Crafting and executing an effective marketing strategy is the most important job for any marketer, and failure to do so is the greatest threat for building business momentum. The key to creating an effective strategy lies in fulfilling your company’s needs, and how you can appropriately market your products and services to your customers. The characteristics outlined below either individually or collectively of a marketing strategy can help companies achieve positive outcomes.

It’s officially November, which means that 2019 is officially winding down. As this year draws to a close, companies everywhere are working to get prepared for 2020 by allocating budgets, hiring for services, and closing out deals. It’s important to get these things taken care of, but what about the marketing strategy? A marketing strategy is a plan of action designed to outline your goals and promote your company. Without a marketing strategy in place at the beginning of 2020, it will be much harder to efficiently and effectively accomplish anything in the new year. Below, we have a few things that should be included in your marketing strategy for 2020.