Business Plan Proposal Outline

Section 1: Executive Summary The Executive Summary of your strategic plan should be completed last, and this section merely summarizes each of the other sections of your plan.

The Executive Summary is important since it will help other key constituents, such as employees, advisors, and investors, quickly understand and support your plan.

Section 10: Marketing Plan In addition to your strategic plan, I recommend you develop a comprehensive marketing plan describing how you will attract prospects, convert them to paying customers and maximize your lifetime customer value.

Include a summary of your marketing plan in your strategic plan.

It also helps you identify which strengths you must develop in the near future to improve your company.

Section 5: Goals Setting and achieving goals is the hallmark of successful companies and is a critical element of your strategic plan.

They key is to first identify your 5 year or long-term goals.

Next, identify your one-year goals; that is, what you must achieve in the next year for it to be successful and to put your company on the right trajectory to achieving your 5 year goals.

Rather, in addition to defining who your key competitors are, you should list their strengths & weaknesses.

Most importantly, use this analysis to determine your current competitive advantages and ways to develop additional advantages.