Create a marketing plan for a health care organization using competitive analysis that meets customer needs.

Your plan should be 6-7 pages, including the title page and Sources page. It should include the following sections:

  1. Overview. Create an overview of the target market using market segmentation that identifies and defines your target market.
  2. Competitive Analysis. Create a competitive analysis that defines the competitors in your area by using Lehmann and Winer’s Level of Competition Model.
    • For example, look at Mayo Clinic Children’s Center and other competitors in the Rochester area.
  3. SWOT Analysis. Analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for Lakeside Pediatric Hospital.
  4. Goals and Strategies. Outline your goals and the marketing strategies to achieve those goals.
    • Consider, for example, communication, branding, or innovation.
  5. Marketing Budget. Describe your proposed marketing budget, including the costs for advertising and methods you plan to use to advertise.
    • Examples include social media, blogs, YouTube, billboards, and radio ads.
  6. Marketing Implementation Plan. Describe your marketing implementation plan, with details about your action plan and timeline to achieve the steps in your marketing plan.
  7. Sources. Use three credible, relevant, and appropriate sources to support your writing.
    • Cite each source listed on your source page in your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides. These sources can be on the last page of the plan.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment:

  • Create a marketing plan for a health care organization using competitive analysis that meets customer needs.

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Week 8 Assignment Create a Marketing Plan
Week 8 Assignment Create a Marketing Plan
Criteria Ratings Pts
Overview. Create an overview of the target market using market segmentation that identifies and defines your target market.

19.5 to >17.54 pts
Exemplary

Created an overview of the target market using market segmentation that identifies and defines your target market.

17.54 to >15.59 pts
Competent

Created an overview of the target market, but with 1–2 errors or omissions on using market segmentation to identify and define your target market.

15.59 to >13.64 pts
Needs Improvement

Created an overview of the target market, but with 3–4 errors or omissions on using market segmentation to identify and define your target market.

13.64 to >0 pts
Unacceptable

Did not create an overview of the target market.

/ 19.5 pts
Competitive Analysis. Create a competitive analysis that defines the competitors in your area by using Lehmann and Winer’s Level of Competition Model.

15 to >13.49 pts
Exemplary

Created a competitive analysis that defines the competitors in your area by using Lehmann and Winer’s Level of Competition Model.

13.49 to >11.99 pts
Competent

Created a competitive analysis, but with 1–2 errors or omissions in using Lehmann and Winer’s Level of Competition Model to define the competitors in your area.

11.99 to >10.49 pts
Needs Improvement

Created a competitive analysis, but with 3–4 errors or omissions in using Lehmann and Winer’s Level of Competition Model to define the competitors in your area.

10.49 to >0 pts
Unacceptable

Did not create a competitive analysis.

/ 15 pts
SWOT Analysis. Analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for Lakeside Pediatric Hospital.

27 to >24.29 pts
Exemplary

Analyzed the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for Lakeside Pediatric Hospital.

24.29 to >21.59 pts
Competent

Analyzed the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for Lakeside Pediatric Hospital, but 2–3 elements of the analysis were irrelevant or lacked detail.

21.59 to >18.89 pts
Needs Improvement

Analyzed the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for Lakeside Pediatric Hospital, but 4–5 elements of the analysis were irrelevant or lacked detail.

18.89 to >0 pts
Unacceptable

Did not create a SWOT analysis.

/ 27 pts
Goals and Strategies. Outline your goals and the marketing strategies to achieve those goals.

27 to >24.29 pts
Exemplary

Outlined your goals and the marketing strategies to achieve those goals.

24.29 to >21.59 pts
Competent

Outlined your goals and the marketing strategies to achieve those goals, but 2–3 of those goals or strategies were irrelevant or lacked detail.

21.59 to >18.89 pts
Needs Improvement

Listed your goals but did not outline the marketing strategies to achieve those goals.

18.89 to >0 pts
Unacceptable

Did not list goals or the marketing strategies to achieve those goals.

/ 27 pts
Marketing Budget. Describe your proposed marketing budget, including the costs for advertising and methods you plan to use to advertise.

27 to >24.29 pts
Exemplary

Described your proposed marketing budget, including the costs for advertising and methods you plan to use to advertise.

24.29 to >21.59 pts
Competent

Described your proposed marketing budget, but with 1–2 errors or omissions on including the costs for advertising and methods you plan to use to advertise.

21.59 to >18.89 pts
Needs Improvement

Described your proposed marketing budget, but with 3–4 errors or omissions on including the costs for advertising and methods you plan to use to advertise.

18.89 to >0 pts
Unacceptable

Did not describe your proposed marketing budget.

/ 27 pts
Marketing Implementation Plan. Describe your marketing implementation plan, with details about your action plan and timeline to achieve the steps in your marketing plan.

19.5 to >17.54 pts
Exemplary

Described your marketing implementation plan, with details about your action plan and timeline to achieve the steps in your marketing plan.

17.54 to >15.59 pts
Competent

Described your marketing implementation plan, but with 2–3 errors or omissions on details about your action plan and timeline to achieve the steps in your marketing plan.

15.59 to >13.64 pts
Needs Improvement

Described your marketing implementation plan, but with 4–5 errors or omissions on details about your action plan and timeline to achieve the steps in your marketing plan.

13.64 to >0 pts
Unacceptable

Did not describe your marketing implementation plan.

/ 19.5 pts
Use three credible, relevant, and appropriate sources to support your writing.

7.5 to >6.74 pts
Exemplary

Used three credible, relevant, and appropriate sources to support your writing.

6.74 to >5.99 pts
Competent

Used three sources, but 1–2 were not credible, relevant, or appropriate.

5.99 to >5.24 pts
Needs Improvement

Used fewer than three sources or sources were not credible, relevant, or appropriate.

5.24 to >0 pts
Unacceptable

No references provided.

/ 7.5 pts
Writing contains accurate grammar, mechanics, and spelling in accordance with SWS style.

7.5 to >6.74 pts
Exemplary

Writing contains accurate grammar, mechanics, and spelling in accordance with SWS style.

6.74 to >5.99 pts
Competent

Writing contains 1–2 errors in grammar, mechanics, spelling, and/or the application of SWS style.

5.99 to >5.24 pts
Needs Improvement

Writing contains 3–4 errors in grammar, mechanics, spelling, and/or the application of SWS style.

5.24 to >0 pts
Unacceptable

Writing contains more than four errors in grammar, mechanics, spelling, and/or the application of SWS style.

/ 7.5 pts

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