Allocation of Work
Once you have a rough idea of the time involved in creating content, optimizing it, and publishing it online, you need to allocate resources accordingly. Consider hiring freelancers or assigning tasks among team members for different campaign phases. For example, if one person is good at writing blog posts while another handles social media promotions, then there is no reason why they should not work together on one project.
Sales Goals
This is the primary objective of your business. It should be measurable and quantifiable to determine whether or not it has been achieved at the end of each month or quarter. For instance, if you aim to increase sales by 20%, you need metrics to measure this growth. These metrics could include the number of leads generated, page views, and engagement rate.
Content Strategy to Meet Your Goals
Your content strategy is what’s going to drive your success. You should take the time to develop a strong content plan that aligns with your business goals. If you don’t have one, this is where it begins. If you already have one, ensure it’s up-to-date to reflect current priorities and strategies accurately.
Marketing Goals
Marketing goals help us understand what we are trying to accomplish through our marketing efforts. They give us a distinct vision of what we want to achieve through our campaigns and how we will measure them later. Marketing goals can be broken down into two categories: revenue and lead generation.
Cost of Implementation
The cost of implementation is the amount of money you will have to use to get your website up and running. The cost can vary depending on many factors like the type of services or products the company offers, the size of your business, and other factors like which content management system (CMS ) you are using. The cost of implementation may also vary from company to company if they offer similar services, but one has more features than the other.
Timeframes
The first step to developing a marketing plan is to set timelines. You need to know how much time you have when you want to launch your campaign and how long you are willing to dedicate to it. You also need to consider the time it takes for content to be created, optimized, and published online.
Benchmarks for Success
Before you start creating and promoting your content, you need to know what success looks like. You should know the content campaign’s goal, how you will measure its success, and the metrics you will use.
These benchmarks can be anything from pageviews or conversion rates on specific pages, reach and frequency thresholds for social media posts or email open rates, and whatever metrics make sense for your industry and goals.
Conclusion
Building a marketing plan is all about having a starting point, knowing what needs to be accomplished, and ensuring you are on the right track for your organization. All of these elements are important to meet your goals. The key to creating your marketing plan is not what you put in it; it’s the thought that goes into how you use your plan once it is completed.