Develop a product marketing plan by understanding your product, target audience, and competition. Showcase strengths and diminish weaknesses, create a budget, and consider pricing based on manufacturing costs, competitor prices, and sales projections.
The first step in developing a product marketing plan is organization: have a clear understanding of what your product is and who wants to buy it. Learn about your potential target audience and competition that will offer similar products at a similar price. Decide what makes your product better, then write all of that information down clearly so you can refer to it later. Your overall product marketing plan will include these elements, plus a budget and possible outlets for distributing the message about your new product.
Once you’ve determined your product’s strengths and weaknesses relative to other similar products, you should develop a product marketing plan that outlines how you will showcase your strengths and diminish your weaknesses. This will take careful consideration and planning, and you’ll need to do a fair amount of research into existing markets to find out what your target audience is spending money on and how often they do. You will adapt your product marketing plan to these trends to ensure that your product matches the needs of potential customers.
Be sure to write a detailed budget for your product marketing plan and write down where the money will be spent and how. Some of the common costs associated with product marketing include packaging; radio, television and magazine advertising; gifts and promotional items; and employee salaries associated with marketing and advertising. The budget should also include incidental costs that may arise during the product marketing plan development process. Such costs can include copying, postage and other delivery costs, hosting and web design, and much more.
One of the most important considerations you’ll need to factor into your plan is the cost of your product. This decision will be made based on manufacturing costs, the price of similar products offered by competitors, and sales projections and long-term goals. You’ll need to figure out how much a customer is willing to pay for your product, as well as how many products you’ll need to sell at that price to break even or make a profit. Pricing the product too high can drive potential customers away, while pricing it too low can undervalue the product and make it difficult to make a profit. Keep in mind that raising your prices after the initial purchase price has been set will be more difficult than lowering the price if it is too high.
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