The document discusses the difference between marketing strategy and tactics. Marketing strategy is a long-term game plan that defines business objectives, goals, budget, target audience, messaging, media channels and metrics. Marketing tactics are short-term actions used to promote products and services. While tactics can provide short-term results, a strategy is needed for sustained success by providing direction, preventing distractions and ensuring tactics align with objectives. The document uses Jimmy, a student who blogs about smartphones as an example, and explains how he lost popularity due to changing search algorithms rather than outside factors like competition.
Marketing Strategy Vs. Tactics - Identifying the Significance
1. Himani Kankaria
Marketing Strategy Vs.
Tactics - Identifying the
Significance
Independent Digital Marketing Consultant &
Head of Content - eComKeeda
@himani_kankaria
3. DISCOVER FEATURES EVERYDAY
Blogs Everything
and shares it with his
friends in college and on
social media
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4. HE STARTED SHARING MORE
People loved his
blogs
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6. Courtesy: support.google.com
Visits to his blog
decreased
Even social media posts
experienced less number
likes, shares &
comments.
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8. Why Jimmy lost
his popularity?
Due to Competitors?
No new Features?
People not interested
in smartphones
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12. MISSION
Marketing
Strategy
Business Objectives
What do you plan to achieve in say from 1
to 5 years?
Marketing Goals
Convert business objectives into
marketing goals to ensure you achieve
marketing goals which ultimately leads to
achieving your business goals
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14. MONEY
Marketing
Strategy
Budget Required
How much you would need to invest in
each marketing tactic and resources to
achieve goals
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Resources Required
Identifying the people and tools you
would need to execute this marketing and
achieve goals
15. Courtesy: Clarity Quest Marketing
Example of
Marketing
Budget
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17. Courtesy: AdWeek - Nike's new ad on racism
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18. MEDIA
Marketing
Strategy
Marketing Tactics & Media Types
Which marketing tactics and types of
media will help you reach the target
audience to achieve goals
Channels to do Marketing
What are the platforms you would target
to reach to those target audience?
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20. MEASURE
Marketing
Strategy
Timeline to do Marketing
When will the strategy and tactics be
executed and for how long?
Success Metrics
Identifying the KPIs that would help you
measure whether the strategy helped you
achieve what you expected while defining
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22. Implement your
strategy and
tactics
efficiently with-
Campaign Planner
Where you document you
entire marketing strategy
& tactics
Calendars
Setting-up calendars for
content & social media
including media types
Marketing Tools
Tools that will help you
implement your
marketing tactics
ROI
Documenting the return
on your investments or
advertising
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Himani Kankaria
23. Marketing strategy not only
provides direction & vision,
but also prevents you from
distractions.
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24. Himani Kankaria
Doing things matters, but
doing them the right way
matters the most to
achieve your goals.
Independent Digital Marketing Consultant &
Head of Content - eComKeeda
@himani_kankaria