Comms Plan Structure

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Comms Plan

Context:
Situation analysis and assessment of internal/external environments
Assessments of identified target segments and their characteristics
Specification of appropriate positioning – relate to branding, competition
Budgeting – work to be done in-house or through agency?

Objectives:
Long term strategic communications objectives – relating to corporate and
marketing objectives. SMART objectives – to help with control measures later.
Shorter-term communications objectives

Strategy:
Push, Pull, Profile
Development of messages - AIDA
DRIP
Development of comms mix elements:
- Advertising
- PR
- Personal Selling
- Sales Promotions
- Direct Marketing
Activity plans for each and approx. schedules (Gantt Charts).
Identification of budgets and resourcing implications.

Evaluation:
Control measures, determine how success can be measured.
Relate to SMART objectives
Market research
Use learnings to feed back into future comms plans

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