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Some experts suggest that you first consider outlining the external
opportunities and threats before the strengths and weaknesses. Marketing
Plan Pro will allow you to complete your SWOT analysis in whatever order
works best for you. In either situation, you will want to review all four areas in
detail.
Strengths
You may want to evaluate your strengths by area, such as marketing, finance,
manufacturing, and organizational structure. Strengths include the positive
attributes of the people involved in the business, including their knowledge,
backgrounds, education, credentials, contacts, reputations, or the skills they
bring. Strengths also include tangible assets such as available capital,
equipment, credit, established customers, existing channels of distribution,
copyrighted materials, patents, information and processing systems, and other
valuable resources within the business.
Strengths capture the positive aspects internal to your business that add value
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Tim Berry
Founder and President of Palo Alto Software and a renowned planning expert. He is listed in the index of "Fire in the Valley", by Swaine
and Freiberger, the history of the personal computer industry. Tim contributes regularly to the bplans blog, the Huffingtonpost.com as
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MS Bhatti
Besides conducting competitive and cost-effective analyses, the SWOT (strength, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats) analysis is equally important. By conducting these analyses periodically, the firm comes to know in the end
what has been gained or lost. One of the main weaknesses of online marketing is that too much details about the
website may be good for some and mess for others, particularly the experienced ones. Meanwhile, achieving primary
goals by means of ESO is slightly time-consuming for firms.
Adrian
This is very helpful on how to perform a SWOT analysis. It gives detailed information on every step of the analysis.
Thanks...
Maria
David
perter
I really like how the SWOT has been vividly explained. anyone can understand it with less difficulty.
ram
its explained very well here...example adds knowledge to our brain..gud one...
Jabari
Great article, very informative and helpful. Looking forward to start my business very soon. Learned SWOT analysis in
a community college. Long live the cheaper, more valuable education. :)
alieu
article was very helpful in clarifying my understanding of SWOT analysis. thanks for sharing it.
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AR
Was lost before I read this. Very helpful with my class. Thanks. This really connected the dots.
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Annie
Very well explained and gave depth to this. Im new at my company and i have to make swot and benchmarking for
them. Has both pro's and con's with me not knowing to much about the company, but can instead contribute with
fresh eyes. thanks!
kadii
Daniel
Daniel
Can you please help me plan a marketing plan for my business home bakery home bakery is a medium scale Agro
processing providing form untility to wheat flour. the enterprise has been baking hundred bags(100)of flour a mouth.
the bread is normally distributed around Tema-Ashiaman environ since it is closer to the business. in terms of
machinery the enterprise has enough to produce three hundred (300) bags a month. all the workers are been under
utilized. there is high potential in the market for Home bread. it is the wish of the to start supplying to Accra and its
environs. the Managing Director has been in the business for more than 30years. she has employed ten workers on
full time. financially the company is healthy in addition to the company has good standing with its bankers, however
they lack experience marketing personnel's. you have just been employed by home bakery as the marketing manager.
you are to report direct to the managing director. your duties are to undertake all marketing research , direct and
control two sales personnel with responsibility for the sales. 1.design and implement market pant aimed at expanding
the sales of the enterprise 2. supervise new product development if necessary 3. as part of your responsibility you
have been given a budget of fifty thousand ghana cedis question 1. you are to develop a marketing plan that will grow
the sales from 100 bags a month to 300bags a month within two years i.e from 2012-2013. your plan must cover the
following- SWOT analysis, objectives, strategy , tactics,(price, promotion, place and product. people,process and
physical evidence),budget , control and evaluation.
Can you please help me write a marketing plan for my business home bakery home bakery is a medium scale Agro
processing providing form untility to wheat flour. the enterprise has been baking hundred bags(100)of flour a mouth.
the bread is normally distributed around Tema-Ashiaman environ since it is closer to the business. in terms of
machinery the enterprise has enough to produce three hundred (300) bags a month. all the workers are been under
utilized. there is high potential in the market for Home bread. it is the wish of the to start supplying to Accra and its
environs. the Managing Director has been in the business for more than 30years. she has employed ten workers on
full time. financially the company is healthy in addition to the company has good standing with its bankers, however
they lack experience marketing personnel's. you have just been employed by home bakery as the marketing manager.
you are to report direct to the managing director. your duties are to undertake all marketing research , direct and
control two sales personnel with responsibility for the sales. 1.design and implement market pant aimed at expanding
the sales of the enterprise 2. supervise new product development if necessary 3. as part of your responsibility you
have been given a budget of fifty thousand ghana cedis question 1. you are to develop a marketing plan that will grow
the sales from 100 bags a month to 300bags a month within two years i.e from 2012-2013. your plan must cover the
following- SWOT analysis, objectives, strategy , tactics,(price, promotion, place and product. people,process and
physical evidence),budget , control and evaluation.
tenyleons
Sbonelo
now i got a way after reading this information above coz i waz lost.....
sheesa
I searched a ton for helpful articles, and finally found this one that actually helped!!! Thanks!!! Keep posting more cool
stuff.
Harawal Arsalan
swot analysis is much more wide then their presentation.i wander that if the middle store did that swot analysis then
they have spent nohting on the analysis and result would be nothing.
Mary
Mohammad Ishaq
It helped me a lot
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It's an excellent article, helped me a lot to understand the SWOT analysis. Great keep it up.
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Francis
This article has really given me insight into what I have been taught for 3yrs but hasn't got the understanding. Thanks
so much.
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Tanim
This is just great because im doing my assignment and its just giving me more tips on my strenghts and
weaknesses...love it.
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consumers spending power 3 competitors marketing campaigns 4 promotion
specials. January 16, 2013 at 10:11 am
l would like to get some answers of what lam studying help me identify these
in SWOT pik n pay is almost situated in a mall complex 2 A recession and
consumers spending power 3 competitors marketing campaigns 4 promotion
specials. January 16, 2013 at 10:14 am
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diom
thank you for sharing this useful information.It has helped me so much for my research.
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This is a topic that is near to my heart... Many thanks! Where are your contact details though?
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