are your competitor's strengths and weaknesses? How do you differentiate your competitive advantage? How do you take customer's from your competitors?
Step 17

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As a final step in the business plan you have to talk about the market for your product or service.
Is your market growing or is it shrinking?

How to Business Plans and Marketing Strategy Things to Consider for Business Planning

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