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Friday, November 18, 2011

Creating Return Customers

During my sophomore year in college I consulted a small mexican restaurant in Cleburne, TX. It was my first experience in creating a marketing strategy for a small business. Recently I came across this promotional card that we developed for the business in the hopes that it would encourage customers to return to the restaurant. 


The card successfully created return customers for some time. How would you create return customers?

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Business Plan Template

1.0  Executive Summary
1.1  Objectives
1.2  Mission
1.3  Keys to Success
2.0  Company Summary
2.1  Company Ownership
2.2  Start-up Summary
2.2.1      Start-up (table: outline)
3.0  Products and Services
3.1  Products
3.2  Services
4.0  Market Analysis Summary
4.1  Market Segmentation
4.1.1      Market Analysis (table)
4.1.2      Market Analysis (pie)
4.2  Target Market Segment Strategy
4.3  Service Business Analysis
4.3.1      Competition and Buying Patterns
5.0  Strategy and Implementation
5.1  SWOT Analysis
5.1.1      Strengths
5.1.2      Weaknesses
5.1.3      Opportunities
5.1.4      Threats
5.2  Competitive Edge
5.3  Marketing Strategy
5.4  Sales Strategy
5.5  Milestones
5.5.1      Milestones (table)
5.5.2      Milestones (pie)
6.0  Management Summary
6.1  Personnel Plan
6.1.1      Personnel (table)
7.0  Financial Plan
7.1  Start-up Funding
7.1.1      Start-up Funding (table)
7.2  Important Assumptions
7.3  Break-even Analysis
7.3.1      Break-even Analysis (table)
7.3.2      Break-even Analysis (pie)
7.4  Projected Profit and Loss
7.4.1      Profit and Loss (table)
7.4.2      Profit Monthly (pie)
7.4.3      Profit Yearly (pie)
7.4.4      Gross Margin Monthly (pie)
7.4.5      Gross Margin Yearly (pie)
7.5  Projected Cash Flow
7.5.1      Cash Flow (table)
7.5.2      Cash Flow (pie)
7.6  Projected Balance Sheet
7.6.1      Balance Sheet (table)
7.7  Business Ratios
7.7.1      Ratios (table)
7.8  Long-term Plan

Appendix
                  Sales Forecast
                  Personnel
                  Profit and Loss
                  Cash Flow
                  Balance Sheet