Yes we talk about this all the time. Yes, it’s that important.

If we’ve said it once, we will say it again. Marketing without understanding what your strategy should be is like getting into a car with a destination in mind but no knowledge (what is even at the destination? Will I like it there?), no previous understanding of how to get there (you’ve never been there before, or driven on any roads to get there… will there even be gas stations along the way?), and no map or GPS.

Yeah I mean sure there is a chance you can get there. But the quickest way from point A to point B is a straight line and a plan.

A Marketing Strategy can help you get from point A, you, to your customer, point B. Well that may be too watered down, but the overall point remains. You could get to the destination but why not make it easier, clearer, and scalable by creating a Marketing Strategy. 

It’s a plan that outlines the tactics and techniques you’ll use to reach your target audience and promote your products or services. 

By creating a Marketing Strategy, you can identify your target market, set marketing goals, and develop a plan for achieving those goals.

Here are six reasons why a comprehensive Marketing Strategy can help drive sales and revenue, and create systems and processes that are scalable to continue to grow those sales and that revenue:

You’ll Better Understand Your Market

Assuming you already have product/market fit, one of the most important things you can do to grow your business is create a smart go to market strategy which includes sales and marketing. 

To create a Marketing Strategy, you really need to dive in on understanding your audience — what their problems are, what motivates them to buy, and what their aspirations are. With this knowledge you’ll create better content, more specific campaigns, and identify trends your competitors may not. 

Goal Setting

A comprehensive Marketing Strategy helps you set specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals. These goals help you determine what you want to achieve with your marketing efforts and provide a roadmap for achieving them. By setting marketing goals, you can measure the effectiveness of your marketing efforts and make adjustments as needed.

Planning

A goal without a plan to achieve it isn’t going to help you. It’s the plan that brings the goal to life. This plan outlines the specific tactics and techniques you’ll use to reach your target audience, including things like social media marketing, email marketing, content marketing, and paid advertising. By developing a plan, you can ensure that your marketing efforts are aligned with your overall business goals and objectives.

Resource Allocation

If you’re just winging it, you’ll find yourself disorganized and spending too much time and money in too many different places. A component of your Marketing Strategy and plan should include setting budgets for different marketing programs and understanding the impact on you and your team’s time. By understanding the tactics and techniques you’ll use to reach your target audience, you can allocate your resources in a way that maximizes the impact of your marketing efforts.

Measurement & Tracking

A great Marketing Strategy will include metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) that you can use to measure the effectiveness of your efforts. This includes things like website traffic, conversions, and sales. By regularly measuring and analyzing your marketing efforts, you can identify what’s working and what’s not and make adjustments as needed.

Stay Competitive

You’ll be doing a lot of market analysis while creating your Marketing Strategy. By understanding what other brands in your industry are doing, you’ll identify what is working for them and what isn’t. This will give you valuable insight on how you can beat them. You’ll also better understand the needs and wants of your target market so you can differentiate your business from the competition and attract new customers.

A comprehensive Marketing Strategy is essential for driving sales and revenue. 

It helps you understand your target market, set marketing goals, develop a plan, allocate resources effectively, measure and analyze the effectiveness of your marketing efforts, and stay competitive in your industry. 

By creating and implementing a comprehensive Marketing Strategy, you can increase the chances of driving sales and revenue for your business.

If you need help with Marketing Strategy or Content Strategy development, check out our Amazon book on Marketing Strategies. If you need more muscle behind your marketing, we’d love to help. Contact us today to learn how we can help you punch above your weight class and knock out your marketing in 2023.