Making Marketing Projections in Your Turnaround Plan

p>If your business is in distress, you will need a plan toLocal Search - $700
recover it. This plan is traditionally called the turnaroundYellow Pages - $1,200
plan. Inside the turnaround plan is a marketing plan, andNewspaper - $500
inside this plan is a very critical section called marketingBus Benches - $400
objectives and projections.Menus - $200
To illustrate the elements to include in the marketingTrade magazines - $2,500
objectives and projections section, let us consider aBrochures - $600
fictitious company. We can call this company xyzPostage - $400
company. Suppose they sell lasers used in cosmeticLabel Software - $120
surgery operations.Miscellaneous - $500
The marketing objectives and projections section ofOur plan is to market and sell to the current customer
the plan should describe the current marketing activitiesbase as well as the new customer base, which is
in the distressed company and how these activities willcomprised of government agencies associated with
be different after the business is transformed. Thisthe new national healthcare system.
section of the plan will emphasize the key features ofThis marketing plan will be revised after the
the new marketing efforts that will assist the overallrestructuring is complete (within two or three months),
business turnaround activities.and then annually. There are many unknowns with the
[Beginning of sample Marketing Plan for XYZnew national healthcare program, and we anticipate
Company]that many opportunities will present themselves,
Marketing Objectives and Projectionspossibly requiring drastic modifications to our future
Below is the projected Advertising/Marketing Budgetproduct and service offerings.
for the first fiscal year of XYZ Company:We believe that these core products will provide us
Revenueswith an increasing amount of revenues to sustain the
Projected Revenues - $7,100,000company as these opportunities develop and xyz
Expensescompany transforms to accommodate the changing
Website Construction - $14,000market conditions.
Email campaign - $600