strategy
(noun)
A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.
Examples of strategy in the following topics:
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Promotional Strategies
- When defining their strategy, marketing professional consider two kinds of promotional strategies identified by marketing theorist - a push strategy or a pull strategy.
- Wal-Mart is an example of a company that uses the push vs. pull strategy.
- When defining their strategy, marketing professional consider two kinds of promotional strategies identified by marketing theorist - a push strategy or a pull strategy.
- Wal-Mart is an example of a company that uses the push vs. pull strategy.
- Push strategy In marketing the communication occurs between seller and buyer.
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Promotion Strategies
- Marketing strategies may differ depending on the unique situation of the individual business or product.
- However, there are a number of ways to categorize some generic strategies.
- Typically there are four types of market dominance strategies:
- These strategies concentrate on the dimensions of strategic scope and strategic strength.
- If the company is not a pioneer, then it must consider growth strategies.
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New Product
- Penetration and skimming are two strategies employed in pricing new products.
- Two general strategies are most common: penetration and skimming.
- Which strategy is best depends on a number of factors.
- A skimming strategy is most appropriate when the opposite conditions exist.
- A premium product generally supports a skimming strategy.
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One of three strategic functions
- This means that it is a vital part of accomplishing the organization's strategy and ensuring its long-term survival.
- The operations strategy should support the overall organization strategy.
- Given JetBlue's organization strategy, JetBlue features an operations strategy that focuses on low costs, competent and service-oriented employees, and reliable aircraft.
- JetBlue's operations strategy is driven by its organization strategy.
- In addition to an operations strategy, JetBlue also has financial and marketing strategies that support its organization strategy.
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Strategy: the tactical rim on the wheel
- Strategy is the method you utilize to go about achieving the underlying goal of your startup.
- It's recommended that prior to spending any money on your new venture that you first come up with the strategy or strategies you plan to utilize to make your startup successful.
- This strategy is often referred to as the "first mover advantage."
- Blog Back: Imagine that you are starting a new venture utilizing the strategy of creating a paradigm shifting brand.
- What product and or service might you develop to implement such a strategy?
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Introduction
- In this chapter we investigate possible strategies for the growth of start-up firms.
- We then examine different growth strategies which firms can pursue.
- In this chapter we refer most often to firms with "products" but the strategies and pitfalls reviewed here also apply to service companies.
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Inadequate or incorrect marketing, cooperation, finance, or HR strategies
- The first group of flawed growth strategies is marketing strategies.
- Such a flawed marketing strategy is also a huge hindrance to growth.
- A third group of flawed growth strategies concerns the financing of growth.
- To finance growth strategies start-ups sometimes borrow long-term debt which is to be paid back with interest from the revenues from implementing the strategy.
- The fourth group of related business strategies where serious mistakes can be made is Human Resource strategies.
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Product Line
- Product lining is the marketing strategy of offering several related products for sale as individual units.
- Product lining is the marketing strategy of offering several related products for sale as individual units.
- The first is a full-line strategy while the second is called a limited line strategy.
- Each strategy has its advantages and disadvantages.
- Before considering such a strategy, several key questions should be answered:
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Management mistakes and the incompatibility of growth strategies and organizational structure
- A second mistake is the failure to choose one of the aforementioned growth strategies early on.
- A third mistake is to not recruit competent and professional staff to implement the planned strategies.
- A fourth mistake is not to align product-market growth strategies with the firm's other strategies, especially finance, HR, and organizational strategies.
- However, even when these mistakes are avoided, and growth strategies exist, managers tend to overlook the fact that there is a connection between the chosen strategy and the particular organizational structure of the start-up.
- Different strategies may be necessary if the company pursues diversification strategies by expanding into new markets, or bringing out new products by expanding the value chain, or into new networks.
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Pricing
- A common strategy involves a marketer setting a lower price for their products in foreign markets.
- Pricing strategies are also strongly influenced by the nature and intensity of the competition in the various markets.
- confirming the impact the corporate strategies should have on pricing policy
- implementing the strategy through the use of a variety of tactics and procedures to set prices
- (TT Nagle, The Strategies and Tactics of Pricing, Prentice-Han, Inc.