| Primarily goals must be measurable, there must be someone responsible for the 
control and ultimate achievement while being valid for a designated time period. 
They must certainly be achievable. By having goals your company will have a 
possibility to control its resources and change direction whenever this becomes 
necessary. Don't try to achieve too many goals at one time, it's usually better 
to aim for one or two goals per product line and reassess the situation in the 
future. When defining your goals you must have a clear idea about your product 
positioning, your chosen strategies, which markets you're setting the goals for, 
the condition of these markets and your possibilities in these markets. You have 
to define goals and strategies for a period of 3-5 years (in general). With 
these long-term goals you can also set goals for the shorter term. The short 
term goals are to be as a 'subset' of the long-term goals. Always keep your 
'scarce' resources in mind when setting goals. Goals envisioned that cannot be 
realized are damaging to your company. So plan as follows: -> take necessary steps -> end date -> monitor 
results -> corrections The marketing objectives 
(repeat...repeat..) 
 The marketing strategies are used to reach the goals as defined in the 
marketing goals chapter. Formulate the general strategies. You compare the 
mentioned strategies with your ideas. Change whatever is necessary. Do this for 
each product line and product/market combination. Screenshot 
not shown here!   |