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Writing a marketing plan will help you to keep ahead of the competition. It will provide you with the opportunity to set objectives and create plans to meet them allowing you to use information about the present to shape the future.

Without a plan, you cannot structure your approach to market. The marketing plan will help you decide your marketing mix – how and where you are going to sell your product or service, and how you are going to price it. A plan will build in time for you to research your market, decide which customers you are going to target, and ensure that your offering is something that customers will need and want.

A plan will also build in room for you to measure the results of your marketing activity, so you know what to do (and what not to do) next time.

With a plan, you'll be in a better position to identify your customers and deliver them an offering that drives competitive advantage. It puts the customer at the heart of your business – because without customers, you don't have any sales. A good plan, effectively executed, will take your objectives and turn them into a strategy that will deliver those objectives to the satisfaction of the company and the customers.