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The SmartPlan360˚ Program™
A Guide for the Business
Marketplace
A Collection of Guidelines for Top-Line
Growth and Bottom-line Profits provided
by the SmartPlan360˚ Program™
Introduction
The business marketplace in all market sectors is going
through a major transition in response to the new demands
and needs of businesses in the new economy. As with all
businesses and industries, including nonprofit and
educational organizations, strategic assessment and
growth planning is at the heart of the most successful
organizations.
Technology (software, social networking and the use of new
devices) has taken over as a marketing force. It is driving
communications and events, and has become an internal
factor in determining the productivity and profitability of
businesses of all sizes at all stages of maturity.
This change is both exciting and challenging for businesses
going forward, and those that are able to respond and adapt
to the new market forces will become even more
successful.
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ meets the specific
needs of business leaders who seek a strong growth
strategy to implement at their regional, national or
global organizations.
Patterned after Malcolm Baldrige’s National Quality
Award (MBNQA), the SmartPlan360˚ Program
provides you with the business market intelligence
you need to make strategic decisions leading to
continuous improvement and growth.
The SmartPlan360˚ Program engagement can
include monthly coaching support to ensure your
goals and strategic initiatives are well established.
Our product can help you turn problems into profits.
On the following pages you will find the many
benefits of leveraging the abilities of the
SmartPlan360˚ Program for actionable, practical
business results.
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
Based on an intensive study of over 500 businesses across multiple industries and geographies, the SmartPlan360˚
Program™ helps you identify specific areas in your business that can increase both your top and bottom lines. We first
noticed that there were six areas that highly successful businesses managed extremely well. We found when these six
areas were balanced into one symphony it created high growth. These six foundations are shown below. Employing the
SmartPlan360˚ Program allows you to drive an actionable and practical strategic plan that improves your business in key
areas by identifying gaps in the business’ perceptions. The SmartPlan360˚ Program ensures an accuracy of 1 to 3% that
provides you with complete confidence in your analysis and plan. It also eliminates the enormous time traditional
consulting requires.
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ measures both the
Internal and External Audience’s perceptions and
abilities in six foundation areas:
1 Organization/Management
2 Products/Services
3 Sales/Marketing
4 Market/Model
5 Competition
6 Customers
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ gathers critical
business intelligence from the Organization and its
External Audience using our proprietary online
assessments in conjunction with executive interviews
that are conducted in person and/or by telephone
interviews.
Organization/
Management
Products/
Services
Sales/
Marketing
Market/Model
Competition
Customers
1
2
3
4
5
6
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
The Basis of the Six Foundation Areas of Assessment
Roles and Organization Alignment*
(See above)
Performance Management
Integrated Information System
Financial Management
1. Organization/Management
Existing Product Development
New Product Development
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Product Portfolio Management
2. Products/Services
Unified Sales Program
Forecasting/Sales Projections
Integrated Marketing Program
Brand Marketing Documentation
3. Sales/Marketing
Market Valuation
Business Model Management
Demand Data/Metrics
Business Intelligence/IP
4. Market/Model
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
The Basis of the Six Foundation Areas of Assessment (cont’d)
Competitive Analysis Program
Competitive Strategy Development
Document Management/
Presentations
Competitive Management Tracking
5. Competition
Customer Ranking Program
Customer Relationship
Management (CRM)
RFM Tracking (Recency,
Frequency, Money)
Customer Loyalty Program
6. Customers
Sample Questions from Organization/Management Foundation Area
Roles and organization alignment
• Are your sales goals aligned with the mission of your business?
• If you report to a Vice President, Director or others in the organization, are your goals
supported and aligned with theirs?
• Does the rest of the business staff truly know what and why you offer specific products?
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
Heat Map
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ delivers a Heat Map for quick visual display. The Heat Map identifies problems your
business is experiencing and leads you to their successful solution. Instead of bombarding you with endless facts and
figures about your company, products and services, the SmartPlan360˚ Program provides you with key unique insights
and drivers that inform you of strategic shifts you can make to better manage your company. For instance, it can recom-
mend specific ways to create a deeper sales funnel and improve your sales cycle. These tailored recommendations are
based upon your clients’ specific needs. The SmartPlan360˚ Program captures all of your clients’ input and from it
provides you with powerful shifts that can help you achieve your business objectives.
The Heat Map includes six Foundations with 24 areas of analysis used during the SmartPlan360˚
Program™ assessment. All of this data is compiled into an Intuitive Heat Map and displayed using a
simple Green, Yellow and Red scoring.
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
Strategic Recommendations
The SmartPlan360˚ Program’s deliverables take two forms. First, a strategic assessment of your business is conducted
that creates a simple but powerful analysis of what your business is doing well and what could be improved. This
assessment is balanced because it takes into account both what your business team thinks and contrasts it to what your
key clients think is critically important. Second, this allows you to objectively challenge “in-house thinking” that may have
been appropriate in the past but not relevant for your business environment today. The front-line managers of any
business are the fundamental link between strategy and execution. You understand that you cannot build a healthy
business with misperceptions. The SmartPlan360˚ Program quickly delivers strategic recommendations giving you the
power to choose the wisest plan and helps you implement it on a monthly basis.
Strategic Recommendations present your
organization’s “Composite Score” based upon
the results of the total organizational and
strategic assessments:
• Each foundation has its own score
• Specific strategic recommendations are
provided for each foundation
• You learn what your business is doing best
and how it can improve performance and
productivity
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
Project Runway
One of the critical aspects of any action plan is the ability to implement the strategic initiatives that will deliver the
optimum impact to the top and bottom lines. Our Project Runway recommends in priority ranking the ‘Critical’ initiatives
that will best accomplish your objectives. The specific outcomes that each strategic initiative achieves are tracked and
reported monthly which allows you to manage and tailor them to changes and developments in your market. As you
know, you can only improve what you measure.
The Project Runway identifies the Critical Projects that were identified in the SmartPlan360˚
Program™ Heat Map, and it creates a priority-ranked list to help you achieve your goals.
Monthly coaching can be included to establish goals, projects, timelines, budgets and assist
you in their implementation.
The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
MarketCues, Inc.
Tom Marin, President
8311 Brier Creek Parkway
Suite 105-522
Raleigh, NC 27617
919-908-6145 tel
407-529-9469 mobile
email: tom.marin@marketcues.com
web: www.MarketCues.com | www.SmartPlan360Program.com
twitter: @marketcues
facebook: facebook.com/marketcues
skype: marketcues

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MC_BusinessGuide

  • 1. The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ A Guide for the Business Marketplace A Collection of Guidelines for Top-Line Growth and Bottom-line Profits provided by the SmartPlan360˚ Program™
  • 2. Introduction The business marketplace in all market sectors is going through a major transition in response to the new demands and needs of businesses in the new economy. As with all businesses and industries, including nonprofit and educational organizations, strategic assessment and growth planning is at the heart of the most successful organizations. Technology (software, social networking and the use of new devices) has taken over as a marketing force. It is driving communications and events, and has become an internal factor in determining the productivity and profitability of businesses of all sizes at all stages of maturity. This change is both exciting and challenging for businesses going forward, and those that are able to respond and adapt to the new market forces will become even more successful. The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ meets the specific needs of business leaders who seek a strong growth strategy to implement at their regional, national or global organizations. Patterned after Malcolm Baldrige’s National Quality Award (MBNQA), the SmartPlan360˚ Program provides you with the business market intelligence you need to make strategic decisions leading to continuous improvement and growth. The SmartPlan360˚ Program engagement can include monthly coaching support to ensure your goals and strategic initiatives are well established. Our product can help you turn problems into profits. On the following pages you will find the many benefits of leveraging the abilities of the SmartPlan360˚ Program for actionable, practical business results. The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
  • 3. SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace Based on an intensive study of over 500 businesses across multiple industries and geographies, the SmartPlan360˚ Program™ helps you identify specific areas in your business that can increase both your top and bottom lines. We first noticed that there were six areas that highly successful businesses managed extremely well. We found when these six areas were balanced into one symphony it created high growth. These six foundations are shown below. Employing the SmartPlan360˚ Program allows you to drive an actionable and practical strategic plan that improves your business in key areas by identifying gaps in the business’ perceptions. The SmartPlan360˚ Program ensures an accuracy of 1 to 3% that provides you with complete confidence in your analysis and plan. It also eliminates the enormous time traditional consulting requires. The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ measures both the Internal and External Audience’s perceptions and abilities in six foundation areas: 1 Organization/Management 2 Products/Services 3 Sales/Marketing 4 Market/Model 5 Competition 6 Customers The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ gathers critical business intelligence from the Organization and its External Audience using our proprietary online assessments in conjunction with executive interviews that are conducted in person and/or by telephone interviews. Organization/ Management Products/ Services Sales/ Marketing Market/Model Competition Customers 1 2 3 4 5 6 The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
  • 4. The Basis of the Six Foundation Areas of Assessment Roles and Organization Alignment* (See above) Performance Management Integrated Information System Financial Management 1. Organization/Management Existing Product Development New Product Development Total Quality Management (TQM) Product Portfolio Management 2. Products/Services Unified Sales Program Forecasting/Sales Projections Integrated Marketing Program Brand Marketing Documentation 3. Sales/Marketing Market Valuation Business Model Management Demand Data/Metrics Business Intelligence/IP 4. Market/Model The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
  • 5. The Basis of the Six Foundation Areas of Assessment (cont’d) Competitive Analysis Program Competitive Strategy Development Document Management/ Presentations Competitive Management Tracking 5. Competition Customer Ranking Program Customer Relationship Management (CRM) RFM Tracking (Recency, Frequency, Money) Customer Loyalty Program 6. Customers Sample Questions from Organization/Management Foundation Area Roles and organization alignment • Are your sales goals aligned with the mission of your business? • If you report to a Vice President, Director or others in the organization, are your goals supported and aligned with theirs? • Does the rest of the business staff truly know what and why you offer specific products? The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
  • 6. Heat Map The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ delivers a Heat Map for quick visual display. The Heat Map identifies problems your business is experiencing and leads you to their successful solution. Instead of bombarding you with endless facts and figures about your company, products and services, the SmartPlan360˚ Program provides you with key unique insights and drivers that inform you of strategic shifts you can make to better manage your company. For instance, it can recom- mend specific ways to create a deeper sales funnel and improve your sales cycle. These tailored recommendations are based upon your clients’ specific needs. The SmartPlan360˚ Program captures all of your clients’ input and from it provides you with powerful shifts that can help you achieve your business objectives. The Heat Map includes six Foundations with 24 areas of analysis used during the SmartPlan360˚ Program™ assessment. All of this data is compiled into an Intuitive Heat Map and displayed using a simple Green, Yellow and Red scoring. The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
  • 7. Strategic Recommendations The SmartPlan360˚ Program’s deliverables take two forms. First, a strategic assessment of your business is conducted that creates a simple but powerful analysis of what your business is doing well and what could be improved. This assessment is balanced because it takes into account both what your business team thinks and contrasts it to what your key clients think is critically important. Second, this allows you to objectively challenge “in-house thinking” that may have been appropriate in the past but not relevant for your business environment today. The front-line managers of any business are the fundamental link between strategy and execution. You understand that you cannot build a healthy business with misperceptions. The SmartPlan360˚ Program quickly delivers strategic recommendations giving you the power to choose the wisest plan and helps you implement it on a monthly basis. Strategic Recommendations present your organization’s “Composite Score” based upon the results of the total organizational and strategic assessments: • Each foundation has its own score • Specific strategic recommendations are provided for each foundation • You learn what your business is doing best and how it can improve performance and productivity The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
  • 8. Project Runway One of the critical aspects of any action plan is the ability to implement the strategic initiatives that will deliver the optimum impact to the top and bottom lines. Our Project Runway recommends in priority ranking the ‘Critical’ initiatives that will best accomplish your objectives. The specific outcomes that each strategic initiative achieves are tracked and reported monthly which allows you to manage and tailor them to changes and developments in your market. As you know, you can only improve what you measure. The Project Runway identifies the Critical Projects that were identified in the SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Heat Map, and it creates a priority-ranked list to help you achieve your goals. Monthly coaching can be included to establish goals, projects, timelines, budgets and assist you in their implementation. The SmartPlan360˚ Program™ Guide: The Business Marketplace
  • 9. MarketCues, Inc. Tom Marin, President 8311 Brier Creek Parkway Suite 105-522 Raleigh, NC 27617 919-908-6145 tel 407-529-9469 mobile email: tom.marin@marketcues.com web: www.MarketCues.com | www.SmartPlan360Program.com twitter: @marketcues facebook: facebook.com/marketcues skype: marketcues